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Originally Posted by stompem
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I have been on the Missouri, when it visited Sydney Harbor Australia in the mid 1980's
I also had some fights with the sailors from one of it's escort ships, think it was a destroyer or frigate accompanying the Missouri. Remember a huge MP/SP Sargent coming in and cleaning them all out of the pub. Lucky, things were getting a little rough!
No hard feelings though, it was all about them stealing our gal's.
This incredible machine hurled a car sized shell 20km for a demonstration then fired all guns port side and you could see that the stabilizers kept it upright while the whole ship moved at least 10 meters across the path of it's wake...WOW!!!
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I live just a few miles west of the K-25 uranium enrichment plant that furnished the material for both the Atomic weapons used on Japan. I passsed by the old plant daily on my way to work in Oak Ridge (aka: the Secret city). The army barracks have long since been demolished, but the old guard check points still stand as a reminder to the history of the area.
The old buildings at the K-25 site are slowly being torn down and will someday be replaced by a small airport and other industries.
We still have Nuclear weapon production in our area at the Y-12 plant,
but be carefull not to get too close.
The guards are armed with automatic weapons and
will shoot to kill.
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