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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 57490, member: 44&quot;]I also thought it was interesting to see the mention of the a&quot;Mosquito Fleet&quot; with these army soldiers. Of course they may be Marines, which would better explain the mention of ships. On further research found the mention that the Army as well as the Navy manned the Spanish gunboats:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Many of the captured Spanish gunboats used in the Philippine–American War were manned by United States Army troops and operated together with United States Navy forces.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_Station#Philippine.E2.80.93American_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_Station#Philippine.E2.80.93American_War" rel="nofollow">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_Station#Philippine.E2.80.93American_War</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Too bad none of the pics are of Navy officers like Nimitz, Leahy or McCain. Boy, that McCain family has quite a Naval history.</p><p><br /></p><p>4 Star Admiral John S. McCain, Sr. (1887-1946) WWII Commander of the Carrier Fleet Pacific, etc</p><p>4 Star Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. ( 1911-1981) US Pacific Command, etc...</p><p>Captain, Sen. John S. McCain, (1936- ) Navy pilot off of aircrafts carriers during Vietnam, POW for 5 1/2 yrs brutally beaten repeatedly in the &quot;Hanoi Hilton&quot;, silver star, bronze star, etc...</p><p>John S. McCain, IV, also graduated from the Naval Academy like his great grandfather, grandfather, and father.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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