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Swensen said he watched the Petrel's undersea video in amazement as the crew made out the Juneaus name inscribed across the fantail. He also thought of his father, U. Navy Cmdr Robert Swensen, who passed away in April at age 93 and was very close to his father, the Juneau commander. Knute's grandfather's surname was misspelled as "Swenson" by a staff member at the U.

Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. It was at Annapolis, when Robert was a cadet, that the Juneau commander and his son had their last meeting. In an audio accompanying the video, Kraft of the Petrel expedition notes the ship's bow and stern were found relatively close to each other but the ship's debris was scattered over a mile on the ocean floor -- an indication of the devastating explosion which sunk her.

Most of the sailors were killed during the actual sinking; more than died at sea in the days that followed from wounds, exposure or shark attacks, including George Sullivan, the oldest of the brothers.

Ten sailors survived the actual sinking plus a four-person medical crew sent to the USS San Francisco to tend to wounded there prior to the attack. Swensen hopes the Juneau crew's valor is also remembered. The ship earned multiple battles stars for the engagements in which it fought -- including one the night before its sinking, when it and other outgunned American ships turned back a Japanese task force headed for embattled U.

S troops at Guadalcanal. Sullivan praised Paul Allen's passion for pursuing the expedition -- a lesson she used it as an example for her third-graders at Lincoln Elementary School in Cedar Falls. Allen and his crew for having the faith to do this," she said, and encouraged her students to pursue their passions as well.

Both were in New York this past November at the 75th anniversary commemoration of the Juneau's sinking at the same Staten Island pier where the ship was commissioned into the Navy in That ceremony was across New York harbor from the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where the Juneau was commissioned into the Navy and sailed out of the harbor, never to return.

She hopes the USS The Sullivans can sail to the Juneau's final resting place on a future mission, with some of its sailors surviving family members. A complaint alleged Mayor Rob Green committed a campaign ethics violation before the election. A state board dismissed it; however, he shared similar views with the complainant.

Changes to jobless pay, education proposed in Condition of the State address. A study proposing returning downtown Waterloo's two one-way streets to two-way, as well as putting in a roundabout at Six Corners, could come to the council as early as February.

Iowa Democrats say a virtual event that they organized Friday night was interrupted by racist images and remarks. Sires has identified the road to Aldrich Elementary School as one of his top priorities, and provided councilors Monday with a rendering of an Arbors Drive extension. Sign up! Already a Subscriber? Sign in. Terms of Service Privacy Policy. Back to homepage. Subscriber Login.

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An Arctic air mass currently sitting over the Interior of B. Starting on Tuesday Dec. Wednesday is expected to see rain, but Thursday's forecast includes another opportunity for flurries as temperatures dip down to freezing overnight. Following this, the Christmas Day forecast includes periods of snowfall during the day a chance of flurries overnight. Monday is also expected to see chilly sub-zero temperatures.

Wondering what kind of weather to expect in the Lower Mainland over the rest of the winter? They have a pair of newly minted play-callers, Wes Goodwin and Brandon Streeter, and a load of talented players returning. South Carolina surprisingly reached a bowl game in its first year under new head coach Shane Beamer, when most pegged the Gamecocks as a four-win team at best.

Despite an offense that went through three quarterbacks and struggled to score all season, USC won six regular-season games and gave Beamer a solid foundation to base his rebuilding project upon. Next is continuing to build, and Beamer shocked the college football world by convincing former Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler to commit to the Gamecocks out of the transfer portal. The Gamecocks have their eye on the national championship in , a goal they've stated since the summer and one they are talented enough to obtain.

No team in the country has a wealth of players like USC, with the entire team back from a Final Four run in and most of the same that was the consensus No.

The Gamecocks welcomed their second No. Picked to win the league again, the Gamecocks are anxious to get to Minneapolis for the Final Four and bring home the prize they were a missed layup away from playing for last season. What is now the largest women-only professional tennis tournament in North America began as the Family Circle Cup on Hilton Head Island in and moved to Charleston in In , the tournament was rebranded as the Volvo Car Open, and in Charleston businessman and philanthropist Ben Navarro bought the tournament.

His Credit One Bank was announced as the title sponsor in Another star of the event will be the renovated Credit One Stadium, with seating expanded from 7, to 11, The new stadium design includes 16 permanent suites, new concessions and more bathrooms and a 75,square-foot stage house. The stage house includes locker rooms, a gym and training facilities, TV production and media space and an outdoor rooftop restaurant and bar.

Spectators are slated to be on-site for the first time since , as the event was canceled due to COVID and the event was played with no fans in the stands.

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