A League of their Own

Category : Movies Posted by : hoop
Posted on September 22, 2009

A League of their Own
I just love this movie. Set during World War II in the American Homeland, it tells the tale of a Women’s Baseball League that was setup to fill the void formed by the professional baseball players going off to war.

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Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the father of the Nuclear Navy and owner of the lucky Nose

Category : General Posted by : hoop
Posted on September 4, 2009

Hyman Rickover

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover played a great part in the development of nuclear power in the US Navy. Just to prove to you how ground breaking their work had been, imagine the impact of the technology they had created, which allowed a nuclear reactor (that usually gets housed in a large building) to be fitted inside the confines of an undersea ship.

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Run Silent, Run Deep….

Category : General Posted by : hoop
Posted on September 3, 2009

Run Silent, Run Deep

Run Silent, Run Deep…. the age old motto of submariner’s everywhere… great photo above of a US Los Angeles 688 Attack submarine running on periscope depth, probably taken just right after the order for diving had been given…

Thanks for the Memories Bro. Ceci

Category : DLSU Posted by : hoop
Posted on June 22, 2009

Brother Ceci Hojilla FSC

Just found out today from the DLSU Brother’s Facebook page that Bro. Ceci passed away. Messages of condolences are streaming into the site.

I came into contact with Bro. Ceci during my Senior year of highschool, when he got assigned to our La Salle school. I don’t remember what position he was given then but what is important is that in his capacity as a La Salle brother in our school he touched a lot of lives and made a difference.

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