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I recently re-read the book Above and Beyond: A History of the Medal of Honor from the Civil War to Vietnam by the editors of  Boston Publishing Company (1985). It contains the stories of sixty-five recipients of the Medal of Honor. These men stared down the angel of death and ignored all concern for their [...]

“Maureen, Daniel, John, Heather, Kathleen, Frank, Cathy, Colleen, Kelly, my dear friends in the Lord…When his father and mother named him Michael they invited into his life and purpose the mission of St. Michael the Archangel, who led the good angles to overcome the bad angles, led by those who thought they could match God [...]

Many of us can remember back to our childhood and our local Memorial Day events of days gone by.  As Memorial Day 2011 approaches, I am reminded that as a young Cub Scout in Upper Sandusky, Ohio our duty began on the Tuesday before Memorial Day. At our weekly Den meeting our Den Mother would give [...]

I am always amazed at how two people can look at the same glass of water and one sees it as half full and the other as half empty…and find it fascinating that two people can read the same words on a page and comprehend two totally different messages. With the glass of water, it is [...]

Last weekend was a great tribute to a fallen warrior–LT Michael Murphy, however; it was so much more than that. As Maureen Murphy, LT Murphy’s mother and ship’s sponsor so appropriately noted in her remarks, “even though the ship will bear Michael’s name, it will carry the spirit of all 19 of those those boys [...]

Dan Murphy was a guest on today’s Fox & Friends and author Gary Williams was interviewed by Brian Thomas on 55KRC.  Dan will be a guest on the Michael Smerconish Show in Philadelphia on Friday, May 13, 2011.

We have over 100 christening photographs with many more to come up on Flickr.  See the link on the SEAL of Honor FB page.

I was one of about 75 invited guests to have the opportunity to join former SECNAV Dr. Donald Winter as he spoke to the Casco Bay Navy League regarding the process involved of naming of U.S. Navy ships. Holding a Ph. D. in physics, Dr. Winter served as the 74th Secretary of the Navy under President George [...]

Placing a coin at the step, or base, of the mast of a newly constructed ship is a custom still retained as wooden ships have become steel. This tradition during ship building had its origin with the ancient Greeks and Romans. As legend has it upon dying, it was customary to place coins in the mouths [...]

LT Michael Murphy was all about TEAM.  That is why the longest chapter in SEAL of Honor:  Operation Red Wings and the Life of LT Michael P. Murphy, USN is about all 19 of those of our Navy SEALs and Army Nightstalkers KIA on June 28, 2005…and all 19 initials are welded into the keel-plate of [...]