Roger Staubach Wins Heisman Trophy
Nov. 26, 1963 - Roger Staubach of Navy today was named the Heisman Trophy winner for 1963. The junior quarterback won college football’s...
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Nov 16, 2023
Navy Smashes Duke as Staubach Shines in Durham
Nov. 16, 1963 - Navy’s spectacular football team smashed Duke today as Roger Staubach and his mates scored virtually at will in the first...
Nov 2, 2023
Navy Tops Notre Dame in South Bend as Staubach Sets Record
Nov. 2, 1963 - A beautiful bright rainbow arched over Notre Dame’s famed Golden Dome just before game time, but Navy beat the Fighting...
Sep 21, 2023
Navy Obliterates West Virginia, 51-7, as Staubach Shines
Sept. 21, 1963 - Roger Staubach of Navy, expected by many to send the enemy fleeing for life rafts this season, turned in a devastating...
Jul 7, 2023
Navy Jet Crashes into Boys’ Camp, 7 Dead
July 7, 1963 - A flaming Navy Fury jet fighter crashed into a crowded boys’ day camp in Willow Grove, Pa., today, killing at least 7,...
Apr 10, 2023
🚨Submarine Thresher is Lost, 129 Feared Dead
🚨Apr. 10, 1963 - The U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered submarine Thresher, with 129 men aboard, was lost today in storm-tossed waters a mile...
Feb 21, 2023
Navy Unveils “SEAL” Guerrilla Force
Feb. 21, 1963 - The Navy today officially unveiled its new and formerly top-secret guerrilla force which is already training on the...
Dec 1, 2022
Navy Tops Army with President Kennedy in Attendance; Staubach Shines
Dec. 1, 1962 - Roger Staubach had a day that approached the fantastic for a sophomore in an Army-Navy football game today, and Wayne...
Nov 29, 2022
Army Tackles Staubach in Effigy
Nov. 29, 1962 - Army’s football squad left tonight for its traditional clash with Navy after an unusual ceremony. In the final practice...
Nov 17, 2022
Unbeaten USC Tops Navy, 13-6
Nov. 17, 1962 - Willie Brown’s 56-yard touchdown run in the third quarter clinched a 13-6 victory for unbeaten USC over Navy today. The...
Oct 23, 2022
Pentagon Halts Discharges of Navy and Marine Corps Personnel
Oct. 23, 1962 - The Pentagon halted discharges of all Navy and Marine Corps personnel today. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said...
Oct 13, 2022
Navy Dominates Cornell, 41-0, as QB Staubach Excels
Oct. 13, 1962 - Cornell found non-league waters too deep today. The only Ivy League team taking on a service team this year, the Ithacans...
Aug 16, 2022
Aug. 16, 1962 - JFK Remarks to Naval Surgeons General
Aug. 16, 1962 - Here is a recording of President Kennedy’s message to the Conference of Surgeons General of the Navies of the Americas...
Aug 15, 2022
Aug. 15, 1962 - JFK Remarks to Coast Guard Cadets
Aug. 15, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today aboard the U.S. Coast Guard training barque Eagle at the Navy Yard Annex in...
Jul 12, 2022
JFK Remarks to Marines at D.C. Barracks
July 12, 1962 - President Kennedy address U.S. Marines at their barracks in Washington, D.C. #jfk #marines #semperfi #army #navy...
Jun 10, 2022
(VIDEO) JFK Speaks at West Point
June 6, 1962 - JFK addresses the graduating cadets at West Point and pardons 20 from room confinement. #jfk #military #veterans #vietnam...
Jun 6, 2022
June 6, 1962 - JFK at West Point (1/2)
June 6, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy's address today at West Point. #jfk #military #veterans #army #navy #airforce #marines
Sep 7, 2021
Admiral Ramsey, Former Commander of Pacific Fleet, Dead at 72
Sept. 7, 1961 - Admiral DeWitt Clinton Ramsey, former commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, died today in the Philadelphia Naval...
Aug 25, 2021
Pentagon Orders 76,500 Reservists to Active Duty
Aug. 25, 1961 - The Pentagon today ordered to active duty 76,500 members of the reserve military forces - 46,500 in the Army, 23,600 in...
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