USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside of her nine 16'/50 and six 5'/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, July 1, 1984. Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16-inch gun barrels in varying degrees of recoil. U.S. Navy/Public Domain
As I was cleaning out and organizing the files in my office a few weeks ago, I ran across this article about my Dad, Albert Q. Ebel, II, written by my Oklahoma cousin, David Perryman, in 2014, in one of his weekly newspaper articles while he was an Oklahoma State Representative. It made me reflect on my complaints of events and situations in the present day world, whether personal, political, or s…
