Various pages under (re)construction. 

Who is Patrick? (Oh, like I should know?)

The Long Surname

Berne Union Graduating Class of 1981

Long Haulers

Patrick's Internet Haunts

Log sheet of Changes

Military Experiences

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge:
it is those who know little, and not those who know much,
who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved --"
- Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871)

In Memory of...
James Curry-Long
Gladys Long
Richard Moss
M. Jane Palmer
Robert "Bob" Palmer
William "Bill" Chapman

Patrick's Research into items of Interest
(passing or otherwise)

USS Long (DD-209)
USS Anzio I (CVE-57)
USS Downes I (DD-45)
USS Palmer (DD-161)
USS Downes II (DD-375)
USS Manila Bay (CVE-61)
USS Whetstone (LSD-27)
USS Porter I (TB-6)
USS Porter II (DD-59)
USS Porter III (DD-356)
USS Porter IV (DD-800)

History of Ships Named USS Ohio

Nautical Terms & Trivia
Chief Petty Officer History

Samuel Gompers, the individual

The Swastika - a much maligned symbol of good

Miscellaneous

Humorous Pictures
Patrick's Photography

Under Construction