
Ramage family collection
James D. Ramage is shown in the 1950s aboard the aircraft carrier Oriskany. He retired in 1976 as a rear admiral. |
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Call Sign Jig Dog
Legendary aviator inducted into the Navy's Hall of Fame
By Peter Rowe
STAFF WRITER
CORONADO – By the 1950s, James. D. Ramage had survived attacks by Zeros and MiGs. But his superiors warned that a deadlier foe was aiming to destroy his career. It was Ramage's reputation. “I was becoming known as a throttle jock,” Ramage remembered. “I was told that I might never amount to anything in the Navy.”
A fun Viking wedding that plunders some good times
By Nicole Reino
In their horned hats and leather tunics, Nils Andersson and seven other Vikings got off the boat and stormed up the dock. While the rest searched for gold and silver, Nils looked for only one thing: a good, comely woman.
Perseverance, patience and love win the day for couple
By Marsha Kay Seff
ELDERCARE EDITOR
When they married more than four decades ago, Susan and Chuck Hansen never imagined one day they'd be facing the challenges of living with a brain injury. His.