Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Thursday, December 25, 2014

25 December 1943 A.D. CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE PACIFIC THEATER: Planes from USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17) & USS MONTEREY (CVL-26) Sink Japanese Transport TENRYU MARU


25 December 1943 A.D. CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE PACIFIC THEATER: Planes from USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17) & USS MONTEREY (CVL-26) Sink Japanese Transport TENRYU MARU


1863 - Confederate batteries on John's Island attack USS Marblehead near Legareville, S.C. in the Stono River and sustain 20 hits as USS Pawnee and mortar schooner C. P Williams add firepower to the return bombardment. After more than an hour, the Confederates break off the engagement and withdraw. Medals of Honor are given to Boatswain's Mate William Farley and Quartermaster James Miller for their actions during the engagement, while Contraband Robert Blake, an escaped slave, also receives a Medal of Honor for bravery while manning the rifle gun.

1943 - Planes from USS Bunker Hill (CV 17) and USS Monterey (CVL 26) sink Japanese transport Tenryu Maru and damage the minesweepers W.21 and W.22. Also on this same date, USS Skate (SS 305) torpedoes and damages the Japanese battleship Yamato northeast of Truk.

1944 - USS Barbero (SS 317) attacks a Japanese convoy and sinks transport Junpo Maru. The previous day, while attacking the same convoy, Barbero sinks Japanese submarine chaser Ch 30.

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