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Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
to remember
Jackson, Richard Harrison, ADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Tuscumbia, AL
Last Address Coronado, CA
Date of Passing Oct 02, 1971
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Here is a poem to act as a guide to adventuresome living.
It was written by Rear Admiral R. H. Jackson (deceased):
THE OLD GARDENER
Count your garden by the flowers,
Never by the leaves that fall.
Count your day by golden hours,
Don't remember clouds at all.
Count your nights by stars, not shadows,
Count your life by smiles, not tears,
And, with joy on every birthday,
Count your age by friends -- not years.
Other Comments:
Admiral Jackson was 105 years old when he died.
He was discharged from the service in 1889 due to low class standing and unable to be promoted to Ensign. Then in 1890 due to his heroics in Guam during a typhoon a special dispensation was made for him and he was reinstated in 1890.
Samoan Typhoon
From Month/Year
March / 1889
To Month/Year
March / 1889
Description On the 15th and 16th of March 1889, a typhoon struck the South Pacific island kingdom of Samoa. In the port of Apia, on the northern coast of the Samoan island of Upolu, seven foreign warships were anchored in the town's small and very exposed harbor
