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The Star-Spangled Banner
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
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Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
The Navy Hymn
Eternal Father, Strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bid'st the mighty Ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep;
O hear us when we cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea
Lord God, our power ever more, Whose arm doth reach the ocean floor,
Divine with our men beneath the sea; traverse the depths protectively.
O hear us when we pray, and keep them safe from peril in the deep.
Lord, guard and guide the men who man the submarines that guard our land.
Be with them always night and day, in quiet depths or roaring spray.
O hear us when we cry to Thee, for those in peril on the sea.
Bless those who serve beneath the deep, through lonely hours their vigil keep.
May peace their mission ever be! Protect each one, we ask of Thee.
Bless those at home who wait and pray for their return by night and day.
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USS HALIBUT SS(G)N/SSN 587
YEAR 2000 REUNION
ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY
18 OCTOBER IN THE YEAR OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY SUBMARINE FORCE
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