MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Ancestry.com Unveils Treasure Trove of Rarely Seen U.S. Navy Photos to Commemorate Memorial Day
May 26 2011 - 7:00AM
Marketwired
This coming Memorial Day, in recognition of the millions of
Americans who have served in the United States Navy, Ancestry.com
(NASDAQ: ACOM), the world's largest online family history resource,
has made available for the first time online, more than 3,600 U.S.
Navy Cruise Books from the years of 1918-2009. Styled after a
traditional scholastic yearbook, the cruise books feature exciting
behind-the-scenes images of memorable moments in U.S. Naval history
including dramatic battle imagery, presidential and celebrity ship
visits, famous Navy service members, movie shoots and the
day-to-day lives of sailors. Close to 500,000 photographs rarely
seen by non-military personnel contain something for everyone's
interest.
Images such as Oprah Winfrey touring the flight deck of the USS
Theodore Roosevelt in 1995 and Tom Cruise filming "Top Gun" on the
USS Enterprise in 1988 to actor Ben Affleck palling around with
sailors on the USS Enterprise in 2003 and Presidents Clinton,
George H.W. Bush, Reagan, Carter, Johnson, Kennedy, Eisenhower and
Truman greeting sailors, litter the pages of these indelible time
capsules that capture life on board hundreds of naval ships
throughout the last century.
The collection marks another milestone in Ancestry.com's effort
to provide the most compelling online collection of historical
records and can be accessed at www.ancestry.com/navalrecords.
"The United States Navy has such a storied history and these
cruise books provide a rare and special view of the life and
culture of our servicemen throughout the decades," said Josh Hanna,
EVP and GM of Ancestry.com. "At Ancestry.com, we're constantly
working to honor and celebrate America's military heroes. This
Memorial Day, we're privileged to offer a unique visual tapestry of
our U.S. Navy service members' important contributions."
More specifics on the incredible images published in these
cruise books can be found below. An image library can be accessed
at: https://ancestry.box.net/shared/muvforxuk4
Historic Events: Dramatic battle images from ships like the USS
Lexington and USS Missouri provide a stirring visual from
monumental events like the Japanese Surrender to Allied Forces in
Tokyo Bay, September of 1945. Astronauts John Glenn and Alan
Shepard were photographed while being recovered from the Mercury
capsule following the first American orbit of the Earth aboard the
USS Barton in 1962.
Famous Sailors: Many sailors went on to become famous
entertainers, politicians and athletes. Some of the unexpected
photos include Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt with his
fellow sailors aboard the USS Enterprise in 1963 and Hall of Fame
pitcher Bob Feller playing baseball for the USS Alabama team in
1945.
Celebrity Ship Visits: A number of notable celebrities have
visited ships to provide an entertaining break from long missions
at sea. Photographs include Oprah Winfrey during a 1995 visit to
the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Robin Williams on his visit to the USS
Tortuga in 1992, Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw reporting from the USS
Wisconsin during Operation Desert Shield and the USS George
Washington in 1994 respectively, Andy Rooney during a visit to the
USS Guam in 1984, Charlton Heston during a visit to the USS Midway
in 1964 and Frank Sinatra on board the USS Midway in 1973. Sports
stars represented in the collection include Muhammad Ali, Wilt
Chamberlain and Joe DiMaggio, to name a few.
Movie Filming: The Navy has been the backdrop for several
Hollywood blockbusters. Actor Tom Cruise was photographed on the
USS Enterprise during the filming of "Top Gun." Scenes from "The
Hunt for RED OCTOBER" are also captured in the yearbooks.
U.S. Seal Teams: Photos of different U.S. Seal Teams capture the
important role this elite unit has played in military history.
U.S. Navy Bases/International Ports of Call: The collection
offers a wide range of images from America's important naval bases
and ports of call including Baltimore/Annapolis, MD; New York;
Jacksonville, FL; Norfolk, VA; Honolulu, HI; San Francisco, CA, Los
Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA; Seattle/Tacoma, WA; Rome, Paris and
Cannes, France; Singapore and Hong Kong and a peaceful Beirut,
Lebanon in the early 1960s.
Famous Naval Vessels: Hundreds of annuals from America's most
famous naval vessels are available, including the USS Missouri
(site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan), USS Enterprise (the
world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier), USS Hornet
(launched the Doolittle raid on Japan in 1942, Battle of Midway,
recovery of Apollo 11), USS Lexington ("The Blue Ghost") and USS
Iwo Jima (Apollo 13 recovery).
ANCESTRY.COM MEDIA ACCESS ACCOUNTS are
available by request at mediarelations@ancestry.com
About Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com)
Ancestry.com Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOM) is the world's largest online
family history resource, with more than 1.6 million paying
subscribers. More than 6 billion records have been added to the
site in the past 14 years. Ancestry users have created more than 24
million family trees containing over 2.4 billion profiles.
Ancestry.com has local Web sites directed at nine countries that
help people discover, preserve and share their family history,
including its flagship Web site at www.ancestry.com.
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forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
anticipated by these forward-looking statements. Such risks and
uncertainties include our ability to acquire, digitize and make
desired content conveniently available to our subscribers.
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or results to differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements is contained under the caption "Risk
Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2010, and in discussions in other of our SEC filings.
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