On 9 January 1963, Commander C. R. Anderson, USN delivered a lecture entitled "USSR: Seapower's Challenge" to the Junior Naval War College. Mom just sent a copy of this lecture to me. I plan to soon reproduce it here so that everyone can read it. It is very easy for the young to know little about the recent past and therefore to have little appreciation for what their parents and grandparents lived through and many of the things that shaped their lives. Dad loved his role in the Navy as a protector of American freedom and as a protector of those he loved. The USSR was the primary outside threat to the rights of Americans then and to those of many other people around the world. There were very real dangers that the USSR might begin either a conventional or a nuclear war with the United States and very directly threaten the lives of Dad's wife Betty, his children, and perhaps cut-off the possibility of some of his grandchildren. Dad was not going to allow that to happen.
So, please watch for his lecture to be forthcoming.
Charles R. Anderson, Jr., Ph.D.
04 May 2008
A Blog for Family & Friends
This blog is intended for the purpose of sharing stories and memories of Cdr. Charles (Chuck) R. Anderson. I hope others of his children, grandchildren, and their spouses will post here. I will put my latest version of the biography on Dad that I have been writing here soon. I expect it will evolve further both with more information about his Navy career being added and that some of the memories of others posted on this blog will be worked into the biography.
Karen Alexandra Anderson did research into her grandfather's lineage and I hope she will create a link to that here and also summarize it here.
I beg my sisters and brother to write up at least some short notes here on some of the salient moments they enjoyed with Dad. This same hope for his many grandchildren is also very strong. He had a very strong influence on many of us and it seems to me that we should take a bit of time to acknowledge that fact. It will also be great fun to share stories of his great humor. It is instructive still to also remember his great integrity and his expectation that we should all live our lives in accordance with principles. It is one of his great legacies that he did inspire most of us to try to do so. It is also a legacy that we learned to face crises and life generally with calmness and an analytical mind. Dad knew who he was and he was happy with who he was. This was because he considered who he was for a lifetime and corrected and tuned up his character until he was happy with it. He always expected us to do the same.
Dad was a man of great character. Let us remember him.
Karen Alexandra Anderson did research into her grandfather's lineage and I hope she will create a link to that here and also summarize it here.
I beg my sisters and brother to write up at least some short notes here on some of the salient moments they enjoyed with Dad. This same hope for his many grandchildren is also very strong. He had a very strong influence on many of us and it seems to me that we should take a bit of time to acknowledge that fact. It will also be great fun to share stories of his great humor. It is instructive still to also remember his great integrity and his expectation that we should all live our lives in accordance with principles. It is one of his great legacies that he did inspire most of us to try to do so. It is also a legacy that we learned to face crises and life generally with calmness and an analytical mind. Dad knew who he was and he was happy with who he was. This was because he considered who he was for a lifetime and corrected and tuned up his character until he was happy with it. He always expected us to do the same.
Dad was a man of great character. Let us remember him.
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