{"id":61,"date":"2008-11-15T12:59:20","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T17:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2023-01-29T08:58:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T13:58:02","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the official website of the <strong class=\"maroon\">USS Brownson Association<\/strong>, the largest Destroyer association in the nation. This site is dedicated to the memory of the <strong class=\"maroon\">USS Brownson (DD-868)<\/strong>. It is designed to bring together past crew members of the Brownson and to give them a forum in which they can communicate with each other.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: This site is not updated regularly and is being maintained for historical purposes. If you wish to know more about the Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/?page_id=6\">go to this page<\/a>. I will attempt to keep the addresses up to date.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-316\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; border-color: black; border: 1px; border-style: solid;\" title=\"USS Brownson\" src=\"http:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/navyphoto-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"USS Brownson\" width=\"300\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/navyphoto-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/navyphoto.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking for an old shipmate? <a href=\"http:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/?page_id=18\">Try the Roster<\/a>. It contains a database of Association members and friends. We also have an extensive Memorabilia Gallery featuring photos and other materials contributed by members and others.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 100px; left: 25px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the official website of the USS Brownson Association, the largest Destroyer association in the nation. This site is dedicated to the memory of the USS Brownson (DD-868). It is designed to bring together past crew members of the Brownson and to give them a forum in which they can communicate with each other. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1397,"href":"https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/1397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ussbrownson.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}