{"id":51,"date":"2015-11-16T18:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ussnoadd841.com\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2016-01-04T00:07:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T00:07:03","slug":"last-powder-monkey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ussnoadd841.com\/index.php\/last-powder-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Powder Monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"date\">The article <em>&#8220;The Last Powder Monkey, a tale of peril, courage, and gross ingratitude on the old China station.&#8221;<\/em> by Roy C. Smith III appeared in the July\/August 1996 issue of American Heritage (Volume 47,\u00a0 Issue 4).\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanheritage.com\/content\/last-powder-monkey\">You can find the complete text of the article by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">These photos appeared in the article.<\/p>\n<p class=\"date\"><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-116-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='http:\/\/ussnoadd841.com\/index.php\/last-powder-monkey\/nggallery\/slideshow'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/ussnoadd841.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/last-powder-monkey\/ah-1.jpg\"\n               title=\"Dressed up for Independence Day, 1925, the USS Noa, Captain Smith commanding, makes a brave show in Shanghai Harbor.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/ussnoadd841.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/last-powder-monkey\/ah-1.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/ussnoadd841.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/last-powder-monkey\/thumbs\/thumbs_ah-1.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1\"\n               data-title=\"USS Noa DD-343\"\n               data-description=\"Dressed up for Independence Day, 1925, the USS Noa, Captain Smith commanding, makes a brave show in Shanghai Harbor.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"ah-1\"\n               class=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"116\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"USS Noa DD-343\"\n                    alt=\"USS Noa DD-343\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/ussnoadd841.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/last-powder-monkey\/thumbs\/thumbs_ah-1.jpg\"\n                    width=\"240\"\n                    height=\"160\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/ussnoadd841.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/last-powder-monkey\/ah-2.jpg\"\n               title=\"The author enjoying a run ashore with a crewman of the Noa in Chefoo during the summer of 1926, about half a year before his brief but memorable career as a modern-day powder monkey.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/ussnoadd841.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/last-powder-monkey\/ah-2.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/ussnoadd841.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/last-powder-monkey\/thumbs\/thumbs_ah-2.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"2\"\n               data-title=\"Roy C. 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