James Sanderson
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"James Richard "Sandy" Sanderson" was a United States Navy Vice admiral (United States)/Vice Admiral. He was born in Selma, California and died in Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia; he had lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia for a long time. His commands included; commanding officer of , , and Battle Force, United States Sixth Fleet; and Deputy Commander Atlantic Command, United States Fleet Forces Command/Atlantic Fleet. He entered the Navy Aviation V-5 program in 1943 (some say March 1944) and retired from the Navy in April 1983.

Vice Admiral Sanderson was awarded the Legion of Merit four times, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal/Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)/Distinguished Flying Cross, the Meritorious Service Medal (United States)/Meritorious Service Medal and five Air Medals.

Sanderson is an Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)/Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). He has been an active supporter of Scouting throughout his life at many levels, including helping host the annual Eagle Recognition Dinner for BSA's Tidewater Council new Eagle Scouts.

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We are forecast overnight frost and minus two, so we need to have a look in the morning and take it from there.

We did not freeze over last night and it's quite mild today but there is the prospect of frost tonight.