 Welcome to All Hands Update, this is your week in Navy History. On November 15, 1863, Fort Moultrie bombarded Union Army positions at Cummings Point, South Carolina causing the Union Monitor Lehigh to run aground. Five Lehigh sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor for their heroic actions while freeing the ship under heavy fire. November 16, 1963, President John F. Kennedy boarded USS Observation Island during his visit to Cape Canaveral, Florida. While aboard Observation Island, President Kennedy witnessed USS Andrew Johnson launch a Polaris A2 missile. On November 19, 1969, Apollo 12 Navy astronauts Commander Charles Conrad Jr. and Commander Alan L. Bean became the third and fourth men to walk on the moon. Commander Richard F. Gordon Jr. remained in lunar orbit. To learn more about the Navy's history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website.