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Good Saturday Morning April 25

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This day in Naval History April 25, 2019



1862 Union Flag Officer David G. Farragut's fleet sails into New Orleans, La., after long preparation and fierce battles while passing through the Confederate defenses of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip the previous day.

1914 In the first use of U.S. Navy aircraft in a combat situation, Lt. j.g. P.N.L. Bellinger made a flight from USS Mississippis aviation unit at Vera Cruz, Mexico, to observe the city and make preliminary search for mines in the harbor.

1944 USS Crevalle (SS 291) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Kashiwa Maru, north of Borneo and USS Guvania (SS 362) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Tetsuyo Maru, northwest of Chichi Jima.

1957 USS Forrestal (CVA 59) and USS Lake Champlain (CVS 39), with accompanying destroyers, enter the Eastern Mediterranean to support King Hussein of Jordans government from a possible coup conspiracy. The planned coup failed.

1959 USS Eversole (DD 789) rescues 14 Chinese Nationalist fishermen from their sinking fishing trawler in the Formosa Strait.

1998 The first-in-class Impeccable (T-AGOS 23), an ocean surveillance ship designed to gather acoustic data, detect and track submarines, is launched from Pascagoula, Miss. The ship is given to Military Sealift Command to be operated by both civilian and military crew members.

1998 The destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) is commissioned at Garden City Terminal in Savannah, Ga., before departing for her homeport of Norfolk, Va. The 24th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is named after Chief Petty Officer Donald L. McFaul, a Navy SEAL who posthumously received the Navy Cross for attempting to save a platoon mate on Dec. 20, 1989, while serving in Panama during Operation Just Cause.

2009 Destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) is commissioned at Naval Weapons Station Charleston, S.C., before cruising to her homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.

2009 Boeings new P8-A Poseidon test jet, a 737-based submarine hunter for the Navy that will replace the P3-C Orion, flies for first flight from Renton, Va., to Boeing Field, Seattle, Wash.



Thanks to CHINFO



No CHINFO on the weekend



This day in World history

April 25



1590

The Sultan of Morocco launches a successful attack to capture Timbuktu.


1644

The Ming Chongzhen emperor commits suicide by hanging himself.


1707

At the Battle of Almansa, Franco-Spanish forces defeat the Anglo-Portugese forces.


1719

Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe is published in London.


1792

The guillotine is first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier.


1859

Work begins on the Suez Canal in Egypt.


1862

Admiral David Farragut occupies New Orleans, Louisiana.


1864

After facing defeat in the Red River Campaign, Union General Nathaniel Bank returns to Alexandria, Louisiana.


1867

Tokyo is opened for foreign trade.


1882

French commander Henri Riviere seizes the citadel of Hanoi in Indochina.


1898

The United States declares war on Spain.


1915

Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey.


1925

General Paul von Hindenburg takes office as president of Germany.


1926

In Iran, Reza Khan is crowned Shah and chooses the name "Pahlavi."


1926

Puccini's opera Turandot premiers at La Scala in Milan with Arturo Toscanini conducting.


1938

A seeing eye dog is used for the first time.


1945

U.S. and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River.


1951

After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea.


1953

The magazine Nature publishes an article by biologists Francis Crick and James Watson, describing the "double helix" of DNA.


1956

Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes to number one on the charts.


1959

The St. Lawrence Seaway--linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes--opens to shipping.


1960

The first submerged circumnavigation of the Earth is completed by a Triton submarine.


1962

A U.S. Ranger spacecraft crash lands on the Moon.


1971

The country of Bangladesh is established.


1980

President Jimmy Carter tells the American people about the hostage rescue disaster in Iran.


1982

In accordance with the Camp David agreements, Israel completes a withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula.


1990

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a six year term as Nicaragua's president.


1983 Andropov writes to U.S. student



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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Thanks to Harold J. Prather



1914: FIRST SORTIE AGAINST ANOTHER COUNTRY. The USS Mississippi's aviation unit

completed its first flight near Vera Cruz, Mexico, when Lt (JG) Patrick N. L. Bellinger flew the

Curtiss AB-3 Flying Boat from the battleship to observe the city and harbor. (20)



1922: Eddie Stinson flew Stout Engineering Laboratory's twin-engine ST-1, the Navy's first all-metal

plane, on its first flight. Although the ST-1 had inadequate longitudinal stability, it marked a

step forward in the development of all-metal planes. (24)



1940: The Navy commissioned the carrier USS Wasp. (24)



1944: Seventh Air Force B-24s made the first land plane attack on Guam from Eniwetok, while Navy

PBYs flew photo reconnaissance missions. (24)

Flying a Sikorsky YR-4 helicopter, Lt Carter Harman, 1st Air Commando Group, rescued four

men from the jungle in Burma. That rescue was the first combat rescue by helicopter in the US

AAF. (21)



1945: Eighth Air Force made its last attack on an industrial target in World War II, when 274 bombers

dropped 500 tons of bombs on Skoda Works at Plyen, Czechoslovakia. (4) (24)



1953: Col Joseph J. Preston, 91 SRW Commander, flew the first RB-47 (# 51-2194) to Lockbourne

AFB, Ohio. (1)



1956: The X-2 completed its first supersonic flight.



1966: The first Minuteman II squadron, the 447 SMS, became operational at Grand Forks AFB, when

AFSC's Ballistic Systems Division transferred the 50 missiles and 5 launch control centers to

SAC. (6) (16)



1967: Maj Gen Benjamin D. Foulois died at Andrews AFB at the age of 87. He was the first person to

fly an Army dirigible; first military observer on a cross-country flight with Orville Wright; first

military man to teach himself to fly; one of two Americans to first use a plane in combat; and

the first Chief of Staff of the Army Air Corps to be a military aviator. (16) (26)

The first jet-assisted C-123K Provider assault transports arrived at Tan Son Nhut AB for duty

with the 19th Air Commando Squadron. The older C-123Bs began returning to the CONUS for

modification on 27 April. (17)



1969: SAC decided to disperse its bomber and tanker aircraft to improve the survivability of its alert

forces. (16)



1970: The 175 TFG in Baltimore, Md., received an A-37 aircraft, the ANG's first. (16)



1971: The last C-130A in PACAF, assigned to the 374 TAW at Naha AB, flew to the states for an

assignment with a reserve or ANG unit. (17)



1990: Boeing delivered the 200th re-engined KC-135R to the 340 AREFG at Altus AFB. This program

replaced the Pratt & Whitney J57 engines on 237 KC-135's with CFM International F-108

engines. (20)

2001: An AFFTC pilot from Edwards AFB released the first Joint-Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile

(JASSM) from a B-52H. (3)



2003: The General Electric F110-GE-132 engine, with 32,500 lbs of thrust, flew for the first time.

The engine would be fitted in the Block 60 F-16. It was the highest-thrust fighter engine ever

developed for that aircraft. (3)



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Thanks to Dale….this is really good. Gun camera kills galore

Skip,

Found this 1945 video of WWll in Europe

The Fight For The Sky: Our Fighter Pilots Versus The Luftwaffe In Western Europe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEJa9iBPYb0



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Just got some much needed #love from the @usnavyblueangels and @afthunderbirds over #pensacolabeach

Thanks to Dan …and Dr. Rich

Supposedly both teams are doing flyovers together. Tomorrow, it's around the Philly area. Probably other areas to follow..... -w



https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QJLUiDJKt/


https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QJLUiDJKt/?igshid=1omq8285aypfr





Looks as if the Air Force are still practicing Social Distancing….

-dc



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Thanks to the Bear……Most of you have read or listened to the story of the rescue of Roger Locher by Air Force Vietnam Ace Brig Gen Steve Ritchie. This one is really a good read and in much more detail. It even has pictures and Maps. skip

Subject: Fw: Boxer 22



You might have heard of SpadNet...A group of Air Force Skyraider pilots. The latest on SpadNet is a book about the rescue of a F-4 crew in Laos.

I don't like to read a lot of text on the computer, but I'm trying, in small chunks.



Cliff



https://www.dropbox.com/sh/knsq2jo1b26w5w4/AAD_uJKXa9hWt-Cfremwq0k4a?dl=0&preview=BOXER+22-Air+Rescue+at+the+Door+of+Death_by+Maj+Gen+Dayle+E+Tripp.pdf



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Thanks to Carl

Woman's Breast Implant Deflects .40-Caliber Bullet, Saving Her Life - GunsAmerica Digest

(Double duty booby!! About the same principle as ballistic penetration testing! Wonder how much silicon escaped into her blood stream? But, it saved her life.)



https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/womans-breast-implant-saves-her-life/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=20200424_FridayDigest_275&utm_campaign=/digest/womans-breast-implant-saves-her-life/



Woman's Breast Implant Deflects .40-Caliber Bullet, Saving Her Life



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Thanks to Carl



Cannot make this stuff up!!



https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/irish-midget-accused-of-posing-as-a-leprechaun-to-extort-sex-from-26-women-in-exchange-for-pot-of-gold/



IRISH MIDGET ACCUSED OF POSING AS A LEPRECHAUN TO EXTORT SEX FROM 26 WOMEN IN EXCHANGE FOR POT OF GOLD



A 3-foot-and-4-inches-tall Irishman was arrested this morning for allegedly taking advantage of credulous women by posing as a leprechaun and extorting sexual favors in exchange for a fictional "pot of gold hidden at the end of a rainbow".

29-year old Connor O'Byrne was arrested this morning at his Dublin residence by the Garda Síochána, the Irish national police.

According to police spokesman Seamus Murphy, Mr. O'Byrne used a rather unusual stratagem to cheat both tourists and naive locals sexual favors from them:

"The victims all said he dressed up like a leprechaun and said he had a huge pot filled with gold coins, hidden at the end of a rainbow, that he was willing to offer for sex."

Surprisingly, that rather far-fetched scam fooled dozens of gullible women. 26 victims have already filed complaints with the Garda, but investigators believe the real number of victims could be over 200 or even 300.

"Many of these women were extremely naive and vulnerable. Some even cried when we told them that leprechauns don't really exist."

While searching through his house, the police found six different leprechaun costumes, as well as a few ancient gold coins he used to "prove the existence of his pot" and lure his victims.

Mr. Connor faces a total of 64 criminal charges, including 26 accusations of embezzlement, 18 charges of sexual abuse and 8 charges of fraud.

According to investigators, the number of accusations could easily double or even triple over the next few days.

If found guilty on all charges, he already faces a sentence of life in prison and a fine of €75,000.

His trial his expected to begin in March at the Dublin criminal courts of Justice.



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1960 – First submerged circumnavigation of the Earth was completed by a Triton submarine. Operation Sandblast was the code name for the first submerged circumnavigation of the world executed by the United States Navy nuclear-powered radar picket submarine USS Triton (SSRN-586) in 1960 while under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach, USN. The New York Times described Triton '​s submerged circumnavigation of the Earth as "a triumph of human prowess and engineering skill, a feat which the United States Navy can rank as one of its bright victories in man's ultimate conquest of the seas." The actual circumnavigation took place between 24 February and 25 April 1960, covering 26,723 nautical miles (49,491 km; 30,752 mi) over 60 days and 21 hours. Operation Sandblast used the St. Peter and Paul Rocks, located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean near the Equator, as the starting point and terminus for the circumnavigation. During the course of the circumnavigation, Triton crossed the Equator four times while maintaining an average speed of advance (SOA) of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). Triton '​s overall navigational track during Operation Sandblast generally followed the same course for the first circumnavigation of the world led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan between 1519-1522. The initial impetus for Operation Sandblast was to enhance American technological and scientific prestige prior to the May 1960 Paris Summit between U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Additionally, Operation Sandblast provided a high-profile public demonstration of the capability of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarines to carry out long-range submerged operations independent of external support and undetected by hostile forces, presaging the initial deployment of the U.S Navy's Polaris ballistic missile submarines later in 1960. Finally, Operation Sandblast gathered extensive oceanographic, hydrographic, gravimetric, geophysical, and psychological data during Triton '​s circumnavigation. Although official celebrations for Operation Sandblast were cancelled following the diplomatic furor arising from the shooting down of a CIA U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union in early May 1960, the Triton did receive the Presidential Unit Citation with a special clasp in the form of a golden replica of the globe in recognition of the successful completion of its mission, and Captain Beach received the Legion of Merit for his role as Triton '​s commanding officer. In 1961, Beach received the Magellanic Premium, the United States' oldest and most prestigious scientific award, from the American Philosophical Society in "recognition of his navigation of the U.S. submarine Triton around the globe."



Captain Edward L Beach Went on to write several best selling novels about Submarines.

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1990 – The crew of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery places the Hubble Space Telescope, a long-term space-based observatory, into a low orbit around Earth. The space telescope, conceived in the 1940s, designed in the 1970s, and built in the 1980s, was designed to give astronomers an unparalleled view of the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe. Initially, Hubble's operators suffered a setback when a lens aberration was discovered, but a repair mission by space-walking astronauts in December 1993 successfully fixed the problem, and Hubble began sending back its first breathtaking images of the universe. Free of atmospheric distortions, Hubble has a resolution 10 times that of ground-based observatories. About the size of a bus, the telescope is solar-powered and orbits Earth once every 97 minutes. Among its many astronomical achievements, Hubble has been used to record a comet's collision with Jupiter, provide a direct look at the surface of Pluto, view distant galaxies, gas clouds, and black holes, and see billions of years into the universe's past.



Congressional Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day

KNIGHT, RAYMOND L. (Air Mission)
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Corps. Place and date: In Northern Po Valley, Italy, 24 25 April 1945. Entered service at: Houston, Tex. Birth: Texas. G.O. No.: 81, 24 September 1945. Citation: He piloted a fighter-bomber aircraft in a series of low-level strafing missions, destroying 14 grounded enemy aircraft and leading attacks which wrecked 10 others during a critical period of the Allied drive in northern Italy. On the morning of 24 April, he volunteered to lead 2 other aircraft against the strongly defended enemy airdrome at Ghedi. Ordering his fellow pilots to remain aloft, he skimmed the ground through a deadly curtain of antiaircraft fire to reconnoiter the field, locating 8 German aircraft hidden beneath heavy camouflage. He rejoined his flight, briefed them by radio, and then led them with consummate skill through the hail of enemy fire in a low-level attack, destroying 5 aircraft, while his flight accounted for 2 others. Returning to his base, he volunteered to lead 3 other aircraft in reconnaissance of Bergamo airfield, an enemy base near Ghedi and 1 known to be equally well defended. Again ordering his flight to remain out of range of antiaircraft fire, 1st Lt. Knight flew through an exceptionally intense barrage, which heavily damaged his Thunderbolt, to observe the field at minimum altitude. He discovered a squadron of enemy aircraft under heavy camouflage and led his flight to the assault. Returning alone after this strafing, he made 10 deliberate passes against the field despite being hit by antiaircraft fire twice more, destroying 6 fully loaded enemy twin-engine aircraft and 2 fighters. His skillfully led attack enabled his flight to destroy 4 other twin-engine aircraft and a fighter plane. He then returned to his base in his seriously damaged plane. Early the next morning, when he again attacked Bergamo, he sighted an enemy plane on the runway. Again he led 3 other American pilots in a blistering low-level sweep through vicious antiaircraft fire that damaged his plane so severely that it was virtually nonflyable. Three of the few remaining enemy twin-engine aircraft at that base were destroyed. Realizing the critical need for aircraft in his unit, he declined to parachute to safety over friendly territory and unhesitatingly attempted to return his shattered plane to his home field. With great skill and strength, he flew homeward until caught by treacherous air conditions in the Appennines Mountains, where he crashed and was killed. The gallant action of 1st Lt. Knight eliminated the German aircraft which were poised to wreak havoc on Allied forces pressing to establish the first firm bridgehead across the Po River; his fearless daring and voluntary self-sacrifice averted possible heavy casualties among ground forces and the resultant slowing on the German drive culminated in the collapse of enemy resistance in Italy



*ESSEBAGGER, JOHN, JR.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company A, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Popsudong, Korea, 25 April 1951. Entered service at: Holland, Mich. Born: 29 October 1928, Holland, Mich. G.O. No.: 61, 24 April 1952. Citation: Cpl. Essebagger, a member of Company A, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and outstanding courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. Committed to effect a delaying action to cover the 3d Battalion's withdrawal through Company A, Cpl. Essebagger, a member of 1 of 2 squads maintaining defensive positions in key terrain and defending the company's right flank, had participated in repulsing numerous attacks. In a frenzied banzai charge the numerically superior enemy seriously threatened the security of the planned route of withdrawal and isolation of the small force. Badly shaken, the grossly outnumbered detachment started to fall back and Cpl. Essebagger, realizing the impending danger, voluntarily remained to provide security for the withdrawal. Gallantly maintaining a l-man stand, Cpl. Essebagger raked the menacing hordes with crippling fire and, with the foe closing on the position, left the comparative safety of his shelter and advanced in the face of overwhelming odds, firing his weapon and hurling grenades to disconcert the enemy and afford time for displacement of friendly elements to more tenable positions. Scorning the withering fire and bursting shells, Cpl. Essebagger continued to move forward, inflicting destruction upon the fanatical foe until he was mortally wounded. Cpl. Essebagger's intrepid action and supreme sacrifice exacted a heavy toll in enemy dead and wounded, stemmed the onslaught, and enabled the retiring squads to reach safety. His valorous conduct and devotion to duty reflected lasting glory upon himself and was in keeping with the noblest traditions of the infantry and the U.S. Army





SPRAYBERRY, JAMES M .
Rank and organization: Captain (then 1st Lt.), U.S. Army, Company D, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry , 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Place and date: Republic of Vietnam, 25 April 1968. Entered service at: Montgomery, Ala. Born: 24 April 1947, LaGrange, Ga. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Capt. Sprayberry, Armor, U.S. Army, distinguished himself by exceptional bravery while serving as executive officer of Company D. His company commander and a great number of the men were wounded and separated from the main body of the company. A daylight attempt to rescue them was driven back by the well entrenched enemy's heavy fire. Capt. Sprayberry then organized and led a volunteer night patrol to eliminate the intervening enemy bunkers and to relieve the surrounded element. The patrol soon began receiving enemy machinegun fire. Capt. Sprayberry quickly moved the men to protective cover and without regard for his own safety, crawled within close range of the bunker from which the fire was coming. He silenced the machinegun with a hand grenade. Identifying several l-man enemy positions nearby, Capt. Sprayberry immediately attacked them with the rest of his grenades. He crawled back for more grenades and when 2 grenades were thrown at his men from a position to the front, Capt. Sprayberry, without hesitation, again exposed himself and charged the enemy-held bunker killing its occupants with a grenade. Placing 2 men to cover his advance, he crawled forward and neutralized 3 more bunkers with grenades. Immediately thereafter, Capt. Sprayberry was surprised by an enemy soldier who charged from a concealed position. He killed the soldier with his pistol and with continuing disregard for the danger neutralized another enemy emplacement. Capt. Sprayberry then established radio contact with the isolated men, directing them toward his position. When the 2 elements made contact he organized his men into litter parties to evacuate the wounded. As the evacuation was nearing completion, he observed an enemy machinegun position which he silenced with a grenade. Capt. Sprayberry returned to the rescue party, established security, and moved to friendly lines with the wounded. This rescue operation, which lasted approximately 71/2 hours, saved the lives of many of his fellow soldiers. Capt. Sprayberry personally killed 12 enemy soldiers, eliminated 2 machineguns, and destroyed numerous enemy bunkers. Capt. Sprayberry's indomitable spirit and gallant action at great personal risk to his life are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.



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Thanks to Ray …and Dr. Rich

Omaha Beach



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdzWRdZgan0



Excellent, should be in every classroom !!!