Good Saturday Morning March 6 .
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This day in Naval History
March 6
1822—The schooner Enterprise captures four pirate ships in the Gulf of Mexico. During her time in the Gulf, Enterprise takes 13 vessels while suppressing pirates, smugglers, and slaves.
1943—Task Force 68, commanded by Rear Adm. Aaron S. Merrill, bombards Vila and Munda, Solomons and sinks Japanese destroyers Minegumo and Murasame in the Kula Gulf. For his leadership, Adm. Merrill earned both the Legion of Merit and the Navy Cross.
1944—USS Nautilus (SS 168) attacks a Japanese convoy approximately 240 miles north-north west of Saipan and sinks transport (ex-hospital ship) America Maru.
1960—USS Kearsarge (CVS 33) rescues four Russian soldiers from their landing craft 1,000 miles from Midway Island, which had been drifting several weeks after their engine failed off Kamchatka Peninsula.
1991—President George H. W. Bush addresses a joint session of Congress and states, "I can report to the nation: Aggression is defeated. The war is over."
2010—USS Dewey (DDG 105) is commissioned at Seal Beach, CA. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer is named after former Adm. of the Navy George Dewey, hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War of 1899.
On this day in World history
March 6
1521 | Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam. | |
1820 | The Missouri Compromise is enacted by Congress and signed by President James Monroe, providing for the admission of Missouri into the Union as a slave state, but prohibits slavery in the rest of the northern Louisiana Purchase territory. | |
1836 | After fighting for 13 days, the Alamo falls. | |
1853 | Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata premieres in Venice. | |
1857 | The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision holds that blacks cannot be citizens. | |
1860 | While campaigning for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln makes a speech defending the right to strike. | |
1862 | The USS Monitor left New York with a crew of 63, seven officers and 56 seamen. | |
1884 | Over 100 suffragists, led by Susan B. Anthony, present President Chester A. Arthur with a demand that he voice support for female suffrage. | |
1888 | Louisa May Alcott dies just hours after the burial of her father. | |
1899 | Aspirin is patented following Felix Hoffman's discoveries about the properties of acetylsalicylic acid. | |
1901 | A would-be assassin tries to kill Wilhelm II of Germany in Bremen. | |
1914 | German Prince Wilhelm de Wied is crowned as King of Albania. | |
1916 | The Allies recapture Fort Douaumont in France during the Battle of Verdun. | |
1928 | A Communist attack on Beijing results in 3,000 dead and 50,000 fleeing to Swatow. | |
1939 | In Spain, Jose Miaja takes over Madrid government after a military coup and vows to seek "peace with honor." | |
1943 | British RAF fliers bomb Essen and the Krupp arms works in the Ruhr, Germany. | |
1945 | Cologne, Germany, falls to General Courtney Hodges' First Army. | |
1947 | Winston Churchill opposes the withdrawal of troops from India. | |
1948 | During talks in Berlin, the Western powers agree to internationalize the Ruhr region. | |
1953 | Upon Josef Stalin's death, Georgi Malenkov is named Soviet premier. | |
1960 | The Swiss grant women the right to vote in municipal elections. | |
1965 | The United States announces that it will send 3,500 troops to Vietnam. | |
1967 | President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his plan to establish a draft lottery. | |
1973 | President Richard Nixon imposes price controls on oil and gas. | |
1975 | Iran and Iraq announce that they have settled the border dispute. | |
1980 | Islamic militants in Tehran say that they will turn over the American hostages to the Revolutionary Council. | |
1981 | President Reagan announces plans to cut 37,000 federal jobs. | |
1987 | The British ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in the Channel off the coast of Belgium. At least 26 are dead. |
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Thanks to the Bear
ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED
LOOKING BACK 55-YEARS to the Vietnam Air War—6 March 1966 From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com "LBJ's System of Executive Administration"
http://www.rollingthunderremembered.com/rolling-thunder-6-march-1966/
Vietnam Air Losses
Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
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From Dr. Rich
The latest on the status of the Flying Leatherneck Aviation museum on MCAS Miramar
Thanks to Bob ...
In case you haven't heard and would like to lend a hand ...
Hi Rich,
A friend just sent this to me this evening. I had not heard of the proposed closing on March 31st! little time remains to salvage this fine museum on MCAS Miramar. I thought perhaps you could forward this to your email group(s), perhaps we can generate enough funds to keep this museum operating! (MCAS/NAS Miramar is close to my heart, spent from summer 1957 to summer of 1961 deploying out of NKX, three times in VA 146 Blue Diamonds FJ4B's.)
Bob
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"After more than 20 years of sharing the history of Marine Corps Aviation with local citizens and visitors to San Diego, California, the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum is scheduled to be permanently closed on March 31, 2021. Leadership at Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) has decided to close the Museum and has publicly stated that the closure is due to budgetary constraints. But the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation, which has supported the museum for years, has offered to take over all operating costs associated with the museum."
"We are raising critically needed funds for a public outreach campaign to help save this wonderful museum. We have also started a petition on Change.org to ask the Commandant of the Marine Corps to allow the museum to continue operations. Please help by making a donation and/or signing the petition below. Your support is sincerely appreciated.
Many people have asked 'Why $8,000.00? What do you plan to do with that money?' Specifically we plan to buy billboard space to help get the word out. The more people that know about the museum's plight the more people who will chip in and even more importantly the more people who will sign the petition at Change.org. That is our primary focus: to amass enough signatures to change minds at HQMC."
https://www.change.org/p/save-the-flying-leatherneck-aviation-museum
https://www.gofundme.com/f/Save-The-Flying-Leatherneck-Aviation-Museum
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This Day in U S Military History
March 6
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam. The Chamorros, Guam's indigenous people, first inhabited the island approximately 4,000 years ago. The island has a long history of European colonialism, beginning with Ferdinand Magellan's Spanish expedition. The first colony was established in 1668 by Spain with the arrival of settlers including Padre San Vitores, a Catholic missionary. For more than two centuries Guam was an important stopover for the Spanish Manila Galleons that crossed the Pacific annually. The island was controlled by Spain until 1898, when it was surrendered to the United States during the Spanish–American War and later formally ceded as part of the Treaty of Paris.
1836 – The Alamo fell after fighting for 13 days. Angered by a new Mexican constitution that removed much of their autonomy, Texans seized the Alamo in San Antonio in December 1835. Mexican president General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna marched into Texas to put down the rebellion. By late February, 1836, 182 Texans, led by Colonel William Travis, held the former mission complex against Santa Anna's 6,000 troops. At 4 a.m. on March 6, after fighting for 13 days, Santa Anna's troops charged. In the battle that followed, all the Alamo defenders were killed while the Mexicans suffered about 2,000 casualties. Santa Anna dismissed the Alamo conquest as "a small affair," but the time bought by the Alamo defenders' lives permitted General Sam Houston to forge an army that would win the Battle of San Jacinto and, ultimately, Texas' independence. Mexican Lt. Col. Pena later wrote a memoir: "With Santa Anna in Texas: Diary of Jose Enrique de la Pena," that described the capture and execution of Davy Crockett (49) and 6 other Alamo defenders. In 1975 a translation of the diary by Carmen Perry (d.1999) was published. Apparently, only one Texan combatant survived Jose María Guerrero, who persuaded his captors he had been forced to fight. Women, children, and a black slave, were spared.
1943 – Three American cruisers and seven destroyers bombard Japanese airfields at Munda and Vila. Little damage is done. Two Japanese destroyers, however, are sunk in an encounter engagement.
1944 – US heavy bombers raid Berlin for the first time. A force of 660 bombers is sent and 69 are lost.
1944 – On New Britain, the US 1st Marine Division is sent to land on the east side of Willaumez Peninsula with the objective of capturing Talasea. Japanese resistance is weak but the terrain is difficult, so the advance inland is slow.
1945 – The US 9th Army has reached the Rhine all along its front. To the south, US 1st Army is fighting in Cologne and driving toward Remagen farther south — the US 9th Armored Division leads the advance. Farther south, units of US 3rd Army are making a rapid advance toward the Rhine at Koblenz.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
SCHUTT, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As coxswain on board the U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March 1865. Serving with the army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and throughout the fierce engagement, Schutt made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun, and his coolness and determination in courageously remaining by his gun while under the heavy fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.
SMITH, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, England. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.. 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As seaman on board the U.S.S. Magnolia, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March 1865. Serving with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and throughout this fierce engagement, Smith made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun, and his coolness and determination in courageously standing by his gun while under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.
*OUELLET, DAVID G.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy, River Squadron 5, My Tho Detachment 532. Place and date: Mekong River, Republic of Vietnam, 6 March 1967. Entered service at: Boston, Mass. Born: 13 June, 1944, Newton, Mass. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. As the forward machine gunner on River Patrol Boat (PBR) 124, which was on patrol during the early evening hours, Seaman Ouellet observed suspicious activity near the river bank, alerted his boat captain, and recommended movement of the boat to the area to investigate. While the PBR was making a high-speed run along the river bank, Seaman Ouellet spotted an incoming enemy grenade falling toward the boat. He immediately left the protected position of his gun mount and ran aft for the full length of the speeding boat, shouting to his fellow crewmembers to take cover. Observing the boat captain standing unprotected on the boat, Seaman Ouellet bounded on to the engine compartment cover, and pushed the boat captain down to safety. In the split second that followed the grenade's landing, and in the face of certain death, Seaman Ouellet fearlessly placed himself between the deadly missile and his shipmates, courageously absorbing most of the blast fragments with his body in order to protect his shipmates from injury and death. His extraordinary heroism and his selfless and courageous actions on behalf of his comrades at the expense of his life were in the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for March 6, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
6 March
1913: Lt John H. Towers and Ensign Godfrey de C. Chevalier (USN), in the Navy Curtiss flying boat, scouted a "hostile fleet" during Guantanamo maneuvers. (24)
1918: An unmanned flying bomb-type plane was launched and flown for 1,000 yards at the Sperry Flying Field, Long Island, NY. The launching device was a falling weight-type catapult. (5)
1942: The US Army Air School at Tuskegee, Ala., for black aviators graduated its first class. The five black military pilots included Capt Benjamin O. Davis. (24)
1944: 672 B-17s and B-24s dropped 1,600 tons of bombs in the first major American attack on Berlin. In this daylight raid, 75 bombers were lost. (4) (24)
1951: The Naval Ordnance Test Station launched a Talos missile; its 2-minute trip was the longest full-scale ramjet flight to date. (24)
1953: Boeing delivered its last piston-engine bomber, a TB-50H, to the Air Force. (5)
1958: After four successful test launches, Northrop Aircraft Inc. delivered the first production-model SM-62 Snark ICBM to the USAF. (6)
1962: A Navy F4H-1 Phantom II broke records by climbing 7 1/2 miles in 1 minute 17 seconds. (24)
1964: The DoD canceled the development of the XB-70A-3 Valkyrie. (3)
1965: Cmdr J. R. Williford set a helicopter distance record. He flew 2,105.49 miles from San Diego to Jacksonville in a Sikorsky SH-3A. (5)
1984: A 319 BMW B-52G Stratofortress conducted the first ALCM captive-carry test over Canada's northern test range. (16) (26)
1990: SR-71 RETIRED. Lt Col Ed Yeilding (pilot) and Lt Col J. T. Vida (RSO) set four speed records when they flew the SR-71A Blackbird into retirement at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. They flew a 2,404-mile course from Oxnard, Calif., to Dulles Airport, near DC, in 1 hour 8 minutes 17 seconds at 2,112.52 MPH for one record. Other records: 1 hour 4 minutes for Los Angeles to DC (2,153 MPH); 26 minutes 36 seconds from Kansas City, Mo., to DC (2,200.94 MPH), and eight minutes 20 seconds from St. Louis to Cincinnati, Ohio (2,242.48 MPH). (20)
1997: An AFFTC crew used the ALE-50 Towed Decoy System on a B-1B for the first time. (3)
1998: The SECDEF approved the permanent retirement of the SR-71 Blackbird. With that decision the USAF would retire two SR-71A models (returned to active duty in 1995), a SR-71A and the SR-71B trainer model on loan to NASA, and two from returnable storage. While in the Air Force inventory, the SR-71 set numerous world high-altitude and speed records. (AFNEWS Article 980558, 28 Apr 98) 2007: Operation ACHILLES. A C-130 Hercules dropped 30,000 warning leaflets over the mountains of southeastern Afghanistan to deter Taliban insurgency. The mission supported International Security Assistance Force efforts to secure Afghanistan. (AFNEWS, "Operation Achilles: Leaflet Airdrop Delivers Message to Taliban, 6 Mar 2007.)
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Thanks to Larry
8 films that prove 1971 was peak car movie
These 8 car movies from 1971 brought hot rubber to silver screen
The 1970s are remembered as one of the best and most innovative decades in film, and cool cars were essential to this cinematic evolution. One year in particular stood head and shoulders above the rest with regards to film caliber. Here are 8 smokin' hot car movies from 1971.
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Thanks to Mike
DUMB, DUMBER, DUMBEST!
YGTBSM!
This falls into the "just how dumb are you?" category.....
and is what happens when undocumented illegals are allowed to vote!!!!!
Are You Kidding Me?
Is it possible for someone to be dumber than AOC???
In Texas, State Representative Terry Meza (D-Irving) has introduced HB196.
Her bill would repeal the state's "Castle Doctrine." This doctrine allows a homeowner
to use deadly force against an armed intruder who breaks into his home.
Now listen to what she has to say...
"I'm not saying that stealing is okay," Meza explained. "All I'm saying is that it
doesn't warrant a death penalty. Thieves only carry weapons for self-protection
and to provide the householder an incentive to cooperate. They just want to get
their loot and get away. When the resident tries to resist is when people get hurt.
If only one side is armed fewer people will be killed."
Meza was quick to reassure that her bill would not totally prevent homeowners
from defending themselves.
Under her new law, "… the homeowner's obligation is to flee the home at the first
sign of intrusion. If fleeing is not possible, he must cooperate with the intruder.
But if violence breaks out it is the homeowner's responsibility to make sure no one
gets hurt. The best way to achieve this is to use the minimum non-lethal force possible
because intruders will be able to sue for any injuries they receive at the hands of the
homeowner.
"In most instances the thief needs the money more than the homeowner does,"
Meza reasoned. "The homeowner's insurance reimburse his losses. On balance, the
transfer of property is likely to lead to a more equitable distribution of wealth.
If my bill can help make this transfer a peaceful one so much the better."
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Thanks to Lee
Counter-point to your link on Anesthesiology
Skip,
The link below refutes much of Dr. Setty's article about the lack of knowledge in how anesthesia works because, in fact, much is now known.
-Lee
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thanks to Doctor Rich
A couple of Lawyer jokes
Thanks to Brad
Lawyer: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?"
Witness: "No."
Lawyer: "Did you check for blood pressure?"
Witness: "No."
Lawyer: "Did you check for breathing?"
Witness: "No."
Lawyer: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?"
Witness: "No."
Lawyer: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?"
Witness: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."
Lawyer: "But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?"
Witness: "Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere."
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Thanks to Boysie ...
Lawyers
Why Lawyers are what they are ...
A lawyer, who had a wife and 12 children needed to move because his rental agreement was terminated by the owner, who wanted to reoccupy the home.
He was having a lot of difficulty finding a new house. When he said, he had 12 children, no one would rent a home to him because they felt that the children would destroy the place.
He couldn't say he had no children, because as an officer of the court he couldn't lie (as we all know, lawyers cannot, and do not lie).
So, he sent his wife for a walk to the cemetery with 11 of their 12 kids.
He took the remaining kid with him to see rental homes with the real estate agent.
He loved one of the homes, and the price was right.
The agent asked: "How many children do you have?"
He answered: "Twelve."
The agent asked, "Where are the others?"
The lawyer, with his best courtroom sad look, answered, "They're in the cemetery with their mother."
(MORAL: It's not necessary to lie, one only has to choose the right words, and don't forget, most politicians are lawyers.)
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Thanks to Carl
IDs
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another excellent post, thanks to THE Bear and Dutch
Innovators
Dutch.... Interesting and "feel good about USA" report... Bear
https://clarivate.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2021/02/Top_100_Global_Innovators_2021.pdf
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