Good Saturday Morning July 17
I hope that you all have a great weekend
Regards
Skip
This Day in Navy and Marine Corps History:
July 17
1858 The steam screw frigate, USS Niagara, and the British ship, HMS Agamemnon, depart Queenstown, Ireland, to assist in laying the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.
1898 Santiago, Cuba surrenders to U.S. Naval forces during the Spanish-American War.
1927 Maj. Ross E. Rowell, USMC, leads a flight of five DHs, which are two-seat biplanes, in a strafing and dive bombing attack against bandit forces surrounding a garrison of Marines at Ocotal, Nicaragua.
1944 USS Gabilan (SS 252) sinks Japanese minesweeper (W 25) northwest of Zenizu, Japan.
1975 U.S. Apollo (Apollo 18) and Soviet Soyuz (Soyuz 19) space craft dock in space, making the first manned space flight conducted jointly by the 2 nations. The Apollo craft remains for 9 days, 1 hour, and approximately 28 minutes. USS New Orleans (LPH 11) later recovers the Apollo craft.
Today in History July 17
1453 | France defeats England at Castillon, France, ending the Hundred Years' War. | |
1762 | Peter III of Russia is murdered and his wife, Catherine II, takes the throne. | |
1785 | France limits the importation of goods from Britain. | |
1791 | National Guard troops open fire on a crowd of demonstrators in Paris. | |
1799 | Ottoman forces, supported by the British, capture Aboukir, Egypt from the French. | |
1801 | The U.S. fleet arrives in Tripoli. | |
1815 | Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British at Rochefort, France. | |
1821 | Andrew Jackson becomes the governor of Florida. | |
1864 | Confederate President Jefferson Davis replaces General Joseph E. Johnston with General John Bell Hood in hopes of defeating Union General William T. Sherman outside Atlanta. | |
1898 | U.S. troops under General William R. Shafter take Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. | |
1944 | Field Marshall Erwin Rommel is wounded when an Allied fighter strafes his staff car in France. | |
1946 | Chinese communists attack the Nationalist army on the Yangtze River. | |
1960 | American pilot Francis Gary Powers pleads guilty to spying charges in a Moscow court. | |
1966 | Ho Chi Minh orders a partial mobilization of North Vietnam to defend against American airstrikes. | |
1987 | Lt. Col. Oliver North and Rear Adm. John Poindexter begin testifying to Congress regarding the Iran-Contra scandal. |
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Disneyland, Walt Disney's metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy and futurism, opens on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, and soon brought in staggering profits. Today, Disneyland hosts more than 18 million visitors a year, who spend close to $3 billion.
READ MORE: Disneyland's Disastrous Opening Day
Walt Disney, born in Chicago in 1901, worked as a commercial artist before setting up a small studio in Los Angeles to produce animated cartoons. In 1928, his short film Steamboat Willy, starring the character "Mickey Mouse," was a national sensation. It was the first animated film to use sound, and Disney provided the voice for Mickey. From there on, Disney cartoons were in heavy demand, but the company struggled financially because of Disney's insistence on ever-improving artistic and technical quality. His first feature-length cartoon, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938), took three years to complete and was a great commercial success.
Snow White was followed by other feature-length classics for children, such as Pinocchio (1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942). Fantasia (1940), which coordinated animated segments with famous classical music pieces, was an artistic and technical achievement. In Song of the South (1946), Disney combined live actors with animated figures, and beginning with Treasure Island in 1950 the company added live-action movies to its repertoire. Disney was also one of the first movie studios to produce film directly for television, and its Zorro and Davy Crockett series were very popular with children.
In the early 1950s, Walt Disney began designing a huge amusement park to be built near Los Angeles. He intended Disneyland to have educational as well as amusement value and to entertain adults and their children. Land was bought in the farming community of Anaheim, about 25 miles southeast of Los Angeles, and construction began in 1954. In the summer of 1955, special invitations were sent out for the opening of Disneyland on July 17. Unfortunately, the pass was counterfeited and thousands of uninvited people were admitted into Disneyland on opening day. The park was not ready for the public: food and drink ran out, a women's high-heel shoe got stuck in the wet asphalt of Main Street USA, and the Mark Twain Steamboat nearly capsized from too many passengers.
Disneyland soon recovered, however, and attractions such as the Castle, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Snow White's Adventures, Space Station X-1, Jungle Cruise, and Stage Coach drew countless children and their parents. Special events and the continual building of new state-of-the-art attractions encouraged them to visit again. In 1965, work began on an even bigger Disney theme park and resort near Orlando, Florida. Walt Disney died in 1966, and Walt Disney World was opened in his honor on October 1, 1971. Epcot Center, Disney-MGM Studios, and Animal Kingdom were later added to Walt Disney World, and it remains Florida's premier tourist attraction. In 1983, Disneyland Tokyo opened in Japan, and in 1992 Disneyland Paris–or "EuroDisney"–opened to a mixed reaction in Marne-la-Vallee. Disneyland in Hong Kong opened its doors in September 2005.
From Skip
As a side note as a few of you may remember that Bug Roach LSO and Fighter Pilot extraordinaire worked there and ran around in costume as one of the three pigs. He had quite a few stories of those days.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear
LOOKING BACK 55-YEARS to the Vietnam Air War— ... … For The List for Saturday, 17 July 2021… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 17 July 1966… "James Reston: Power, Violence & Purpose"…
This following work accounts for every fixed wing loss of the Vietnam War and you can use it to read more about the losses in The Bear's Daily account. Even better it allows you to add your updated information to the work to update for history…skip
Vietnam Air Losses
Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
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This Day in U S Military 17 July
1801 – The U.S. fleet arrived in Tripoli after Pasha Yusuf Karamanli declared war for being refused tribute.
1821 – Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
1870 – A drunken brawl turns deadly when "Wild Bill" Hickok shoots two soldiers in self-defense, mortally wounding one of them. William Hickok had earned his reputation as a gunslinger a decade earlier after shooting three men in a gunfight in Nebraska. He parlayed his standing as a sure-shooting gunman into a haphazard career in law enforcement. In 1869, he was elected interim sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas. Hays City, the county seat, was a rough-and-tumble frontier town, and the citizens hoped Hickok could bring order to the chaos. Unfortunately, after Hickok had killed two men in the line of duty after just five weeks, they concluded that he was too wild for their tastes and they elected his deputy to replace him in November. Unemployed, Hickok passed his time gambling, drinking, and occasionally working as a hunting guide. He quickly became bored and was considering taking work at the nearby Fort Hays as an army scout. On this day in 1870, Hickok had been drinking hard at Drum's Saloon in Hays City. Five soldiers from the 7th Cavalry stationed at Fort Hays were also at the bar. They were drunk and began to exchange words with the notoriously prickly "Wild Bill." A brawl broke out, and the soldiers threw Hickok to the floor. One trooper tried to shoot Hickok, but the gun misfired. Hickok quickly pulled his own pistols and opened fire. He wounded one private in the knee and wrist, and another in the torso. The three remaining soldiers backed off, and Hickok exited the saloon and immediately left town. A clear case of self-defense, Hickok was cleared of any wrongdoing. Yet, one of the soldiers, Private John Kile, later died of his wound and Hickok's chances of becoming an army scout evaporated. He spent the next six years working in law enforcement, gambling, and appearing in Wild West shows. He was murdered in a Deadwood, South Dakota, saloon in 1876.
1944 – An explosion at Port Chicago, now the Concord Naval Weapons Station in Ca., killed 320 seamen when a pair of ammunition ships exploded. 10,000 tons of ammunition exploded. 202 of the victims were black enlisted men. The Navy court-martialed 50 black sailors for refusing to go back to work after the catastrophe. They were released from prison in 1946 with dishonorable discharges and reductions in rank. In 1999 Pres. Clinton issued a pardon to Freddie Meeks, one of the last living convicted African American sailors.
1945 – The first Anglo-American carrier air strike on the Tokyo area is conducted by the forces of the British Pacific Fleet (Admiral Sir Bernard Rawlings), designated Task Force 37, and the US 3rd Fleet (Admiral Halsey). During the night (July 17-18), the HMS King George V and 5 US battleships bombard Hitachi on Honshu. The Allied battleships fire some 2000 tons of shells on Hitachi in fifty minutes.
1952 – The U.S. 2nd Infantry Division's 23rd Infantry Regiment sustained heavy casualties, including 39 killed and 84 missing in action, during the Battle for Old Baldy.
1953 – Lieutenant Guy P. "Lucky Pierre" Bordelon scored his fifth aerial victory and qualified as the only U.S. Navy ace of the Korean War and the only Korean War ace who did not fly an F-86 Sabre jet. Bordelon, detached to K-6 airfield from the carrier USS Princeton, flew an F4U-5N Corsair named "Annie Mo." All his victories were the so-called "Bedcheck Charlies" engaged on nighttime harassment bombing missions.
1972 – South Vietnamese paratroopers fight their way to within 200 yards of the Citadel in Quang Tri City, which was described by reporters who accompanied the troops as a city of rubble and ash. Citizens emerging from neighborhoods retaken by the paratroopers joined the refugees, who had been streaming south toward Hue on Route 1 to get out of the way of continued fighting in Quang Tri. North Vietnamese troops had captured Quang Tri City on May 1 as part of their Nguyen Hue Offensive (later called the "Easter Offensive"), a massive invasion by North Vietnamese forces that had been launched on March 31. The attacking force included 14 infantry divisions and 26 separate regiments, with more than 120,000 troops and approximately 1,200 tanks and other armored vehicles. The main North Vietnamese objectives, in addition to Quang Tri in the north, were Kontum in the Central Highlands, and An Loc farther to the south. Initially, the South Vietnamese defenders were almost overwhelmed, particularly in the northernmost provinces, where they abandoned their positions in Quang Tri. At Kontum and An Loc, the South Vietnamese were more successful in defending against the attacks, but only after weeks of bitter fighting. Although the defenders suffered heavy casualties, they managed to hold their own with the aid of American advisors and airpower. Fighting continued all over South Vietnam into the summer months. After months of heavy fighting, the South Vietnamese forces finally retook Quang Tri province entirely in September. With the communist invasion blunted, President Nixon declared that the South Vietnamese victory proved the viability of "Vietnamization," a program that he had instituted in 1969 to increase the combat capability of the South Vietnamese armed forces so U.S. troops could be withdrawn.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
CRUSE, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Big Dry Fork, Ariz., 17 July 1882. Entered service at: Owensboro, Ky. Birth: Owensboro, Ky. Date of issue: 12 July 1892. Citation: Gallantly charged hostile Indians, and with his carbine compelled a party of them to keep under cover of their breastworks, thus being enabled to recover a severely wounded soldier.
MORGAN, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Big Dry Fork, Ariz., 17 July 1882. Entered service at: Minneapolis, Minn. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 15 July 1892. Citation: Gallantly held his ground at a critical moment and fired upon the advancing enemy (hostile Indians) until he was disabled by a shot.
TAYLOR, CHARLES
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company D, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Big Dry Wash, Ariz., 17 July 1862. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Baltimore, Md. Date of issue: 16 December 1882. Citation: Gallantry in action.
WEST, FRANK
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Big Dry Wash, Ariz., 17 July 1882. Entered service at: Mohawk, N.Y. Birth: Mohawk, N.Y. Date of issue: 12 July 1892. Citation: Rallied his command and led it in the advance against the enemy's fortifled position.
WAYBUR, DAVID C.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 3d Reconnaissance Troop, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Agrigento, Sicily, 17 July 1943. Entered service at: Piedmont, Calif. Birth: Oakland, Calif. G.O. No.: 69, 21 October 1943. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action involving actual conflict with the enemy. Commander of a reconnaissance platoon, 1st Lt. Waybur volunteered to lead a 3-vehicle patrol into enemy-held territory to locate an isolated Ranger unit. Proceeding under cover of darkness, over roads known to be heavily mined, and strongly defended by road blocks and machinegun positions, the patrol's progress was halted at a bridge which had been destroyed by enemy troops and was suddenly cut off from its supporting vehicles by 4 enemy tanks. Although hopelessly outnumbered and out-gunned, and himself and his men completely exposed, he quickly dispersed his vehicles and ordered his gunners to open fire with their .30 and .50 caliber machineguns. Then, with ammunition exhausted, 3 of his men hit and himself seriously wounded, he seized his .45 caliber Thompson submachinegun and standing in the bright moonlight directly in the line of fire, alone engaged the leading tank at 30 yards and succeeded in killing the crewmembers, causing the tank to run onto the bridge and crash into the stream bed. After dispatching 1 of the men for aid he rallied the rest to cover and withstood the continued fire of the tanks till the arrival of aid the following morning.
*PENDLETON, CHARLES F.
Rank and organization: Corporal. U.S. Army, Company D, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Choo Gung-Dong, Korea, 16 and 17 July 1953. Entered service at: Fort Worth, Tex. Born: 26 September 1931, Camden, Tenn. Citation: Cpl. Pendleton, a machine gunner with Company D, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. After consolidating and establishing a defensive perimeter on a key terrain feature, friendly elements were attacked by a large hostile force. Cpl. Pendleton delivered deadly accurate fire into the approaching troops, killing approximately 15 and disorganizing the remainder with grenades. Unable to protect the flanks because of the narrow confines of the trench, he removed the machine gun from the tripod and, exposed to enemy observation, positioned it on his knee to improve his firing vantage. Observing a hostile infantryman jumping into the position, intent on throwing a grenade at his comrades, he whirled about and killed the attacker, then inflicted such heavy casualties on the enemy force that they retreated to regroup. After reorganizing, a second wave of hostile soldiers moved forward in an attempt to overrun the position and, later, when a hostile grenade landed nearby, Cpl. Pendleton quickly retrieved and hurled it back at the foe. Although he was burned by the hot shells ejecting from his weapon, and he was wounded by a grenade, he refused evacuation and continued to fire on the assaulting force. As enemy action increased in tempo, his machine gun was destroyed by a grenade but, undaunted, he grabbed a carbine and continued his heroic defense until mortally wounded by a mortar burst. Cpl. Pendleton's unflinching courage, gallant self-sacrifice, and consummate devotion to duty reflect lasting glory upon himself and uphold the finest traditions of the military service.
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There are some lively discussions going on the Bubba List and this morning's input from Shadow is entertaining for all. skip
Thanks to Shadow
This is kinda related to gun sights and lookout…
When I was in 101, the F-4 RAG at Yuma...one of my LSJO assignments was to write a column in the base newspaper about squadron's doings… each squadron stationed there had to submit one for the bi-weekly paper. The Skipper called me in and told me what he wanted… and didn't. He wanted crisp, straight forward stuff… no off color stuff; but try to include a bit of humor now and then. Had my marching orders and for a couple of months, things went well and he'd call me in and tell me to keep it up… liked my stuff. And then after a briefing one day on what was going on over the pond, it was mentioned that well over 50% of all first sighting from rear attacking bad guys was made by the RIO's… primarily by constantly checking the centerline rear view mirror the back seat had.
Well that got me to thinking (and that usually got me in trouble)… I decided to write a little tongue in cheek, spoof/satire article to be attached to my next submission. What I came up with was to announce that 101 had been selected to evaluate a new RIO cockpit configuration for the F-4. NARF North Island was in the final phase of converting the first two F-4B's with "rear" facing ejection seats and 101 would be tasked to evaluate the new system. The purpose was to broaden the RIO's ability to search out visually, any threats from the nine to the three o'clock position. I also mentioned that they already were sighting over 60 % of first visual acquisition of the bad guys over North Vietnam according to intelligence briefs. I then went on to point out this new system would have no negative input on radar acquisition and targeting… in that when they were looking at the scope… it didn't matter what direction they were physically facing. Looking at the scope… Left was still left and right was still right… up was still up and down was still down.
Well… ya woulda have thought I had insulted the Queen! The chit came fast and furious… "Where the hell did you hear about that"? "Why haven't we been briefed about this"? "Why did I have to find out about this in a damn base newspaper"? It went on and on. I was amazed at how many of my fellow Marines didn't recognize a good "Sea Story" when they read one. Of course the C.O. had his say too… and I found out he did have a sense of humor about most things… but my latest creative writing exercise was not one of them.
Message sent, message received… it was back to the more mundane after that. But you know what, I was still proud of it… had just enough logic to be believable… at least to the gullible.
Shadow
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From the archives is another fantastic H-Gram (33) from Admiral Cox and the Naval History and Heritage Command. In the below overall description of each part you can open up the more in-depth description by clicking the bottom of each one as in this one-------(please see attachment H-033-1.)
Great reads!!!
H-Gram 033: Yanagi Missions, "Red" Ramage, Port Chicago, Tinian, Apollo 11
This H-gram covers:
The Apollo II moon landing on 20 July 1969 and Neil Armstrong's U.S. Navy service
Back issues of H-grams may be found here. As always, you are welcome and encouraged to share H-grams so that our Navy personnel can better understand the legacy of honor, sacrifice, and valor that they are charged to uphold.
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Worth repeating
Thanks to Dr. Rich
For all the Bubbas and the rest of you. ..
Between 65 and over!! Live and enjoy life....
A bit of good advice from John.,,
You may have seen this one before....worth a second look!!
Many of us are between 65 and over. My friend sent me this excellent list for aging . . . and I have to agree it's good advice to follow. The guy who sent this hi-lighted #19
1. It's time to use the money you saved up. Use it and enjoy it. Don't just keep it for those who may have no notion of the sacrifices you made to get it. Remember there is nothing more dangerous than a son or daughter-in-law with big ideas for your hard-earned capital. Warning: This is also a bad time for investments, even if it seems wonderful or fool-proof. They only bring problems and worries. This is a time for you to enjoy some peace and quiet.
2. Stop worrying about the financial situation of your children and grandchildren, and don't feel bad spending your money on yourself. You've taken care of them for many years, and you've taught them what you could. You gave them an education, food, shelter and support. The responsibility is now theirs to earn their own money.
3. Keep a healthy life, without great physical effort. Do moderate exercise (like walking every day), eat well and get your sleep. It's easy to become sick, and it gets harder to remain healthy. That is why you need to keep yourself in good shape and be aware of your medical and physical needs Keep in touch with your doctor, do tests even when you're feeling well. Stay informed.
4. Always buy the best, most beautiful items for your significant other. The key goal is to enjoy your money with your partner. One day one of you will miss the other, and the money will not provide any comfort then, enjoy it together.
5. Don't stress over the little things. You've already overcome so much in your life. You have good memories and bad ones, but the important thing is the present. Don't let the past drag you down and don't let the future frighten you. Feel good in the now. Small issues will soon be forgotten.
6. Regardless of age, always keep love alive. Love your partner, love life, love your family, love your neighbor and remember: "A man is not old as long as he has intelligence and affection."
7. Be proud, both inside and out. Don't stop going to your hair salon or barber, do your nails, go to the dermatologist and the dentist, keep your perfumes and creams well stocked. When you are well-maintained on the outside, it seeps in, making you feel proud and strong.
8. Don't lose sight of fashion trends for your age, but keep your own sense of style. There's nothing worse than an older person trying to wear the current fashion among youngsters. You've developed your own sense of what looks good on you – keep it and be proud of it. It's part of who you are.
9. ALWAYS stay up-to-date. Read newspapers, watch the news. Go online and read what people are saying. Make sure you have an active email account and try to use some of those social networks. You'll be surprised what old friends you'll meet. Keeping in touch with what is going on and with the people you know is important at any age
10. Respect the younger generation and their opinions. They may not have the same ideals as you, but they are the future, and will take the world in their direction. Give advice, not criticism, and try to remind them that yesterday's wisdom still applies today.
11. Never use the phrase: "In my time." Your time is now. As long as you're alive, you are part of this time. You may have been younger, but you are still you now, having fun and enjoying life.
12. Some people embrace their golden years, while others become bitter and surly. Life is too short to waste your days on the latter. Spend your time with positive, cheerful people, it'll rub off on you and your days will seem that much better. Spending your time with bitter people will make you older and harder to be around.
13. Don't abandon your hobbies. If you don't have any, make new ones. You can travel, hike, cook, read, dance. You can adopt a cat or a dog, grow a garden, play cards, checkers, chess, dominoes, golf. You can paint, volunteer or just collect certain items. Find something you like and spend some real time having fun with it.
14 Even if you don't feel like it, try to accept invitations. Baptisms, graduations, birthdays, weddings, conferences. Try to go. Get out of the house, meet people you haven't seen in a while, experience something new (or something old). But don't get upset when you're not invited. Some events are limited by resources, and not everyone can be hosted The important thing is to leave the house from time to time. Go to museums, go walk through a field. Get out there.
15. Be a conversationalist. Talk less and listen more. Some people go on and on about the past, not caring if their listeners are really interested. That's a great way of reducing their desire to speak with you. Listen first and answer questions, but don't go off into long stories unless asked to. Speak in courteous tones and try not to complain or criticize too much unless you really need to. Try to accept situations as they are. Everyone is going through the same things, and people have a low tolerance for hearing complaints. Always find some good things to say as well.
16. Pain and discomfort go hand in hand with getting older. Try not to dwell on them but accept them as a part of the cycle of life we're all going through. Try to minimize them in your mind. They are not who you are, they are something that life added to you. If they become your entire focus, you lose sight of the person you used to be.
17. If you've been offended by someone – forgive them. If you've offended someone - apologize. Don't drag around resentment with you. It only serves to make you sad and bitter. It doesn't matter who was right. Someone once said: "Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die." Don't take that poison. Forgive, forget and move on with your life.
18. If you have a strong belief, savor it. But don't waste your time trying to convince others. They will make their own choices no matter what you tell them, and it will only bring you frustration. Live your faith and set an example. Live true to your beliefs and let that memory sway them.
19.This one is for the Bubbas------ Laugh. Laugh A LOT. Laugh at everything. Remember, you are one of the lucky ones. You managed to have a life, a long one. Many never get to this age, never get to experience a full life. But you did. So what's not to laugh about? Find the humor in your situation.
20. Take no notice of what others say about you and even less notice of what they might be thinking. They'll do it anyway, and you should have pride in yourself and what you've achieved. Let them talk and don't worry. They have no idea about your history, your memories and the life you've lived so far. There's still much to be written, so get busy writing and don't waste time thinking about what others might think. Now is the time to be at rest, at peace and as happy as you can be!
REMEMBER: "Life is too short to drink bad wine or warm beer"
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for July 17, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
17 July
1908: FIRST AVIATION LEGISLATION. Kissimmee, Fla., enacted a municipal ordinance regulating aircraft within city limits. (24)
1918: Through 19 July, Naval Reserve Lt Godfrey L. Cabot practiced "the art of picking up Burdens in Flight . . . to make possible Trans-Atlantic Flight." Flying a seaplane and using a grappling hook attached to a rope, he hoisted 45- and 55-pound bags from floats into the aircraft. He estimated "that with practice . . . two men, in one hour, [should be able] to wind up all the fuel that an airplane . . . requires for a full load." (18)
1927: Maj Ross E. Rowell (USMC) led five DH's in a strafing and bombing attack against bandit forces surrounding a USMC garrison at Ocotal, Nicaragua. This was the first preplanned and organized diving attack in combat. (24)
1929: Dr. Robert H. Goddard fired a liquid-fueled, 11-foot rocket at Auburn, Mass. It carried a small camera and a barometer. Both were recovered intact after the flight. (24)
1938: Supposedly trying to fly to California, Douglas (Wrong-Way) Corrigan left Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn in a 9-year-old Curtiss Robin and arrived on 18 July in Dublin, Ireland, 28 hours 13 minutes later. (9) (24)
1944: FIRST NAPALM USE IN EUROPE. P-38 pilots from Ninth Air Force dropped napalm incendiary bombs on a fuel depot at Coutances, France. (20) (21)
1948: With the Berlin Blockade still in effect, B-29s arrived in England for training at British bases. These were the first US bombers to be based in the UK after World War II. (16) (24)
1962: Maj Robert White flew X-15 No. 3, with the XLR-99 rocket engine, on the first spaceflight by a manned aircraft. He reached a record altitude of 58.7 miles (314,750) feet above Edwards AFB. This was the first flight in which the X-15 achieved its designed altitude. White also became the first man to exceed Mach 6, when he attained 3,784 MPH. (3) (9)
1967: The ADC's 73d Surveillance Wing, which detected and tracked objects in space, became operational at Tyndall AFB, Fla. (16)
1969: The Alaskan Air Command assumed responsibility for resupplying Fletcher's Ice Island (T-3) with food, fuel, equipment, and supplies. Scientists used the floating, 20-square-mile island for weather and other research. The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island in Canada's high Arctic, produced a tabular iceberg that was 160 feet thick and covered an area of 35 square miles. Discovered by Col Joseph Fletcher, the iceberg was named T-3 or Fletchers Ice Island. It moved around the Arctic Ocean for many years, before exiting through the Fram Strait, between Greenland and Svalbard, and moving around the southern tip of Greenland to disintegrate and melt in Davis Strait. (26)
1979: The ALCM test program began when General Dynamics launched its first AGM-109. (3)
1987: The first of 33 MH-53J Enhanced Pave Low III helicopters rolled out of the Naval Air Rework Facility at NAS Pensacola. Pave Low provided night and adverse weather navigation capabilities to the helicopter. (16)
1989: Northrop pilot Bruce Hinds and Lt Col Richard Couch, B-2 Combined Test Force Director, flew the B-2A's first flight over Edwards AFB. (20)
1990: Through 1 August, the 60 MAW, 62 MAW, 438 MAW, and the 374 TAW delivered 582 tons of relief supplies and moved 2,475 passengers to Clark AB after a 7.7 earthquake devastated the village of Baguio. (16) (26)
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Thanks to Clint….I guess that this is just another item like using military aircraft to ferry illegals to different parts of the country and dropping them off…..
I guess the Democrats can be real proud of their taking our country back to the dark ages. Read this and then go to the web site mentioned. It's all true and run illegally by the Democrats.
Subject: Illegal safe houses
See references at the end. Looks real.
This is going on all over the country—What is this administration doing????
This is happening in all red states to ensure that the leftists are always in charge of our federal government.
A disturbing discovery was recently made in Scottsdale, Arizona.
A reporter for The Gateway Pundit received an interesting tip-off.
Here's what he found.
On Monday night, TGP's Jordan Conradson investigated the Homewood Suites in Scottsdale, Arizona after receiving a tip that it was an illegal immigrant safe house. The hotel is located at 9880 N Scottsdale Rd.
When Conradson arrived at the hotel, every entrance was barricaded, and he had to park down the street. He walked up to the hotel and greeted some officers.
This is incredible.
There's a safe house for illegal immigrants being secretly maintained without our knowledge – until now.
Conradson did some digging.
Conradson: what's going on here?
LES Officer: You actually need to leave the property it's actually a closed hotel.
Conradson: Oh, so what's going on?
LES Officer: This is a private property man.
Conradson: But what's going on?
LES Officer: If you want to get information for that you need to go to endeavors.org.
Conradson: I heard that they were harboring illegal immigrants here. Is that true?
LES Officer: You can go to the endeavors.org website and they'll give you as much information as they can.
Conradson: Who do you work for?
LES Officer: I'm contracted with LES, it's a law enforcement contract service company.
Conradson: Why aren't people allowed on the premises?
LES Officer: You can go to endeavors.org to get information for that other than that this is closed this is private property from the company that's here.
Guess what the story behind Endeavors is…
ENDEAVORS.ORG is the website for Family Endeavors, a San Antonio nonprofit tied to the Biden administration. They received an $87 million no-bid contract in March to clothe and shelter illegal immigrants. They then received ANOTHER contract for $530 MILLION shortly after.
It's all been masterminded by the Biden Administration right under the noses of Americans living in Scottsdale.
But there's more.
A Selrico Services food van pulled out of the parking lot. Selrico is a food service company that is also based in San Antonio. They must be contracted to provide food for those in this country illegally.
So not only are these illegal aliens being housed at taxpayer expense, they're being fed at our expense too!
They get all this free and then we're sent the bill through taxation.
Conradson wanted to find out who specifically was organising all this.
Note the parts in bold.
Conradson called the local police station since he could not get any answers from the representatives at the hotel.
Conradson: I would like to know what is going on at the Homewood Suites on Scottsdale Rd. and Mountainview. Do you have any information about what's going on there?
Dispatcher: Nothing outside of the fact that it's being monitored by ICE and that we have police presence there from other agencies 24/7.
Conradson: Who is managing the hotel?
Dispatcher: I don't have that information exactly
Conradson: But ICE is in there 24/7?
Dispatcher: Yeah, it's being monitored by them and outside agencies.
Conradson: Do you know what the outside agencies are?
Dispatcher: I think it's just a mix of all Arizona state agencies.
Conradson: Are they communicating with you on how many people they're bringing into Scottsdale, into the hotel?
Dispatcher: I don't have any specifics on it.
Conradson: Where do I find more information?
Dispatcher: You could try to look up any of the ICE numbers online and see if they give any further.
Conradson: Do you have any information on exactly what's going on? I mean obviously, they're harboring illegal immigrants, but do you know anything else?
Dispatcher: No we don't have any further.
The Deep State inside Arizona is a part of this, and so is ICE and the police.
It's all one unified effort to keep this a secret from the American people.
Here's exactly what is at stake.
This is atrocious. Over 600 MILLION DOLLARS are funding this operation to flood red counties with illegal residents and brand new Democrat voters, and it's costing the American taxpayers money and it's putting the American people in DANGER.
Instead of protecting American citizens, officers are being paid by our tax dollars to protect non-citizens who are invading our communities.
The globalist elites who govern this country are attempting to change the population so that it votes in the way that they prefer.
They don't care about any of the Americans currently living here, they just want to replace them with people from other countries.
And they're doing their best to keep it under wraps.
So share this article far and wide to raise awareness about what they're doing, and let's hope we can put a stop to this!
Google "homewood suites immigrants" if you doubt this account…
For more info on Endeavors: https://clyde.house.gov/media/in-the-news/exclusive-ice-gave-87m-no-bid-contract-business-biden-ties-raising-conflict
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