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Good Saturday Morning May the 14th
I hope that you all have a great weekend.
Regards,
Skip.
This day in Naval History May 14
1800: The frigate USS Essex, commanded by Capt. Edward Preble, arrives in Batavia, Java, to escort United States merchant ships. During her journey, she is the first U.S. Navy warship to cross the Equator and the first U.S. man-of-war to double the Cape of Good Hope.
1801 Tripoli declares war on the United States for not increasing the annual tribute paid as protection money to prevent raids on its ships. Within less than a week, a squadron under Commodore Richard Dale, sets sail to protect American interests and arrives July 1 at Gibraltar.
1836 Congress authorizes the U.S. Exploring Expedition to conduct an exploration of the Pacific Ocean and South Seas, making the first major US scientific expedition overseas. Lt. Charles Wilkes, USN, leads the expedition to survey South America, Antarctica, the Far East, and the North Pacific.
1845 - First U.S. warship visits Vietnam. While anchored in Danang for reprovisioning, CAPT John Percival commanding USS Constitution, conducts a show of force against Vietnamese authorities in an effort to obtain the release of a French priest held prisoner by Emperor of Annam at Hue.
1919 The Marine detachment from USS Arizona guards the U.S. consulate at Constantinople, Turkey, during the Greek occupation of the city.
1944 USS Bonefish (SS 223) attacks a Japanese convoy bound for Sibitu Passage, Borneo, and sinks Japanese destroyer Inazuma near TawiTawi, east of Borneo and survives counter-attacks by Japanese destroyer Hibiki. Also on this date, USS Aspro (SS 309) and USS Bowfin (SS 287) attack a Japanese convoy and sinks cargo ship BisanMaru.
1945 German submarine (U 858) arrives at Cape May, Del., after surrendering at sea four days earlier. USS Pillsbury (DE 133) and USS Pope (DE 134) arrive later that day, take over the boat, place a USN crew on board, and remove 1/2 of her crew including three of her four officers. (U 858) is later scuttled off the coast of New England during torpedo trials.
1975 - Marines recapture Mayaguez, go ashore on Koh Tang Island and release the crew.
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Today in History May 14
1264 King Henry III is captured by his brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort, at the Battle of Lewes.
1509 At the Battle of Agnadello, the French defeat the Venitians in Northern Italy.
1610 French King Henri IV (Henri de Navarre) is assassinated by François Ravaillac, a fanatical monk.
1796 English physician Edward Jenner gives the first successful smallpox vaccination.
1804 Explorer William Clark sets off from St. Louis, Missouri.
1853 Gail Borden applies for a patent for condensed milk.
1863 Union General Nathanial Banks heads towards Port Hudson along the Mississippi River.
1897 Guglielmo Marconi sends the first communication by wireless telegraph.
1897 "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa is performed for the first time in Philadelphia.
1935 A plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
1940 Holland surrenders to Germany.
1942 The British Army, in retreat from Burma, reaches India.
1948 Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion establishes the State of Israel.
1961 A bus carrying black and white civil rights activists is bombed and burned in Alabama.
1969 Three companies of the 101st Airborne Division fail to push North Vietnamese forces off Hill 937 in South Vietnam.
1973 The U.S. space station Skylab is launched.
1991 In South Africa, Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six years in prison for her part in the kidnapping and beating of three black youths and the death of a fourth.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post
… For The List for Saturday, 14 May 2022… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 14 May 1967… Timeless wisdom: a miscalculation in perilous times can be catastrophic…
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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.Thanks to the Bear……..A good read……….I was there with my brothers for the entire time flying from the USS Midway with Air Wing Five
Fifty years ago this week the Vietnam War entered the final phase of American participation in offensive operations. The week began with an historic President Nixon address to the world. He made clear his exasperation with years of unsuccessful diplomatic efforts to find a path to peace and immediately announced that the mining of North Vietnam ports had begun. He reaffirmed American commitment to "do whatever was necessary" to drive the war to a conclusion that achieved the goals he reiterated in his 17-minute address. Operation Linebacker was to extend Operation Freedom Train and follow Operation Pocket Money, the mining of Haiphong Harbor. .
This history lesson is not for sissies. Graduate level. However, Humble Host has made it relatively easy to absorb. Three links are attached that tell the story of the first 120 days of the last year of offensive American participation in the Vietnam War…
1. The 8 May 1972 Nixon address (17-minutes)…
2. "The Daring Plan to Mine Haiphong Harbor" (lengthy read)…
3. "Linebacker: The first 120 days" (97-page Air Force report, TS declas)…
Good reading for an historic day in world and American history …
Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
Operation Freedom Train
Operation Linebacker I
… here is another good link for Linebacker I… Bear
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To All, If you are not on the Bubba List
., here is the invite to RADM Riley Mixson's celebration of life on the Midway. Son, Steve, request that this be sent on to the friends and shipmates of his Dad. Thanks,Bubbles
If there is anyone I missed on this list, please share evite or let me know and I will send an invite. (Steve)
RADM Riley Mixson Celebration of Life
Hosted by: Steve Mixson
Friday, July 8 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM PT
USS Midway Flight Deck - 910 N. Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101
Attire is business casual.
Cocktails and Heavy Hors d'oeuvres
Please RSVP by June 15th.
From: Steve Mixson <evite@mailva.evite.com>
Date: May 12, 2022 at 10:14:40 PDT
Subject: bubbsnord, you have an invitation from Steve Mixson
Reply-To: Evite <steve.mixson303@gmail.com>
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From the List archives
. Subject: 1945 Air Show
Neat stuff if you are interested.................A lot of History !!
Incredible!
Never saw this particular footage ever before!
Nazi Jets. Nazi Helicopters. Italian fighters. Flying JU-88's.
Fascinating footage of captured weapons and Axis aircraft at a
1945 air show at Freeman Field in Seymour , Indiana ..
This footage is ONLY four months after the German surrender,
And just one month after the Japanese surrender!
Great Glenn Miller music will definitely get you in that
WW II (patriotic) "Mood" to remember!
Nearly a 70 year look back at a Victory celebration, the end of the war.
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(More funding details in article link adding to the five bullets below!)
Why Funding Ukraine Is Just Dead Wrong
May 12, 2022
Huge numbers are always getting thrown around in Washington, so it's worth pausing to evaluate just what $43 billion means.
• The $43 billion is roughly three times the final cost of President Trump's unfinished border wall with Mexico.
• If this U.S. aid were a national military budget, it would be the 10th-largest military budget in the world, just ahead of South Korea and well above countries like Italy, Australia, and Iran. Even if one excludes the non-military portions of the package, it exceeds the defense budgets of Israel.
• Speaking of Israel, this six-month aid package exceeds all U.S. aid to Israel over the past decade.
• $43 billion is more than the cost of any of the first eight years of the war in Afghanistan.
• $43 billion handily exceeds the current budget of the Department of Justice, which has some 113,000 employees. It's almost doublethe budget of NASA.
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How a Century of Political Violence in Ukraine Is Linked to the Atrocities of Today
The history of Ukrainian nationalist cruelty is an important factor, barely discussed, or known, in the West
By Olga Sukharevskaya
RT News
May 14, 2022
Troops shot in the legs screaming in pain. Others dying from blood loss and shock. With no one around to provide medical assistance. A Russian soldier crucified on an anti-tank barrier, chained to a metal 'hedgehog' and then burned alive…
For many, graphic footage of Russian servicemen tortured and killed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and nationalist battalions, came as a real shock. But this did not surprise those who are familiar with the 'traditions' of Ukraine's 'fighters for national freedom', as they have more than a century of history in this sort of thing.
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Thanks to bill
: Aircraft Carrier in Chinese Desert
Interesting news article ... if it doesn't open, it merely says that China is building "port facilities" in a desert, where they can try out new missile designs against moored aircraft carriers and other ships.
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Thanks to Carl
All Wars Are Endless Wars
The future is going to be a lot like the past.
Thu May 12, 2022
Daniel Greenfield
War, like forest fires, tornadoes, human evil, and Barbara Streisand, is not going away.
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Thanks to Brett
Geopolitical Futures:
Keeping the future in focus
Daily Memo: Finland Eyes NATO Membership
The country is expected to announce its decision over the weekend.
By: GPF Staff
May12, 2022
NATO expansion. In a statement issued Thursday, the president and the prime minister of Finland said that Helsinki must apply for NATO membership without delay and that the next steps in the application process would be made over the next few days. Moscow warned against the move, saying that it would damage relations and that Russia would retaliate. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Britain signed defense pacts with both Sweden and Finland.
Tokyo meeting. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Thursday. The leaders pledged to adopt a more coordinated response to the Ukraine crisis and to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific, a comment that indirectly referred to China.
Rising risks. The finance ministers and central bank governors of Japan, China and South Korea warned about the growing risks to Asia's economic recovery in a statement following their annual meeting. The risks included early interest rate hikes in developed economies, rising inflation and the fallout from the Ukraine conflict. The financial leaders pledged to support market stability and sound fiscal policy.
U.S.-Asia relations. Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will meet in Washington on Thursday for a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden. The heads of two ASEAN members – the Philippines and Myanmar – will not attend. Biden is due to travel to South Korea and Japan next week for a meeting of the Quad security grouping.
China and Pakistan. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke on Wednesday with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Pakistan reaffirmed its commitment to the "One China" policy and its support for Beijing's position on issues related to Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet and the South China Sea.
Diversification. Kazakh President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev said his country began diversifying the routes it uses to export oil to European and Chinese markets, hoping to steer away from Russia. He said Kazakhstan would use Turkish transport corridors, increase capacity of pipelines and modernize the Aktau and Kuryk seaports.
Mediator. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia during a call with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Summit preparations. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Tajikistan on Wednesday for a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States on Friday.
Canceled. The U.S. Department of Interior said it would cancel planned oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Cook Inlet because of insufficient interest within the industry.
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. This Week in American Military History:
By Thomas Smith
May 15, 1862: U.S. Marine Corporal John F. Mackie participates in an action against Confederate forces at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, for which he will become the first Marine in history to receive the Medal of Honor.
According to his citation, "As enemy shellfire raked the deck of his ship, Corporal Mackie fearlessly maintained his musket fire against the rifle pits on shore, and when ordered to fill vacancies at guns caused by men wounded and killed in action, manned the weapon with skill and courage."
May 15, 1963: Astronaut, fighter pilot, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr., piloting "Faith 7," becomes the first American to spend an entire day in space, and the first man to sleep in space. A former U.S. Marine private who ultimately was commissioned an Army second lieutenant, Cooper will retire an Air Force colonel.
May 18, 1775: Future turncoat Col. Benedict Arnold leads a successful surprise attack against a British fort and the adjacent shipyards at St.Johns, Canada. Among Arnold's prizes is the British sloop HMS George which he renames "Enterprise," the first of eight so-named American Navy ships.
May 18, 1863: Union Army forces under the command of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S.
Grant move against the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Vastly outnumbered Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton fall back on prepared defenses. Pemberton's army is quickly surrounded. Grant strikes Pemberton's positions the following day hoping to destroy his army before it is properly positioned. Losses are heavy among the ranks of the assault forces. The siege of Vicksburg has begun.
May 21, 1881: Clara Barton, the Civil War's famous "angel of the battlefield," founds the American Red Cross.
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. This Day in U S Military History…….May 14
1804 – One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Even before the U.S. government concluded purchase negotiations with France, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned his private secretary Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, an army captain, to lead an expedition into what is now the U.S. Northwest. On May 14, the "Corps of Discovery"—featuring approximately 45 men (although only an approximate 33 men would make the full journey)—left St. Louis for the American interior. The expedition traveled up the Missouri River in a 55-foot long keelboat and two smaller boats. In November, Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trader accompanied by his young Native American wife Sacagawea, joined the expedition as an interpreter. The group wintered in present-day North Dakota before crossing into present-day Montana, where they first saw the Rocky Mountains. On the other side of the Continental Divide, they were met by Sacagawea's tribe, the Shoshone Indians, who sold them horses for their journey down through the Bitterroot Mountains. After passing through the dangerous rapids of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in canoes, the explorers reached the calm of the Columbia River, which led them to the sea. On November 8, 1805, the expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean, the first European explorers to do so by an overland route from the east. After pausing there for the winter, the explorers began their long journey back to St. Louis. On September 23, 1806, after almost two and a half years, the expedition returned to the city, bringing back a wealth of information about the largely unexplored region, as well as valuable U.S. claims to Oregon Territory.
1836 – The Treaties of Velasco were two documents signed at Velasco, Texas (now Surfside Beach, Texas) between Antonio López de Santa Anna of Mexico and the Republic of Texas, in the aftermath of the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836). The signatories were Interim President David G. Burnet for Texas and General Santa Anna for Mexico. The treaties were intended, on the part of the Texans, to provide a conclusion of hostilities between the two belligerents and offer the first steps toward the official recognition of the breakaway Republic's independence. It set the southern boundary of Texas at the Rio Grande, including the Nueces Strip. Santa Anna signed both a public treaty and a secret treaty, but neither treaty was ratified by the Mexican government because he had signed the documents under coercion as a prisoner. Mexico claimed Texas was a breakaway province, but was too weak to attempt another invasion.
1944 – The attacks by forces of the US 5th Army continue. The French Expeditionary Corps advances into the Ausente Valley, capturing Ausonia, and continue to advance over the Aurunci Mountains toward the next German defensive line, which is not occupied in strength at this time. The US 2nd Corps makes progress against the defending German 94th Division.
1945 – US Army announced the discovery of millions of dollars worth of art looted by the Nazis from all over Europe well as 100 tons of gold bars and currency hidden in a salt mine located on the Losa Plateau in Austria. Meanwhile, the concentration camp at Ebensee is liberated and described as "more horrible than Buchenwald."
1945 – On Luzon, units of the US 25th Division, part of US 1st Corps, advance north of the Balete Pass. Elements of the US 43rd Division, part of US 11th Corps, reach the Ipoh dam, which has been fortified by the Japanese.
1945 – Elements of Florida's 124th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division (AL, FL, LA, MS) repel several Japanese "banzi" suicidal attacks. The 31st Division, nicknamed "Dixie" first entered combat in World War II when, in March 1944, it took part in the fighting in New Guinea. Elements of it made an assault landing on near Aitape causing a diversion of Japanese defenders while the main portion of the division landed at Maffin Bay almost unopposed. The 31st then moved to secure Morotai Island, cutting off 40,000 enemy soldiers based on Halmahera Island from reinforcements and supply from the Philippines. By the time the 31st landed on Mindanao it was a veteran division and proved its metal when it captured a Japanese airfield at Valencia, which led to the banzi attacks as fanatical Japanese soldiers tried in vain to recapture it. The men of the 'Dixie Division' were still fighting in the mountains of the island when the war ended in August 1945. During the course of the war the division suffered 414 men killed in action with another 1,400 wounded and it had one member awarded the Medal of Honor.
1973 – Skylab, America's first space station, is successfully launched into an orbit around the earth. Eleven days later, U.S. astronauts Charles Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Paul Weitz made a rendezvous with Skylab, repairing a jammed solar panel and conducting scientific experiments during their 28-day stay aboard the space station. The first manned Skylab mission came two years after the Soviet Union launched Salynut, the world's first space station, into orbit around the earth. However, unlike the ill-fated Salynut, which was plagued with problems, the American space station was a great success, safely housing three separate three-man crews for extended periods of time and exceeding pre-mission plans for scientific study. Originally the spent third stage of a Saturn 5 moon rocket, the cylinder space station was 118 feet tall, weighed 77 tons, and carried the most varied assortment of experimental equipment ever assembled in a single spacecraft to that date. The crews of Skylab spent more than 700 hours observing the sun and brought home more than 175,000 solar pictures. They also provided important information about the biological effects of living in space for prolonged periods of time. Five years after the last Skylab mission, the space station's orbit began to deteriorate faster than expected, owing to unexpectedly high sunspot activity. On July 11, 1979, the parts of the space station that did not burn up in the atmosphere came crashing down on Australia and into the Indian Ocean. No one was injured.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
JORDAN, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., 14 May 1880; at Carrizo Canyon, N. Mex., 12 August 1881. Entered service at: Nashville, Tenn. Birth: Williamson County, Tenn. Date of issue: 7 May 1890. Citation: While commanding a detachment of 25 men at Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., repulsed a force of more than 100 Indians. At Carrizo Canyon, N . Mex., while commanding the right of a detachment of 19 men, on 12 August 1881, he stubbornly held his ground in an extremely exposed position and gallantly forced back a much superior number of the enemy, preventing them from surrounding the command.
*DIAMOND, JAMES H.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company D, 21st Infantry, 24th Infantry Division. Place and date: Mintal, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 8-14 May 1945. Entered service at: Gulfport, Miss. Birth: New Orleans, La. G.O. No.: 23, 6 March 1946. Citation: As a member of the machinegun section, he displayed extreme gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty . When a Japanese sniper rose from his foxhole to throw a grenade into their midst, this valiant soldier charged and killed the enemy with a burst from his submachine gun; then, by delivering sustained fire from his personal arm and simultaneously directing the fire of 105mm. and .50 caliber weapons upon the enemy pillboxes immobilizing this and another machinegun section, he enabled them to put their guns into action. When 2 infantry companies established a bridgehead, he voluntarily assisted in evacuating the wounded under heavy fire; and then, securing an abandoned vehicle, transported casualties to the rear through mortar and artillery fire so intense as to render the vehicle inoperative and despite the fact he was suffering from a painful wound. The following day he again volunteered, this time for the hazardous job of repairing a bridge under heavy enemy fire. On 14 May 1945, when leading a patrol to evacuate casualties from his battalion, which was cut off, he ran through a virtual hail of Japanese fire to secure an abandoned machine gun. Though mortally wounded as he reached the gun, he succeeded in drawing sufficient fire upon himself so that the remaining members of the patrol could reach safety. Pfc. Diamond's indomitable spirit, constant disregard of danger, and eagerness to assist his comrades, will ever remain a symbol of selflessness and heroic sacrifice to those for whom he gave his life.
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*HAUGE, LOUIS JAMES, JR.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Born: 12 December 1924, Ada, Minn. Accredited to: Minnesota. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as leader of a machinegun squad serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Chain on 14 May 1945. Alert and aggressive during a determined assault against a strongly fortified Japanese hill position, Cpl. Hauge boldly took the initiative when his company's left flank was pinned down under a heavy machinegun and mortar barrage with resultant severe casualties and, quickly locating the 2 machineguns which were delivering the uninterrupted stream of enfilade fire, ordered his squad to maintain a covering barrage as he rushed across an exposed area toward the furiously blazing enemy weapons. Although painfully wounded as he charged the first machinegun, he launched a vigorous single-handed grenade attack, destroyed the entire hostile gun position and moved relentlessly forward toward the other emplacement despite his wounds and the increasingly heavy Japanese fire. Undaunted by the savage opposition, he again hurled his deadly grenades with unerring aim and succeeded in demolishing the second enemy gun before he fell under the slashing fury of Japanese sniper fire. By his ready grasp of the critical situation and his heroic 1-man assault tactics, Cpl. Hauge had eliminated 2 strategically placed enemy weapons, thereby releasing the besieged troops from an overwhelming volume of hostile fire and enabling his company to advance. His indomitable fighting spirit and decisive valor in the face of almost certain death reflect the highest credit upon Cpl. Hauge and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country.
*WAUGH, ROBERT T.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 339th Infantry, 85th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Tremensucli, Italy, 11-14 May 1944. Entered service at: Augusta, Maine. Birth: Ashton, R.I. G.O. No.: 79, 4 October 1944. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy. In the course of an attack upon an enemy-held hill on 11 May, 1st Lt. Waugh personally reconnoitered a heavily mined area before entering it with his platoon. Directing his men to deliver fire on 6 bunkers guarding this hill, 1st Lt. Waugh advanced alone against them, reached the first bunker, threw phosphorus grenades into it and as the defenders emerged, killed them with a burst from his tommy gun. He repeated this process on the 5 remaining bunkers, killing or capturing the occupants. On the morning of 14 May, 1st Lt. Waugh ordered his platoon to lay a base of fire on 2 enemy pillboxes located on a knoll which commanded the only trail up the hill. He then ran to the first pillbox, threw several grenades into it, drove the defenders into the open, and killed them. The second pillbox was next taken by this intrepid officer by similar methods. The fearless actions of 1st Lt. Waugh broke the Gustav Line at that point, neutralizing 6 bunkers and 2 pillboxes and he was personally responsible for the death of 30 of the enemy and the capture of 25 others. He was later killed in action in Itri, Italy, while leading his platoon in an attack.
*FOUS, JAMES W.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company E, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. Place and date: Kien Hoa Province, Republic of Vietnam, 14 May 1968. Entered service at: Omaha, Nebr. Born: 14 October 1946, Omaha, Nebr. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Pfc. Fous distinguished himself at the risk of his life while serving as a rifleman with Company E. Pfc. Fous was participating in a reconnaissance-in-force mission when his unit formed its perimeter defense for the night. Pfc. Fous, together with 3 other American soldiers, occupied a position in a thickly vegetated area facing a woodline. Pfc. Fous detected 3 Viet Cong maneuvering toward his position and, after alerting the other men, directed accurate fire upon the enemy soldiers, silencing 2 of them. The third Viet Cong soldier managed to escape in the thick vegetation after throwing a hand grenade into Pfc. Fous' position. Without hesitation, Pfc. Fous shouted a warning to his comrades and leaped upon the lethal explosive, absorbing the blast with his body to save the lives of the 3 men in the area at the sacrifice of his life. Pfc. Fous' extraordinary heroism at the cost of his life were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army
McCLEERY, FINNIS D.
Rank and organization: platoon Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th U.S. Infantry. place and date: Quang Tin province, Republic of Vietnam, 14 May 1968. Entered service at: San Angelo, Tex. Born: 25 December 1927, Stephenville, Tex. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. P/Sgt. McCleery, U.S. Army, distinguished himself while serving as platoon leader of the 1st platoon of Company A. A combined force was assigned the mission of assaulting a reinforced company of North Vietnamese Army regulars, well entrenched on Hill 352, 17 miles west of Tam Ky. As P/Sgt. McCleery led his men up the hill and across an open area to close with the enemy, his platoon and other friendly elements were pinned down by tremendously heavy fire coming from the fortified enemy positions. Realizing the severe damage that the enemy could inflict on the combined force in the event that their attack was completely halted, P/Sgt. McCleery rose from his sheltered position and began a 1-man assault on the bunker complex. With extraordinary courage, he moved across 60 meters of open ground as bullets struck all around him and rockets and grenades literally exploded at his feet. As he came within 30 meters of the key enemy bunker, P/Sgt. McCleery began firing furiously from the hip and throwing hand grenades. At this point in his assault, he was painfully wounded by shrapnel, but, with complete disregard for his wound, he continued his advance on the key bunker and killed all of its occupants. Having successfully and single-handedly breached the enemy perimeter, he climbed to the top of the bunker he had just captured and, in full view of the enemy, shouted encouragement to his men to follow his assault. As the friendly forces moved forward, P/Sgt. McCleery began a lateral assault on the enemy bunker line. He continued to expose himself to the intense enemy fire as he moved from bunker to bunker, destroying each in turn. He was wounded a second time by shrapnel as he destroyed and routed the enemy from the hill. P/Sgt. McCleery is personally credited with eliminating several key enemy positions and inspiring the assault that resulted in gaining control of Hill 352. His extraordinary heroism at the risk of his life, above and beyond the call of duty, was in keeping with the highest standards of the military service, and reflects great credit on him, the Americal Division, and the U.S. Army.
*SHEA, DANIEL JOHN
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 21st Infantry, 196th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division. Place and date: Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam, 14 May 1969. Entered service at: New Haven, Conn. Born: 29 January 1947, Norwalk, Conn. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Pfc. Shea, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, distinguished himself while serving as a medical aidman with Company C, 3d Battalion, during a combat patrol mission. As the lead platoon of the company was crossing a rice paddy, a large enemy force in ambush positions opened fire with mortars, grenades and automatic weapons. Under heavy crossfire from 3 sides, the platoon withdrew to a small island in the paddy to establish a defensive perimeter. Pfc. Shea, seeing that a number of his comrades had fallen in the initial hail of fire, dashed from the defensive position to assist the wounded. With complete disregard for his safety and braving the intense hostile fire sweeping the open rice paddy, Pfc. Shea made 4 trips to tend wounded soldiers and to carry them to the safety of the platoon position. Seeing a fifth wounded comrade directly in front of one of the enemy strong points, Pfc. Shea ran to his assistance. As he reached the wounded man, Pfc. Shea was grievously wounded. Disregarding his welfare, Pfc. Shea tended his wounded comrade and began to move him back to the safety of the defensive perimeter. As he neared the platoon position, Pfc. Shea was mortally wounded by a burst of enemy fire. By his heroic actions Pfc. Shea saved the lives of several of his fellow soldiers. Pfc. Shea's gallantry in action at the cost of his life were 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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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS
FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR MAY 14
THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
May 14
1908: First airplane passenger flight in history took place at Kitty Hawk as the Wrights prepared to deliver their "Flyer" to the US government. Wilbur Wright piloted the machine and Charles Furnas, an employee, flew as passenger. (4) (21)
1923: The Army accepted the first PW-8 prototype. It evolved into the Curtiss Hawk series of biplane pursuit aircraft. The "W" designated water-cooled engine. (21)
1951: In a 1,000-pound Piper Pacer, Max Conrad set an unofficial nonstop transcontinental record for a light plane of 23 hours 4 minutes 21 seconds. (24)The ANG's 116 FBW received a warning order to prepare for a move to Europe to help shore up NATO against a possible attack by the Soviet Union. (McLearn, Republic F-84 Photo Chronicle, p 114.)
1963: The USAF's X-21A, a twin-jet laminar flow control aircraft, flew successfully for the first time with its slit wing mechanism in operation.
1969: Operation COMBAT MOSQUITO. USAF Southern Command personnel began a massive campaign to combat an encephalitis epidemic in Ecuador. Two C-141s flew 50 tons of pesticide there, where two UC-123s then sprayed the country's coastal marshes. The operation, involving the USAF, State Department, and Public Health officials, successfully eradicated 95 percent of the area's mosquitoes. (16) (21)
1970: The SECDEF ordered a halt to defoliation operations flown by the 12 SOS and its UC-123K aircraft at Bien Hoa AB, South Vietnam. This order ended the application of Agent Orange on Vietnam's jungles. (17)
1973: From Kennedy Space Center, a two-stage Saturn V launched Skylab 1 into orbit, where its two Solar Array System wings failed to deploy. The Skylab was America's first manned orbiting space station.
1974: The USAF/Northrop F-5F two-place fighter made its roll out at Hawthorne.
1979: The last ANG C-121 type aircraft, an EC-121 "Coronet Solo" operated by the193d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (Pennsylvania), retired from service and flown to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. (Francillon, United States Air National Guard, p. 190)
1984: The 375 AAW accepted its first C-12F Huron, a militarized version of Beechcraft Super King B200C, for operational support airlift missions. The USAF ordered 40 C-12Fs as replacements for the T-39 Sabreliner. (18) (26)
2000: Boeing's RS-68 rocket engine completed a major milestone with a 160-second burn at 100 percent power during Air Force Research Laboratory tests at Edwards AFB. The liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen engine was being developed for the Delta IV family of launch vehicles. (3)
2001: The Boeing RS-68 rocket engine surpassed its previous records with a test run of 210 seconds at the Air Force Research Laboratory's ground test facility at Edwards AFB. (3)
2002: Twelve C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Charleston AFB launched shortly after daybreak to fly the largest C-17 formation in history. Aircrews assigned to the 437 AW and 315 AW (AFRC) flew the multi-ship formation over downtown Charleston, the Ashley River, and Charleston AFB to train for their strategic brigade airdrop mission. (22) An F-15E successfully attacked five targets with JDAMs on a single sortie. The F-15 released the JDAMs from 25,000 feet while flying at Mach .80. (30)
2003: AMC began the "Baghdad Express," a daily C-141 resupply mission from Ramstein AB to Baghdad IAP, Iraq. Two C-141s and two active-duty aircrews from the 305 AMW at McGuire AFB, N. J., and one aircrew from McGuire's 514 AMW (Reserve-Associate) were staged at Ramstein to fly the missions. (22)
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