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Good Sunday Morning July 24 .
I hope that your weekend is going well.
Regards,
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I just talked to Dutch and he and his two sons are having a great time at Oshkosh . All three Bonanzas made it with no problems and they are joining 138 Bonanzas in a reserved spot that honors the 75 anniversary of the "V" tail Bonanza
Thanks to Dutch
My sons, Ken and Karl and I have just one pilgrimage a year, that being to EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh, WI = EAA AirVenture (visitoshkosh.com) – the largest General Aviation event in the world.
We will depart tomorrow, 22 July in Real airplanes – V-Tail Bonanzas (of course) and will return in about a week
NO email while at KOSH but my cell phone will be on for anything frantic
Best regards,
Dutch
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This Day in Navy and Marine Corps History:
July 24
1843 David Henshaw takes office as the 14th Secretary of the Navy, serving until Feb. 18, 1844. USS Henshaw (DD 278) was named in his honor.
1844 USS Henshaw (DD 278) was named in his honor.
1863 During the Civil War, the steam sloop of war USS Iroquois captures the Confederate blockade-runner, Merrimac, off North Carolina. Purchased by the Navy in March 1864, she is converted into a gunboat and commissioned USS Merrimac.
1894 A party of 50 Marines and Sailors under Marine Corps Capt. George Fielding Elliott, is sent from the cruiser, USS Baltimore (C 3), to guard the American delegation at Seoul, Korea, during the Sino-Japanese War.
1942 USS Narwhal (SS 167) sinks Japanese guardboat No.83 Shinsei Maru, at Utsutsu Bay, Hokkaido. USS Narwhal also sinks freighters Nissho Maru off Etorofu Maru, Kuril Island, and Kofuji Maru off Oito.
1944 Task Force 52, commanded by Rear Adm. Harry W. Hill, lands the Fourth Marine Division, commanded Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Harry Schmidt, on Tinian, following a month of naval gunfire and air bombardment. During the invasion, USS Colorado (BB 45) and USS Norman Scott (DD 690) are damaged by Japanese shore batteries. On Aug. 1, the island is declared secure.
1945 Task Force 38, commanded by Vice Adm. John S. McCain, launches strikes against the Inland Sea area, Japan, bombing Kure Naval Base and airfields at Nagoya, Osaka, and Miho, while sinking five Japanese vessels.
1945 While escorting a troop convoy from Okinawa to Leyte, USS Underhill (DE 682) is hit and sunk by a Japanese kaiten manned torpedo. Of the 238 men on board only 125 survive.
1993 USS Columbus (SSN 762) is commissioned onboard Submarine Base New London, Groton, Conn. The Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine is the fifth ship to be named Columbus for the Navy.
Today in History July 24
1505 On their way to India, a group of Portuguese explorers sack the city-state of Kilwa.
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned and forced to abdicate her throne to her 1-year-old son James VI.
1701 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac establishes Fort Pontchartrain for France at present-day Detroit, Michigan.
1704 Admiral George Rooke takes Gibraltar from the Spanish.
1766 At Fort Ontario, Canada, Ottawa chief Pontiac and William Johnson sign a peace agreement.
1791 Robespierre expels all Jacobins opposed to the principles of the French Revolution.
1847 The first members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) arrive in Utah, settling in present-day Salt Lake City.
1862 The eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, dies at the age of 79.
1897 African-American soldiers of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps arrive in St. Louis, Mo., after completing a 40-day bike ride from Missoula, Montana.
1941 The U.S. government denounces Japanese actions in Indochina.
1942 The Soviet city of Rostov is captured by German troops.
1950 The U.S. Fifth Air Force relocates from Japan to Korea.
1974 The Supreme Court rules that President Richard Nixon must surrender the Watergate tapes.
1911
Machu Picchu discovered
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
I DO NOT HAVE THE ONE FOR TODAY. When I receive it I will put it in the next list. I probably fat fingered it into the deleted file
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.
This is a list of all Helicopter Pilots Who Died in the Vietnam War
. Listed by last name and has other info
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This one was in yesterday's List but the url got stripped of its power and did not work. Surprisingly so did one from a List member who sent one to me.
10 Habits that Hurt Your Kidneys
It's estimated that about 20 million Americans are afflicted with kidney disease. This is not a disease that develops overnight, it's a steady process that takes year and years of bad habits.
And the more bad habits you have the faster you inch towards developing kidney disease. People who have 3 or more bad habits up their chances of developing the disease by more than 337%, compared to others with no bad habits.
This is a list of 10 bad habits that are damaging your kidneys. This is the URL that did not Work
This is a list of 10 bad habits that are damaging your kidneys.
See how many you are committing.
1. Salt
Eating too much salt disrupts the balance in your blood, making it more difficult for your kidneys to remove the water from your blood. This can ultimately cause kidney problems, which you definitely want to avoid. Try to remove as much salt as possible from your diet by choosing other salt-free seasonings. It may take a while, but your kidneys will thank you.
2. Run to the toilet
Do you often hold your pee? Stop that! The longer urine stays in your body, the more bacteria grow in your bladder. If these bacteria travel to your kidneys, you are in a lot of trouble. So if you have to go and there is a toilet nearby, go!
3. Pain killers
According to a study by the New England Journal of Medicine, the use of many painkillers can cause kidney failure. This is because painkillers reduce blood flow to the kidneys, which can cause heavy strain on them. Therefore, do not take painkillers too often, and always take them with food.
4. Suffer through illness
Do you have a cold? There is a good chance that you will accept the cold and simply go to work. Suffering through an illness causes your body to produce an enormous amount of antibodies in a short period. Eventually, these antibodies will inflame your kidneys. Take it easy!
5. Smoking
We all know that smoking is not a good idea. But did you know that smokers have a greater chance of developing kidney disease? We didn't know that.
This is because excessive smoking produces creatinine. If your creatinine levels get too elevated, your kidneys could become damaged, even without you noticing the symptoms.
6. Processed food
We mentioned earlier that eating too much salt can have a harmful impact on your kidneys. Do you eat a lot of prepackaged food? Then you are subjecting yourself to not only large amounts of salt, but also potassium and phosphorus. This can eventually negatively affect your kidneys. Choose to cook your meals yourself so that you know exactly what you are eating.
7. Sporty spice
Your sports routine can also determine how well your kidneys function.
Regular exercise lowers your blood pressure, improves your sleep, and strengthens your muscles. But don't rush to buy a gym membership. Research shows that 20 minutes of exercise a day is good for your kidneys.
8. Bedtime
Are you a night person? There is a good chance you're like many adults and don't close your eyes until after midnight and wake up before dawn.
Researchers found that people who slept 6.5 hours a night or less were 19 percent more likely to experience kidney failure. This is because your kidneys do not get enough time to rest during those short nights of sleep.
If you often stay up late, your kidneys will continue to work hard and this may eventually impact their functioning.
9. Beverages
Two or more glasses of soft drinks a day already have a bad influence given the large amount of sugar. Do you drink a lot of energy drinks or coffee, too? Sorry, then we have bad news: these caffeinated drinks are extremely hard on your kidneys. Try drinking as much water as possible to balance your caffeine consumption.
10. Stress
Stress generally does little good for your body-we all know that. Stress causes high blood pressure, which eventually leaves scars on your kidneys.
We all feel stressful at times, but experiencing stress for a long period of time can be more harmful than you think!
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Thanks to Brett
This is very entertaining in a scary way
CNN Exclusive: FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications
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Thanks to Carl
33 Dead & Sick Friends Since Our Wedding Only 8 Months Ago. All 33 Vaxxed. A "Vaccine Death & Disease Cluster."
By Assistant Editor
Published July 22, 2022 at 12:15pm
By Wayne Allyn Root
Yes, you read correctly. There are (so far) 33 friends and relatives dead or sick since our wedding eight months ago. I've done the research. All 33 were vaxxed. Every one of them.
This is a "vaccine death and disease cluster."
This is like the "Love Canal" cancer cluster of the 1970s. It can't be ignored when you see so many people dead, or very ill in just one group.
But it has nothing to do with our wedding. Open your eyes. This is happening everywhere. Non-Covid deaths are up dramatically in the United States (and all over the world). Life insurance companies report non-Covid deaths are up 40% or more among young, working age Americans. Lincoln National reports death benefit payouts are up over 163% in the year since Covid vaccines came out. These are death increases not seen during World War II.
Read the headlines- every day a new celebrity, actor, rock star, athlete or CEO is dropping dead "suddenly and unexpectedly." Most of them are way too young to die, or suffer strokes or heart attacks. I'm betting they all have one thing in common- they are VACCINATED.
I surfed over to TMZ.com one night this week. Here were the headlines:
*American Pickers' Frank Fritz hospitalized after stroke.
*"Little Women: Atlanta" star Ms. Juicy suffered stroke, out of ICU.
*Hailey Bieber (Justin Bieber's 25 yr old wife) had mini-stroke, underwent heart procedure.
*"Elvis" actress Shonka Dukureh found dead in apartment at age 44.
*Sopranos Star Tony Sirico dead.
*"AGT" & "Voice" contestant Nolan Neal dead at 41.
Add to the list…
*Paul Duncan, 35, former Notre Dame football star died of heart attack while jogging.
*The autopsy of Sam Bruce, former Miami Hurricanes football player, was released. He died of a heart attack while driving in April at the age of 28.
These were all headlines in one day this week!
Have you ever heard of anything like this in your life? This is a tsunami. This is a plague. This is a REAL pandemic. These are all relatively young Americans either suddenly dead, or very ill with the two most common side effects of the Covid vaccine (heart attacks and strokes).
Everything I have warned about on my national radio show since the first day of the vaccine has (sadly) happened. The chickens have come home to roost. The Covid vaccine is dangerous and deadly. It is the biggest disaster and failure in the history of healthcare. It is a nonstop death and injury machine.
I've personally compiled a detailed list of studies released by governments and medical authorities around the world that all point to three absolute conclusions:
A) The Covid vaccine is a horrible failure.
B) The Covid vaccine is dangerous and deadly.
C) Those who take two or more vaccines are much more likely to get
Covid…to be hospitalized with Covid…and to die from Covid.
But it gets much worse. The vaccinated are dropping like flies from heart attacks, strokes, blood clots, cancer, and being disabled by a multitude of illness and disease.
Two of the latest credible studies show…
*The Covid vaccine damages and destroys the immune system like a form of AIDS.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9167431/
*91% of those in the UK who have died of Covid this year are triple or quadruple vaccinated: https://expose-news.com/2022/07/22/uk-gov-confirms-91percent-covid-deaths-triple-vaccinated/
Have you heard about these studies in the mainstream media? Why not?
Want to see all these credible studies pointing to a Covid vaccine disaster? I've compiled the most extensive list of anyone, anywhere. I'll send it to anyone who asks.
Now we come to my personal story. It's been only eight months since I wed my beautiful bride Cindy Parker Root. And in that time, people we know and love have been dying and suffering deadly non-Covid illness in huge numbers.
33 of them.
33 dead, or injured, crippled or disabled in only eight months. That's a lot of friends and relatives. That's a "death cluster" that should be investigated by scientists, MDs and the CDC. That's a story that should garner media headlines. But wait, there's more…
All 33 were vaccinated.
It's important to note, I'm a conservative talk show host who has warned LOUDLY of the dangers of the vaccine since day one. So, my friends are overwhelmingly conservative and unvaccinated too. Yet the few friends I know who did choose to vaccinate are almost all dead or ill.
Just think about those percentages. The ranks of my few vaccinated friends are decimated like a platoon of Marines shredded by an enemy ambush, who came home in body bags.
Wait, here's the clincher. Among my friends and family who are unvaccinated, not one of them has died or been sick since my wedding eight months ago.
Do you detect a pattern here? Even Democrats have to notice a pattern, right? Even Dr. Fauci has to notice a pattern, right? Even Joe Biden has to notice a pattern. Well let's not get carried away. Nursing home patients with dementia can't be expected to understand simple patterns.
Something is very wrong. Anyone can see it in the headlines every day. Americans are dropping dead at the highest rate in history. These are all non-Covid deaths. These are young working age Americans. And I'm betting they all have one thing in common: they're vaccinated.
But in the end, nothing is more telling than my personal story. Call it a "vaccine death and disease cluster."
The media needs to report on this disaster. The FDA and CDC needs to admit it's happening. The vaccines must be stopped. But instead, they're doubling down. Remarkably, they're recommending Covid jabs for babies, toddlers and teens.
This is either the biggest health scam and cover-up in world history, or mass murder on a grand scale. Or both.
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This Day in US Military History
24 July
1832 – Benjamin Bonneville, an inept fur trader who some speculate may have actually been a spy, leads the first wagon train to cross the Rocky Mountains at Wyoming's South Pass. The motivations for Bonneville's western expeditions have always remained somewhat mysterious. A native of France, Bonneville came to the United States in 1803 at the age of seven. He later graduated from West Point, and he served at frontier posts in Arkansas, Texas, and Indian Territory. According to one view, Bonneville simply observed the rapid growth of the western fur trade at these posts and conceived a bold plan to mount his own fur trading expedition. However, others suggest Bonneville's true goal for the expedition may have been to serve as a Far Western spy for the U.S. government. The circumstances of Bonneville's entry into the fur business were indeed somewhat odd. Despite his complete lack of experience as a mountain man, a group of Manhattan businessmen agreed to back his expedition with ample funds. It was also strange that a career military man should ask for, and quickly receive, a two-year leave of absence from the army to pursue a strictly commercial adventure. Bonneville began his expedition in May 1832, and that summer he and his men built an imposing trading post along Wyoming's Green River. Bonneville proved to be an incompetent fur trader, yet he seemed unconcerned about making a profit. By contrast, he seemed very interested in exploring the vast territory. Shortly after arriving in Wyoming, he mounted an expedition to the Columbia River country of Oregon, although he was well aware that the powerful British-owned Hudson's Bay Company dominated the region. On this day in 1832, Bonneville led 110 men and 20 wagons across South Pass, the first-ever wagon crossing of that critical route connecting the existing United States to the northwest region of the continent. During the next two decades, thousands of American settlers would take their wagons across South Pass as they followed the Oregon Trail. In 1835, Bonneville returned to Washington, where President Andrew Jackson personally oversaw his reinstatement as a captain in the army. Some historians speculate that Bonneville might have actually been a spy for a U.S. government, which was eager to collect information on the British strength in the Northwest. No historical records have ever been found to substantiate this speculation, though, and it is possible that Bonneville was simply an inept fur trader whose dreams exceeded his grasp.
1862 – Rear Admiral Farragut's fleet departed its station below Vicksburg, as the falling water level of the river and sickness among his ships' crews necessitated withdrawal to Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Farragut's return to the lower Mississippi made abundantly clear the strategic significance of Vicksburg for, although the Navy held the vast majority of the river, Confederate control of Vicksburg enabled the South to continue to get some supplies for her armies in the East from Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. To prevent as much of this as possible, Rear Admiral Davis and Major General Samuel R. Curtis provided for combined Army-Navy expeditions along the banks of the Mississippi from Helena, Arkansas, to Vicksburg. Though supplies continued to move across the river, this action prevented the Confederates from maintaining and reinforcing batteries at strategic points, an important factor in the following year's operations.
1943 – British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own "Blitz Week." Britain had suffered the deaths of 167 civilians as a result of German bombing raids in July. Now the tables were going to turn. The evening of July 24 saw British aircraft drop 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. The explosive power was the equivalent of what German bombers had dropped on London in their five most destructive raids. More than 1,500 German civilians were killed in that first British raid. Britain lost only 12 aircraft in this raid (791 flew), thanks to a new radar-jamming device called "Window," which consisted of strips of aluminum foil dropped by the bombers en route to their target. These Window strips confused German radar, which mistook the strips for dozens and dozens of aircraft, diverting them from the trajectory of the actual bombers. To make matters worse for Germany, the U.S. Eighth Air Force began a more comprehensive bombing run of northern Germany, which included two raids on Hamburg during daylight hours. British attacks on Hamburg continued until November of that year. Although the percentage of British bombers lost increased with each raid as the Germans became more adept at distinguishing between Window diversions and actual bombers, Operation Gomorrah proved devastating to Hamburg-not to mention German morale. When it was over, 17,000 bomber sorties dropped more than 9,000 tons of explosives, killing more than 30,000 people and destroying 280,000 buildings, including industrial and munitions plants. The effect on Hitler, too, was significant. He refused to visit the burned-out cities, as the ruins bespoke nothing but the end of the war for him. Diary entries of high German officials from this period describe a similar despair, as they sought to come to terms with defeat.
1969 – At 12:51 EDT, Apollo 11, the U.S. spacecraft that had taken the first astronauts to the surface of the moon, safely returns to Earth. The American effort to send astronauts to the moon had its origins in a famous appeal President John F. Kennedy made to a special joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth." Eight years later, on July 16, 1969, the world watched as Apollo 11 took off from Kennedy Space Center with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins aboard. After traveling 240,000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered into a lunar orbit on July 19. The next day, at 1:46 p.m., the lunar module Eagle, manned by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, separated from the command module, where a third astronaut, Michael Collins, remained. Two hours later, the Eagle began its descent to the lunar surface, and at 4:18 p.m. the craft touched down on the southwestern edge of the Sea of Tranquility. Armstrong immediately radioed to Mission Control in Houston a famous message: "The Eagle has landed." At 10:39 p.m., five hours ahead of the original schedule, Armstrong opened the hatch of the lunar module. Seventeen minutes later, at 10:56 p.m., Armstrong spoke the following words to millions listening at home: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." A moment later, he stepped off the lunar module's ladder, becoming the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. Aldrin joined him on the moon's surface at 11:11 p.m., and together they took photographs of the terrain, planted a U.S. flag, ran a few simple scientific tests, and spoke with President Richard M. Nixon via Houston. By 1:11 a.m. on July 21, both astronauts were back in the lunar module and the hatch was closed. The two men slept that night on the surface of the moon, and at 1:54 p.m. the Eagle began its ascent back to the command module. Among the items left on the surface of the moon was a plaque that read: "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the moon–July 1969 A.D–We came in peace for all mankind." At 5:35 p.m., Armstrong and Aldrin successfully docked and rejoined Collins, and at 12:56 a.m. on July 22 Apollo 11 began its journey home, safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:51 p.m. on July 24. There would be five more successful lunar landing missions, and one unplanned lunar swing-by, Apollo 13. The last men to walk on the moon, astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt of the Apollo 17 mission, left the lunar surface on December 14, 1972.
.Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
HASTINGS, SMITH H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company M, 5th Michigan Cavalry. Place and date: At Newbys Crossroads, Va., 24 July 1863. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Quincy, Mich. Date of issue: 2 August 1897. Citation: While in command of a squadron in rear guard of a cavalry division, then retiring before the advance of a corps of infantry, was attacked by the enemy and, orders having been given to abandon the guns of a section of field artillery with the rear guard that were in imminent danger of capture, he disregarded the orders received and aided in repelling the attack and saving the guns.
WOODRUFF, CARLE A.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 2d U.S. Artillery. Place and date: At Newbys Crossroads, Va., 24 July 1863. Entered service at: Washington, D.C. Born: Buffalo, N.Y. Date of issue: 1 September 1893. Citation: While in command of a section of a battery constituting a portion of the rear guard of a division then retiring before the advance of a corps of Infantry was attacked by the enemy and ordered to abandon his guns. Lt. Woodruff disregarded the orders received and aided in repelling the attack and saving the guns.
PITTMAN, RICHARD A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant (then L/Cpl.), U.S. Marine Corps, Company 1, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein) FMF. Place and date: near the Demilitarized Zone, Republic of Vietnam, 24 July 1966. Entered service at: Stockton, Calif. Born: 26 May 1945, French Camp, San Joaquin, Calif. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. While Company 1 was conducting an operation along the axis of a narrow jungle trail, the leading company elements suffered numerous casualties when they suddenly came under heavy fire from a well concealed and numerically superior enemy force. Hearing the engaged marines' calls for more firepower, Sgt. Pittman quickly exchanged his rifle for a machinegun and several belts of ammunition, left the relative safety of his platoon, and unhesitatingly rushed forward to aid his comrades. Taken under intense enemy small-arms fire at point blank range during his advance, he returned the fire, silencing the enemy position. As Sgt. Pittman continued to forge forward to aid members of the leading platoon, he again came under heavy fire from 2 automatic weapons which he promptly destroyed. Learning that there were additional wounded marines 50 yards further along the trail, he braved a withering hail of enemy mortar and small-arms fire to continue onward. As he reached the position where the leading marines had fallen, he was suddenly confronted with a bold frontal attack by 30 to 40 enemy. Totally disregarding his safety, he calmly established a position in the middle of the trail and raked the advancing enemy with devastating machinegun fire. His weapon rendered ineffective, he picked up an enemy submachinegun and, together with a pistol seized from a fallen comrade, continued his lethal fire until the enemy force had withdrawn. Having exhausted his ammunition except for a grenade which he hurled at the enemy, he then rejoined his platoon. Sgt. Pittman's daring initiative, bold fighting spirit and selfless devotion to duty inflicted many enemy casualties, disrupted the enemy attack and saved the lives of many of his wounded comrades. His personal valor at grave risk to himself reflects the highest credit upon himself, the Marine Corps, and the U.S. Naval Service
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From the Marquis' Commission to an F-86 Kill by W. Thomas Smith Jr.
This Week in American Military History:
July 25, 1866: David Glasgow Farragut – best known for purportedly uttering the command, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!," or the more likely command, "Damn the torpedoes! "Four bells. Captain [Percival] Drayton, go ahead! [Lt. Commander James] Jouett, full speed!" during the
1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama – is appointed to the rank of admiral (the first such rank in U.S. Naval history).
This same day, future American Pres. Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first "full [four star] general" in the history of the U.S. Army.
July 26, 1947: The National Security Act of 1947 – the law reorganizing the post-World War II national defense/intelligence structure of the United States – is passed.
The Act establishes the U.S. Department of Defense, which brings together the Departments of the Army, Navy (including the Marine Corps), the newly established Air Force (born of the World War II-era Army Air Forces), and it makes "official" the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Act also establishes the National Security Council (the highest-ranking executive council – composed of the U.S. president, vice president, secretaries of Defense and State, and others – responsible for advising the president on matters related to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies affecting national security) and the Central Intelligence Agency (born of a series of predecessor foreign intelligence-gathering/clandestine-operations organizations including the World War II-era Office of Strategic Services).
The Act, which will become effective Sept. 18, is considered to be the most sweeping reorganization of the American defense structure since the establishment of the Department of the Navy in 1798.
July 27, 1909: Aviation pioneer Orville Wright flies himself and U.S. Army Lt. Frank P. Lahm above the Fort Myer, Virginia countryside for more than an hour in his now-famous Wright Flyer. The Army leadership is impressed enough that it takes delivery of its first Wright Flyer, "the world's first military airplane," within days.
July 27, 1953: A negotiated ceasefire ends the "shooting war" in Korea.
This same day, U.S. Air Force Capt. Ralph S. Parr, flying an F-86 Sabre, shoots down a Soviet Ilyushin Il-12 transport, reportedly "the last kill"
of the Korean War.
July 28, 1915: Rear Admiral William B. Caperton, commander of the Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet, orders 340 U.S. Marines and sailors ashore at Port au Prince, Haiti. The landing party is composed of the Marine Detachment USS Washington, the 12th Marine Expeditionary Company, and three companies of sailors. More troops will follow.
The landings are initiated in response to a spate of mob violence in which scores of political prisoners are summarily executed.
July 29, 1846: Sailors and Marines of USS Cyane seize San Diego, California, during the Mexican War.
July 30, 1864: In a special-operation that proves disastrous for the initiators, Union Army troops under the command of Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside detonate a mine, blowing a huge hole (or crater) in the Confederate defenses at Petersburg, Virginia. Several units of Union soldiers charge in after the explosion, but each unit is beaten back with heavy losses by Confederates under Brig. Gen. William Mahone.
July 31, 1777: The Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman whom Gen. George Washington will soon take under his wing, is commissioned "major general" in the Continental Army.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for July 24, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
24 July 1917: An appropriation of $640,000,000 enabled the Aviation Section to expand to 9,989 officers and 87,083 enlisted men. (11) (24)
1919: Through 9 November, Lt Col Rutherford S. Hartz and Army aircrew flew a Martin Bomber-2 with Liberty 400 HP engines on a 9,823-mile flight around the US coasts and borders. The flight took 114 hours 25 minutes flying time in 108 days. (21)
1943: Eighth Air Force sent 167 heavy bombers on a raid against the nitrate works at Heraya, Norway. This was the Eighth's first mission to Norway and its longest (1,900 miles roundtrip) to date. (4)
1950: First missile launched from the Joint Long Range Proving Grounds at Cape Canaveral down the Atlantic Missile Range. It had a German V-2 as its first stage and a WAC Corporal as a second stage booster. (6) (12)
1951: KOREAN WAR. The 116 FBW, the second Air National Guard wing deployed to the Far East, arrived with its F-84 ThunderJets at Misawa and Chitose Air Bases in Japan. (28)
1959: A Thor nose cone made the first known stabilized non-tumbling flight for a reentry vehicle. (24)
1960: At Minneapolis, Donald L. Piccard flew his Piccard S-10 Holiday Balloon to 3,740 feet. He thus set an FAI altitude record for subclass A-1 balloons (less than 250 cubic meters). (9)
1964: President Johnson disclosed the SR-71's development. (1)
1965: The 45 TFS lost an aircraft in SEA due to a surface-to-air missile attack. It was the first aircraft lost to a surface-to-air missile in the Vietnam conflict. (11)
1970: The C-5A Galaxy flew its first flight from the US to Europe, from Charleston AFB to Dover AFB to Rhein Main AB, Lakenheath RAF Station, England, and Torrejon AB, Spain. PACAF inactivated the 509 FIS at Clark AB and its detachments in Tainan, Taiwan, and Don Muang Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. The 509th's F-102 fighters were flown to Itazuke to be scrapped, because it cost less to salvage the planes than it did to ship them back to the states. (17)
1973: At Eglin AFB, the Hound Dog missile completed its last operational test flight. (6)
1974: Mather AFB received the 19th and last Boeing T-43A aircraft delivered for undergraduate navigator training. (12)
1983: Through 6 August, two USAF UH-1 helicopters moved medical personnel and 10 tons of food and medical supplies to aid victims of a flood in western Ecuador. (16)
1990: With the termination of the Cold War, the landing of SAC's Boeing EC-135 Looking Glass Airborne Command Post at Offutt AFB ended 29 years of continuous operation with over 250 million miles of accident-free flying. (20) (26)
1994: Operation SUPPORT HOPE. USAF airlift aircraft started flying relief supplies to Rwandan refugees in Zaire after President Bill Clinton directed "an immediate and massive increase" in US relief efforts to assist Rwandan refugees. Through 11 September, AMC flew 700 airlift missions to transport over 11,000 passengers and 23,000 short tons. Nearly 400 KC-135 missions refueled the C-5s and C-141s, while KC-10s flew several dozen missions to ferry fuel from Harare, Zimbabwe, to Entebbe. (16) (18)
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Subject: Fw: Audie Murphy's Wife
Audie Murphy's Wife
Interesting read..
Audie Murphy, the kid from Farmersville, Texas, was only 46 years old
when he died in a helicopter crash into the Virginia Mts. He was
bothered all his life when he came back from the War and it really
affected his life. He never got the medical help he should have
gotten.
Not many young people know who Audie Murphy was or how big a war hero
he was. Two or three of the medals he earned would make most service
men proud, but to have earned his decorations in battle is truly
unbelievable.
List of Decorations for Audie Murphy:
Medal of Honor
Distinguished Service Cross
Silver Star (with oak leaf cluster)
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star (with oak leaf cluster and Valor Device)
Purple Heart (with two oak leaf
clusters)
U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal
U.S. Army Good Conduct Medal
Presidential Unit Citation (with First Oak Leaf Cluster)
American Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (with One Silver Star,
Four Bronze Service Stars
(representing nine Campaigns) and one Bronze Arrowhead (representing
assault landing at Sicily and Southern France)
World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal (with Germany Clasp)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
French Fourrage in Colors of the Croix de Guerre
French Legion of Honor - Grade of Chevalier
French Croix de guerre (with Silver Star)
French Croix de guerre (with Palm)
Medal of Liberated France
Belgian Croix de guerre (with 1940 Palm)
Additionally, Murphy was awarded:
The Combat Infantry Marksman badge with Rifle Bar, Expert Badge with
Bayonet Bar.
Isn't it sad the media can tell us all about the BAD that goes on, but
ignores the GOOD people? If a movie Star or politician stubs their
toe we have to hear about it for Days!!!
From the Los Angeles Times on April 15, 2010
Pamela Murphy, widow of WWII hero and actor, Audie Murphy, died
peacefully at her home on April 8, 2010. She was the widow of the
most decorated WWII hero and actor, Audie Murphy, and established her
own distinctive 35 year career working as a patient liaison at the
Sepulveda Veterans Administration hospital, treating every veteran who
visited the facility as if they were a VIP.
Any soldier or Marine who came into the hospital got the same special
treatment from her. She would walk the hallways with her clipboard in
hand making sure her boys got to see the specialist they needed.
If they didn't, watch out.
Her boys weren't Medal of Honor recipients or movie stars like Audie,
but that didn't matter to Pam. They had served their Country. That
was good enough for her. She never called a veteran by his first name.
It was always "Mister." Respect came with the job.
"Nobody could cut through VA red tape faster than Mrs. Murphy," said
veteran Stephen Sherman, speaking for thousands of veterans she
befriended over the years. "Many times, I watched her march a veteran
who had been waiting more than an hour right into the doctor's office.
She was even reprimanded a few times, but it didn't matter to Mrs.
Murphy. "Only her boys mattered. She was our angel."
Audie Murphy died broke in a plane crash in 1971, squandering millions
of dollars on gambling, bad investments, and yes, other women. "Even
with the adultery and desertion at the end, he always remained my
hero," Pam told me.
She went from a comfortable ranch-style home in Van Nuys where she
raised two sons to a small apartment - taking a clerk's job at the
nearby VA to support herself and start paying off her faded movie star
husband's debts. At first, no one knew who she was. Soon, though,
word spread through the VA that the nice woman with the clipboard was
Audie Murphy's widow. It was like saying General Patton had just
walked in the front door. Men with tears in their eyes walked up to
her and gave her a Hug.
"Thank you," they said, over and over.
The first couple of years, I think the hugs were more for Audie's
memory as a war hero. The last 30 years, they were for Pam.
One year I asked her to be the focus of a Veteran's Day column for all
the work she had done. Pam just shook her head no. "Honor them, not
me," she said, pointing to a group of veterans down the hallway.
"They're the ones who deserve it."
The vets disagreed Mrs. Murphy deserved the accolades, they said.
Incredibly, in 2002, Pam's job was going to be eliminated in budget
cuts. She was considered "excess staff." "I don't think helping
cut down on veterans' complaints and showing them the respect they
deserve should be considered excess staff," she told me.
Neither did the veterans. They went ballistic, holding a rally for her
outside the VA gates. Pretty soon, word came down from the top of the
VA. Pam Murphy was no longer considered "excess staff.
She remained working full time at the VA until 2007 when she was 87.
"The last time she was here was a couple of years ago for the
conference we had for homeless veterans," said Becky James,
coordinator of the VA's Veterans History Project. Pam wanted to see if
there was anything she could do to help some more of her boys. Pam
Murphy was 90 when she died. What a lady.
by Dennis McCarthy,
Los Angeles Times on April 15, 2010
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