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This Day in Navy and Marine Corps History:
August 18
1918—The first naval railway gun, a 14-inch, 50 caliber, Mark IV Navy gun mounted on a railway carriage, became operational in St. Nazaire, France during World War I. The "rail guns" operated until the end of the war.
1838—The Exploring Expedition led by Lt. Charles Wilkes embarks on a world cruise.
1908—The first Navy Nurse Corps superintendent, Esther Voorhees Hasson, is appointed. Under her leadership, 19 additional nurses are recruited and trained for naval service during 1908.
1943—USS Philadelphia (CL 41) and USS Boise (CL 47) and four destroyers shell Gioia, Taura, and Palmi on the Italian mainland.
1966—The first ship-to-shore satellite radio message is sent from USS Annapolis (AGMR 1) in the South China Sea to Pacific Fleet Headquarters at Pearl Harbor.
1995—USS Tucson (SSN 770) is commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk. The Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine is the second to be named for the city in Arizona.
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Today in History: August 18
1587 In the Roanoke Island colony, Ellinor and Ananias Dare become parents of a baby girl whom they name Virginia, the first English child born in what would become the United States.
1590 John White, the leader of 117 colonists sent in 1587 to Roanoke Island (North Carolina) to establish a colony, returns from a trip to England to find the settlement deserted. No trace of the settlers is ever found.
1698 After invading Denmark and capturing Sweden, Charles XII of Sweden forces Frederick IV of Denmark to sign the Peace of Travendal.
1759 The French fleet is destroyed by the British under "Old Dreadnought" Boscawen at the Battle of Lagos Bay.
1782 Poet and artist William Blake marries Catherine Sophia Boucher.
1862 Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart's headquarters is raided by Union troops of the 5th New York and 1st Michigan cavalries.
1864 Union General William T. Sherman sends General Judson Kilpatrick to raid Confederate lines of communication outside Atlanta. The raid is unsuccessful.
1870 Prussian forces defeat the French at the Battle of Gravelotte during the Franco-Prussian War.
1898 Adolph Ochs takes over the New York Times, saying his aim is to give "the news, all the news, in concise and attractive form, in language that is permissible in good society, and give it early, if not earlier, than it can be learned through any other medium."
1914 Germany declares war on Russia while President Woodrow Wilson issues his Proclamation of Neutrality.
1920 Tennessee becomes the thirty-sixth state to ratify the nineteenth amendment granting women's suffrage, completing the three-quarters necessary to put the amendment into effect.
1929 The first cross-country women's air derby begins. Louise McPhetridge Thaden wins first prize in the heavier-plane division, while Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie finishes first in the lighter-plane category.
1939 The film The Wizard of Oz opens in New York City.
1942 Japan sends a crack army to Guadalcanal to repulse the U.S. Marines fighting there.
1943 The Royal Air Force Bomber Command completes the first major strike against the German missile development facility at Peenemunde.
1963 James Meredith, the first African American to attend University of Mississippi, graduates.
1965 Operation Starlite marks the beginning of major U.S. ground combat operations in Vietnam.
1966 Australian troops repulse a Viet Cong attack at Long Tan.
1969 Two concert goers die at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, one from an overdose of heroin, the other from a burst appendix.
1973 Hank Aaron makes his 1,378 extra-base hit, surpassing Stan Musial's record.
1974 Luna 24, the USSR's final major lunar exploration mission, soft-lands on moon.
1979 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini demands a "Saint War" against Kurds.
1982 Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance.
1987 Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentenced to triple life terms for poisoning 24 patients.
1988 Republican Convention in New Orleans nominate the George H.W. Bush-Dan Quayle ticket.
1991 A group of hard-line communist leaders unhappy with the drift toward the collapse of the Soviet Union seize control of the government in Moscow and place President Mikhail S. Gorbachev under house arrest
1992 Dennis Rader, the BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) killer receives 10 consecutive life sentences. He had terrorized Wichita, Kansas, murdering 10 people between 1974 and 1991.
1993 Historic Kapelbrug (chapel bridge) in Luzern, Switzerland, burns, destroying 147 of its decorative paintings. It was built in 1365.
2010 Edelmiro Cavazos, mayor of Santiago, Nuevo Leon, is found handcuffed, blindfolded and dead following his abduction three days earlier. He had championed crackdowns on organized crime and police corruption.
2011 Gold hits a record price of $1,826 per ounce.
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 18 August 1967… Fulbright links racial unrest to foreign policy (Guns or Butter)…
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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Thanks to Carl
MOAA - Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Servicemembers Killed in the Vietnam War
(This site was sent by a friend last week and I forgot to forward. The site works, find anyone you knew in "search" feature. https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ )
Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Servicemembers Killed in the Vietnam War
By: Kipp Hanley
AUGUST 15, 2022
A decades-long project to pair faces with the names etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is now complete.
With assistance from hundreds of volunteers across the nation, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) has created the Wall of Faces, a website featuring at least one photo of each of the 58,281 servicemembers who died in the Vietnam War.
"The Wall of Faces tells … stories through photos and remembrances left by both friends and family members," Jim Knotts, president and CEO of VVMF, said in a press release announcing the milestone. "We couldn't have done this without the tenacious work of a small army of volunteers across the country. Their ingenuity, commitment and dedication are tremendous."
Vietnam Veterans Memorial founder and former VVMF president Jan Scruggs wasn't initially confident VVMF could assemble and curate all the photos. A joint project with FedEx and Kinko's in 2001 resulted in thousands of new images, but there was no expectation of getting everyone's image, said VVMF Director of Outreach Tim Tetz.
Years later, VVMF began planning for an Education Center at The Wall. One of the cornerstone displays, Tetz said, would be images of fallen servicemembers featured on their birthday.
"For this reason, we needed to make a greater effort to find the photos, so in the late 2000s, our effort was revitalized to expand our collection," Tetz said. "… Even though the Education Center project was cancelled, we realized there was a use for these photos at our traveling memorial, The Wall That Heals, and in other museums, events, and forums throughout the nation."
Janna Hoehn, a Hawaii resident and volunteer, was also instrumental in the Wall of Faces' efforts. Hoehn began researching names of veterans from Hawaii more than a decade ago and helped gather photos from every resident of her home state of California. Eventually, she assembled a network of volunteers across the nation to help bring this project to fruition.
"The person who got the ball over the goal line was Janna Hoehn and her dozens of volunteers across America," Scruggs said. "… She is both charming and serious. Each volunteer was willing to work year after year. There was nothing easy about this outcome. It involved detective work and commitment."
The VVMF is asking the public to continue providing high-quality images, and stories, about those who perished during the war. Submission details are available at this link as well as on servicemembers' profile pages at the Wall of Faces, where you can find information on submitting individual remembrances. You can also contact VVMF at (202) 393-0900 or vvmf@vvmf.org.
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One of my favorite singers has gone. She had a great voice. I saw her at a concert in San Diego many years ago….skip
Click below for a couple pictures and some more background
Thanks to Carl
Olivia Newton-John and Breast Cancer
August 15, 2022
Olivia Newton-John was a British-Australian singer, actress, and activist, most famous for starring with John Travolta in the 1978 musical film, Grease, whose soundtrack is still today one of the world's best-selling albums. Her recordings have sold more than 100 million records, and she won four Grammy Awards.
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Thanks to Brett
Geopolitical Futures:
Keeping the future in focus
Daily Memo: The Scalable World War Ahead
The world has become more complex but no less deadly.
By: Jacek Bartosiak
August 17, 2022
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan begins a new era of confrontation between the U.S. and China and marks a new stage in the ongoing conflict over Eurasia, this unique landmass where world history takes place and world wars are fought. What distinguishes this episode from previous world wars is that this one is scalable – the existence of thermonuclear weapons greatly raises the stakes of escalation and demands each side to be circumspect before escalating. In a scalable clash, each side tries to force its interests through various domains of contemporary dependencies in a densely globalized world – a world that will be violently split open before our eyes.
Pelosi's visit accelerates the process of sharp and violent deglobalization – the breaking, for geopolitical reasons, of all financial, trade, information, communication and human connections that resulted from Pax Americana over the past 30 years. It turns out that the great powers do not agree on the principles that define how the world operates and how they cooperate with each other. China, the U.S. and Russia believe the existing global order no longer serves their interests. Only Europe still wants everything to stay the same, naively thinking that the "old" ways will come back. Completely unprepared for the return of geopolitics, Europe is on course to become the subject of the game of the three aforementioned powers – a place of struggle and kinetic wars and not a main actor, with ambitions and strategic initiative.
The Shape of the War to Come
Dangerous times lie ahead. Conflict will be a constant in many domains: trade, technology, finance, raw materials, currency markets, data and internet, and infrastructure. There will be kidnappings and assassinations, information warfare, fighting for oceans and lands, and fighting to control communication nodes, even in outer space. Finally, there will be hot proxy wars, coups, revolutions and government collapses, and probably a direct clash between China and the U.S. in the Western Pacific, or a war in Europe involving some NATO countries and Russia.
The main focus of this global conflict, however, will be the manipulation of strategic flows to influence the opponent's stability and social contract. Examples include banning the sale to China of Taiwan's microprocessors necessary in a modern economy and, in response, China's banning of exports of sand to Taiwan necessary for construction; or bans on capital investments in China and, in response, the expropriation of large U.S. companies with production in China.
In addition, there will be sanctions, blockades, embargoes on trade and raw materials, manipulation of energy transmission systems, attacks on infrastructure and military demonstrations intended to disrupt the enemy's economy. A good example is the effective sea and air quarantine of Taiwan in the course of China's sea-air exercises, or the unilateral ban on Russian flights over Lithuania or Poland, which may be broken one day if Moscow wants to contest Europe's ability to limit where its planes fly.
Kinetic War
In this global struggle, a kinetic war between the U.S. and China in the Western Pacific becomes very likely, possibly sooner than later, given the irreconcilable structural differences of interest between the two powers. For a critical imbalance in the world system has already arisen that will be difficult, perhaps impossible, to correct in the foreseeable future without resorting to force, and such an escalation naturally leads to war. The situation around Taiwan in connection with Pelosi's visit, and before that Russia's ultimatum toward Ukraine, is clear proof of this.
Fortunately, the existence of thermonuclear weapons lowers the willingness of each side to enter into an uncontrolled conflict without reflection. It forces each side to be selective about what it seeks to obtain through the threat or use of violence, without stupidly starting a thermonuclear war. This makes the coming world war scalable, and this is what sets it apart from previous world wars.
At the start of the hot phase of past system wars, such as the Napoleonic wars or World War I or II, the attacking side immediately sent corps, fleets, infantry divisions, artillery, armored divisions and air assets, all that was necessary to defeat the enemy and conquer the capital by maneuvering to paralyze the decision-making and political system. For then there were no weapons that could destroy entire cities, states and nations. Strategic nuclear weapons obliterate the political goal of war, which is the loser's submission to the victor's will. (Tactical nuclear weapons may be a different matter, something we will learn to live with.) Above all, strategic thermonuclear weapons could trigger automatic retaliation.
None of this was present in previous world wars. There was no need to think about calibrated actions and the opponent's potential responses on the multilevel escalation ladder, because both sides wanted immediately to take a dominant position in the application of violence. This was the way of the German Blitzkrieg, whose initial phenomenal operational efficiency diminished over time, leaving Hitler to look for a variety of Wunderwaffen (wonder weapons) at the end of the war.
This does not mean that nuclear weapons will not be used in the coming war. There are many indications, especially in Russian strategic and military literature, that it is possible to "disenchant" the use of nuclear weapons. However, even then the warring parties will always remember the risk of mutual annihilation, which hampers the decision-making process and emphasizes the management of the escalation ladder. This is already evident in Washington's dealings with Ukraine and the Americans' reservations about providing Kyiv with equipment that could be used to attack targets in Russia, which would be a step up the escalation ladder.
The existence of thermonuclear weapons, in other words, means the war must be scalable. Neither side can immediately reach (or threaten to reach) for the highest rung on the escalation ladder.
At the same time, the accumulation of mutual interactions between states is greater today than in the world wars of the past, meaning there are plenty of means of applying pressure. Likewise, there are more cases where violence can be used: destruction of transshipment terminals, attacks on U.S. natural gas terminals and Russian refineries, the kidnapping of decision-makers, destruction of satellites, acts of sabotage to cut off raw materials, and even terrorist attacks. Therefore, there will be more need to inoculate the state against manipulation of strategic flows, and less discussion of the number of soldiers compared with the 20th century. What matters is the military's capabilities to wage modern war, often remotely, and the state's resilience.
Europe in Denial
The scalable war has already begun. It is already changing the global system. As in the last world war, new methods and technologies will emerge. Innovation accelerates during war. This is the dark nature of man – militant and competitive. During World War II we saw the first German maneuvering and ballistic missiles. At the end, we saw the first primitive guided missiles, the jet engine, the technological miracle that was the American B-29 strategic bomber, and the Allied computer needed to constantly break the German Enigma. In this war, automation and robotics will certainly develop. Personally, I'm betting that artificial intelligence developed for war and human competition will change our civil lives beyond recognition before the war is over.
In all of this, Europe still refuses to accept that the war is already underway. Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, the uproar it caused, and the imminent U.S. congressional elections will lead the U.S. to focus on the Pacific. Therefore, I believe that Pelosi's visit to Taiwan was a mistake, very unfavorable for Poland, because it accelerates the Americans' perspective of a war on two fronts in Eurasia, which must always be avoided. And it pushes China into helping Russia on the European front, even if this aid is or will be hidden for some time, just as Roosevelt's decision to help the British was hidden from world opinion, made after the fall of Paris in 1940, and therefore long before America's open entry into the war.
For Central and Eastern Europe this means being left with Russia, largely alone, with the only outside protection coming from other Europeans who lack significant military capabilities or excessive determination to confront Russia, apart from Finland, Sweden and Britain. As the war for Eurasia will be scalable, the wider European conflict does not have to be the same as with Ukraine. It can involve terrorism, destruction of infrastructure, kidnappings and killings, and destabilization. However, there can also be a full war like in Ukraine, depending on the capabilities of the Russians and the geopolitical situation, as well as on Europe's own capabilities, resilience and preparations. The Russians will adjust their strategy to this. Russia wants to gain agency in Europe, and it will do this by pushing the Americans out of Europe and weakening Europe's cohesion as part of the trans-Atlantic world.
What is happening in the Pacific is therefore of paramount importance for Europe. The world system has become unstable. A new equilibrium will arise after the war that seems inevitable today. Somewhat comfortingly, it seems to be a scalable war. In Poland's case, located at the junction of the World Ocean and the Continent, it can be anything, including terrorist attacks, manipulating the supply of raw materials (which may end in rationing and the destruction of the Polish economy and competitiveness), kidnappings, destroying infrastructure and even conventional war – even with the use of tactical nuclear weapons.
The world has become more complex but no less deadly.
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This Day in U S Military History…….18 August
1942 – Marines left Makin Island after destroying a seaplane base, two radio stations, a supply warehouse, and killing about 100 Japanese soldiers.
1942 – On Guadalcanal, Japanese reinforcements are landed at Taivu and a detachment of 1,000 troops under the leadership of Colonel Ichiki starts towards the American position. The Japanese believe there are only 3,000 Americans on the Island. There are actually 10,000 and the airstrip is now ready to receive aircraft.
1951 – The Battle of Bloody Ridge began. During the battle, the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division and its attached units sustained 326 killed in action, 2,032 wounded and 414 missing. The enemy's dead totaled 1,389. The 15th Field Artillery Battalion set a record of 14,425 rounds fired in a 24-hour period.
1965 – After a deserter from the First Vietcong Regiment had revealed that an attack was imminent against the U.S. base at Chu Lai, the Marines launch Operation Starlite in the Van Tuong peninsula in Quang Ngai Province. In this, the first major U.S. ground battle of the Vietnam War, 5,500 Marines destroyed a Viet Cong stronghold, scoring a resounding victory. During the operation, which lasted six days, ground forces, artillery from Chu Lai, close air support, and naval gunfire combined to kill nearly 700 Vietcong soldiers. U.S. losses included 45 Marines dead and more than 200 wounded.
1966 – First ship-to-shore satellite radio message sent from USS Annapolis in South China Sea to Pacific Fleet Headquarters at Pearl Harbor.
1968 – The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launch a limited offensive in the south with 19 separate attacks throughout South Vietnam. In the heaviest fighting in three months, Communist troops attacked key positions along the Cambodian border in Tay Ninh and Binh Long provinces, northwest of Saigon. In Tay Ninh, 600 Viet Cong, supported by elements of two North Vietnamese divisions, attacked the provincial capital, capturing several government installations. U.S. reinforcements from the Twenty-fifth Infantry Division were rushed to the scene and after a day of house-to-house fighting expelled the communists from the city.
1976 – Two U.S. Army officers were killed in Korea's demilitarized zone as a group of North Korean soldiers wielding axes and metal pikes attacked U.S. and South Korean soldiers. Major Arthur G. Bonifas was attacked and beaten to death by North Korean soldiers as he attempted to cut down a poplar tree in the DMZ.
1998 – In Kenya FBI agents, acting on a tip from Mohammed Saddiq Odeh, raided The Hilltop Hotel in Nairobi and confiscated 175 pounds of TNT. The room was reported to have been occupied by 2 Palestinians, a Saudi and an Egyptian from Aug 3 to Aug 7.
2002 – Operation Mountain Sweep was the first for the 82nd Airborne Division since its arrival in Afghanistan. The troopers of the 82nd joined with Army Rangers and other coalition special operations forces to mount five combat air assault missions. Combat engineers, aviation assets and civil affairs detachments also took part in the operation. Mountain Sweep continued Operation Mountain Lion in searching out al Qaeda and Taliban forces and information about the terrorist organizations. The troops discovered five separate weapons caches and two caches of Taliban documents. The operation took place mainly around the villages of Dormat and Narizah, south of the cities of Khowst and Gardez. The troopers found an anti-aircraft artillery gun, two 82mm mortars and ammunition, a recoilless rifle, rockets, rocket-propelled grenades, machines guns and thousands of small arms rounds. Coalition forces detained 10 persons during the operation. The 229th, serving as the aviation arm for Task Force Shark, conducted 14 helicopter missions in support of the operation. More than 2,000 Coalition forces, consisting of seven infantry companies, combat engineers and elements of three aviation battalions, took part in the operation, completing Operation Mountain Sweep in the former al Qaeda and Taliban areas of Southeastern Afghanistan on August 26.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
TAYLOR, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 7th Rhode Island Infantry. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 18 August 1864. Entered service at: Burrillville, R.I. Birth: England. Date of issue: 20 July 1897. Citation: While acting as an orderly to a general officer on the field and alone, encountered a picket of 3 of the enemy and compelled their surrender.
*CHELI, RALPH (Air Mission)
Rank and organization: Major, U.S. Army Air Corps. Place and date: Near Wewak, New Guinea, 18 August 1943. Entered service at: Brooklyn, N.Y. Birth: San Francisco, Calif. G.O. No.: 72, 28 October 1943. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy. While Maj. Cheli was leading his squadron in a dive to attack the heavily defended Dagua Airdrome, intercepting enemy aircraft centered their fire on his plane, causing it to burst into flames while still 2 miles from the objective. His speed would have enabled him to gain necessary altitude to parachute to safety, but this action would have resulted in his formation becoming disorganized and exposed to the enemy. Although a crash was inevitable, he courageously elected to continue leading the attack in his blazing plane. From a minimum altitude, the squadron made a devastating bombing and strafing attack on the target. The mission completed, Maj. Cheli instructed his wingman to lead the formation and crashed into the sea.
*THOMASON, CLYDE
Rank and organization: sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Born: 23 May 1914, Atlanta, Ga. Accredited to: Georgia. Citation: For conspicuous heroism and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty during the Marine Raider Expedition against the Japanese-held island of Makin on 17-18 August 1942. Leading the advance element of the assault echelon, Sgt. Thomason disposed his men with keen judgment and discrimination and, by his exemplary leadership and great personal valor, exhorted them to like fearless efforts. On 1 occasion, he dauntlessly walked up to a house which concealed an enemy Japanese sniper, forced in the door and shot the man before he could resist. Later in the action, while leading an assault on an enemy position, he gallantly gave his life in the service of his country. His courage and loyal devotion to duty in the face of grave peril were in keeping with the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
O'MALLEY, ROBERT E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant (then Cpl.), U .S. Marine Corps, Company 1, 3d Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division (Rein). Place and date: Near An Cu'ong 2, South Vietnam, 18 August 1965. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Born: 3 June 1943, New York, N.Y. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the communist (Viet Cong) forces at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. While leading his squad in the assault against a strongly entrenched enemy force, his unit came under intense small-arms fire. With complete disregard for his personal safety, Sgt. O'Malley raced across an open rice paddy to a trench line where the enemy forces were located. Jumping into the trench, he attacked the Viet Cong with his rifle and grenades, and singly killed 8 of the enemy. He then led his squad to the assistance of an adjacent marine unit which was suffering heavy casualties. Continuing to press forward, he reloaded his weapon and fired with telling effect into the enemy emplacement. He personally assisted in the evacuation of several wounded marines, and again regrouping the remnants of his squad, he returned to the point of the heaviest fighting. Ordered to an evacuation point by an officer, Sgt. O'Malley gathered his besieged and badly wounded squad, and boldly led them under fire to a helicopter for withdrawal. Although 3 times wounded in this encounter, and facing imminent death from a fanatic and determined enemy, he steadfastly refused evacuation and continued to cover his squad's boarding of the helicopters while, from an exposed position, he delivered fire against the enemy until his wounded men were evacuated. Only then, with his last mission accomplished, did he permit himself to be removed from the battlefield. By his valor, leadership, and courageous efforts in behalf of his comrades, he served as an inspiration to all who observed him, and reflected the highest credit upon the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service.
*PAUL, JOE C.
Rank and organization: Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Company H, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines (Rein), 3d Marine Division (Rein). Place and date: near Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam, 18 August 1965. Entered service at: Dayton, Ohio. Born: 23 April 1946, Williamsburg, Ky. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. In violent battle, L/Cpl. Paul's platoon sustained 5 casualties as it was temporarily pinned down, by devastating mortar, recoilless rifle, automatic weapons, and rifle fire delivered by insurgent communist (Viet Cong) forces in well entrenched positions. The wounded marines were unable to move from their perilously exposed positions forward of the remainder of their platoon, and were suddenly subjected to a barrage of white phosphorous rifle grenades. L/Cpl. Paul, fully aware that his tactics would almost certainly result in serious injury or death to himself, chose to disregard his safety and boldly dashed across the fire-swept rice paddies, placed himself between his wounded comrades and the enemy, and delivered effective suppressive fire with his automatic weapon in order to divert the attack long enough to allow the casualties to be evacuated. Although critically wounded during the course of the battle, he resolutely remained in his exposed position and continued to fire his rifle until he collapsed and was evacuated. By his fortitude and gallant spirit of self-sacrifice in the face of almost certain death, he saved the lives of several of his fellow marines. His heroic action served to inspire all who observed him and reflect the highest credit upon himself, the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the cause of freedom.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for 18 August, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
18 August
1910: At Fort Sam Houston, Cpl Glen Madole and Oliver G. Simmons, the Army's first civilian aircraft mechanic, added wheels to Signal Corps Airplane No. 1. This effort produced a tricycle landing gear that eliminated the need for launching rails and catapults. (21)
1911: CHICAGO AIR MEET. Phillip O. Parmalee established a new American altitude record of 10,837 feet. (24)
1926: First contract let for a metal-clad airship. (24)
1941: President Roosevelt announced agreements to let Pan American Airways ferry warplanes from the US to British forces in the Middle East via West Africa. (24)
1948: The Berlin Airlift corridor equipped with flight aids to ensure winter airlift operations. (4)
1951: KOREAN WAR/Operation STRANGLE. FEAF began this operation against N. Korean railroads. (28)
1956: Last class in Air Force to fly piston-engined T-6 aircraft graduated at Barstow AB, Fla. The Air Force used various versions of the T-6 to polish pilot skills since 1941.
1965: The first Minuteman II launch from an operationally configured silo at Vandenberg AFB succeeded. (6)
1977: The USAF accepted its first F-16B from General Dynamics at Fort Worth. (12)
1978: At McConnell AFB, A1C Tina M. Ponzer (381 SMW) became SAC's first enlisted female to perform Titan II alert duty. (1) (6)
1987: The 308 SMW's inactivation at Little Rock AFB officially ended SAC's Titan II missile program.
1992: Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Begins. The operation restricted Iraqi flights south of 32 degrees north latitude. AMC airlifted US forces to Saudi Arabia to support the operation. The command also deployed tankers to refuel fighters flying combat air patrols. (16) (18)
1993: The McDonnell Douglas "Delta Clipper Experimental" (DC-X), a subscale, single-stage-to-orbit prototype completed a 60-second flight over White Sands Missile Range. The 42-foot-tall craft took off vertically, hovered at 150 feet, moved laterally 350 feet, and landed tail down. (20)
1999: Operation AVID RESPONSE. After a devastating earthquake rocked western Turkey, AMC began its support of this international relief effort. A C-5 from the 436 AW at Dover AFB left the US for Istanbul with a 70-person search and rescue team. The team, with 5 search and rescue dogs, 56,000 pounds of equipment, and three vehicles, set up operations in nearby Izmit. Two KC-10s from the 305 AMW at McGuire AFB refueled the C-5 during its nonstop flight to Turkey. By 10 September, when the AVID RESPONSE task force at Topel NAS, Turkey, disbanded, AMC aircraft had flown 20 missions to support the earthquake relief effort. (22)
2005: The 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess AFB became the first unit to achieve initial operational capability with the JASSM cruise missile. (AFNEWS Article, "Dyess AFB Demonstrates B-1B's Upgrades, Combat Capabilities,"
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World News for 18 August thanks to Military Periscope
USA—Taliban Ended Up With Gear Worth $7 Billion After Afghan Government Collapse, Says IG Report Dept. of Defense Office of Inspector General | 08/18/2022 The Dept. of Defense Office of Inspector General says that the Taliban seized much of the military equipment supplied to the Afghan government when it collapsed last year. About $7.12 billion worth of U.S.-supplied equipment was in the inventory of the Afghan armed forces when the Afghan government collapsed in August 2021, the Pentagon estimated. The U.S. gear included about $4.1 billion in ground vehicles; $923 million in aircraft; and $511.8 million in weapons, reported Breaking Defense. The vehicles included Humvees and mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) platforms as well as hundreds of thousands of small arms, according to the inspector general's report. U.S. forces in Afghanistan "removed or destroyed nearly all weapons and equipment" they used while deployed there. The report says that the "operational state of Afghan military vehicles was unknown and likely to deteriorate without U.S. contractor maintenance."
USA—GM Defense, Rheinmetall Partner For Tactical Vehicle Competition Defense News | 08/18/2022 Rheinmetall Vehicles and GM Defense have agreed to partner in the U.S. Army's Common Tactical Truck competition, reports Defense News. The Army is still in the early phases of defining requirements. The Army released a Request for Project Proposals in late June. The deadline to submit proposals, to compete in the first phase, is Aug. 29. The first phase will conclude with the Army selecting up to five teams to build three prototypes, each for different missions. The phase will last around 36 months. A pre-production prototype phase will follow the first round of selection. This phase will be similar to an engineering and manufacturing development phase.
Initial production could yield 5,700 vehicles with an estimated value of US$ 5 billion. The Army hopes that by incorporating GM technologies like Lane Departure Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control and other safety features with Rheinmetall's tactical wheeled vehicle heritage it will benefit from the firms' partnership.
USA—Unarmed Minuteman III ICBM Test-Launched From Airborne Command Post Air Force Global Strike Command | 08/18/2022 U.S. Air Force and Navy personnel have just test-fired an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from an airborne command system, reports the Air Force Global Strike Command. On Tuesday, airmen from the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron out of Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., aboard a Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft with members of the Navy's Strategic Communications Wing launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., using the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS). The missile launched a test re-entry vehicle, which traveled around 4,200 miles (6,760 km) to land at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Test launches are designed to demonstrate that the U.S. nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, reliable and effective and to reassure allies, the command said. The Minuteman III launch was originally scheduled for Aug. 4 but was delayed due to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, which irked China.
Ukraine—ICEYE To Provide SAR Access To Armed Forces ICEYE | 08/18/2022 Finish microsatellite manufacturer ICEYE has signed a contract with the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation to provide the Government of Ukraine with satellite imaging access, reports ICEYE. The agreement calls for ICEYE to transfer the full capabilities of one of its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites already in orbit to the Ukrainian government. Ukraine will also have access to a network of SAR satellites which will allow its armed forces to receive radar satellite imagery. The satellite will still be operated by ICEYE.
Ukraine—Wagner Group HQ Destroyed In Luhansk BBC News | 08/18/2022 Ukrainian forces appear to have destroyed a headquarters of the Russian Wagner mercenary group in the eastern Luhansk region, reports the BBC News. On Aug. 8, pro-Russian reporter published photos of the headquarters in Popasna on Telegram that appeared to include its address. The photos were later taken down. Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Hayday said on Sunday that on Aug. 13 Ukrainian forces had struck the Wagner headquarters in Popasna and that the casualties from the attack were still being determined. Wagner units have been active in eastern Ukraine since Russian-backed separatists seized parts of the Donbas region in 2014 and 2015. The group is described as a private military company but it is a state-sponsored organization that largely operates in support of Russian interests, according to Western analysts. The attack was likely conducted by Ukrainian HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, according to various sources.
Taiwan—Bilateral Trade Talks With United States Commence Reuters | 08/18/2022 The U.S. and Taiwan agreed to begin bilateral trade talks in the fall, building on an initiative introduced in June, reports Reuters. The U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade covers 11 trade areas with a goal of achieving "meaningful outcomes" and a more "resilient 21st-century economy", said a U.S. Deputy Trade Representative. The agenda is expected to cover areas including trade facilitation, good regulatory practices, removing discriminatory barriers to trade and Chinese economic coercion. The American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. will be the main negotiation facilitators, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Afghanistan—21 Die In Second Kabul Mosque Bombing Ariana | 08/18/2022 A bomb blew through the Siddiquiya mosque in Afghanistan's capital on Thursday, reports Ariana News (Afghanistan). Kabul police told reporters that 21 people died in the bombing and 33 were injured. The Italian-run Emergency Hospital told the press that among its 27 patients associated with the blast are five children. No one has claimed responsibility for Wednesday night's attack. However the ISIS local affiliate has claimed responsibility for several recent attacks. Former Afghan political leaders and current religious leaders all decried the attack.
Somalia—13 Al-Shabab Militants Die In U.S. Airstrike Africa Command | 08/18/2022 U.S. Africa Command says it has killed 13 militants in an airstrike in Somalia. In coordination with the Somali government, AFRICOM launched strikes on Al-Shabaab militants attacking Somali army forces in a remote location near the town of Teedaan about 190 miles (300 km) north of Mogadishu, reported the Stars and Stripes. The command assessed that no civilians were injured or killed in the strike. This was the second AFRICOM strike in Somalia in a week. Another attack on Aug. 9 killed four militants, according to the command. The U.S. has stepped up airstrikes in Somalia since President Biden ordered forces to return in May.
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