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Today in Naval and Marine Corps History
October 2
Today in Naval and Marine Corps History
October 2
Today in Naval History
October 2
1799 The Washington Navy Yard is established under the direction of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert and supervision of Commodore Thomas Tingey.
1863 USS Bermuda seizes the blockade-running English schooner Florie near Matagorda, Texas, with a cargo of medicine, wine and saddles much needed by the Confederate cavalry.
1918 A squadron of 11 American submarine chasers screen British-French-Italian naval forces during the Second Battle of Durazzo, destroying mines and driving off an Austrian submarine trying to reach the fleet.
1939 The Act of Panama is approved by the ministers of the American Republics at Panama City, Panama. The act establishes a neutral zone 300 miles to seaward from the continental coastline that is patrolled by the U.S. Navy.
1943 A mine laid by USS Silversides (SS 236) four months earlier damages Imperial Japanese Navy minesweeper W 28 off Kavieng Bay, New Ireland, Bismarck.
1944 USS Pomfret (SS 391) attacks a Japanese convoy in Luzon Strait, sinking an army transport about 75 miles southeast of the southern tip of Formosa.
1952 USS Marsh (DE 699) and HMCS Iroquois (DDE 217) undergo fire by shore batteries in the vicinity of Songin, South Korea. Marsh escapes without damage but Iroquois receives one direct hit and one airburst, killing three men and wounding 10. Both ships replied with counter-battery fire, silencing the enemy shore batteries.
Today in History
October 2
1263 At Largs, King Alexander III of Scotland repels an amphibious invasion by King Haakon IV of Norway.
1535 Having landed in Quebec a month ago, Jacques Cartier reaches a town, which he names Montreal.
1862 An Army under Union General Joseph Hooker arrives in Bridgeport, Alabama to support the Union forces at Chattanooga. Chattanooga's Lookout Mountain provides a dramatic setting for the Civil War's battle above the clouds.
1870 The papal states vote in favor of union with Italy. The capital is moved from Florence to Rome.
1871 Morman leader Brigham Young, 70, is arrested for polygamy. He was later convicted, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction.
1879 A dual alliance is formed between Austria and Germany, in which the two countries agree to come to the other's aid in the event of aggression.
1909 Orville Wright sets an altitude record, flying at 1,600 feet. This exceeded Hubert Latham's previous record of 508 feet.
1931 Aerial circus star Clyde Pangborn and playboy Hugh Herndon, Jr. set off to complete the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean from Misawa City, Japan.
1941 The German army launches Operation Typhoon, the drive towards Moscow.
1950 The comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schultz, makes its first appearance in newspapers.
1959 The groundbreaking TV series The Twilight Zone, hosted by Rod Serling, premiers on CBS.
1964 Scientists announce findings that smoking can cause cancer.
1967 Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice, is sworn in. Marshall had previously been the solicitor general, the head of the legal staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and a leading American civil rights lawyer.
1970 A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, staff, and supporters crashes in Colorado; 31 of the 40 people aboard die.
1980 Congressional Representative Mike Myers is expelled from the US House for taking a bribe in the Abscam scandal, the first member to be expelled since 1861.
1990 Flight 8301 of China's Xiamen Airlines is hijacked and crashed into Baiyun International Airport, hitting two other aircraft and killing 128 people.
2001 NATO backs US military strikes in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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From the List Archives
Bug Roach
Today is the 30th anniversary of loss of great fighter pilot and superb LSO. Hear his voice below and read his words. I heard that voice many times and it was always a comfort to know that "Bug" was on the platform with the pickle in his hand.
Even though I have watched this many times before when the A-6 was in close and Bug was talking to him and staying with him all the way through to the end with the "STAY WITH IT CALL" the screen got out of focus remembering what it was like to have Bug on the platform and as a friend and the loss we all shared. How many of you remember that sound he could make when he would put his lips together and force air through them and make that high pitched whistle sound that was uniquely BUG, Skip
Subject:: A-6 Barrier landing (left main gear up.)
Here is a great video. A terrific job by the Landing Signal Officer. Watch/listen to the video first then read "the rest of the story". A great Naval Aviator that most carrier jocks knew in the '70's-'80's.
NOTICE THE LIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE FRAMES MOVING UP/DOWN. IT IS THE ONSTATION PLANE GUARD (DESTROYER) IN THE WAKE OF THE CARRIER, the movement reflecting HOW MUCH THE FLIGHT DECK WAS MOVING .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRURB7FdsII&feature=player_embedded#!
The Landing Signal Officer referred to and handling this recovery was "Bug" Roach.
CDR Roach was born in Monterey, Calif. and received his Naval Aviator wings in 1966. He served as an F-8 Crusader pilot and Landing Signal Officer (LSO) during the Vietnam War, making combat cruises with three different air wings on three different 27C class carriers. In 1990 the Navy League sponsored an award to recognize professional LSO performance, on the LSO platform. Based on his unsurpassed expertise on the LSO platform, the Navy League felt very strongly that they wanted to name the award the "CDR John "Bug" Roach Paddles Award", while CDR Roach was still on active duty. At the 1990 Tailhook Convention, where the first award was presented, the following facts were supplied about CDR Roach's LSO career:
He made four separate CAG LSO tours. In addition he was recalled on two other occasions as a ready alert CAG LSO due to his expertise. During his tenure as a CAG LSO he waved without mishap:
ten barricade arrestments
twenty single engine approaches
five aircraft missing main landing gear
two A-4 aircraft with major battle damage
the first ever S-3 with an unlocked wing
a night, hand-held radio (PRC-90), talkdown of six aircraft with no meatball and with the flight deck illuminated by the headlights of flight deck tractors, following a total engineering casualty on the ship.
Subsequent to these accomplishments, when events began heating up in the Middle East in 1990, CDR Roach volunteered his services as CAG LSO yet again and deployed with CVW-2 to the war zone. It was on this cruise that he made his 1,000th arrested landing. In more than 25 years of Naval service, CDR Roach never had a non-flying tour. On 2 October 1991 while on an adversary flight in an A-4E off the coast of Southern California, CDR Roach was killed when his aircraft lost power and he was unable to successfully eject from the stricken aircraft. Note Bug's prayer below.
Prayer written by
CDR John "Bug" Roach
1944-1991
Lord, we are the nation! We celebrate our birthday on July 4th, 1776, with the Declaration of Independence as our birth certificate. The bloodlines of the world run in our veins because we offer freedom and liberty to all whom are oppressed. We are many things and many people. We are the nation.
We sprawl from the Atlantic to the Pacific, to Alaska and Hawaii. three million square miles throbbing with industry and with life. We are the forest, field, mountain and desert. We are the wheat fields of Kansas, the granite hills of Vermont, and the snow capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada. We are the Brooklyn Bridge, we are the grain elevators in the farm belt, we are the Golden Gate. We are the nation.
We are 213 million living souls, and yet we are the ghosts of millions who have lived and died for us. We are Nathan Hale and Paul Revere. We are Washington, Jefferson and Patrick Henry. We are Lee, Grant, Abe Lincoln and George Bush. We are the famous and the unknown. We are presidents, we are paupers. We are the nation.
We stood at Lexington and fired the shot heard around the world. We remember the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, Inchon and the Persian Gulf. When freedom calls, we answer. We left our heroic dead at Belleau Wood, on the rock of Corregidor, on the bleak slopes of Korea, in the steaming jungles of Vietnam and under the rubble of Beirut. We are the nation.
We are schools and colleges, churches and synagogues. We are a ballot dropped in a box, the harmonious voice of a choir in a cathedral, the crack of a bat and the roar of a crowd in a stadium. We are craftsmen, teachers, businessmen, and judges. We are laborers and nurses. We are parents and we are children. We are soldiers, sailors and airmen. We are peaceful villages, small towns and cities that never sleep. Yes, we are the nation, and these are the things that we are.
We were conceived in freedom, and dear God, if you are willing, in freedom we will spend the rest of our days. May we always be thankful for the blessings you have bestowed upon us. May we be humble to the less fortunate and assist those in need. May we never forget the continuing cost of freedom. May we always remember that if we are to remain the land of the free, we must continue always to be the home of the brave. May our wishbone never be found where our backbone should be. May we possess always, the integrity, the courage and the strength to keep ourselves unshackled, to remain always a citadel of freedom and a beacon of hope to the world.
We are the nation.....this is our wish...this is our hope and this is our prayer...Amen
Commander
John "Bug" Roach
United States Navy
1944-1991
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 2 October 1967… NYT, Hanson Baldwin: "NVN SAM Sites Put at 180"…
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
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 Service members Killed in the Vietnam War
By: Kipp Hanley
AUGUST 15, 2022
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Geopolitical Futures:
Keeping the future in focus
Daily Memo: Scholz in the Middle East, Australia's Naval Plans
The German chancellor signed deals to help close Germany's energy gap.
By: GPF Staff
September 26, 2022
Scholz in the Middle East. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz concluded a two-day visit to the Persian Gulf by signing a series of energy deals. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., for example, agreed to deliver the first shipment of liquefied natural gas to the Elbehafen terminal in Brunsbuettel, near Hamburg. Scholz's trip was part of Germany's effort to secure new sources of energy as the war in Ukraine and European sanctions on Moscow have led to reduced Russian gas deliveries to Europe.
Australia's naval plans. The U.S. is in talks to build nuclear-powered submarines for Australia, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Under the deal, the U.S. would provide an initial fleet of subs by the mid-2030s as part of the AUKUS pact reached last year. Last month, concerns grew over the U.S. and the U.K.'s ability to help close Australia's capability gap after senior U.S. Navy officials suggested shipyards would struggle to increase production without further investment. The Australian government is also looking to establish a "strategic fleet" of 12 merchant ships to protect the country's critical supply routes.
Italian elections. A center-right coalition led by the Brothers of Italy party won snap parliamentary elections in Italy over the weekend and is set to form the country's most right-wing government since World War II. The party's leader, Giorgia Meloni, has made a name for herself by adopting euroskeptic positions on European affairs.
The U.S. on the peninsula. South Korea and the United States began joint naval drills – their first in five years – near the Korean Peninsula on Monday. The four-day exercises will involve more than 20 vessels and an assortment of aircraft. They come a day after North Korea launched its latest ballistic missile test.
Intensified cooperation. The U.S. and the Philippines will double the number of troops involved in their annual Balikatan exercises next year to 16,000, and increase the number of bilateral activities between them. The defense ministers of both states will meet on Thursday in Hawaii to discuss the arrangements. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. also called for peace and restraint in the Taiwan Strait, in comments welcomed by Taiwan. A key U.S. ally in the region, the Philippines has been the subject of competition between Washington and Beijing of late.
Drills in Kazakhstan. The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization began military exercises in Kazakhstan's Zhambyl and Alma-Ata regions. The drills, which will run until Oct. 8, will train troops in the conduct of a joint operation in an armed conflict, reconnaissance missions and logistics. CSTO forces helped the Kazakh government quell widespread protests early this year.
Restructuring. Maike Metals International, one of China's largest commodities traders, is planning to sell assets and conduct a broad restructuring to resolve its liquidity problem, according to the company's chair. Maike is already selling off assets and equities, but its final plan could involve shareholding, asset and debt restructuring.
India in Iran. Iran has reportedly offered India's ONGC Videsh Ltd. a 30 percent stake in development of the Farzad-B offshore gas field. The field holds an estimated 23 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves, nearly 14 trillion cubic feet of which are considered recoverable. ONGC's interest in Iranian hydrocarbon projects was previously derailed because of U.S. sanctions on Iran.
Border opening. Venezuela and Colombia will reopen their shared border Monday after seven years of partial or total closure. The move marks the first step in normalizing bilateral ties.
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This Day in U S Military History
1799 – Establishment of Washington Navy Yard. The Washington Navy Yard is the U.S. Navy's oldest shore establishment, in operation since the first decade of the 19th century. It evolved from a shipbuilding center to an ordnance plant and then to the ceremonial and administrative center for the Navy. The yard is home to the Chief of Naval Operations and is headquarters for the Naval Historical Center, the Marine Corps Historical Center, and numerous naval commands.
1950 – The ROK Capital and 3rd Divisions seized Yangyang on the East Coast while in the southeast ROK Marines took the port of Mokpo. Chinese Foreign Minister Chou En-lai warned the Indian Ambassador in Beijing that if the Americans cross the 38th parallel China would enter the war.
1951 – Future jet ace Colonel Francis S. "Gabby" Gabreski, Vice Commander of the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, downed his third MiG-15 of the war in an F-86 Sabre jet. Colonel Gabreski was a leading World War II ace with 28 German aircraft kills while flying a P-47 Thunderbolt.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
*CORRY, WILLIAM MERRILL, JR.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy. Place and date: Near Hartford, Conn., 2 October 1920. Born: 5 October 1889, Quincy, Fla. Accredited to: Florida. Other Navy award: Navy Cross. Citation: For heroic service in attempting to rescue a brother officer from a flame-enveloped airplane. On 2 October 1920, an airplane in which Lt. Comdr. Corry was a passenger crashed and burst into flames. He was thrown 30 feet clear of the plane and, though injured, rushed back to the burning machine and endeavored to release the pilot. In so doing he sustained serious burns, from which he died 4 days later.
CARR, CHRIS (name legally changed from CHRISTOS H. KARABERIS, under which name the medal was awarded)
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company L, 337th Infantry, 85th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Guignola, Italy, 1-2 October 1944. Entered service at: Manchester, N.H. Birth: Manchester, N.H. G.O. No.: 97, 1 November 1945. Citation Leading a squad of Company L, he gallantly cleared the way for his company's approach along a ridge toward its objective, the Casoni di Remagna. When his platoon was pinned down by heavy fire from enemy mortars, machineguns, machine pistols, and rifles, he climbed in advance of his squad on a maneuver around the left flank to locate and eliminate the enemy gun positions. Undeterred by deadly fire that ricocheted off the barren rocky hillside, he crept to the rear of the first machinegun and charged, firing his submachinegun. In this surprise attack he captured 8 prisoners and turned them over to his squad before striking out alone for a second machinegun. Discovered in his advance and subjected to direct fire from the hostile weapon, he leaped to his feet and ran forward, weaving and crouching, pouring automatic fire into the emplacement that killed 4 of its defenders and forced the surrender of a lone survivor. He again moved forward through heavy fire to attack a third machinegun. When close to the emplacement, he closed with a nerve-shattering shout and burst of fire. Paralyzed by his whirlwind attack, all 4 gunners immediately surrendered. Once more advancing aggressively in the face of a thoroughly alerted enemy, he approached a point of high ground occupied by 2 machineguns which were firing on his company on the slope below. Charging the first of these weapons, he killed 4 of the crew and captured 3 more. The 6 defenders of the adjacent position, cowed by the savagery of his assault, immediately gave up. By his l-man attack, heroically and voluntarily undertaken in the face of tremendous risks, Sgt. Karaberis captured 5 enemy machinegun positions, killed 8 Germans, took 22 prisoners, cleared the ridge leading to his company's objective, and drove a deep wedge into the enemy line, making it possible for his battalion to occupy important, commanding ground.
*KINER, HAROLD G.
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company F, 117th Infantry, 30th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Palenberg, Germany, 2 October 1944. Entered service at: Enid, Okla. Birth: Aline, Okla. G.O. No.: 48, 23 June 1945. With 4 other men, he was leading in a frontal assault 2 October 1944, on a Siegfried Line pillbox near Palenberg, Germany. Machinegun fire from the strongly defended enemy position 25 yards away pinned down the attackers. The Germans threw hand grenades, 1 of which dropped between Pvt. Kiner and 2 other men. With no hesitation, Private Kiner hurled himself upon the grenade, smothering the explosion. By his gallant action and voluntary sacrifice of his own life, he saved his 2 comrades from serious injury or death.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for October 2, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
2 October
1912: George A. Gray flew a Burgess Wright plane on the first flight over the Adirondack Mountains, flying from Malone to Saranac Lake, N.Y., a distance of about 85 miles. (24)
1918: The Army's Kettering pilotless aircraft, "The Bug," with preset controls made successful flights at Dayton. "The Bug" has been often called a guided missile in later years. (21)
1944: 1Lt Valmore Beaudrault received credit for downing the first German jet destroyed by Ninth Air Force. (4)
1950: KOREAN WAR. From the FEAF Bomber Command, 22 B-29s attacked a N. Korean military training area at Nanam, destroying 75 percent of the buildings. The 8th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron moved from Itazuke to Taegu to become the first USAF day reconnaissance squadron stationed in Korea. (28)
1956: For the first time, the USAF successfully recovered a full-scale flight-test version of the XSM62 (N69D series) Snark after a flight from Cape Canaveral. (16) (24)
1962: At Vandenberg AFB, an Atlas D completed a combat training launch (CTL). The CTLs preceded the current operational testing program. (6)
1963: The USAF issued a requirement for the Minuteman II missile with a new, larger second stage engine, improved guidance, more range and payload, and increased survivability. (6)
1968: The C-9A flew its first aeromedical mission. (18)
1970: The USAF Special Operations Force at Hurlburt Field took possession of the first Bell UH-1N "Twin Huey." (16) (26)
1981: President Reagan reversed several of President Carter's defense decisions to support force modernization. He planned to construct and deploy 100 B-1B aircraft, continue the ALCM and M-X program, and develop an advanced stealth bomber. He also cancelled the horizontal multiple shelter basing scheme for the M-X in favor of basing in superhard silos. (1) (6) Deputy SECDEF Frank P. Carlucci ordered the Titan II system inactivated. (6)
1991: In the second humanitarian mission to Mongolia, the 834th Airlift Division moved 15 pallets of medical supplies and 8 ambulances to Ulan Bator. (16) (26)
1993: Major earthquakes rolled through central India. Afterwards, C-5s airlifted 1,000 rolls of plastic sheeting, 950 tents, 18,550 five-gallon water containers, 22 pallets of blankets, and other relief supplies to Bombay through 4 October. (16)
2000: The NF-16D (Tail No. 86-0048) Variable In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA) arrived at Edwards AFB to join the AFFTC fleet. It could simulate the flying characteristics of several different aircraft and would be used primarily by the AF Test Pilot School. (3)
2006: ACC declared an initial operating capability for the GBU-39B Small Diameter Bomb, a lowcost and low-collateral damage 250-pound precision strike weapon for use by fighters, bombers and UAVs. (AFNEWS Article, "ACC Declares Small Diameter Bomb Initially Capable," 5 Oct 2006)
2007: The Commandant of Cadets, Brig Gen Susan Y. Desjardins, flew a new C-17 Globemaster III over the U.S. Air Force Academy cadet area in Colorado Springs, Colo. She formally accepted the aircraft for the Air Force at Boeing's facilities in Long Beach, Calif., and flew it to Dover AFB, Del., for duty with the 436th Airlift Wing. (AFNEWS, "Commandant of Cadets Flies New C-17 Globemaster III Home, 2 Oct 2007) At Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, Air Force Reserve officials activated the first F-22 Raptor unit, the 477th Fighter Group. The day also honored the 477th Fighter Group's and the 302nd Fighter Squadron's fabled heritage and their connection to the Tuskegee Airmen. (AFNEWS, Air Force Reserves Stands Up First F-22 Unit," 5 October 2007.)
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ASSESSMENTS
The Weekly Rundown: Protests in Iran, Campaign Season in Nigeria
Sep 26, 2022
A protester in Turkey holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in support of Amini, a young Iranian woman who died Sept. 16 after being arrested in the Iranian capital of Tehran by the morality police.
(OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)
What We're Tracking
Protests in Iran. Anti-government demonstrations in Iran are likely to continue as anger over issues including police brutality, social restrictions and economic malaise motivates some Iranians to take to the streets. The Sept. 16 death of the young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in Tehran while in the custody of Iran's morality police on allegations of dressing inappropriately has angered Iranians countrywide and led to some of the strongest efforts by Iranian security forces and government bodies to disperse protests in several years. Because the conservative Iranian government is unlikely to relax social restrictions like the compulsory hijab law, some unrest over the issue is likely to continue in the coming weeks and months.
Campaign season begins in Nigeria. Candidates including Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, People's Democratic Party candidate Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party candidate Peter Obi will officially begin campaigning Sept. 28 for Nigeria's February 2023 presidential election. Defections between parties, smear campaigns, political violence and electoral corruption — all mainstays of Nigerian elections — will likely ramp up in coming months. Divisions within the opposition PDP meanwhile may lead to increased support for the Labour Party in southern regions, potentially weakening the opposition versus the ruling APC and giving Tinubu an early boost.
Italy's general election. Italy will hold a general election Sept. 25 that polls indicate will result in significant gains for center-right and right-wing political parties. A right-wing government could raise concerns in financial markets about Italy abandoning the economic reforms outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi undertook in exchange for billions of euros in EU funds. And while the likely winner of the election, the right-wing Brothers of Italy party, has pledged to respect Italy's pro-Western foreign policy, some of its coalition partners (in particular the right-wing League) have shown sympathy for Russia in the past. This means that while Italy is likely to continue supporting existing EU sanctions against Moscow, Rome may resist efforts to expand them.
Russian annexation referendums conclude in Ukraine. Sham referendums organized by pro-Russian authorities that commenced Sept. 23 in the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine will conclude Sept. 27, paving the way for Russia to annex the regions. Russia is unlikely to tarry in annexing the territory after the voting ends, and could conclude the necessary treaties with regional authorities and gain parliamentary approval in a matter of days. Either way, the West will not recognize the annexations, and will impose additional sanctions on Russia
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