To All,
Good Friday morning February 3, 2023.
The Bubba Breakfast was great this morning with about 35 folks including a few new guys.
It appears that the world news from Military Periscope is in fact going to stop being a daily publication so I am looking for something to take its place for the daily world news.
Regards,
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This day in Naval and Marine Corps History February 3
1863 The "double-ender" side wheel steam gunboat USS Sonoma captures the blockade running British bark Springbok during the Civil War.
1917 President Woodrow Wilson, in an address to Congress, severs diplomatic relations with Germany after the country decides on the first of the month to reintroduce the policy of unrestricted U-boat warfare.
1944 PBY Catalinas and USAAF B-25s 5th Air Force aircraft attack a Japanese convoy west of New Hanover and sink a cargo ship, Nichiai Maru.
1944 USS Tambor (SS 198) attacks a Japanese convoy and sinks Goyu Maru and merchant tanker Ariake Maru about 200 miles southeast of Shanghai.
2017 hangar bay, Feb. 3. The ceremony marks the end the ship's nearly 55-year career, and is the first decommissioning of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
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This day in History
3 February
1160 Emperor Frederick Barbarossa hurtles prisoners, including children, at the Italian city of Crema, forcing its surrender.
1238 The Mongols take over Vladimir, Russia.
1690 The first paper money in America is issued in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1783 Spain recognizes United States' independence.
1904 Colombian troops clash with U.S. Marines in Panama.
1908 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that union-sponsored boycotts are illegal, and applies the Sherman Antitrust Act to labor as well as capital.
1912 New U.S. football rules are set: field shortened to 100 yds.; touchdown counts six points instead of five; four downs are allowed instead of three; and the kickoff is moved from midfield to the 40 yd. line.
1917 A German submarine sinks the U.S. liner Housatonic off coast of Sicily. The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.
1920 The Allies demand that 890 German military leaders stand trial for war crimes.
1927 President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill creating the Federal Radio Commission to regulate the airwaves.
1943 Finland begins talks with the Soviet Union.
1944 The United States shells the Japanese homeland for the first time at Kurile Islands.
1945 The Allies drop 3,000 tons of bombs on Berlin.
1945 The month-long Battle of Manila begins.
1954 Millions greet Queen Elizabeth in Sydney on her first royal trip to Australia.
1962 President John F. Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba.
1966 Soviet Luna 9 achieves soft landing on the moon.
1971 OPEC decides to set oil prices without consulting buyers.
1984 The Environmental Protection Agency orders a ban on the pesticide EDB for grain products.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
… For The List for Friday, 3 February 2023… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 3 February 1968… Another bad day for LBJ: Saul Alinsky threatens and the Senate reviews the GOT Incident…
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 https://www.vhpa.org/KIA/KIAINDEX.HTM
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Thanks to Brett
Geopolitical Futures:
Keeping the future in focus
https://geopoliticalfutures.com
Daily Memo: US Access to Philippine Bases, More Interest Rate Hikes
Washington will boost its role in the Philippines with greater access to the country's military facilities.
By: GPF Staff
February 2, 2023
Philippine bases. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Philippine Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez announced during a joint news conference that Washington will be granted access to four more Philippine military bases, following weeks of talks. The U.S., which will now have access to nine Philippine bases in total, will also invest more than $82 million in infrastructure development at the sites.
Rate hikes. The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 4.5-4.75 percent. The Fed said more increases could be expected as it works to push inflation back down to its 2 percent target. The European Central Bank, meanwhile, also hiked interest rates, by half a percentage point, and said it would announce another increase in March.
Pyongyang's warning. North Korea on Thursday warned it will react strongly to the U.S. move to expand joint military exercises with South Korea. In an official statement, the North's Foreign Ministry said the drills have pushed the security situation in the region to an "extreme red-line," adding that Pyongyang is not interested in dialogue so long as Washington pursues "hostile" policies. The statement came hours after the U.S. and South Korea staged combined air drills involving B-1B strategic bombers and F-22 and F-35B stealth fighters.
Laying blame. Iran's envoy to the U.N. said an initial investigation showed that Israel was responsible for an attack earlier this week on a military facility in the central city of Isfahan. He said Tehran reserved the right to protect its national security and respond to any threat from Israel.
Support for farmers. The Argentine government announced a series of measures to support farmers affected by a severe drought that began last year. The measures include partial suspension of advance income taxes, subsidies and quick approval for farmers in duress. The government will also create a $26.7 million relief fund to help small producers.
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I remember reading a list Nobel prizes years ago and I remember there were only a couple that had been given to the Arab world at the time. skip
THANKS TO MICRO
Subject: RE: [TheList] 6359
The article by Hilal Khashan about how much Arabs and Muslims have contributed to the world has more spin than a Biden White House press briefing.
This guy is an apologist for Muslims and Arabs. He loves to gloss over the atrocities that Islam permits and appears to blame Europeans (and Asians and everyone else) for the apparently unjustified hate for Muslims across 1300 years and thousands of societies that all have come to the same conclusion over and over and over again.
In other words, I raise the BS flag on just about everything he said. By the way, he's currently writing a treatise on the "politics" of Hezbollah. He's a professor in Beirut.
Oh, and no credible source mentions anything remotely related to Arabs as the "inventor" of the compass, let alone any other contribution to science during their entire history of existence.
Hogwash.
Micro
I remember reading a list of Nobel prizes years ago and I remember there were only a couple that had been given to the Arab world at the time. I found it and it is below and a bit out of date----- skip
A Jewish Boycott
Some time ago, Iran's Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the Muslim World to boycott anything and everything that originates with the Jewish people.
In response, Meyer M. Treinkman, a pharmacist, out of the kindness of his heart, offered to assist them in their boycott as follows:
"Any Muslim who has Syphilis must not be cured by Salvarsan discovered by a Jew, Dr. Ehrlich. He should not even try to find out whether he has Syphilis, because the Wasserman Test is the discovery of a Jew. If a Muslim suspects that he has Gonorrhea, he must not seek diagnosis, because he will be using the method of a Jew named Neissner.
"A Muslim who has heart disease must not use Digitalis, a discovery by a Jew, Ludwig Traube.
Should he suffer with a toothache, he must not use Novocaine, a discovery of the Jews, Widal and Weil.
If a Muslim has Diabetes, he must not use Insulin, the result of research by Minkowsky, a Jew. If one has a headache, he must shun Pyramidon and Antypyrin, due to the Jews, Spiro and Ellege.
Muslims with convulsions must put up with them because it was a Jew, Oscar Leibreich, who proposed the use of Chloral Hydrate.
Arabs must do likewise with their psychic ailments because Freud, father of psychoanalysis, was a Jew.
Should a Muslim child get Diphtheria, he must refrain from the "Schick" reaction which was invented by the Jew, Bella Schick.
"Muslims should be ready to die in great numbers and must not permit treatment of ear and brain damage, work of Jewish Nobel Prize winner, Robert Baram.
They should continue to die or remain crippled by Infantile Paralysis because the discoverer of the anti-polio vaccine is a Jew, Jonas Salk.
"Muslims must refuse to use Streptomycin and continue to die of Tuberculosis because a Jew, Zalman Waxman, invented the wonder drug against this killing disease.
Muslim doctors must discard all discoveries and improvements by dermatologist Judas Sehn Benedict, or the lung specialist, Frawnkel, and of many other world renowned Jewish scientists and medical experts.
"In short, good and loyal Muslims properly and fittingly should remain afflicted with Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Heart Disease, Headaches, Typhus, Diabetes, Mental Disorders, Polio Convulsions and Tuberculosis and be proud to obey the Islamic boycott.."
Oh, and by the way, don't call for a doctor on your cell phone because the cell phone was invented in Israel by Jewish engineer Martin "Marty" Cooper .
Meanwhile I ask, what medical contributions to the world have the Muslims made?"
The Global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000; that is ONE BILLION TWO HUNDRED MILLION or 20% of the world's population.
They have received the following Nobel Prizes:
Literature:
1988 - Najib Mahfooz
Peace:
1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat
1990 - Elias James Corey
1994 - Yaser Arafat:
1999 - Ahmed Zewai
Economics:
(zero)
Physics:
(zero)
Medicine:
1960 - Peter Brian Medawar
1998 - Ferid Mourad
TOTAL: 7 SEVEN
The Global Jewish population is approximately 14,000,000; that is FOURTEEN MILLION or about 0.02% of the world's population.
They have received the following Nobel Prizes:
Literature:
1910 - Paul Heyse
1927 - Henri Bergson
1958 - Boris Pasternak
1966 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1966 - Nelly Sachs
1976 - Saul Bellow
1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer
1981 - Elias Canetti
1987 - Joseph Brodsky
1991 - Nadine Gordimer World
Peace:
1911 - Alfred Fried
1911 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser
1968 - Rene Cassin
1973 - Henry Kissinger
1978 - Menachem Begin
1986 - Elie Wiesel
1994 - Shimon Peres
1994 - Yitzhak Rabin
Physics:
1905 - Adolph Von Baeyer
1906 - Henri Moissan
1907 - Albert Abraham Michelson
1908 - Gabriel Lippmann
1910 - Otto Wallach
1915 - Richard Willstaetter
1918 - Fritz Haber
1921 - Albert Einstein
1922 - Niels Bohr
1925 - James Franck
1925 - Gustav Hertz
1943 - Gustav Stern
1943 - George Charles de Hevesy
1944 - Isidor Issac Rabi
1952 - Felix Bloch
1954 - Max Born
1958 - Igor Tamm
1959 - Emilio Segre
1960 - Donald A. Glaser
1961 - Robert Hofstadter
1961 - Melvin Calvin
1962 - Lev Davidovich Landau
1962 - Max Ferdinand Perutz
1965 - Richard Phillips Feynman
1965 - Julian Schwinger
1969 - Murray Gell-Mann
1971 - Dennis Gabor
1972 - William Howard Stein
1973 - Brian David Josephson
1975 - Benjamin Mottleson
1976 - Burton Richter
1977 - Ilya Prigogine
1978 - Arno Allan Penzias
1978 - Peter L Kapitza
1979 - Stephen Weinberg
1979 - Sheldon Glashow
1979 - Herbert Charles Brown
1980 - Paul Berg
1980 - Walter Gilbert
1981 - Roald Hoffmann
1982 - Aaron Klug
1985 - Albert A. Hauptman
1985 - Jerome Karle
1986 - Dudley R. Herschbach
1988 - Robert Huber
1988 - Leon Lederman
1988 - Melvin Schwartz
1988 - Jack Steinberger
1989 - Sidney Altman
1990 - Jerome Friedman
1992 - Rudolph Marcus
1995 - Martin Perl
2000 - Alan J. Heeger
Economics:
1970 - Paul Anthony Samuelson
1971 - Simon Kuznets
1972 - Kenneth Joseph Arrow
1975 - Leonid Kantorovich
1976 - Milton Friedman
1978 - Herbert A. Simon
1980 - Lawrence Robert Klein
1985 - Franco Modigliani
1987 - Robert M. Solow
1990 - Harry Markowitz
1990 - Merton Miller
1992 - Gary Becker
1993 - Robert Fogel
Medicine:
1908 - Elie Metchnikoff
1908 - Paul Erlich
1914 - Robert Barany
1922 - Otto Meyerhof
1930 - Karl Landsteiner
1931 - Otto Warburg
1936 - Otto Loewi
1944 - Joseph Erlanger
1944 - Herbert Spencer Gasser
1945 - Ernst Boris Chain
1946 - Hermann Joseph Muller
1950 - Tadeus Reichstein
1952 - Selman Abraham Waksman
1953 - Hans Krebs
1953 - Fritz Albert Lipmann
1958 - Joshua Lederberg
1959 - Arthur Kornberg
1964 - Konrad Bloch
1965 - Francois Jacob
1965 - Andre Lwoff
1967 - George Wald
1968 - Marshall W. Nirenberg
1969 - Salvador Luria
1970 - Julius Axelrod
1970 - Sir Bernard Katz
1972 - Gerald Maurice Edelman
1975 - Howard Martin Temin
1976 - Baruch S. Blumberg
1977 - Roselyn Sussman Yalow
1978 - Daniel Nathans
1980 - Baruj Benacerraf
1984 - Cesar Milstein
1985 - Michael Stuart Brown
1985 - Joseph L. Goldstein
1986 - Stanley Cohen [& Rita Levi-Montalcini]
1988 - Gertrude Elion
1989 - Harold Varmus
1991 - Erwin Neher
1991 - Bert Sakmann
1993 - Richard J. Roberts
1993 - Phillip Sharp
1994 - Alfred Gilman
1995 - Edward B. Lewis
1996- Lu RoseIacovino
TOTAL: 129!
The Jews are NOT promoting brainwashing children in military training camps, teaching them how to blow themselves up and cause maximum deaths of Jews and other non-Muslims.
The Jews don't hijack planes, nor kill athletes at the Olympics, or blow themselves up in German restaurants.
There is NOT one single Jew who has destroyed a church..
There is NOT a single Jew who protests by killing people. The Jews don't traffic slaves, nor have leaders calling for Jihad and death to all the Infidels.
Perhaps the world's Muslims should consider investing more in standard education and less in blaming the Jews for all their problems.
Muslims must ask 'what can they do for humankind' before they demand that humankind respects them.
Regardless of your feelings about the crisis between Israel and the Palestinians and Arab neighbors, even if you believe there is more culpability on Israel 's part, the following two sentences really say it all:
'If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel."
Benjamin Netanyahu: General Eisenhower warned us. It is a matter of history that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.
He did this because he said in words to this effect: 'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some moron bastard will get up and say that this never happened'
Recently, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred.
It is not removed as yet. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.
It is now more than 65 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.
Now, more than ever, with Iran, among others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets.
This e-mail is intended to reach 400 million people. Be a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the world.
How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center 'NEVER HAPPENED' because it offends some Muslim in the United States?
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Thanks to Carl
Whispering Death': The Bristol Beaufighter Gunship Jan 22, 2022
"Death will come chasing…whispering in your ear." — British author Chris Cleave.
"The Bristol Beaufighter played a significant role in the Battle of Britain, protecting the skies over the south of England. Flying at night, all-black painted Bristol Beaufighters acted as night interceptors." — BAE Systems web site, 2022.
https://www.gunpowdermagazine.com/whispering-death-the-bristol-beaufighter/
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Thanks to Shadow
My Mind Wanders... Getting to be an everyday thing
Many years ago, Lonny "Eagle" McClung and I were exchanging thoughts about our mutual belief that "Stealth" was not the be all to end all when it came combat aircraft. At some point Lonny made what I thought was a brilliant point… "Shadow, the day we advertised we had developed a Stealth aircraft… you can bet your Bippy that within days, if not hours of this disclosure… that hundreds, maybe thousands, of Goggle Eyed Gnomes… were herded into the bowels of some giant government buildings in Moscow and Beijing… with orders to not leave until you find a way to defeat it"! He went on to point out, they probably had, but were not stupid enough to announce it.
Yep, I was thinking about that yesterday; when another radome thought popped into my head… for years ago I had come to the conclusion that the Democratic Party had a similar group on Gnomes that were hard at work on a daily basis inside some nondescript building in D.C. It probably had some classy title like… "The Unofficial Office of Obfuscation and Mendacity". Now the Gnome staff was probably comprised of shifty lawyers, dirty trick masters, former CIA staffers, a few street hustlers… and a couple of oft tilt experts on how to use language… to convince people to believe any crazy story... instead of their lying eyes. And by gosh… they are damn good at it! And by the way, they were also capable of talking out of both sides of their mouth at the same time. And like any quasi government, ne political party creation… it took on a life of its' own.
In the beginning… it was pretty straight forward. I first noticed it back in the 1980's. I was a world traveler in those days, but when I was home I watched a lot of C-Span. And I noticed a strange trend… having had a small experience in politics back in the late 60's (seeing how sausage was made)… it wasn't uncommon to notice that members of both major political parties had members with diverse opinions and ideas and felt free to express them. But in the early eighties I noticed that the melting pot narrowed greatly for one political party and that was the Democrats. On C-Span and every other media outlet… any time a Democratic politician or spokesperson came on TV… they not only made the same point on an issue… but they used the same words, phrases and assertions… "VERBATIM"! I mean they were so disciplined and precise… I was amazed at how consistent and obvious they were! It was like by five o'clock in the morning… every Democratic Politician, operative and media talking head were given a document every morning with a mandate of "Here's what you're gonna say and here's the words you will use and exactly how you're gonna say it". Then they were given a list of topics of the day and how to answer each one!
Now in my real world, the idea of two of my closest friends… not to mention a half dozen; would answer a question from me about anything… in the same exact words, verbatim… was improbable if not impossible. Yet these talking heads had it down to a science… and it was on display every day in the media, both written and electronic. Now those of us who served, know a lot about discipline… but I never once knew of a Marine or sailor using the same language, word for word, to describe any event they were involved in or heard of… it's just not human nature. Yet I was seeing and hearing it with my own eyes and on a daily basis. It was a mind bender… and in my simple mind it was a mandate to tell the same lie, loud enough and often enough that any non-thinker would begin to think… "Well if those many folks are saying the same thing… it must be true". Me thinks… "No, it must be a lie"… and more often than not… it was… and is.
Told you the old dome has been wandering… Let's talk about immigration.. forget the open borders for a minute because that's obvious, even though they continue to lie about it. But what I've been wondering… is just how much money our government is spending transporting, moving, housing, feeding, educating, treating their medical issues... for these millions of "ILLEGAL ALIENS"... on a daily, weekly, monthly, yearly basis? I mean, think about it. They come here with no money, no means of support, no ability to pay for basic needs of food and clothing, God forbid medical issues… and we taxpayers end up fitting the bill for all of that! And it could be simply stopped by enforcing the border… build the damn wall and provide real border security, no matter what it takes. And I'll bet it would be a lot cheaper than what it costs today to support the border crossers. The basic question is; HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING IN REAL DOLLARS... TO SUSTAIN THESE ILLEGALS? Put a money tab on it and I'll bet a lot more folks would be alarmed. Today, I bet we're spending more money on illegals than our annual VA budget. Think about it. Where is the money coming from and how much?
More wandering… a media buzz phrase we hear often is N-G-O. Most of our group know s what it stands for… but we may be a bit more enlightened. It stands for "Non Governmental Organizations". What they don't mention is that most of the NGO's are organizing and facilitating the exodus of illegals from not only Latin America, but from the world over… and then dictating how and where they will be handled. Even to the point off directing government agencies on what they will do and how to do it. Question? Where the heell does their money come from to pay for bussing and housing of the illegals on their migration up through Mexico? And why haven't we charged any of them for sponsoring the criminal activity of illegal immigration? Who gives them the right to facilitate the violations of our immigration laws? And even more compelling a question… is how much of our taxpayer dollars are given to these NGO's to operate? They damn sure aren't getting enough money to operate through altruistic private donors… inquisitive minds would like to know?
BTW… Why hasn't our Congress passed a law to declare illegal entry is a "FELONY"… resulting in immediate expulsion from our country?
Today… the media is trying to convince us that Hunter's lawyers didn't admit the laptop was Hunters… when they said that others should be charged for releasing excerpts from Hunter's laptop. Go Figure? I'm pissed… people are crazy… hell, half the country is bat shit crazy… Fetterman (the Pennsylvania Zombie, is a Senator)… Biden has been trafficking in government intelligence briefings through his kids and brothers… raking in tens of millions… he's a congenital liar, everyone knows it… and the media and politicos are telling us… it's much ado about nothing… move on. Our Justice system is corrupt… our economy is a disaster, our border no longer exists… and us Christians and white folk are the cause of all evil in the world. Folks… there's got to be a pony in here somewhere? I just haven't found it… never thought our country would get this bad off!
Shadow
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This Day in U S Military History
February 3
1943 – The U.S. transport ship "Dorchester," which was carrying troops to Greenland, sank after being hit by a torpedo. Four Army chaplains gave their life belts to four other men, and went down with the ship. The torpedoing of the transport Dorchester off the coast of Greenland saw CGC Comanche and Escanaba respond. The crew of Escanaba used a new rescue technique when pulling survivors from the water. This "retriever" technique used swimmers clad in wet suits to swim to victims in the water and secure a line to them so they could be hauled onto the ship. Although Escanaba saved 133 men (one died later) and Comanche saved 97, over 600 men were lost, including the famous "Four Chaplains".
1944 – American forces invade and take control of the Marshall Islands, long occupied by the Japanese and used by them as a base for military operations. The Marshalls, east of the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, had been in Japanese hands since World War I. Occupied by the Japanese in 1914, they were made part of the "Japanese Mandated Islands" as determined by the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles, which concluded the First World War, stipulated certain islands formerly controlled by Germany–including the Marshalls, the Carolines, and the Marianas (except Guam)–had to be ceded to the Japanese, though "overseen" by the League. But the Japanese withdrew from the League in 1933 and began transforming the Mandated Islands into military bases. Non-Japanese, including Christian missionaries, were kept from the islands as naval and air bases–meant to threaten shipping lanes between Australia and Hawaii–were constructed. During the Second World War, these islands, as well as others in the vicinity, became targets of Allied attacks. The U.S. Central Pacific Campaign began with the Gilbert Islands, south of the Mandated Islands; U.S. forces conquered the Gilberts in November 1943. Next on the agenda was Operation Flintlock, a plan to capture the Marshall Islands. Adm. Raymond Spruance led the 5th Fleet from Pearl Harbor on January 22, 1944, to the Marshalls, with the goal of getting 53,000 assault troops ashore two islets: Roi and Namur. Meanwhile, using the Gilberts as an air base, American planes bombed the Japanese administrative and communications center for the Marshalls, which was located on Kwajalein, an atoll that was part of the Marshall cluster of atolls, islets, and reefs. By January 31, Kwajalein was devastated. Repeated carrier- and land-based air raids destroyed every Japanese airplane on the Marshalls. By February 3, U.S. infantry overran Roi and Namur atolls. The Marshalls were then effectively in American hands–with the loss of only 400 American lives.
1944 – General George C. Marshall, in a memorandum to President Roosevelt dated February 3, 1944, wrote: 'The fact that the ground troops, Infantry in particular, lead miserable lives of extreme discomfort and are the ones who must close in personal combat with the enemy, makes the maintenance of their morale of great importance. The award of the Air Medal have had an adverse reaction on the ground troops, particularly the Infantry Riflemen who are now suffering the heaviest losses, air or ground, in the Army, and enduring the greatest hardships.' The Air Medal had been adopted two years earlier to raise airmen's morale.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
HORTON, JAMES
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy. Born: 1850, Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Constitution, at sea, 13 February 1879, Horton showed courageous conduct in going over the stern during a heavy gale and cutting the fastenings of the ship's rudder chains.
*BIANCHI, WILLIBALD C.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 45th Infantry, Philippine Scouts. Place and date: Near Bagac, Bataan Province, Philippine Islands, 3 February 1942. Entered service at: New Ulm, Minn. Birth: New Ulm, Minn. G.O. No.: 11, 5 March 1942. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy on 3 February 1942, near Bagac, Province of Bataan, Philippine Islands. When the rifle platoon of another company was ordered to wipe out 2 strong enemy machinegun nests, 1st Lt. Bianchi voluntarily and of his own initiative, advanced with the platoon leading part of the men. When wounded early in the action by 2 bullets through the left hand, he did not stop for first aid but discarded his rifle and began firing a pistol. He located a machinegun nest and personally silenced it with grenades. When wounded the second time by 2 machinegun bullets through the chest muscles, 1st Lt. Bianchi climbed to the top of an American tank, manned its antiaircraft machinegun, and fired into strongly held enemy position until knocked completely off the tank by a third severe wound.
*PEDEN, FORREST E.
Rank and organization: Technician 5th Grade, U.S. Army, Battery C, 10th Field Artillery Battalion, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Biesheim, France, 3 February 1945. Entered service at: Wathena, Kans. Birth: St. Joseph, Mo. G.O. No.: 18, 13 February 1946. Citation: He was a forward artillery observer when the group of about 45 infantrymen with whom he was advancing was ambushed in the uncertain light of a waning moon. Enemy forces outnumbering the Americans by 4 to 1 poured withering artillery, mortar, machinegun, and small-arms fire into the stricken unit from the flanks, forcing our men to seek the cover of a ditch which they found already occupied by enemy foot troops. As the opposing infantrymen struggled in hand-to-hand combat, Technician Peden courageously went to the assistance of 2 wounded soldiers and rendered first aid under heavy fire. With radio communications inoperative, he realized that the unit would be wiped out unless help could be secured from the rear. On his own initiative, he ran 800 yards to the battalion command post through a hail of bullets which pierced his jacket and there secured 2 light tanks to go to the relief of his hard-pressed comrades. Knowing the terrible risk involved, he climbed upon the hull of the lead tank and guided it into battle. Through a murderous concentration of fire the tank lumbered onward, bullets and shell fragments ricocheting from its steel armor within inches of the completely exposed rider, until it reached the ditch. As it was about to go into action it was turned into a flaming pyre by a direct hit which killed Technician Peden. However, his intrepidity and gallant sacrifice was not in vain. Attracted by the light from the burning tank, reinforcements found the beleaguered Americans and drove off the enemy.
POWERS, LEO J.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, 133d Infantry, 34th Infantry Division. Place and date: Northwest of Cassino, Italy, 3 February 1944. Entered service at: Alder Gulch, Mont. Birth: Anselmo, Nebr. G.O. No.: 5, 15 January 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. On 3 February 1944, this soldier's company was assigned the mission of capturing Hill 175, the key enemy strong point northwest of Cassino, Italy. The enemy, estimated to be at least 50 in strength, supported by machineguns emplaced in 3 pillboxes and mortar fire from behind the hill, was able to pin the attackers down and inflict 8 casualties. The company was unable to advance, but Pfc. Powers, a rifleman in 1 of the assault platoons, on his own initiative and in the face of the terrific fire, crawled forward to assault 1 of the enemy pillboxes which he had spotted. Armed with 2 handgrenades and well aware that if the enemy should see him it would mean almost certain death, Pfc. Powers crawled up the hill to within 15 yards of the enemy pillbox. Then standing upright in full view of the enemy gunners in order to throw his grenade into the small opening in the roof, he tossed a grenade into the pillbox. At this close, the grenade entered the pillbox, killed 2 of the occupants and 3 or 4 more fled the position, probably wounded. This enemy gun silenced, the center of the line was able to move forward again, but almost immediately came under machinegun fire from a second enemy pillbox on the left flank. Pfc. Powers, however, had located this pillbox, and crawled toward it with absolutely no cover if the enemy should see him. Raising himself in full view of the enemy gunners about 15 feet from the pillbox, Pfc. Powers threw his grenade into the pillbox, silencing this gun, killing another German and probably wounding 3 or 4 more who fled. Pfc. Powers, still acting on his own initiative, commenced crawling toward the third enemy pillbox in the face of heavy machine-pistol and machinegun fire. Skillfully availing himself of the meager cover and concealment, Pfc. Powers crawled up to within 10 yards of this pillbox fully exposed himself to the enemy gunners, stood upright and tossed the 2 grenades into the small opening in the roof of the pillbox. His grenades killed 2 of the enemy and 4 more, all wounded, came out and surrendered to Pfc. Powers, who was now unarmed. Pfc. Powers had worked his way over the entire company front, and against tremendous odds had single-handedly broken the backbone of this heavily defended and strategic enemy position, and enabled his regiment to advance into the city of Cassino. Pfc. Powers' fighting determination and intrepidity in battle exemplify the highest traditions of the U.S. Armed Forces.
MURPHY, RAYMOND G.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Korea, 3 February 1953. Entered service at: Pueblo, Colo. Born: 14 January 1930, Pueblo, Colo. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a platoon commander of Company A, in action against enemy aggressor forces. Although painfully wounded by fragments from an enemy mortar shell while leading his evacuation platoon in support of assault units attacking a cleverly concealed and well-entrenched hostile force occupying commanding ground, 2d Lt. Murphy steadfastly refused medical aid and continued to lead his men up a hill through a withering barrage of hostile mortar and small-arms fire, skillfully maneuvering his force from one position to the next and shouting words of encouragement. Undeterred by the increasing intense enemy fire, he immediately located casualties as they fell and made several trips up and down the fire-swept hill to direct evacuation teams to the wounded, personally carrying many of the stricken marines to safety. When reinforcements were needed by the assaulting elements, 2d Lt. Murphy employed part of his unit as support and, during the ensuing battle, personally killed 2 of the enemy with his pistol. With all the wounded evacuated and the assaulting units beginning to disengage, he remained behind with a carbine to cover the movement of friendly forces off the hill and, though suffering intense pain from his previous wounds, seized an automatic rifle to provide more firepower when the enemy reappeared in the trenches. After reaching the base of the hill, he organized a search party and again ascended the slope for a final check on missing marines, locating and carrying the bodies of a machine gun crew back down the hill. Wounded a second time while conducting the entire force to the line of departure through a continuing barrage of enemy small-arms, artillery, and mortar fire, he again refused medical assistance until assured that every one of his men, including all casualties, had preceded him to the main lines. His resolute and inspiring leadership, exceptional fortitude, and great personal valor reflect the highest credit upon 2d Lt. Murphy and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for February 3, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
3 February
1928: Lt L. A. Sutton began a series of tests at Wright Field to study aircraft spinning characteristics. For his work, he received the Mackay Trophy. (24)
1943: The North American P-51A Mustang first flew. (5)
1944: Eighth Air Force sent 1,200 B-17s, B-24s, and escort fighters to raid Emden and Wilhelmshaven, Germany. (24) Col Philip Cochran led five P-51s on the first air commando attack on Japanese forces in the Chinese-Burma-India theater. (21)
1945: Over 1,200 American bombers and 900 fighters conducted the most concentrated raid on Berlin to date, dropping 2,266 tons of bombs. (4) (24)
1946: At Columbus, Ohio, the US AAF disclosed the development of a plane with automatic devices for takeoff, flight, and landing. The pilot only had to monitor the equipment. (24)
1953: Through 17 February, Air Rescue Service aircrews flew 198 sorties in SA-16s, H-19s, C-47s, and C-82s to evacuate 161 persons and deliver 32,900 pounds of relief supplies during floods in the Netherlands. (2)
1961: PROJECT LOOKING GLASS. After six months of tests, SAC initiated continuous airborne command post operations. The EC-135 Airborne Command Post planes and their equipment gave SAC an ability to launch manned bombers and ICBMs in the event of a nuclear attack. (1)
1964: Maj Gen T. C. Bedwell, Jr., Commander of Aerospace Division at Brooks AFB, Tex., reported that four airmen spent 30 days in pure oxygen with no apparent ill effects. (8: Feb 90)
1965: NASA launched OSO-11 (Orbiting Solar Observatory) to study the sun's corona and other phenomena. In late November 1965, after the vehicle had made 4,100 orbits and relayed 2,200,000 pieces of information, NASA halted the data transmission when it became impossible to control the vehicle's attitude. (5)
1966: NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) successfully tested for the first time by NASA and the Atomic Energy Commission at Nuclear Rocket Development Station, Jackass Flats, Nev. The test was a part of the overall Rover program to develop nuclear propulsion for space exploration. (5)
1968: The Arnold Engineering Development Center used a laser beam for the first time as a light source for photographing aircraft and missile models at high velocity. (16) (26)
1970: The 36 ARRS at Yokota AB rescued 44 and 59 seaman involved in two ship sinkings in the North Pacific, the Liberian freighter Antonious Demades and the Japan's freighter California Maru. (16) (26)
1973: Boeing received a contract for two E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Posts, with an option for a third. (12)
1983: SAC finished retrofitting 300 Minuteman III ICBMS with new reentry systems to modernize America's retaliatory capability. (26)
1984: FOURTH CHALLENGER MISSION. Capt Bruce McCandless (USN) became the first human satellite, when he took the Manned Maneuvering Unit out into space to make the first spacewalk without a lifeline. Two communications satellites, Western Union's Westar VI and Indonesia's Palapa B2, were launched into useless orbit. The Challenger also became the first spacecraft to return to its launch site when Vance Brand and Lt Cmdr Robert Gibson landed it at Cape Kennedy on 11 February. (3) (8: Feb 90) SECAF Verne Orr decided to buy 120 F110 and 40 F100 engines for the Alternate Fighter Engine competition. (12) USAFE's first EF-111A Raven arrived at RAF Upper Heyford for the 20 TFW. (16) (26)
1985: MAC C-141 Starlifters moved 500 tents from Howard AFB to Central Argentina after a 26 January earthquake destroyed the homes of nearly 12,000 people. (16)
1989: The SECDEF implemented a new anti-drug mission for the armed forces, including patrols by USAF fighters and airborne early warning systems over drug corridors from South and Central America. (16)
1995: Lt Col Eileen M. Collins (USAF) became the first female Space Shuttle pilot. (16) Eight C-141s carried 410 Nepalese troops from Katmandu to Haiti for service with the UN peacekeeping forces. (26)
2001: Boeing's X-32A flew its 66th sortie at Edwards AFB to complete the concept demonstrator flight test program. The six military and contractor test pilots flew 50 flight hours in the Joint Strike Fighter and met all test objectives. (3)
2001: In an operation to deliver relief supplies to earthquake victims in India, AMC C-5s deliver cargo to Guam where four C-17s pick up the load and deliver it to the devastated regions. KC-135s refuel the Globemasters on the journey across the Pacific and Indian Oceans. More than 30,000 are suspected dead and hundreds of thousands are homeless in Bhuj, India. (C-17 at Katmandu)
2007: The F-22 Raptor flew in its first Red Flag exercise at Nellis AFB, Nev. In the exercise, 94th Fighter Squadron pilots from Langley AFB, Va., flew their F-22s against Red Flag aggressors. Besides the F-22s, more than 200 aircraft participated, including the B-2 Spirit, F-117 Nighthawk, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and the Royal Air Force's GR-4 Tornados and Royal Australian Air Force's F-111 Aardvark. (AFNEWS, "F-22 Makes Mark at Red Flag," 15 Feb 2007.)
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