To All,
Good Saturday morning March 4 2023.
I hope that you all have a great weekend.
Regards,
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This day in Naval and Marine Corps History March 4
1825—The schooner Grampus, commanded by Lt. Francis H. Gregory, captures a pirate sloop off the southern coast of Puerto Rico.
1862—The wooden side-wheel steamship USS Santiago de Cuba, commanded by Cmdr. Daniel B. Ridgely, reports the capture of sloop O.K. off Cedar Keys, FL.
1925—Congress authorizes the restoration of frigate USS Constitution, which had launched in 1797. In July 1931, amid a 21-gun salute, Constitution is recommissioned and sails on a tour of 90 U.S. ports along three coasts.
1945—USS Baya (SS 318) sinks merchant tanker Palembang Maru off Cape Varella, French Indochina, and USS Tilefish (SS 307) and sinks Japanese fishing vessel ShikoMaru.
1963—US Navy C-130 Hercules aircraft complete a 12-day rescue operation of a critically-ill Danish seaman from a Danish freighter off the coast of Antarctic.
1991—Iraq releases 10 Desert Storm prisoners of war (six Americans, three of whom were designated MIA), including Navy Lt. Jeffrey Zaun, Lt. Robert Wetzel, and Lt. Lawrence Slade.
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This Day in World History
4 March
1152 Frederick Barbarossa is chosen as emperor and unites the two factions, which emerged in Germany after the death of Henry V.
1461 Henry VI is deposed and the Duke of York is proclaimed King Edward IV.
1634 Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts.
1766 The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, the cause of bitter and violent opposition in the colonies
1789 The first Congress of the United States meets in New York and declares that the Constitution is in effect.
1791 Vermont is admitted as the 14th state. It is the first addition to the original 13 colonies.
1793 George Washington is inaugurated as President for the second time.
1797 Vice-President John Adams, elected President on December 7, to replace George Washington, is sworn in.
1801 Thomas Jefferson becomes the first President to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
1813 The Russians fighting against Napoleon reach Berlin. The French garrison evacuates the city without a fight.
1861 The Confederate States of America adopt the "Stars and Bars" flag.
1877 The Russian Imperial Ballet stages the first performance of "Swan Lake" in Moscow.
1901 William McKinley is inaugurated president for the second time. Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as vice president.
1904 Russian troops begin to retreat toward the Manchurian border as 100,000 Japanese advance in Korea.
1908 The New York board of education bans the act of whipping students in school.
1912 The French council of war unanimously votes a mandatory three-year military service.
1914 Doctor Fillatre of Paris, France successfully separates Siamese twins.
1921 Warren G. Harding is sworn in as America's 29th President.
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to his first term as president in Washington, D.C.
1944 Berlin is bombed by the American forces for the first time.
1952 North Korea accuses the United nations of using germ warfare.
1963 Six people get the death sentence in Paris plotting to kill President Charles de Gaulle.
1970 Fifty-seven people are killed as the French submarine Eurydice sinks in the Mediterranean Sea.
1975 Queen Elizabeth II knights Charlie Chaplin.
1987 President Reagan takes full responsibility for the Iran-Contra affair in a national address.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
… For The List for Saturday, 4 March 2023… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 4 March 1968… Admiral Sharp: More troops and more bombing targets…
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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The Blue Angeles at El Centro Yesterday
Thanks to DR "handler"
Subject: Blue Angels
Yesterday would have been the day to be there.
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Thanks to Dan C. .... and Dr. Rich
Byron Sullivan's shooting
Holy Chit Batman
Rich,
Received this from Rex McMillian (3-Star USMC, Ret). I recognize a name or two from the emails you send out.
Quite disturbing. I'll assume it is Memphis, FedEx, which is a battle zone.
For what it is worth. Take care, and stay safe. It's getting rougher by the day.
Dan
Guys, I have talked to Lancer this morning, and talked to Byron twice. He sounds good.
Attached is Byron's "Readers Digest" version of the account, with his photos .
Byron said that it was a "war zone". Byron said that he thinks two possibilities:
1) that the attackers incorrectly attacked the wrong house and address, or
2) that the attackers knew that "two white guys" were living there, and they just wanted to attack out of "racial hate".
Byron also said after he heard the first shot, he rolled out of bed. That is when the bullet hit him. He also said, by rolling this action saved his life. Because, had he not started rolling the bullet would have hit his head and killed him.
Byron rooms with Steve Glibby, (former CO of MATU). Both now pilots with FED Ex.
Byron said that after they called 91 1, it took about 25 minutes for the Police to get to their home. Byron estimated that their home was shot up with at least least 100 rounds.
Byron also said that when the words was put out by FED Ex, about 100 former Marines working for Fed Ex came to their home with their weapons for protection, and helped Byron and Steve get moved out. What a great "Band of Brothers" that we have with the USMC. Semper Fi!
The following is Byron's story: Sounds like a "movie script".
Here's the readers digest version. My friend Steve was reading in the living room. I was asleep about to wake up at 1 AM for a 230 takeoff and I hear the first gun shot. I was like wow that was close but I had a second and I hear Steve scream they're shooting at us. I immediately roll off the bed to hit the floor and get hit in the shoulder in the process.
If I hadn't rolled off the bed that bullet would've hit me in the head for sure and doing so I'm knock my cell phone on the floor and a bunch other stuff so I couldn't find my cell phone and it was pitch black dark and I wanted to keep it black dark so they couldn't see us, I asked Steve if he's got a cell phone he said it's in the living room I don't. I was already on the floor crawling towards the living room so I decided to continue it was about them then I realize that the gun shot was bad enough I wasn't able to use my right arm at this point the kitchen exploded with gunfire.
The dishes were flying out of the cabinets and the cabinets were exploding as they were shooting through the front of the house through the front bedroom and the boards were going through the kitchen. I turn around because I thought going to the living room at this point was a bad idea, get back to my room find my cell phone. At this point Steve had my 45 and we assumed a defensive position near our laundry room which gave us a vantage point to the front and rear entrances
Steve asked where is all his blood coming from so I'm hit a turnover I said I'm a hit in the shoulder I turned over and there was a hole about the size of a quarter in the back of my shoulder. Initially he couldn't find anything to use to ply pressure so he stuck his finger in the hole. He's a big dude and was able to get his whole finger in the hole down to his first knuckle we got a hold of 911 which is a story in itself about 25 minutes after the first gunshots, the police and ambulance showed up. In all they shot at us for a solid one minute it was large caliber, small arms and fully automatic machine, guns shooting 223 and 556.
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Thanks to Brett
Exactly right; he gets my vote!
Why I Stood Up to Disney
Old-fashioned corporate Republicanism won't do in a world where the left has hijacked big business.
By Ron DeSantis
Feb. 28, 2023
Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., April 18, 2022.PHOTO: TED SHAFFREY/ASSOCIATED PRESS
On Monday, I signed the law ending the Walt Disney Co.'s self-governing status over 43 square miles in central Florida, an area almost as big as Miami. Disney no longer has its own government. It has to live under the same laws as Universal Studios, SeaWorld and every other company in our state and is still on the hook for the old district's municipal debt.
Disney's special arrangement, which dates to 1967, was an indefensible example of corporate welfare. It provided the company with favorable tax treatment, including the ability to assess its own property valuations and to enjoy the benefits of regional infrastructure improvements without paying taxes toward the projects. It exempted Disney from Florida's building and fire-prevention codes. It even allowed Disney to build a nuclear power plant and to use eminent domain to seize private property outside the district's boundaries. While special districts are common in Florida, Disney's deal was conspicuous in the massive benefits it conferred. Disney's self-governing status endured because the company's unrivaled political power in Florida made its arrangement virtually untouchable.
For more than 50 years, the state of Florida put Disney on a pedestal. That all changed last year, when left-wing activists working at the company's headquarters in Burbank, Calif., pressured Disney to oppose Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act. The legislation bans classroom instruction on sexuality and gender ideology in kindergarten through third grade and requires that sex instruction in other grades be age-appropriate. Disney executives were seen on videos boasting about the company's plans to inject sexuality into its programming for children.
Democrats often rail about corporations' nefarious influence over politics and oppose favorable exceptions for big companies. Yet they supported keeping Disney's special self-governing status. This confirms how much the modern left has jettisoned principle in favor of power. As long as large corporations help advance the left's woke agenda, the left is willing to do their bidding.
The question many people asked me after the Disney face-off was: Why would a company like Disney tarnish its family-friendly brand, built up over almost 100 years, by publicly aligning itself with the fringe left's agenda to limit the rights of parents to have a say in what is taught to very young children? The answer lies in how the left has pressured big companies like Disney to use their power to advance the woke political agenda.
As a basic matter, the fiduciary duty that the CEO and board of a publicly traded corporation owe to shareholders is inconsistent with allowing the company to be turned into a partisan political fighting machine. Fiduciary duty aside, most CEOs and directors understand that as a matter of prudence, big companies seldom benefit from taking positions on contentious political issues, particularly those unrelated to their businesses.
In recent years, two factors have altered this calculation. First, groups of employees at some corporations want their employer to reflect their own political values. Such employees aren't a majority, but they are loud and militant. Executives often try to placate these employees, without success. Instead, such gestures embolden the entitled employees to presume that their employer will fall into line in the next political battle. The inmates soon run the asylum.
The second factor is power. A traditional corporate executive may have power within the company, but a woke CEO can use the corporate bully pulpit to exert influence over society. This is especially true amid the push for environmental, social, and governance responsibility in corporate America. ESG provides a pretext for CEOs to use shareholder assets on issues like reducing the use of fossil fuels. ESG is a way for the left to achieve through corporate power what it can't get at the ballot box.
In Florida, we understand the implications of the ESG movement. We prohibited the state's pension fund managers from using ESG criteria when making investment decisions. Florida has recovered its shareholder voting rights from large asset managers and is seeking to pool its votes with other states to create a potent anti-ESG voting bloc. In its coming session, the Florida Legislature will codify anti-ESG initiatives into law and protect Floridians from discrimination by large financial institutions on the basis of political or religious beliefs.
The regrettable upshot of the woke ascendancy is that publicly traded corporations have become combatants in battles over American politics and culture, almost invariably siding with leftist causes. It is unthinkable that large companies would side with conservative Americans on the Second Amendment, the right to life, election integrity or religious liberty.
In this environment, old-guard corporate Republicanism isn't up to the task at hand. For decades, GOP elected officials have campaigned on free-market principles but governed as corporatists—supporting subsidies, tax breaks and legislative carve-outs to confer special benefits on entrenched corporate interests. But policies that benefit corporate America don't necessarily serve the interests of America's people and economy.
When corporations try to use their economic power to advance a woke agenda, they become political, and not merely economic, actors. In such an environment, reflexively deferring to big business effectively surrenders the political battlefield to the militant left. Having private companies wield de facto public power isn't in the best interests of most Americans.
Woke ideology is a form of cultural Marxism. Leaders must stand up and fight back when big corporations make the mistake, as Disney did, of using their economic might to advance a political agenda. We are making Florida the state where the economy flourishes because we are the state where woke goes to die.
Mr. DeSantis, a Republican, is governor of Florida and author of "The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival."
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Thanks to Interesting Facts
The funny story behind Fred Flintstone's famous catchphrase
Yabba Dabba Do! A Brief History of "The Flintstones"
They're a page right out of history — discover how the modern Stone Age family came to life.
When The Flintstones premiered on ABC in 1960, New York Times critic Jack Gould derided the show as "an inked disaster" and Jackie Gleason considered suing, contending the primetime cartoon experiment was a Honeymooners copycat set in 10,000 BCE. Still, fans grew attached to Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty — at least until the introduction of The Great Gazoo, a green alien meant to lay the groundwork for Hanna-Barbera's next unconventional family sitcom, The Jetsons. With iconic friendships, a theme song earworm, and countless ancient/modern mash-ups, here's how the show chiseled its way into our collective conscience.
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The Partnership Between William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
William Hannah & Joseph Barbera.Credit: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic via Getty Images
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera met when they were in their late 20s, as new hires in MGM's fledgling animation department. Discovering that they shared similar comic sensibilities, they teamed up on 15 years of Tom and Jerry antics, earning two Oscar nominations for Best Short Subject, Cartoons. When MGM shuttered its animation department in 1957, the duo — intent on segueing into television — formed Hanna-Barbera Productions, and created the first animated half-hour series, The Huckleberry Hound Show. To save time and money, the pair pioneered "limited animation," which basically presented a series of storyboard drawings, linked by small movements like bobbing heads and talking lips. The president of distributor Screen Gems asked Hanna and Barbera if they wanted to collaborate on a primetime television cartoon — even though standalone cartoons had only been successful thus far as morning or afternoon kids' programming. They accepted the challenge.
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Masterminding the Series
Barney Rubble, Fred Flintstone, Betty Rubble, and Wilma Flintstone.Credit: LMPC via Getty Images
To engineer a hit with the viewership potential of Father Knows Best or Leave It to Beaver, Hanna-Barbera decided to focus their show on a suburban family — with some sort of unique twist. They brainstormed central characters who were Romans, Indigenous People, pilgrims, Appalachian people, and nomads. Then, animator Dan Gordon doodled two cavemen dressed in animal skins. His figures flanked a record player that had a live bird's beak as its needle. Character designer Ed Benedict tried to add more features present in early humans, but at Barbera's urging, he made the physiques more refined, even giving Wilma a stone necklace that resembled oversized pearls. The series was named after the primary caveman couple, then named The Flagstones.
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Finding a Network
Kids Watching the Flinstones on TV, 1972.Credit: Boris Spremo/ Toronto Star via Getty Images
A 90-second pilot for The Flagstones was filmed in 1959. Toting the footage and storyboards, Barbera traveled to New York City for two months of dismal pitch meetings with networks and sponsors. Finally, on the last day of his trip, ABC greenlit the show for a 28-episode first season. However, the daily comic strip Hi and Lois already had a family called the Flagstons; The Gladstones served as a placeholder title until the parties arrived at The Flintstones. Decades later, in 1994, Cartoon Network aired The Flagstones pilot after it was recovered from a New York storage facility. Father Knows Best veteran Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma) was the only actor to lend her voice to both the pilot and the eventual series.
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Casting the Ultimate Period Piece
The voice actors for the US animated sitcom 'The Flintstones'.Credit: Silver Screen Collection/ Moviepix via Getty Images
Character actor Alan Reed won the role of Fred. A year after The Flintstones debuted, Reed played Sally Tomato — the mob boss who welcomes Holly Golightly for weekly prison visits — in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Once, when asked to say, "Yahoo!" in Fred's voice, Reed ad-libbed a replacement that became the character's signature. "Yabba dabba do!" was inspired by the 1950s jingle for men's hair product, Brylcreem ("A little dab'll do ya"). Meanwhile, the original voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig and scores of other Looney Tunes characters, Mel Blanc, was hired to play Fred's best friend and next-door neighbor, Barney Rubble. The animation legend picked up a second recurring part on the Stone Age series, supplying the barks for the Flintstones' pet dinosaur, Dino.
In 1961, Blanc survived a head-on car crash but spent two weeks in a coma and 70 days in the hospital. During this period, Barney was voiced by Daws Butler, the performer who voiced Fred in The Flagstones pilot, as well as Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear on The Huckleberry Hound Show. Upon Blanc's release, he was temporarily confined to a body cast, and series recording sessions relocated to his home for about 40 episodes. Rounding out the core cast was Bea Benaderet, who had been Lucille Ball's first choice to play Ethel on I Love Lucy. For four seasons, Benaderet took on The Flintstones' second female lead, Betty Rubble, until she exited to star in Petticoat Junction. Geraldine "Gerry" Johnson portrayed Betty for the remaining seasons.
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A Lasting Cultural Impact
Betty Rubble, Barney Rubble, Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone , "The Flintstones" (circa 1960).Credit: PictureLux / The Hollywood Archive/ Alamy Stock Photo
Over the course of six seasons and 166 episodes, The Flintstones carved out a formidable TV legacy. The show was the premiere 30-minute animated sitcom, as well as the first cartoon ever nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmys — an honor The Simpsons has never even achieved.
Despite its laugh track, The Flintstones embarked on nuanced storylines in its middle seasons about routes to parenthood. After Fred and Wilma became U.S. television's first animated couple to sleep in the same bed, nine episodes were devoted to Wilma's pregnancy with their daughter, Pebbles. During the following season, with Barney and Betty, the series acknowledged the plight of infertility, a rarely addressed topic on screen or in society at the time. The Rubbles eventually adopted a son, Bamm-Bamm. The Flintstones proved that there was a grown-up audience for animation, emboldening future TV creators to tackle mature themes such as parental abandonment (The Simpsons), politics (South Park), mortality (Archer), and mental illness (Bojack Horseman) — to great critical acclaim.
Additionally, The Flintstones was an early satirist of TV tropes and celebrity culture that helped establish the practice of famous guest stars doing cameos as themselves. Ann-Margret, Ed Sullivan, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, and Cary Grant were among the prominent personalities that entered Bedrock. The show also gave rise to numerous TV spin-offs, two live-action films, and millions of brontosaurus cranes worth of merchandise sales, ranging from Fruity Pebbles cereal to Flintstones Vitamins. After a robust second life in syndication, The Flintstones recently found a new home on HBO Max.
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From the Archives
Thanks to Dutch……Yet another bit of history I never knew about Thanks to Sparky During WWI, the United States War Department hired female switchboard operators to accompany the American Expeditionary Forces to Europe. These women had to be fluent in French and English and preferably have previous switchboard experience. Their job was to connect important calls, translate information, and communicate command orders. They were known as "Hello Girls" and often worked in dangerous conditions and on the front lines. Thank you Ken for sharing.
Read more: https://blog.fold3.com/world-war-i-hello-girls/
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This Day in U S Military History
March 4
1944 – The U.S. Eighth Air Force launches the first American bombing raid against the German capital. The British Royal Air Force (RAF) had been conducting night raids against Berlin and other German cities since November 1943, suffering losses at increasingly heavy rates. While the British inflicted significant damage against their targets, the German defenses proved quite effective: The RAF flew 35 major raids between November 1943 and March 1944 and lost 1,047 aircraft, with an even greater number damaged. Having already suffered heavy losses during day raids of various German industrial centers, the Americans had been cautious in pursuing night raids. But in March, with the RAF exhausted, the U.S. Eighth Air Force finally pursued night bombing and made Berlin its primary target. Fourteen U.S. bomber wings took off for Germany from England on the evening of March 4; only one plane reached Berlin (the rest dropped their loads elsewhere; few planes were lost to German defenses). In retrospect, the initial American attack was considered "none too successful" (as recorded in the official history of U.S. Army Air Force). Subsequent attacks in March were more effective.
1945 – On Iwo Jima, the first damaged B -29 uses the landing field.
1993 – Authorities announced the arrest of Mohammad Salameh, a suspect in the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City. Salameh was later convicted of playing a key role.
1994 – In New York, four extremists were convicted of the World Trade Center bombing that killed six people and injured more than a thousand.
2002 – The Battle of Takur Ghar was a short but intense military engagement between United States special operations forces and al Qaeda insurgents fought in March 2002, atop Takur Ghar mountain, Afghanistan. For the U.S. side, the battle proved the deadliest entanglement of Operation Anaconda, an effort early in the war in Afghanistan to rout al Qaeda forces from the Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains. The battle saw three helicopter landings by the U.S. on the mountain top, each greeted by direct assault from al Qaeda forces. Although Takur Ghar was eventually taken, seven U.S. service members were killed and many wounded. In honor of the first casualty of the battle, Navy SEAL Neil C. Roberts, the battle is also known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge.
2015 – Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his team of researchers find the Musashi, one of Japan's biggest and most famous battleships which was sunk by American forces in 1944, on the floor of the Sibuyan Sea.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
RYAN, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1851, Connecticut. Accredited to: Connecticut. G.O. No.: 207, 23 March 1876. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Hartford, Ryan displayed gallant conduct in jumping overboard at Norfolk, Va., and rescuing from drowning one of the crew of that vessel, 4 March 1876.
WALLACE, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 9th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Tinuba, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 4 March 1900. Entered service at: Denver, Colo. Birth: Fort Riley, Kans. Date of issue: 25 June 1900. Citation: With another officer and a native Filipino, was shot at from an ambush, the other officer falling severely wounded. 2d Lt. Wallace fired in the direction of the enemy, put them to rout, removed the wounded officer from the path, returned to the town, a mile distant, and summoned assistance from his command.
*McGlLL, TROY A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Troop G, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Place and date: Los Negros Islands, Admiralty Group, 4 March 1944. Entered service at: Ada, Okla. Birth: Knoxville, Tenn. G.O. No.: 74, 11 September 1944. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy at Los Negros Island, Admiralty Group, on 4 March 1944. In the early morning hours Sgt. McGill, with a squad of 8 men, occupied a revetment which bore the brunt of a furious attack by approximately 200 drinkcrazed enemy troops. Although covered by crossfire from machineguns on the right and left flank he could receive no support from the remainder of our troops stationed at his rear. All members of the squad were killed or wounded except Sgt. McGill and another man, whom he ordered to return to the next revetment. Courageously resolved to hold his position at all cost, he fired his weapon until it ceased to function. Then, with the enemy only 5 yards away, he charged from his foxhole in the face of certain death and clubbed the enemy with his rifle in handtohand combat until he was killed. At dawn 105 enemy dead were found around his position. Sgt. McGill's intrepid stand was an inspiration to his comrades and a decisive factor in the defeat of a fanatical enemy.
GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE
* * * By virtue of an act of Congress approved 4 March 1921, the Medal of Honor, emblem of highest ideals and virtues, is bestowed in the name of the Congress of the United States upon the unknown, unidentified British soldier and French soldier buried, respectively, in Westminster Abbey and Arc de Triomphe.
Whereas: Great Britain and France, two of the Allies of the United States in the World War, have lately done honor to the unknown dead of their armies by placing with fitting ceremony the body of an unknown, unidentified soldier, respectively, in Westminster Abbey and in the Arc de Triomphe; and
Whereas: animated by the same spirit of comradeship in which we of the American forces fought alongside these Allies, we desire to add whatever we can to the imperishable glory won by the deeds of our Allies and commemorated in part by this tribute to their unknown dead: Now, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States of America be, and he hereby is, authorized to bestow with appropriate ceremonies, military and civil, the Congressional Medal of Honor upon the unknown, unidentified British soldier buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England, and upon the unknown, unidentified French soldier buried in the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France (A.G. 220.523) (War Department General Orders, No. 52, 1 Dec. 1922, Sec. II).
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for March 4 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
4 March
1915: Congress budgeted $300,000 for Army aviation in FY1916. (24) 1924: After 6 hours of bombing, two Martin Bombers and two DH-4s broke a Platte River ice jam at North Bend, Neb. (8)
1944: FIRST DAYLIGHT-BOMBING RAID ON BERLIN. Eighth Air Force carried out the first daylight attack on Berlin. Bad weather caused the Eighth to recall the bombers after launch; however, 31 B-17s successfully completed the attack. (21)
1949: The Navy's Martin JRM-2 flying boat, Caroline Mars, set a new world passenger load record by carrying 269 people from San Diego to Alameda, Calif. (8) (24)
1954: The Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter first flew at Edwards AFB. (5)
1968: EXERCISE RAMASOON. Through 15 March, six Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) nations participated in this combined command post exercise at Korat Royal Thai AFB. (17)
1972: The 42 BMW at Loring AFB, Maine, received SAC's first operational AGM-69A SRAM for use with its B-52Gs. (1) (6)
1980: The E-4B flew its first mission as SAC's "Looking Glass" aircraft. (12)
1986: Exercise BRIGHT STAR. During this combined U.S. and Egyptian exercise, USAF tankers refueled foreign aircraft for the first time. (21)
1992: Two B-52 Stratofortresses landed in Russia on a friendship mission to demonstrate the end of the Cold War. (16)
1995: The C-17 flew across the Pacific for the first time, landing at Yokota AB. (16)
1997: Exercise Green Flag. The only remaining SR-71 flew from Edwards and performed its first real-time downlink of data while flying at Mach 3.07 at 79,600 feet. (3)
2001: At Newport News, Nancy Reagan christened the USS Ronald Reagan, the Navy's newest aircraft carrier. (21)
2002: Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. During Operation ANACONDA, the USAF experienced its first combat deaths since the 1991 Gulf War. Two airmen died in helicopter assaults near Gardez, Afghanistan. (21) Operation ENDURING FREEDOM/SILVER STAR. A Kentucky ANG pararescue specialist from the 123d Special Tactics Squadron, TSgt Keary Miller, cared for wounded troops and participated in a 15-hour firefight with nearby enemy forces after his Army special operations helicopter crashed on Taku Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan. For his heroism, Miller received the Silver Star, the nation's third highest award for valor. (32)
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