To All,
Good Monday Morning May 29, 2023.
I hope you all have a great Memorial Day. Yesterday on the USS Midway as always brings back a lot of memories. The ship brought in a good crowd. I was the first aviator onboard for the Meet the Aviators and was joined by long time friends Worm, Peanuts, Frank and others by the F-8 Crusader which is in outstanding condition. The Docents herded me out about 5:30 as they were clearing the flight deck. It remained overcast the entire day and last night it wet the ground again here and remains overcast and cool. Now I have to try to get through over 200 email to get caught up and add about 10 folks to the List.
Regards,
Skip
Thanks to Al
Every Memorial Day at 3 p.m. local time, whether you're at home, at a parade or in the middle of a speech, please take a moment to observe the National Moment of Remembrance. For just one full minute, Americans everywhere should pause to remember all the men and women who died in service to our country. The idea is to keep Memorial Day from becoming just another holiday, one that Americans use to get an extra day of swilling beer in the sun.
Since 2000, Public Law 106-579 has asked that we shut our burgerholes for 60 seconds and "pay tribute to individuals who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States and their families."
As much as we enjoy the extra attention afforded to vets on Veterans Day, this is not the time for that sort of thing. Memorial Day is about honoring the fallen men and women who died in service to their country--not just anyone. A lot of people will confuse the day, conflate the day or worse, forget the day.
The rules for where and when the American flag is raised and lowered are different for Memorial Day. We may collectively remember to render proper salutes while the flag is being raised and lowered. We might even remember to raise the flag "briskly" and lower it slowly and ceremoniously.
The Stars and Stripes should of course be raised briskly first thing in the morning. But on Memorial Day, the flag is raised only to half-staff. At noon, the flag should be raised to full-staff until it's taken down at sunset. Memorial Day is the only day that observes both positions on the flagpole. If you fly a flag from the porch of your house and can't lower it, simply attach a black mourning streamer to the top for when it supposed to be lowered.
Memorial Day started as a good idea from an organization made up of Union Civil War veterans, the Grand Army of the Republic. These veterans lobbied state and local governments across the former union to recognize May 30 as a day of remembrance, originally known as "Decoration Day." They chose May 30 because no battles happened on that day. Over the next 100 years, Decoration Day morphed into Memorial Day. By 1968, all of the Civil War vets had died, and Memorial Day belonged to the fallen veterans of all eras. Congress eventually changed the observance to the last Monday in May as a way to give federal employees a set of standard three-day weekends--and widen the observance of the day.
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Taking Chance
Memorial Day is the day we remember and respect those that have given their lives in the service of our country. This is a story of how they find their way home to their families.
Taking Chance is a story about a Marine Lt Col escorting the body of a young Marine home after being killed overseas. I bought the DVD when it first came out and I was overwhelmed by it. Even now just watching the trailer I had trouble keeping it together. It was very well done The actors especially Kevin Bacon did a marvelous job. I highly recommend it. But watch in a quiet respectful place…skip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo2HgOD292Y
And: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_Phelps
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On This Day in Naval and Marine Corps History May 29
1781 During the American Revolution, the Continental frigate Alliance, under command of Capt. John Barry, battles HMS Atalanta and HMS Trepassy off Nova Scotia. After several broadsides by Alliance, the British ships surrender.
1844 The frigate Constitution, commanded by John Percival, sails from New York to depart on her 52,370 mile around-the-world cruise. Heading eastward, she visits places such as Brazil, Borneo, China, the Philippines, Hawaii, and Mexico before returning to Boston on September 27, 1846.
1863 During the Civil War, the side-wheel "double-ender" gunboat , USS Cimarron, commanded by Cmdr. Andrew J. Drake, captures the blockade-runner, Evening Star, off Wassaw Sound, Ga.
1944 USS Block Island (CVE 21) is torpedoed and is sunk by German submarine U 549. During this attack, USS Barr (DE 576) is also damaged. Block Island is the only U.S. carrier lost in the Atlantic during World War II. U-549 is later sunk that night by USS Eugene E. Elmore (DE-686) and USS Ahrens (DE 575).
1945 USS Sterlet (SS 392) sinks Japanese army cargo ships Kuretake Maru and Tenyro Maru despite the close proximity of the escort Coast Defense Ship No. 65.
1952 During the Korean War, USS Ozbourn (DD 846), USS Radford (DDE 446), and USS Heron (AMS 18), are engaged by enemy shore batteries and machine guns for two days off Wonson, Korea. Enemy batteries are silenced by counter-battery fire.
2004 USS Pinckney (DDG 91) is commissioned at Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme, Calif. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is named for Cook 1st Class William Pinckney, who received the Navy Cross for rescuing a fellow USS Enterprise (CV 6) crew member during the Battle of Santa Cruz Oct. 26, 1942.
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Today in History May 29
1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1660 Charles II is restored to the English throne, succeeding the short-lived Commonwealth.
1721 South Carolina is formally incorporated as a royal colony of England.
1790 Rhode Island becomes the last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution.
1848 Wisconsin becomes the thirtieth state.
1849 A patent for lifting vessels is granted to Abraham Lincoln.
1862 Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard retreats to Tupelo, Mississippi.
1911 The Indianapolis 500 is run for the first time.
1913 The premier of the ballet Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) in Paris causes rioting in the theater.
1916 U.S. forces invade the Dominican Republic.
1922 Ecuador becomes independent.
1922 The U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport not subject to antitrust laws.
1942 The German Army completes its encirclement of the Kharkov region of the Soviet Union.
1951 C. F. Blair becomes the first man to fly over the North Pole in single-engine plane.
1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest.
1974 President Richard Nixon agrees to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts.
1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected the president of Russia.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post
Skip… For The List for Monday, 29 May 2023… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 29 May 1968… "I am an attack pilot. I have been ordered to destroy a military target. International lawyers may hold that this attack is in violation of the Laws of War (civilians are in the target area) and that our nation was involved in an immoral war. What now? Let my conscience be my guide. Obey the legal order. Attack, kill the military target assigned and let the lawyers sort it out." (Bear's rule for conduct as a warrior)… Meanwhile, draftees had a choice: obey the laws of the nation and report for duty, or choose the international view that our war in Vietnam was immoral and declare as a conscientious objector…
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.
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Thanks to Al…..I put the first part of his input at the start of today's List to remind everyone how we should respect this day with our flag. Here is the rest. skip
Monday Morning Honor--Memorial Day
Submitted by Mike Ryan:
Arlington by Trace Adkins at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGzuvmut3Hs
Submitted by Mark Logan:
Marine! The Arrival Salute! at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWM_O3N-Crw&t=384s
Thank You at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arSiv9PRo04&t=21s
Lay Me Down in the Cold, Cold Ground at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIAjoTes_lQ
More Memorial Day Tributes on YouTube:
Just a Common Soldier at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEs4ke7cdNQ
Freedom Is Not Free at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9omZSZO9Y
Faces Never Forgotten at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa0DnUJlpXE
The Path of the Warrior at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKqT0-3JV5E
Tears
Moms and dads have so many tears,
Their child has volunteered, creating fears.
They took an oath to defend,
Swearing they will never bend.
They depart wearing a uniform so proud,
Their parents want to proclaim it out loud.
My child has made a life changing step,
Why is my heart in such a terrible fret?
To see them wave goodbye with such pride,
They chose for our country and did not hide.
Off they go to a foreign land filled with hate,
To offer hope to those that seek freedom's gate.
Most will come home declaring they did their best,
But a few come home to lay their body at rest.
And moms and dads watch the flag covered casket,
Tears flow down their cheeks that would fill a basket.
Their son or daughter has given all,
Parents have thousands of tears that fall.
Why did our child have to volunteer?
We wanted to see them come home to cheer!
But they sit and listen to Taps played in the rain,
And the grief in their hearts gives them much pain.
For to serve their country their child did choose,
Never for a moment considering they might lose.
And for the remainder of a parent's life,
Tears will be a daily part of their strife.
God bless our children who serve,
Please God give them the peace they deserve.
Those Honored Dead by Marion G. Mahoney
"Why do you fly the flag today?" my Grandson wants to know.
I fly it for the graveyards where the countless crosses grow.
I fly the flag for children whose fathers are a name.
A half-remembered memory of a face within a frame.
I fly it for the families of sons and daughters lost.
They know the price of liberty how terrible the cost!
I fly the flag for veterans who lost their youth in blood.
And saw their comrades slaughtered in the carnage and the mud.
I fly it for the ones who marched in cadence off to war
To close their eyes forever upon some foreign shore.
I fly the flag for grief poured out upon a granite wall.
The laying-on of hands that heals the scars within us all.
I fly it for the sound of Taps---that melancholy tune
That lays to rest those honored dead who always die too soon.
The Wall (Vietnam War Memorial)
They walk along the granite block, past names all etched in stone.
Among so many others here, but feel so all alone.
So many here to touch a soul, that passed so long ago.
And tears now streak from off your cheek, emotions, have to show.
There are so many people here, who wish the pain to end.
Why not reach out a hand to them, to listen, be a friend.
The Wall can bridge the largest gap, it made our nation one.
We thank the nurses one and all, and every soldier, son.
Whose names we see forever etched, upon the granite stone.
Though painful make us realize, that we are not alone.
The sacrifice, that you all made, that bring us to this shrine.
Bring all those closer, left behind, perhaps the grand design.
To help the friends and family, to understand the call.
That took your names from off life's list, and place it on this Wall.
You fought a war, unpopular, in Nam so far away.
And now you've found the greatest peace, as we stand here and pray.
Beyond the Wall we hope to find, the reason for it all.
Why you with pride went far away, to answer duty's call.
Perhaps the flag that others burn, became your symbol proud.
Why you gave life, proclaim your love, of country, very loud.
So rest in peace, my Warrior, my nurse and doctor too.
And rest assured forever more, we'll all remember you.
The Wall means much to everyone, these names on granite cast.
To keep your memories alive, as long as time will last.
So look upon the granite face, and touch the names with pride.
For all their spirits linger there, beyond the Wall, inside.
Submitted by Dean Laird:
Memorial Day by Charles E. Brown
For many Americans, Memorial Day is seen as a time for a long weekend that signals the start of summer, cookouts, and sales at the local mall. However, for those of us who are veterans it is a time to reflect on those who lost friends and comrades in foreign wars. For me, it is Vietnam. For many of us, we say a quiet prayer for those they left behind.
It is impossible to go through this day without remembering the horrors of war. Seeing friends and comrades dying in front of you or finding them dead. They are bad memories, but they are also cold, stark reality.
We use the word "warrior" in an almost comic book fashion today. But, to a veteran, these fallen comrades were warriors in the truest sense of the word.
Recently, I read a book that reminded me of the words of the 18th century Prussian general and military theorist Carl von Clausewitz: "War is the continuation of politics by other means." That "other means" is fighting and killing the enemy. Sending young men and women into war has no other purpose than to kill and destroy. They are not there, as recent U.S. Army commercials show, to be "woke." The purpose of the military is to kill the enemy and risk being killed.
When soldiers are on the battlefield they are not fighting for whoever is in the White House or some other abstract cause, they are fighting for each other…to save their fellow warriors. When a young man or woman volunteers in the military they are doing it to help save their fellow volunteers. And past their fellow warriors, they are fighting for their family and community. More importantly, when a young man or woman volunteers for the military they know, all too clearly, what the possible outcome could be.
Sadly, as a veteran, I look at America today and what is going on and ask myself "was this what I was risking my life for?" A country where true leadership is uncertain and nearly every aspect of it is being deconstructed? A country where the Constitution, the very thing we took an oath to fight for, is being shredded at every turn by oligarchs and tyrants who want to "reimagine America"? A country where 50% of the population no longer believes in individual liberty, freedom of speech, tolerance, and individual spirit?
I my comrades who fell in Vietnam came back today what would they say? I wonder if they would have been so anxious to serve this country. As shocking as this is, this country has become what we were fighting against. This has become an abomination.
We now see a country where the FBI can frame a respected three-star U.S. Army general and lie about it. We have seen a director of the CIA brag about casting a presidential ballot for a bona died Communist. That same CIA director illegally spied on senators and then lied under oath about it on national television. We saw our national security apparatus, along with a compliant media, attempt a coup against a legitimately elected president in collaboration with foreign governments. And, to date, not a single individual has been held accountable.
Who the hell is running this country? Where are our principles, morals and guiding philosophy? We now live in a country where traditional American values are considered a threat to our country. Soon the old America will be gone and won't be back.
On this Memorial Day we have to remember what our fallen warriors gave up their lives for and not bend our knees to tyrants. We need to believe in liberty and freedom more than ever. It is time we start waking up and accepting the truth. Only then, will we understand the true purpose of Memorial Day.
Today and every day, my heart is filled with pride thinking of the men and women who serve their country. Yet every day and especially today, my heart grieves for those who gave their lives and for the families they left for us to care for. I would ask on this Memorial Day, you remember those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who are grieving. May we, as Abraham Lincoln said at Gettysburg, "highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Al
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.—John 15:13
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.—George S. Patton
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Thanks to Wayne and Cowboy
Joel Walter Gatewood, Jr., 77, formerly of South Sioux City, Nebraska, died Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at his residence in Burke, Virginia, after a valiant 14-year battle with multiple myeloma.
Born March 23, 1946, in Wayne, Nebraska, Joe was the son of Joel and Helen (Small) Gatewood. In 1965, Joe graduated from South Sioux City High School. After graduating from the University of Nebraska in 1969 with a degree in business administration, Joe joined the Navy and reported to Naval Air Station Pensacola for Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School. He was commissioned an Ensign in April 1970.
Before heading to Pensacola to begin his military career, he stopped in Miami to ask Marcia Chase, the girl he dated since high school, to marry him. They were married on June 27, 1970, at the Aviation Memorial Chapel in Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. To this union was born a daughter, Emily Ann, who wrapped her Dad around her finger from the moment he held her in his arms.
Joe received his wings as a Naval Flight Officer in October of 1970. His first deployment was with the Sundowners (VF-111) F-4 squadron aboard the U.S.S. Coral Sea. He flew 319 combat missions in Vietnam where he was awarded an air medal with bronze star. Joe was selected for the Navy Fighter Weapons School also known as "Top Gun" twice, in the F-4 Phantom and then in the F-14 Tomcat. He was a flight instructor in VF-124, the F-14 training squadron at Naval Air Station Miramar. He earned his master's degree in business administration from Chapman College while stationed at Miramar. Joe made two cruises as a Naval Flight Officer with the Screaming Eagles (VF-51) F-14 squadron on the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk and the U.S.S. Carl Vinson. During his Naval career, Joe, whose call-sign was Plug, logged 3,500 flight hours and made 732 carrier landings.
In 1984, Joe was promoted to the rank of Commander. He received orders to the Naval Air Systems Command, Air-to-Air Program Management office near Washington D.C. In September of 1987, Joe was assigned to a classified joint USAF-USN program located at Eglin Air Force Base at Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Joe retired from the Navy with 21 years of service in 1990.
After retiring from the Navy, Joe worked for the Department of the Navy in foreign military sales. His work took him to countries on six continents from 1990 until his retirement from the government in 2011.
Family meant everything to Joe. Through all his work-related travels, he always managed to be home for every important event in his daughter's life. Joe's faith was unshakable. He was a member of the Messiah United Methodist Church where he faithfully made chili every month for a homeless shelter. Since her birth, his granddaughter, Elizabeth, took hold of his heart and became the joy of his life. Joe was a gentleman in every sense of the word. Everyone who met Joe knew of his quick wit, easy going personality, optimistic outlook, and his kindness that had no boundaries. He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years; his daughter Emily (Josh) Murray; granddaughter Elizabeth; sisters Jacklynn (Wayne) Petersen, Jeanne (Tom) Barnes; brother James Gatewood (fiancée Ruth); sisters-in-law Linda (Keith) Schuster, Carole (Wayne) Dinkins; and beloved nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Burial will be at the Omaha National Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are pending. In lieu of flowers please send donations to the United States Navy Memorial (navymemorial.org)
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Thanks to YP"_
My Memorial Day entry is an email from someone I greatly admire, RADM Tom Brown, who has sadly Flown West. It features parts of one of my HOOK stories from way back. It is entirely true, and I have not forgotten.
YP
Begin forwarded message:
From: Thomas F Brown III
Subject: Memorial Day - And we did not forget them!
Date: May 29, 2011 at 2:30:58 PM MDT
Tailhookers,
Here's a Memorial Day Remembrance, written by Jack "Puresome" Woodul some years ago, that is close to my heart:
"To the Brethren:
"In small moments, the War always came back to him.
He never remembered his minor triumphs, but Frabb-ups were always sneaking up out of his subconscious, tapping him on the shoulder, saying 'Remember me?' The Ghosts of his flying career also occasionally emerged from their smoking holes in the ground and their fireballs in the sky to visit, though over the years, they had largely merged with the spirits that haunted the skies over Schweinfurt, stilled the air over Gettysburg, and sounded distant trumpets over the lonely white markers on the hills above the Little Big Horn....."
---"The Shrill of the Bagpipe, the Roll of the Drum"
"Puresome did all the usual stuff......turned in his DD-175 to the Ops guys. Then, as he was leaving for the transient line, Puresome noticed the plaques. The sun was streaming through the windows and dust motes were dancing in the light. On the wall were posted the names of all the guys from Lemoore who had been bagged in the war. There were lots of names.
Time stopped in Puresome's universe as he read the names--some he knew, most he didn't. Puresome felt them, what they had done, and what he had not. He felt the honor in them and the sadness of a ratsass cause. "you don't forget us, you don't forget us, " the wall whispered, "we gave and we're gone and nobody gives a shit, so don't forget us. Puresome started as two loudly talking sailors came around the corner. He walked on out of operations towards his plane.
On the flight home, and on other flights, and through the years, Puresome could hear the ghosts, and the bright fire in him burned, and he did not forget them."
God bless.
Puresome"
With best wishes, Tom
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Thanks toNewell
Skip,
You might receive a number of Memorial Day posts from friends that honor our nation's fallen heroes. One of my favorite tributes is the musical-video ANGEL FLIGHT by Radney Foster.
Additionally, some words spoken long ago by General Patton also linger in mind. Paraphrasing his message from memory, Patton encouraged celebration in our hearts because such courageous American men had existed, and, by their personal sacrifice, gifted us the lives we now enjoy.
Or General MacArthur's colorful description of the Filipino-US forces nicknamed the Battling Bastards Of Bataan, "They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them."
Newell Tarrant
Radney Foster's ANGEL FLIGHT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kMxb1LvOLc
Attachments area
Preview YouTube video Radney Foster - Angel Flight (Radio Tower Remix) - w Lyrics
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Thanks to Interesting Facts
Only 19% of the ocean's floor has been mapped in detail.
Despite covering most of the Earth, much of the ocean has yet to be explored — or even mapped. A 2014 seafloor map developed by an international team of researchers revealed every oceanic feature larger than about three miles across, which means we have a strong sense of underwater mountains, but smaller objects — like centuries-old shipwrecks — continue to elude us.
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project hopes to survey the entire ocean floor in detail within the next nine years. As of 2020, they estimated that 19% of the seafloor had been mapped in detail. (Precise resolutions vary with the depth of the ocean, but the project hopes to use a minimum grid of about 800 x 800 meters — or 2,625 x 2,625 feet — for the deepest portions.) They're working quickly: When the project began in 2017, only 6% of the seafloor was mapped in detail. Yet they still have an area roughly twice the size of Mars to cover.
Numbers Don't Lie
Depth (in feet) of the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth
36,201
Percentage of the Earth's surface covered by oceans
71
Length (in miles) of the mid-ocean ridge, a huge underwater mountain chain
40,390
Number of known marine species (although an estimated 91% of the ocean's species await scientific description)
240,470
The ocean isn't blue because it reflects the color of the sky.
The ocean is blue because it acts as a kind of sunlight filter, absorbing colors from the red part of the light spectrum (long wavelength light) and leaving behind those in the blue spectrum (short wavelength light). What's more, the ocean's surface isn't always blue — depending on what sediments and particles are floating in a given area, the light hitting them may result in a green or even reddish tint. There's also the fact that most of the ocean has no color whatsoever: Very little light penetrates past a depth of 656 feet (the so-called "twilight" zone), and none at all makes it past 3,280 feet (the "midnight" zone).
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Thanks to Glenn
Interesting ship tracking
It just got even harder for ships to hide. BlackSky and Spire rolled out a new space-based 'maritime custody service' that will find and track ships by sniffing for emissions, as well as cross-cue EO/IR and SAR satellites to capture imagery of the ships. Just a few years ago, this capability would be treated as highly classified military tech. Now anyone in the world can go to the website, click a few buttons, and (as a completely hypothetical example) task a satellite constellation to track Chinese Luyang destroyers. It will be interesting to see how this commercial tech will be used to enhance the already growing open-source intel (OSINT) movement. Speaking of space things that would have been highly classified a few years ago, DARPA selected 4 firms to demonstrate bi-static SAR imaging on formations of satellites.--
Glenn
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Thanks to Lee
Here's to The Heroes Who Never Came Home - YouTube
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| Here's to The Heroes Who Never Came Home A visit to American Military cemeteries around the world |
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Thanks to Barrett
Ref. Bruce Carr:
I knew him when I was secretary of the aces assn. Continued telling his adventure stealing the FW 190 even after we knew it wasn't true. (Sidebar: he arrived in the UK with 314 hrs total time v. 160.) It was just after VE Day and he convinced a Brit unit to let him fly the FW but he had main mount collapse when landing at his own base. Some of us checked: there was no MIA report on him and no missing aircraft report.
Bruce's version of the story has been reprinted and copied online many many times.
Last I spoke with him, he was flying a civilian Mustang without hindrance of a valid airman's certificate. He confided that he worried about telling Barbara of his $12,000 fuel bill.
Died 1998.
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This Day in U S Military History…….May 29
1780 – At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained. The Battle of Waxhaws (also known as the Waxhaws or Waxhaw Massacre, and Buford's Massacre) took place during the American Revolutionary War near Lancaster, South Carolina, between a Continental Army force led by Abraham Buford and a mainly Loyalist force led by Banastre Tarleton. Buford refused an initial demand to surrender, but when his men were attacked by Tarleton's cavalry, many of them threw down their arms to surrender. Accounts differ on significant details. Buford apparently then attempted to surrender, but his surrender was either rejected or not received (Tarleton possibly having been incapacitated at that time). Tarleton's men continued killing the Continental soldiers, including men who were not resisting. Little quarter was given to the Patriots. Of the 400 or so Continentals, 113 were killed with sabres, 150 so badly injured they could not be moved, and only 53 prisoners taken by the British and Loyalists. "Tarleton's quarter" thereafter became a common expression for refusing to take prisoners, and in some subsequent battles in the Carolinas few of the defeated were taken alive by either side. The battle was used in an extensive propaganda campaign by the Continental Army to bolster recruitment and resentment against the British. Other accounts of the battle describe Tarleton as having no part in ordering the massacre, and having ordered thorough medical treatment of American prisoners and wounded.
1903 – Bob Hope (d.2003), US comedian, was born as Leslie Townes in Kent, England.
1940 – The first flight of the Vought F4U Corsair. The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Demand for the aircraft soon overwhelmed Vought's manufacturing capability, resulting in production by Goodyear and Brewster: Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built aircraft F3A. From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940, to final delivery in 1953 to the French, 12,571 F4U Corsairs were manufactured by Vought, in 16 separate models, in the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U.S. history (1942–53). The Corsair was designed as a carrier-based aircraft. However its difficult carrier landing performance rendered the Corsair unsuitable for Navy use until the carrier landing issues were overcome when used by the British Fleet Air Arm. The Corsair thus came to and retained prominence in its area of greatest deployment: land based use by the U.S. Marines. The role of the dominant U.S. carrier based fighter in the second part of the war was thus filled by the Grumman F6F Hellcat, powered by the same Double Wasp engine first flown on the Corsair's first prototype in 1940. The Corsair served to a lesser degree in the U.S. Navy. As well as the U.S. and British use the Corsair was also used by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, the French Navy Aéronavale and other, smaller, air forces until the 1960s. Some Japanese pilots regarded it as the most formidable American fighter of World War II, and the U.S. Navy counted an 11:1 kill ratio with the F4U Corsair. After the carrier landing issues had been tackled it quickly became the most capable carrier-based fighter-bomber of World War II. The Corsair served almost exclusively as a fighter-bomber throughout the Korean War and during the French colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria.
1943 – Norman Rockwell's portrait of "Rosie the Riveter" appeared on the cover of "The Saturday Evening Post." Rockwell's model was Mary Keefe (19) of Arlington, Vermont. In 2002 the painting sold at auction for $4,959,500.
1943 – Churchill, Marshall and Eisenhower met in the Confederacy of Algiers.
1943 – Meat and cheese began to be rationed in US.
1943 – On Attu the Japanese mount a final attack on American forces established in Chicagof.
1944 – On Biak Island, as well as Arare on the mainland, the American beachheads are heavily attacked by Japanese forces. The Japanese garrison on Biak makes use of tanks to force the US 162nd Regiment back towards its landing zone.
1944 – The American escort carrier Block Island and a destroyer are sunk by U-549 before it is itself sunk.
1944 – About 400 American bombers attack German synthetic fuel works and oil refineries at Polits and other locations. The damage caused sets back aircraft fuel production.
1944 – At Anzio, the British and American troops of the US 6th Corps take Campoleone and Carroceto. The Canadian 1st Corps begins to advance up Route 6 from Caprano toward Frosinone.
1945 – American B-29 Superfortress bombers drop incendiaries on Yokohama, burning 85 percent of the port area
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
BOYNE, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Mimbres Mountains, N. Mex., 29 May 1879; at Cuchillo Negro River near Ojo Caliente, N. Mex., 27 September 1879. Entered service at:——. Birth: Prince Georges County, Md. Date of issue: 6 January 1882. Citation: Bravery in action.
NOLAN, JOSEPH A.
Rank and organization: Artificer, Company B, 45th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At Labo, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 29 May 1900. Entered service at: South Bend, Ind. Birth: Elkhart, Ind. Date of issue: 14 March 1902. Citation: Voluntarily left shelter and at great personal risk passed the enemy's lines and brought relief to besieged comrades.
KING, JOHN
Rank and organization: Watertender, U.S. Navy. Born: 7 February 1865, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 72, 6 December 1901. Second award. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Vicksburg, for heroism in the line of his profession at the time of the accident to the boilers, 29 May 1901.
*GALT, WILLIAM WYLIE
Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Army, 168th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division. Place and date: At Villa Crocetta, Italy, 29 May 1944. Entered service at: Stanford, Mont. Birth: Geyser, Mont. G.O. No.: 1, 1 February 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty. Capt. Galt, Battalion S3, at a particularly critical period following 2 unsuccessful attacks by his battalion, of his own volition went forward and ascertained just how critical the situation was. He volunteered, at the risk of his life, personally to lead the battalion against the objective. When the lone remaining tank destroyer refused to go forward, Capt. Galt jumped on the tank destroyer and ordered it to precede the attack. As the tank destroyer moved forward, followed by a company of riflemen, Capt. Galt manned the .30-caliber machinegun in the turret of the tank destroyer, located and directed fire on an enemy 77mm. anti-tank gun, and destroyed it. Nearing the enemy positions, Capt. Galt stood fully exposed in the turret, ceaselessly firing his machinegun and tossing hand grenades into the enemy zigzag series of trenches despite the hail of sniper and machinegun bullets ricocheting off the tank destroyer. As the tank destroyer moved, Capt. Galt so maneuvered it that 40 of the enemy were trapped in one trench. When they refused to surrender, Capt. Galt pressed the trigger of the machinegun and dispatched every one of them. A few minutes later an 88mm shell struck the tank destroyer and Capt. Galt fell mortally wounded across his machinegun. He had personally killed 40 Germans and wounded many more. Capt. Galt pitted his judgment and superb courage against overwhelming odds, exemplifying the highest measure of devotion to his country and the finest traditions of the U.S. Army.
*MORELAND, WHITT L.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Kwagch'i-Dong, Korea, 29 May 1951. Entered service at: Austin, Tex. Born: 7 March 1930, Waco, Tex. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an intelligence scout attached to Company C, in action against enemy aggressor forces. Voluntarily accompanying a rifle platoon in a daring assault against a strongly defended enemy hill position, Pfc. Moreland delivered accurate rifle fire on the hostile emplacement and thereby aided materially in seizing the objective. After the position had been secured, he unhesitatingly led a party forward to neutralize an enemy bunker which he had observed some 400 meters beyond, and moving boldly through a fire-swept area, Almost reached the hostile emplacement when the enemy launched a volley of hand grenades on his group. Quick to act despite the personal danger involved, he kicked several of the grenades off the ridge line where they exploded harmlessly and, while attempting to kick away another, slipped and fell near the deadly missile. Aware that the sputtering grenade would explode before he could regain his feet and dispose of it, he shouted a warning to his comrades, covered the missile with his body and absorbed the full blast of the explosion, but in saving his companions from possible injury or death, was mortally wounded. His heroic initiative and valiant spirit of self-sacrifice in the face of certain death reflect the highest credit upon Pfc. Moreland and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for May 29, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
29 May
1910: Glenn H. Curtiss flew a record 142.5 miles from Albany to New York in 2 hours 50 minutes to win his third Scientific American Trophy. This flight gave him permanent possession of the trophy as well as the $10,000 prize from New York World. 1934: COLLIER TROPHY. The Hamilton Standard Propeller Company, with credit to Frank W. Caldwell, received the 1933 trophy for developing a controllable pitch propeller. (24)
1940: The Vought F4U Corsair first flew.
1951: Flying a converted P-51, Charles F. Blair, Jr., traveled 3,300 miles across the North Pole from Bardufoss, Norway, to Fairbanks in 10 hours 29 minutes. Thus, he became the first man to make the trip alone and in a single-engine plane. (9) (24)
1953: SAC received its first KC–97G Stratofreighter, a flying boom-type tanker that could dispense 8,513 gallons of aviation gasoline. Unlike previous models, the KC-97G could haul cargo without reconfiguration or carry 96 troops or heavy equipment without modification. (18)
1966: The ARRS observed its 20th anniversary. In this period, the ARRS rescued more than 12,000 people throughout the world. (16)
1997: A B-2 from the 509 BW at Whiteman AFB dropped a GAM-113 bomb over the China Lake Range near Edwards AFB. This drop marked the first time the 4,700-pound conventional penetrating weapon was paired with the B-2. (AFNEWS, 19 Jun 97)
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