To All
Good Saturday Morning July 8, 2023.
I hope that your weekend is off to a good start
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This Day in Navy and Marine Corps History:
July 8
1777 British frigate HMS Rainbow and brig HMS Flora chase the Continental frigates Boston and Hancock and the captured prize, British frigate HMS Fox, off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Boston escapes but Hancock is captured and renamed HMS Iris.
1778 The Allied French fleet under Adm. Comte dEstaing arrives in America with reinforcements for the American Revolution and participates in the Battle of Rhode Island and at the Siege of Savannah.
1879 USS Jeannette departs San Francisco to explore the Arctic, but becomes frozen in the ice pack by September. On June 13, 1881, the bark-rigged wooden steamship sinks after she is crushed in an Arctic ice pack during an attempt to reach the North Pole through the Bering Strait. Of the 33 who set off after the ship went down, only 13 of Jeannette's men survive their adventures and return to civilization.
1944 The cruisers and destroyers of Task Group 53.18, commanded by Rear Adm. Charles Turner Joy, begin daily bombardment of Japanese defenses on Guam. Battleships join the bombardment group on July 14.
1960 USS Proteus (AS-19) is recommissioned and serves as a tender for the Polaris Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines.
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Today in World History: 8 July
1099 Christian Crusaders march around Jerusalem as Muslims watch from within the city.
1608 The first French settlement at Quebec is established by Samuel de Champlain.
1663 The British crown grants Rhode Island a charter guaranteeing freedom of worship.
1686 The Austrians take Budapest from the Turks and annex Hungary.
1709 Peter the Great defeats Charles XII at Poltava, in the Ukraine, effectively ending the Swedish empire.
1755 Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with France as their disputes in the New World intensify.
1758 The British attack on Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga, New York, is foiled by the French.
1794 French troops capture Brussels, Belgium.
1815 With Napoleon defeated, Louis XVIII returns to Paris.
1822 29-year old poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowns while sailing in Italy.
1859 The truce at Villafranca Austria cedes Lombardy to France.
1863 Demoralized by the surrender of Vicksburg, Confederates in Port Hudson, Louisiana, surrender to Union forces.
1864 Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston retreats into Atlanta to prevent being flanked by Union General William T. Sherman.
1865 Four of the conspirators in President Abraham Lincoln's assassination are hanged in Washington, D.C.
1879 The first ship to use electric lights departs from San Francisco, California.
1905 The mutinous crew of the battleship Potemkin surrenders to Romanian authorities.
1918 Ernest Hemingway is wounded in Italy while working as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross.
1941 20 B-17s fly in their first mission with the Royal Air Force over Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
1943 American B-24 bombers strike Japanese-held Wake Island for the first time.
1960 The Soviet Union charges American pilot Francis Gary Powers with espionage.
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From this Day in Histry
On July 8, 1776, a 2,000-pound copper-and-tin bell now known as the "Liberty Bell" rings out from the tower of the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, summoning citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. Four days earlier, the historic document had been adopted by delegates to the Continental Congress, but the bell did not ring to announce the issuing of the document until the Declaration of Independence returned from the printer on July 8.
In 1751, to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of Pennsylvania's original constitution, the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly ordered the bell to be constructed. After being cracked during a test, and then recast twice, the bell was hung from the State House steeple in June 1753. Rung to call the Pennsylvania Assembly together and to summon people for special announcements and events, it was also rung on important occasions, such as King George III's 1761 ascension to the British throne and, in 1765, to call the people together to discuss Parliament's controversial Stamp Act.
With the outbreak of the American Revolution in April 1775, the bell was rung to announce the battles of Lexington and Concord. Its most famous tolling, however, was on July 8, 1776, when it summoned Philadelphia citizens for the first reading of the Declaration of Independence.
As the British advanced toward Philadelphia in the fall of 1777, the bell was removed from the city and hidden in Allentown to save it from being melted down by the British and used to make cannons. After the British defeat in 1781, the bell was returned to Philadelphia, which served as the nation's capital from 1790 to 1800. In addition to marking important events, the bell tolled annually to celebrate George Washington's birthday on February 22 and the Fourth of July. The name "Liberty Bell" was first coined in an 1839 poem in an abolitionist pamphlet.
The question of when the Liberty Bell acquired its famous fracture has been the subject of a good deal of historical debate. In the most commonly accepted account, the bell suffered a major break while tolling for the funeral of the chief justice of the United States, John Marshall, in 1835, and in 1846 the crack expanded to its present size while in use to mark Washington's birthday. After that date, it was regarded as unsuitable for ringing, but it was still ceremoniously tapped on occasion to commemorate important events. On June 6, 1944, when Allied forces invaded France, the sound of the bell's dulled ring was broadcast by radio across the United States.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 8 July 1968…
An 8 July 2018 letter to the President (Trump) and "Maddog"… from da Bear…
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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From the archives from a year ago on this date
ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
Thanks to THE BEAR
ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED… 8 JULY 1967… REWRITING VIETNAM HISTORY?… THUNDER REMEMBERED… 8 JULY 1967… REWRITING VIETNAM HISTORY?… RIPPLE SALVO… #490… KEN BURNS, STEVEN SPIELBERG and the director of "RIDE THE THUNDER"… but first… Good Morning: Day FOUR HUNDRED NINETY of a one and half million word return to the skies of Rolling Thunder and the history and courage of great human beings–America's winged warriors…
8 JULY 1967… HEAD LINES from The New York Times on a Saturday full of clouds in NYC… Page 1: "Westmoreland Asks McNamara For More Troops–Says U.S Forces Are Slowly Winning War But Must Step Up the Pressure–They Confer In Saigon–No Specifics Figures Given on Manpower Request–Believed to Be 100,000″… "General William Westmoreland, the United States Commander in Vietnam renewed today his appeal to send him more troops…The General told the Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on his ninth visit to South Vietnam, and now is the time to step-up the pressure by reinforcing our mounting successes. 'The war is not a stalemate. We are winning slowly and steadily. The North Vietnamese are paying a tremendous price with nothing to show for it, said General Westmoreland. …he is known to want between 100,000 and 200,000 more men. About 464,000 American servicemen are now in Vietnam."... Page 1: "150 of Enemy Die in Vietnam Battle"... "…killed by air and artillery when caught in open yesterday near the demilitarized zone. No American losses."
Page 1: "Chichester Sails Up Thames And is Dubbed a Knight by Queen Elizabeth (Picture of dubbing)"… "Sir Francis Chichester, home from the seas, was dubbed a knight today by !Queen Elizabeth, II, in a ceremony witnessed by millions on television. In pale sunshine on the grand quadrangle of the Royal Naval college of Greenwich, Sir Francis, looking tanned and fit, received the accolade of knighthood when gently tapped on the shoulders with a sword that was presented to Sir Francis Drake by Queen Elizabeth I in 1581." oohrah…. (Humble Host note: For those of us who have encountered swells and heavy rollers that come in above the horizon, drop you into a trough looking into a wall of green water 70-feet high, and keep on coming for a day or two, there is nothing but unbounded admiration for the human who dares to take on Mother Nature and the great waters of the world alone in a ketch … Sir Francis (Chichester)… youdaman!!! … oohrahX2)…
Page 8: "Reagan Tax Bill Gains in Senate"... "The biggest tax bill in California history, reflecting generally the demands of Governor Ronald Reagan was reported to the State Senate today by the Democratic-dominated Finance Committee. Bill is designed to raise $1-billion. The personal income tax raise would be $3 for a family of 4 on an $8,000 income. At $10,000 the increase would be $26/year and at $100,000 the tax would increase by $2,455."… Page 8: "Hecklers Greet Lindsay's Tour of Harlem With Shouts for Jobs"… "Mayor John Lindsay walked through a crowd of 500 hecklers who spoiled his plans for a 'quiet walking tour' of Harlem. Mayor, 'No problem,' as crowd chanted 'we want jobs, we want jobs.' "...Page 9: "Romney is Confident On New Hampshire Primary:... "confident he can win the New Hampshire presidential primary next March."… Page 10: "Restrain Urged In Race Riot News–U.S. Officials Seek Delays Pending Police Action"… "Officials of the Justice Department have been meeting quietly with news media representatives in racially tense cities to urge restraint in reporting racial outbursts…target is local radio and television stations."… Page 6: "Soviet Assures U.S. On Consuls– Said at Glassboro Meeting it Would Ratify Treaty"... "Soviet Union reluctant to take any bilateral steps toward cooperation as long as the Vietnam war."…
8 July 1967… The President's TS Daily CIA Brief… NORTH VIETNAM: Hanoi announced yesterday that Nguyen Chi Thanh–a four star general– and a member of the North Vietnamese Politburo–is dead of a heart attack. Thanh was the Viet Cong commander-in-chief and a noted hardliner in the Hanoi leadership. …CONGO: Mobutu's troops regained control of Bukavu yesterday. The Congolese apparently have also retaken Kisangani (Stanleyville), and at least one plane load of mercenaries from there has reached Rhodesia…. ISRAEL: Prime Minister Eshkol openly criticized Defense Minister Dayan yesterday and this may well lead to Dayan's resignation and a more flexible Israeli position on terms for a settlement. Dayan is unlikely to remain silent in the face of Eshkol's statement that the defense minister's "self-praise is not honorable."… MOROCCO: King Hassan is giving every indication that he intends to preserve his country's pro-western Stance despite mounting criticism of his regime. His choice of new premier on Thursday–a man friendly to the U.S.–is the most recent case in point. All in all, Hassan is clearly stepping up to his responsibilities…
8 JULY 1967… OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER… New York Times (9 July reporting 8 July ops)…Page 3: "MIG Base Attacked"... "American pilots attacked the Kep base near Hanoi and blasted more petroleum dumps near Haiphong yesterday. Air Force Thunderchief pilots from Korat Air Base in Thailand bombed the main runway of the Kep airfield, setting off a large explosion…there were no MIGs sighted on the field or in the air. This was the 10th attack on the Kep MIG base since April 24. The Kep base is 38 miles northeast of Hanoi."… Page 1: "Marine pilots attacked a North Vietnamese surface to air missile site in the DMZ yesterday. It was the first missile site in the zone with more than one launcher. Marine and Air Force pilots attacked a rocket position inside the zone and six artillery positions just north of it. ..Air Force Thunderchief pilots raided the MIG base at Kep for the 11th time and reported all runways and taxiways had been damaged. Other pilots struck petroleum and railroad targets."…
"Vietnam: Air Losses" (Chris Hobson) There was one fixed wing aircraft lost in Southeast Asia on 8 July 1967…
(1) A B-52D of the 22nd BW attached to 4135th BW at Anderson AFB, Guam suffered multiple engine failures on an Arc Light mission and diverted to make an emergency landing at Danang. The aircraft landed long, the drag chute failed, and the aircraft entered the overrun and exploded. Five of the six crew members were killed in the accident, only the tail gunner survived. MAJOR GENE WESLEY BROWN, CAPTAIN JAMES THOMAS DAVIS, CAPTAIN ANTHONY KENT JOHNSON, CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY PRITCHARD, and CAPTAIN DONALD J. REYNOLDS perished in the service of our country fifty years ago today… They rest in peace…
RIPPLE SALVO… #490… VIETNAM HISTORY by Ken Burns and Steven Spielberg… coming to your living room and a theater near you… I am trying to keep an open mind… not easy, these guys have track records that indicate they march to a different drummer than me… I watched the Burns trailer for his 18-hour PBS series on the Vietnam war today and join Fred Koster the director of the movie "Ride the Thunder" in his skepticism of what's coming from both the Burns and the Spielberg/Tom Hanks retelling of real history on the silver screen. Humble Host recommends the Ken Burns 25 minute teaser video at:
http://www.pbs.org/video/3001104790/
The Spielberg movie is not due until December… Hope it doesn't spoil the Christmas season for those of us who missed a few Christmas seasons deployed in Southeast Asia making history… I missed the Fred Koster movie,"Ride the Thunder." He advertises four for the price of two DVDs at:
Anybody recommend I buy a few for the grandkids?… RTR QUOTE for 8 July: Patrick J. Sloyan ("The Politics of Deception"): "Kennedy's order to get rid of Diem was the real beginning of the American war in Vietnam." Humble Host notes that this conclusion is unlikely to be part of the Ken Burn's version of the Vietnam war….we'll see…
Lest we forget… Bear
COMMENT:
EDWARD J. HAERTER July 8, 2017 @ 6:32 am The tail gunner of the B-52 at DaNang survived because one of the firemen ran to the burning plane, which was in the middle of a minefield and pulled him out. When he was asked why he did it, he replied that he just ran in the track the plane had made after the gear came off. Quite a kid, 19 as I remember.
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From the List Archives
Military History
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Thanks to InterestingFacts
The Appalachian Mountains aren't the world's largest mountains. And though they stretch from Canada to Alabama, they aren't even the world's longest (that honor goes to the mid-ocean ridge, a chain 40,389 miles long). However, the Appalachian chain does stand among the world's oldest mountains, with some of its rocks dating back 1.2 billion years — a milestone that makes these peaks older than the Atlantic Ocean.
The oldest parts of the Appalachian Mountains began to rise when our planet looked much different. At the time of their creation, North America was still attached to Europe and most of Asia, making up the supercontinent Laurasia. However, a collision between Laurasia and Gondwana — the massive continental fusion that included Africa, India, South America, Australia, and Antarctica — would eventually create Pangaea, and the first Appalachian peaks along with it. As Pangaea formed around 320 million years ago, the earliest Appalachian mountains began to grow, reaching far higher into the sky than they do today; initially, the southern subrange we call the Blue Ridge Mountains had the largest summits in the world. However, Pangaea eventually broke apart, leaving a rift that would become the Atlantic Ocean about 150 million years ago, as the continents separated.
Today, around 3 million people hike through the Appalachian Mountains along the Appalachian Trail, a feat that wouldn't at all be possible had the mountain range remained as high as the Himalayas. Thankfully for backpackers, millions of years of erosion have brought the still-stunning mountain chain to a more trekkable level, averaging a more manageable 3,000 feet above sea level.
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This Day in U S Military History…….July 8
1760 – The Battle of Restigouche, a naval battle fought during the French and Indian War on the Restigouche River between the British Royal Navy and the small flotilla of vessels of the French Navy, Acadian militia and Mi'kmaq militias. The French vessels had been sent to relieve New France after the fall of Quebec. Supplies were extraordinarily important because France ran their colonies such that the colonies were wholly dependent on products and manufacturing of the motherland. The loss of the Battle of Restigouche and the consequent inability to supply the troops, marked the end of any serious attempt by France to keep hold of their colonies in North America, and it severely curtailed any hopes for a lengthy resistance to the British by the French forces that remained. The battle was the last major engagement of the Mi'kmaq and Acadian militias before the Burying of the Hatchet Ceremony between the Mi'kmaq and the British.
1775 – The Olive Branch Petition, adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, was signed by members of the Continental Congress. The petition was a final attempt to avoid a full-blown war between the Thirteen Colonies that the Congress represented, and Great Britain. The petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict. In August 1775 the colonies were formally declared to be in rebellion by the Proclamation of Rebellion, and the petition was rejected in fact, although not having been received by the king before declaring the Congress-supporting colonists traitors.
1776 – In Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell rings out from the tower of the Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall), summoning citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, by Colonel John Nixon. On July 4, the historic document was adopted by delegates to the Continental Congress meeting in the State House. However, the Liberty Bell, which bore the apt biblical quotation, "Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land unto All the Inhabitants Thereof," was not rung until the Declaration of Independence returned from the printer on July 8. In 1751, to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of Pennsylvania's original constitution, the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly ordered the 2,000-pound copper and tin bell constructed. After being cracked during a test, and then recast twice, the bell was hung from the State House steeple in June 1753. Rung to call the Pennsylvania Assembly together and to summon people for special announcements and events, it was also rung on important occasions, such as when King George III ascended to the throne in 1761 and to call the people together to discuss Parliament's controversial Stamp Act of 1765. With the outbreak of the American Revolution in April 1775, the bell was rung to announce the battles of Lexington and Concord. Its most famous tolling was on July 8, 1776, when it summoned Philadelphia citizens for the first reading of the Declaration of Independence. As the British advanced toward Philadelphia in the fall of 1777, the bell was removed from the city and hidden in Allentown to save it from being melted down by the British and used for cannons. After the British defeat in 1781, the bell was returned to Philadelphia, which was the nation's capital from 1790 to 1800. In addition to marking important events, the bell tolled annually to celebrate George Washington's birthday on February 22, and Independence Day on July 4. In 1839, the name "Liberty Bell" was first coined in a poem in an abolitionist pamphlet. The question of when the Liberty Bell acquired its famous fracture has been the subject of a good deal of historical dispute. In the most commonly accepted account, the bell suffered a major break while tolling for the funeral of the chief justice of the United States, John Marshall, in 1835, and in 1846 the crack expanded to its present size while in use to mark Washington's birthday. After that date, it was regarded as unsuitable for ringing, but it was still ceremoniously tapped on occasion to commemorate important events. On June 6, 1944, when Allied forces invaded France, the sound of the bell's dulled ring was broadcast by radio across the United States. In 1976, the Liberty Bell was moved to a new pavilion about 100 yards from Independence Hall in preparation for America's bicentennial celebrations.
1853 – Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, representing the U.S. government, sails into Tokyo Bay, Japan, with a squadron of four vessels. For a time, Japanese officials refused to speak with Perry, but under threat of attack by the superior American ships they accepted letters from President Millard Fillmore, making the United States the first Western nation to establish relations with Japan since it had been declared closed to foreigners two centuries before. Only the Dutch and the Chinese were allowed to continue trade with Japan after 1639, but this trade was restricted and confined to the island of Dejima at Nagasaki. After giving Japan time to consider the establishment of external relations, Commodore Perry returned to Tokyo with nine ships in March 1854. On March 31, he signed the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade and permitting the establishment of a U.S. consulate in Japan. In April 1860, the first Japanese diplomats to visit a foreign power in over 200 years reached Washington, D.C., and remained in the U.S. capital for several weeks, discussing expansion of trade with the United States. Treaties with other Western powers followed soon after, contributing to the collapse of the shogunate and ultimately the modernization of Japan.
1947 – In New Mexico the Roswell Daily Record reported the military's capture of a flying saucer. It became known as the Roswell Incident. Officials later called the debris a "harmless, high-altitude weather balloon. In 1994 the Air Force released a report saying the wreckage was part of a device used to spy on the Soviets.
1959 – Maj. Dale R. Ruis and Master Sgt. Chester M. Ovnand become the first Americans killed in the American phase of the Vietnam War when guerrillas strike a Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) compound in Bien Hoa, 20 miles northeast of Saigon. The group had arrived in South Vietnam on November 1, 1955, to provide military assistance. The organization consisted of U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps personnel who provided advice and assistance to the Ministry of Defense, Joint General Staff, corps and division commanders, training centers, and province and district headquarters.
1960 – The Soviet Union charged Francis Gary Powers, whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the country, with espionage.
2010 – An article tilted, "The Runaway General", appeared in Rolling Stone magazine, in which General Stanley McChrystal and his staff mocked civilian government officials, including Joe Biden, National Security Advisor James L. Jones, US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry, and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke. McChrystal was not quoted as being directly critical of the president or the president's policies, but several comments from his aides in the article reflected their perception of McChrystal's disappointment with Obama on the first two occasions of their meeting. This leads to McChrystal's resignation and replacement as Commander of US forces in Afghanistan by General David Petraeus.
2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
CARNEY, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Wagner, S.C., 18 July 1863. Entered service at: New Bedford, Mass. Birth: Norfolk, Va. Date of issue: 23 May 1900. Citation: When the color sergeant was shot down, this soldier grasped the flag, led the way to the parapet, and planted the colors thereon. When the troops fell back he brought off the flag, under a fierce fire in which he was twice severely wounded.
CO-RUX-TE-CHOD-ISH (Mad Bear)
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Pawnee Scouts, U.S. Army. Place and date: At Republican River, Kans., 8 July 1869. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Nebraska. Date of issue: 24 August 1869. Citation: Ran out from the command in pursuit of a dismounted Indian; was shot down and badly wounded by a bullet from his own command.
KYLE, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company M, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: Near Republican River, Kans., 8 July 1869. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio. Date of issue: 24 August 1869. Citation: This soldier and 2 others were attacked by 8 Indians, but beat them off and badly wounded 2 of them.
*TIMMERMAN, GRANT FREDERICK
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 14 February 1919, Americus, Kans. Accredited to: Kansas. Other Navy award: Bronze Star Medal. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as tank commander serving with the 2d Battalion, 6th Marines, 2d Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan, Marianas Islands, on 8 July 1944. Advancing with his tank a few yards ahead of the infantry in support of a vigorous attack on hostile positions, Sgt. Timmerman maintained steady fire from his antiaircraft sky mount machinegun until progress was impeded by a series of enemy trenches and pillboxes. Observing a target of opportunity, he immediately ordered the tank stopped and, mindful of the danger from the muzzle blast as he prepared to open fire with the 75mm., fearlessly stood up in the exposed turret and ordered the infantry to hit the deck. Quick to act as a grenade, hurled by the Japanese, was about to drop into the open turret hatch, Sgt. Timmerman unhesitatingly blocked the opening with his body holding the grenade against his chest and taking the brunt of the explosion. His exception valor and loyalty in saving his men at the cost of his own life reflect the highest credit upon Sgt. Timmerman and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country.
*SHEA, RICHARD T., JR.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company A 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Sokkogae, Korea, 6 to 8 July 1953. Entered service at: Portsmouth, Va. Born: 3 January 1927, Portsmouth, Va. G.O. No.: 38, 8 June 1955. Citation: 1st Lt. Shea, executive officer, Company A, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. On the night of 6 July, he was supervising the reinforcement of defensive positions when the enemy attacked with great numerical superiority. Voluntarily proceeding to the area most threatened, he organized and led a counterattack and, in the bitter fighting which ensued, closed with and killed 2 hostile soldiers with his trench knife. Calmly moving among the men, checking positions, steadying and urging the troops to hold firm, he fought side by side with them throughout the night. Despite heavy losses, the hostile force pressed the assault with determination, and at dawn made an all-out attempt to overrun friendly elements. Charging forward to meet the challenge, 1st Lt. Shea and his gallant men drove back the hostile troops. Elements of Company G joined the defense on the afternoon of 7 July, having lost key personnel through casualties. Immediately integrating these troops into his unit, 1st Lt. Shea rallied a group of 20 men and again charged the enemy. Although wounded in this action, he refused evacuation and continued to lead the counterattack. When the assaulting element was pinned down by heavy machine gun fire, he personally rushed the emplacement and, firing his carbine and lobbing grenades with deadly accuracy, neutralized the weapon and killed 3 of the enemy. With forceful leadership and by his heroic example, 1st Lt. Shea coordinated and directed a holding action throughout the night and the following morning. On 8 July, the enemy attacked again. Despite additional wounds, he launched a determined counterattack and was last seen in close hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. 1st Lt. Shea's inspirational leadership and unflinching courage set an illustrious example of valor to the men of his regiment, reflecting lasting glory upon himself and upholding the noble traditions of the military service.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for July 8, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
8 July
1913: Beckwith Havens made the first long-distance flight in a Curtiss Flying Boat, flying 885 miles on the Great Lakes. (24)
1940: Boeing's 307B Stratoliner, with a pressurized cabin, made its first commercial flight from Burbank, Calif., to Long Island, N. Y. (21) (24)
1941: The RAF used B-17s for the first time in a daylight raid on Wilhelmshaven, Germany. (21)
1943: Col Malcolm G. Grow, an Eighth Air Force surgeon, received a Legion of Merit for designing the flak vest and steel helmet to deflect low velocity missiles from American airmen. (4) (24)
1944: Lt Col Clifford Heflin flew his C-47 on the first mission into France to rescue airmen who had parachuted behind enemy lines. (21)
1950: KOREAN WAR. From radio-equipped jeeps, Lts Oliver Duerksen and Frank Chermak provided the first forward air control to direct air-to-ground attacks. (28)
1955: At Hurricane, Utah, a rocket sled made the first run on the 12,000-foot Supersonic Military Air Research Track (SMART). (24)
1960: Operation NEW TAPE. The Congo's independence from Beligum led to civil war. To help the Africans, the UN started airlift operations. Through January
1964, MATS flew 2,128 missions to move 63,798 people and 18,593 tons to cargo. On 15 July, USAFE also began helping with the airlift operations. (2) (4)
1961: Using three RB-50s and one C-54, a 138-man team from the 1370th Photo Mapping Wing surveyed the Hawaiian archipelago to establish a geodetic position for the Midway and Johnston Islands in relation to the Hawaiian Islands.
1962: Operation DOMINIC. From Johnston Island, a Thor IRBM carried a megaton-plus hydrogen bomb above 200 miles in altitude. The detonation marked the highest thermonuclear blast by a US bomb, and perhaps, the highest of any nation. It also provided the U.S. public with the first display of the major EMP affects of a high-alt nuclear burst. (16) (24)
1965: SYNCOM II and III communications satellites transferred from NASA to the Defense Communications Agency. The USAF also gained control over three telemetry and command stations at the Seychelles Islands, Hawaii, and Guam. These stations maintained control and positioning of the satellites. (21) Hollywood stunt pilot Paul Mantz died in a crash at Buttercup Valley, Ariz., while filming the Flight of the Phoenix. (8: Jul 90)
1966: From Cape Kennedy, a Minuteman II launched, carrying the first Mark 12 Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle. (6)
1969: The first of 25,000 troops to be withdrawn from SEA under President Nixon's new policy were airlifted by C-141s from Vietnam to McChord AFB. (16) (26)
1977: SECDEF Harold Brown decided to end production of the Minuteman III. (12)
1979: Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD I. Through 16 July, SAC exercised every phase of its Single Integrated Operations Plan (SIOP), short of nuclear war. The Global Shield exercise featured full involvement by SAC's active forces and AFRES units as most bombers, tankers, and missiles were placed on alert. Some aircraft also dispersed to preselected bases, while others flew sorties over radar bomb-scoring sites. (1)
1993: At its plant in York, England, Slingsby Aviation rolled out the first T-3A Enhanced Flight Screener for the USAF. (20)
1998: An upgraded T-38C Talon advanced trainer aircraft flew for the first time over Mesa, Ariz. The T-38 received improved avionics under the Avionics Upgrade Program (AUP) and the Pacer Classic initiative. The T-38C took off from the Williams Gateway Airport Runway for a 1 hour 20 minute flight with Boeing test pilot Ed Wilson sitting in the front seat and USAF test pilot, Capt John Deems, in the rear seat. (AFNEWS Article 981017, 14 Jul 98) Exercise BALTIC CHALLENGE '98. Through 9 July, a 445 AW (AFRC) C-141 aircrew from Wright-Patterson AFB airlifted five dolphins, their handlers, and veterinarians from NAS North Island to Palanga IAP, Lithuania, to participate in this joint military land and sea exercise. The dolphins found and marked mines on the Baltic Sea floor and searched for live ordnance from World War II. On 20 July, another 445 AW aircrew returned the dolphins to California. (22)
2001: Boeing's X-32 Joint Strike Fighter successfully completed its flight-test pogram with a series of short takeoffs at NAS Patuxent River. (AFNEWS Article 0942, 12 Jul 2001)
2006: In a ceremony within a Wyoming ANG hangar at Cheyenne, Lt Col Steve Hopkins (USAF) took command of the USAF's new 30th Airlift Squadron. The 30th would be under the operational control of the Wyoming Air Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing and share the latter's C-130 transports, but it would be administratively attached to the 463rd Airlift Group at Little Rock AFB, Ark. The 30th was the first unit of its kind associated with the ANG. (32)
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