To All
Good Saturday Morning August 5 2023.
I hope that you all have a great weekend
Regards,
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This Day in Navy and Marine Corps History:
August 5
1832 USS Potomac, becomes the first U.S. Navy ship to entertain royalty, King and Queen of Sandwich Islands
1858 The last bit of cable is laid by USS Niagara and British ship Agamemnon to complete the first trans-Atlantic cable. Niagara's boats carried the end of the cable ashore at Brills Mouth Island, Newfoundland, and the same day Agamemnon landed her end of the cable at England. The first message flashed across August 16 when Queen Victoria sent a cable to President James Buchanan.
1864 Rear Adm. David G. Farragut successfully navigates through a deadly torpedo field Confederates lay in order to block the channel into Mobile Bay. During the battle, Farragut gives his famous quote, Damn the Torpedoes, Full speed ahead!
1882 The first US Navy steel warships (USS Atlanta, USS Boston, USS Chicago and USS Dolphin), are authorized by Congress, beginning the New Navy. Subsequently known as the A, B, C, D ships, they are built at Chester, Pa. USS Dolphin is commissioned first in 1885, followed by USS Atlanta (1886), USS Boston (1887), and USS Chicago (1889).
1921 The Yangtze River Patrol Force is established as a command under the Asiatic Fleet. The force serves in the area until December 1941 when the force is disestablished with many of the ships captured, or scuttled, and the crews taken prisoner by the Japanese.
1944 USS Barbel (SS 316) sinks Japanese merchant passenger-cargo ship, Miyako Maru, off Tokuno Jima while USS Cero (SS 225) attacks a Japanese convoy off Minanao and sinks oiler, Tsurumi, in Davao Gulf. Also on this date, PBY aircraft sinks small Japanese cargo vessel No.2, Eiko Maru, off Taoelahat.
1990 Operation Sharp Edge begins, with the Navy and Marines evacuating U.S. citizens and foreign nationals from Liberia during its civil war.
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This Day in World History
5 August
1391 Castilian sailors in Barcelona, Spain set fire to a Jewish ghetto, killing 100 people and setting off four days of violence against Jews.
1762 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign a treaty agreeing on the partition of Poland.
1763 Colonel Henry Bouquet decisively defeats the Indians at the Battle of Bushy Run in Pennsylvania during Pontiac's rebellion.
1815 A peace treaty with Tripoli--which follows treaties with Algeria and Tunis--brings an end to the Barbary Wars.
1858 The first transatlantic cable is completed.
1861 Congress adopts the nation's first income tax to finance the Civil War.
1864 The Union Navy captures Mobile Bay in Alabama.
1892 Harriet Tubman receives a pension from Congress for her work as a nurse, spy and scout during the Civil War.
1914 The first electric traffic signal lights are installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
1914 The British Expeditionary Force mobilizes for World War I.
1915 The Austro-German Army takes Warsaw, in present-day Poland, on the Eastern Front.
1916 The British navy defeats the Ottomans at the naval battle off Port Said, Egypt.
1921Mustafa Kemal is appointed virtual ruler of the Ottoman Empire.
1941 The German army completes taking 410,000 Russian prisoners in the Uman and Smolensk pockets in the Soviet Union.
1951 The United Nations Command suspends armistice talks with the North Koreans when armed troops are spotted in neutral areas.
1962 Actress Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances.
1964 President Lyndon Johnson begins bombing North Vietnam in retaliation for the Gulf of Tonkin incident and asks Congress to go to war against North Vietnam.
1974 President Richard Nixon admits he ordered a cover-up for political as well as national security reasons
1981 President Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers.
1992 Four police officers are indicted on civil rights charges in the beating of Rodney King.
1995 Croatian forces capture the city of Knin, a Serb stronghold, during Operation Storm.
1997 The mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Ramzi Yousef, goes on trial.
2012 A gunman in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, opens fire in a Sikh temple, killing six before committing suicide.
1962 Marilyn Monroe is found dead
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
Thanks to THE BEAR
Subject: ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED… 4 AUGUST
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 5 August 1968…
American Imperialism: "First, we break it, then, Shazam, we own it."
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
Thanks to Mac
Subject: Contemporary Conundrum
As a man or woman, I used to think I was pretty much just a regular person, but I was born white, into a two-parent household which now, whether I like it or not, makes me privileged, a racist, and responsible for slavery.
I am a fiscal and moral conservative, which by today's standards, makes me a fascist because I plan, budget, and support myself.
I went to High School, and have always held a job. But I now find out that I am not here because I earned it, but because I was "advantaged".
I am heterosexual, which according to gay folks, now makes me a homophobe.
I am not a Muslim, which now labels me as an infidel.
I am older than 70, making me a useless parasite who doesn't understand Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat.
I think and I reason, and I doubt much of what the 'main stream' media tells me, which makes me a Right-wing conspiracy nut.
I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, making me a xenophobe.
I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according teach individual's merits, which today makes me an anti-socialist.
I believe our system guarantees freedom of effort - not freedom of outcome or subsidies which must make me a borderline sociopath.
I believe in the defense and protection of the United States for and by all citizens, now making me a militant.
I am proud of our flag, what it stands for, and the many who died to let it fly, so I stand during our National Anthem - so I must be a racist.
Please help me come to terms with the new me because I'm just not sure who I am anymore !
Funny - it all took place over the last 7 or 8 years! If all this nonsense wasn't enough to deal with, now I don't even know which restroom to use... and these days I gotta go more frequently.
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Some humor from the archives
Thanks to Barrell
Subject: Captain Smithers
In the greatest days of the British Empire , a new commanding officer
was sent to a jungle outpost to relieve the retiring colonel.
After welcoming his replacement and showing the courtesies (gin and
tonic, cucumber sandwiches) that protocol decrees, the retiring colonel
said, "You must meet Captain Smithers, my right-hand man, God, he's really
the strength of this office. His talent is simply boundless."
Smithers was summoned and introduced to the new CO,
who was surprised to meet a toothless, hairless, scabbed and pockmarked
specimen of humanity, a particularly unattractive man less than three foot
tall.
"Smithers, old man, tell your new CO about yourself."
"Well, sir, I graduated with honours from Sandhurst , joined the
regiment and won the Military Cross and Bar after three expeditions behind
enemy lines.
I've represented Great Britain in equestrian events and won a Silver
Medal in the middleweight division of the Olympics. I have researched the
history of..."
Here the colonel interrupted, "Yes, yes, never mind that Smithers, the
CO can find all that in your file. Tell him about the day you told the
witch doctor to get f@#$%d."
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These are always fun
I believe these laws to be true and factual. Especially Oliver's Law.
Jerry
1.Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.
2.Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
3. Law of Probability- The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
4.Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.
6.Variation Law -If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).
7. Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.
8. Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
9. Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.
10. Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
11.. Law of the Theater & Hockey Arena - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk.
12. The Coffee Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
13.Murphy's Law of Lockers - If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
14. Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.
15.Law of Logical Argument- Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
16.Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they're ugly.
17.Oliver's Law of Public Speaking - A closed mouth gathers no feet.
18.Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy -As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.
19. Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better.. But don't make an appointment, and you'll stay sick.
If you don't forward
this to 1 of your friends within
the next 5 minutes your belly
button will unscrew and your
butt will fall off.
Really.... It's true
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We have about 15 chickens and two nasty roosters
They continue to draw some interesting wildlife and our Ring Cameras get some interesting shots. Just last night a coyote was on his hind legs peering into the cage. Have not seen the mountain Lion for a few months but the bobcat was here a couple weeks ago.
Thanks to Interesting Facts
6 Chicken Facts to Cluck About
It's true: Chickens really are descendants of dinosaurs, walking the Earth as one of the closest living relatives to the Tyrannosaurus rex. But that's not the only impressive thing about these fowl. Chickens are incredibly adaptive creatures found in nearly every part of the world — barring Antarctica and the Vatican City — and are able to fly short distances, swim, and even communicate with the outside world before hatching from their shells. Read on for six more facts about these curious, clucking egg-layers.
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Some Early Chickens Were Considered Sacred Animals
Scientists aren't exactly sure when humans first domesticated chickens. Some research had estimated that humans first became flock-keepers around 8,000 years ago or more, perhaps somewhere in China, India, or Southeast Asia. But more recent research shows the first clear evidence for domestic chickens in the archaeological record is only about 3,500 years ago, from a site in Thailand. And some archaeological evidence supports an idea that the earliest human-raised chickens may not have been eaten, but instead revered. Archaeologists have unearthed the bones of whole chickens at dig sites in Britain and Europe, which researchers have carbon dated to the Iron Age. None of the birds had been butchered, they were primarily older in age when they died, and one had a healed leg fracture, possibly from the help of a human caretaker. On occasion, the birds were buried alongside humans, possibly used as psychopomps, aka animals tasked with leading the deceased to the afterlife. Writings from Julius Caesar indicate the earliest Britons didn't eat chickens, and instead raised the birds for "their own amusement or pleasure," a practice that remained until Romans introduced eating the birds around 43 CE.
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Ancient Chickens May Have Had Teeth
Like most birds, chickens are toothless, equipped instead with gizzards (muscles in the digestive tract) that help break down their food for digestion. Their omnivore diet first enters their crop, a pouch-like organ that stores and softens food, before it moves to their digestive system. From there, food moves to the gizzard. While this system allows chickens to forage and feast without chompers, scientists believe poultry of the past may have eaten differently — with teeth. That's because the earliest known birds had teeth, though the feature began to disappear more than 100 million years ago in place of developing beaks. However, some researchers believe it's still possible for chickens to grow teeth, since their DNA contains the genetic code (which stuck around to help modern chickens grow feathers). In 2006, scientists were able to make small genetic modifications that enabled chicken embryos to develop teeth, which looked similar to reptile teeth — though the chickens were ultimately prevented from hatching.
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Chickens Can Recognize One Another… and Humans
Chickens aren't often considered to be especially bright animals, though there's evidence they're smarter than we once believed. Scientists have long studied chickens, with the first research into chicken intelligence emerging around the 1920s thanks to observation of their pecking order (aka how the birds establish social hierarchies in their flock). In the 100 years since, researchers have determined that chickens have a wide range of communication skills, able to produce 24 different vocalizations that alert their fellow fowl about predators, food, and an interest in mating. Chickens are also capable of differentiating between numbers and can identify patterns and shapes. Those memory skills help chickens recognize up to 30 other birds, a process that starts within 36 hours after hatching, when chicks imprint on their mother hen. Chickens can also recognize human faces, and even have preferences for who they find attractive — a 2002 study found that chickens preferred looking at humans with more symmetrical faces (just like humans do).
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The World's Oldest Living Chicken Is Named Peanut
Backyard chickens are often considered food-producing pets, providing companionship and entertainment while also laying eggs. Most hens live for between six and eight years, and typically lay eggs for the first three to four years of their lives. Sometimes, they even become record holders, like Peanut, the world's oldest living chicken. Born in southeastern Michigan in 2002, Peanut reached the verified age of 20 years and 304 days on March 1, 2023. Initially believed to be a dud egg, Peanut was nearly abandoned as a chick before her owner heard the bird pipping from inside her shell; with some assistance, Peanut successfully hatched and became an inside-dwelling pet for the first few years of her life. Peanut laid eggs until age 8 — some of which produced her living grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who reside in the same backyard she roams. Today, the geriatric hen spends her days sleeping, eating, and even watching TV as she inches towards the record for the world's oldest known chicken ever — an achievement held by a bird named Muffy, who was born in 1989 and reached 23 years and 152 days old (she died in 2012).
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There Are More Chickens on Earth Than People
Our planet is home to a lot of humans. There are more of us now than at any other point in known history, yet we're still outnumbered by chickens. In November 2022, the global human population hit 8 billion, with projections showing there may be 9.7 billion of us by 2050. But even then, there will probably be more chickens, considering that at last count, in 2021, their population clocked in at 25.8 billion, largely thanks to commercial poultry farming. In some regions, the ratio is particularly evident; Delaware residents are reportedly outnumbered by 200 chickens to every one human.
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A Rooster Once Crashed a President's Inaugural Ball
Chicken is common fare at even the fanciest of dinners, though in 1973, a rooster who wasn't on the menu still found its way into one of the country's most upscale parties: the presidential inaugural ball. Following his successful reelection campaign, President Richard Nixon held an extravagant inaugural celebration at the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology (now called the American History Museum). One of the gallery's exhibits on farm life included real, living chickens — including a rooster who escaped from its pen and into the party. The bird caused a minor commotion as it mingled among guests, but was promptly captured and returned to its display by S. Dillion Ripley, an ornithologist (aka bird expert) who served as the Smithsonian's eighth secretary.
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Thanks to Newell
A Global Warming Warning!!!
Scary, read the last paragraph!!!
The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from the Consulate at Bergen, Norway. Reports from fishermen, seal hunters and explorers all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto unheard of temperatures in the Arctic zone.
Exploration expeditions report that scarcely any ice has been met as far north as 81 degrees 29 minutes. Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the gulf stream still very warm. Great masses of ice have been replaced by moraines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many points well known glaciers have entirely disappeared.
Very few seals and no white fish are found in the eastern Arctic, while vast shoals of herring and smelts which have never before ventured so far north, are being encountered in the old seal fishing grounds. Within a few years it is predicted that due to the ice melt the sea will rise and make most coast cities uninhabitable.
This report was from November 2 , 1922, as reported by the AP and published in The Washington Post about 101 years ago. This must have been caused by the Model T Ford's emissions or possibly from horse and cattle farts!
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This Day in U S Military History……. August 5
1864 – Rear Admiral Farragut took his squadron of 18 ships, including four monitors, against the heavy Confederate defenses of Mobile Bay. Soon after 6 a.m., the Union ships crossed the bar and moved into the bay. The monitors Tecumseh, Manhattan, Winnebago, and Chickasaw formed a column to starboard of the wooden ships in order to take most of the fire from Fort Morgan, which they had to pass at close range. The seven smaller wooden ships were lashed to tile port side of the larger wooden screw steamers, as in the passage of Port Hudson, Mississippi River. Shortly before 7 o'clock, Tecumseh, Commander T.A.M. Craven, opened fire on Fort Morgan. The action quickly became general. The Confederate squadron under Admiral Buchanan, including the heavy ram Tennessee (6 guns) and the smaller ships Gaines (6 guns), Selma (4 guns), and Morgan (6 guns), moved out to engage the attackers. Craven headed Tecumseh straight at Tennessee, bent on engaging her at once. Suddenly, a terrific explosion rocked the Union monitor. She careened violently and went down in seconds, the victim of one of the much-feared torpedoes laid by the Confederates for harbor defense. Amidst the confusion below decks as men struggled to escape the sinking ship, Craven and the pilot, John Collins, arrived at the foot of the ladder leading to the main deck. The captain stepped back. "After you, pilot," he said. Collins was saved, but there was no afterwards for the heroic Craven. He and some 90 officers and men of Tecumseh's crew of 114 went down with the ship. Captain Alden called them "intrepid pioneers of that death-strewed path." Alden, in Brooklyn, was to Tecumseh's port when the disaster occurred; the heavy steamer stopped and began backing to clear "a row of suspecious-looking buoys" directly under Brooklyn's bow. The entire line of wooden vessels was drifting into confusion immediately under the guns of Fort Morgan. Farragut, lashed in the rigging to observe the action over the smoke billowing from the guns, acted promptly and resolutely, characteristic of a great leader who in war must constantly meet emergencies fraught with danger. The only course was the boldest through the torpedo field. "Damn the torpedoes," he ordered; "full speed ahead " (Flag Lieutenant John C. Watson later recalled that Farragut's exact words were: "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead, Drayton! Hard astarboard; ring four bells! Eight bells! Sixteen bells!") His flagship Hartford s wept past Brooklyn into the rows of torpedoes; the fleet followed. The torpedoes were heard bumping against the hulls but none exploded. The Union force steamed into the bay. Hardly past one hazard, Farragut was immediately faced with another: Buchanan attempted to ram Hartford with Tennessee. The Union ship slipped by her slower, clumsier antagonist, returning her fire but also being raked by the fire of gunboat C.S.S. Selma, Lieutenant Peter U. Murphey. Wooden double-ender U.S.S. Metacomet, Lieutenant Commander Jouett, engaged Selma and, though sustaining considerable damage, compelled her to strike her colors shortly after 9 a.m. Meanwhile, Tennessee also attempted in vain to ram Brooklyn. C.S.S. Gaines, Lieu-tenant John W. Bennett, advanced to engage the Union ships as they entered the bay, but she suffered a steering casualty early in the action. ". . . subjected to a very heavy concentrated fire from the Hartford, Richmond, and others at short range . . . , Bennett soon found his command in a sinking condition. He ran her aground near Fort Morgan and salvaged most of the ammuni-tion and small arms before she settled in two fathoms. C.S.S. Morgan, Commander George W. Harrison, briefly engaged Metacomet to assist Selma prior to her surrender, but as the action took place at high speed, Morgan could not maintain her position and faced the possibility of being cut off and captured by two Union ships. Harrison determined to take her under Fort Morgan's guns and later he saved her by boldly running the gauntlet of Federal ships to Mobile. Meanwhile, 300-ton side-wheeler U.S.S. Philippi, Acting Master James T. Seaver, "wishing to be of assistance to the fleet in case any vessels were disabled," grounded near Fort Morgan attempting to get into the bay. The fort's heavy guns quickly found the range and riddled Philippi with shot and shell, forcing Seaver and his crew to abandon ship. A boat crew from C.S.S. Morgan completed her destruction by setting her afire. The Union fleet, having steamed up into the bay, anchored briefly. Buchanan heroically carried the fight to his powerful opponents alone. Farragut reported: "I was not long in comprehending his intention to be the destruction of the flagship. The monitors and such of the wooden vessels as I thought best adapted for the purpose were immediately ordered to attack the ram, not only with their guns, but bows on at full speed, and then began one of the fiercest naval combats on record." For more than an hour the titanic battle raged. Steam sloop of war Monongahela struck Tennessee a heavy blow but succeeded only in damaging herself. Lackawanna rammed into the Confederate ship at full speed but, said Farragut, "the only perceptible effect on the ram was to give her a heavy list." A shot from Manhattan's 15-inch gun, however, made a greater impression on those on board Tennessee. Lieutenant Wharton, CSN, reported: "The Monongahela was hardly clear of us when a hideous-looking monster came creeping up on our Port side, whose slowly revolving turret revealed the cavernous depths of a mammoth gun. 'Stand clear of the Port side!' I shouted. A moment after a thundrous report shook us all, while a blast of dense, sulpherous smoke covered our port-holes, and 440 pounds of iron, impelled by sixty pounds of powder, admitted daylight through our side, where, before it struck us, there had been over two feet of solid wood, covered with five inches of solid iron. This was the only 15-inch shot that hit us fair. It did not come through; the inside netting caught the splinters, and there were no casualties from it. I was glad to find myself alive after that shot." Hartford struck a glancing blow and poured a broadside into Tennessee from a distance of ten feet Chickasaw pounded the ram with heavy shot; steam sloops Lackawanna and Hartford had collided, but had regained position and, with Ossipee and Monongahela, were preparing to run down Buchanan's ship. The intrepid Confederate Admiral had been seriously wounded and relinquished command to Commander James D. Johnston. The rain of shells knocked out the ironclad's steering. Unable to maneuver and taking on water, Tennessee struggled on against her overwhelmingly superior foes despite the terrible cannonade that pounded her mercilessly. Ultimately, Buchannan and Johnston concurred that Tennessee must surrender to prevent loss of life to no fruitful end. At 10 o'clock a white flag was hoisted. Farragut acknowledged the tenacity and ability with which the Confederate seamen had fought: "During this contest with the rebel gunboats and Tennessee . . . we lost many more men than from the fire of the batteries of Fort Morgan
1945 – On Tinian, at about 0210 hours, seven American aircraft take off for Japan. One of the aircraft is the specially modified B-29 Superfortress — the Enola Gay — carrying the "Little Boy" atomic bomb and heading for Hiroshima.
1945 – Aircraft from the US 5th and 7th Air Forces, based in Okinawa, raid Tarumizu in the south. About 325 planes take part in the attack. Another 12 Japanese cities have leaflets dropped on them by B-29 bombers, warning of coming raids. During the night, American bombers strike Imabari, Ube, Mayobashi, Saga, Nishinomiya and Mikage, fulfulling the threat made by leaflet drops.
1950 – The USS Philippine Sea arrived in Korean waters – the second carrier to enter the war.
1950 – Major Kenneth L. Reusser was awarded a gold star in lieu of a second Navy Cross and became the first Marine to be decorated for valor during the Korean War.
1952 – USAF Major Robinson Risner scored his first aerial victory of the Korean War. He later became a POW during the Vietnam War and retired as a brigadier general.
1964 – F-8 Crusaders, A-1 Skyraiders, and A-4 Skyhawks, from the carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation stationed in the South China Sea, fly 64 sorties against North Vietnamese coastal targets as part of Operation Pierce Arrow in retaliation for the Tonkin Gulf incidents of August 2 and 4. The U.S. warplanes destroyed or damaged 25 North Vietnamese PT boats (claimed by U.S. officials to be about one-half of the North Vietnamese Navy) at bases at Hon Gai, Loc Ghao, Phuc Loi, and Quang Khe; destroyed seven anti-aircraft installations at Vinh; and severely damaged an oil storage depot at Phuc Loi. Two U.S. planes were shot down. One pilot, Lieutenant j.g. (or "junior grade") Everett Alvarez, parachuted to safety, but broke his back in the process and was taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese. He was the first of some 600 U.S. airmen who would be captured during the war and not released until the cease-fire agreement was signed in 1973.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
There were 100 MOH awarded this day 97 were for the battle of Mobile Bay only a couple here
WORAM, CHARLES B.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1845, New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Oneida in the engagement at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Acting as an aid to the executive officer, Woram carried orders intelligently and correctly, distinguishing himself by his cool courage throughout the battle which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee and the damaging of Fort Morgan.
YOUNG, EDWARD B.
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1835, Bergan, N.J. Accredited to: New Jersey. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Calena during the attack on enemy forts at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Securely lashed to the side of the Oneida which had suffered the loss of her steering apparatus and an explosion of her boiler from enemy fire, the Calena aided the stricken vessel past the enemy forts to safety. Despite heavy damage to his ship from raking enemy fire, Young performed his duties with skill and courage throughout the action.
McDONALD, FRANKLIN M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 11th U.S. Infantry Place and date: Near Fort Griffin, Tex., 5 August 1872. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Bowling Green, Ky. Date of issue: 31 August 1872. Citation: Gallantry in defeating Indians wlho attacked the mail.
*REESE, JAMES W.
Rank and organization. Private, U.S. Army, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Place and date. At Mt. Vassillio, Sicily, 5 August 1943. Entered service at: Chester, Pa. Birth: Chester, Pa. G.O. No.: 85, 17 December 1943. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life. above and beyond the call of duty in action involving actual conflict with the enemy. When the enemy launched a counterattack which threatened the position of his company, Pvt. Reese, as the acting squad leader of a 60-mm. mortar squad, displaying superior leadership on his own initiative, maneuvered his squad forward to a favorable position, from which, by skillfully directing the fire of his weapon, he caused many casualties in the enemy ranks, and aided materially in repulsing the counterattack. When the enemy fire became so severe as to make his position untenable, he ordered the other members of his squad to withdraw to a safer position, but declined to seek safety for himself. So as to bring more effective fire upon the enemy, Pvt. Reese, without assistance, moved his mortar to a new position and attacked an enemy machinegun nest. He had only 3 rounds of ammunition but secured a direct hit with his last round, completely destroying the nest and killing the occupants. Ammunition being exhausted, he abandoned the mortar. seized a rifle and continued to advance, moving into an exposed position overlooking the enemy. Despite a heavy concentration of machinegun, mortar, and artillery fire, the heaviest experienced by his unit throughout the entire Sicilian campaign, he remained at this position and continued to inflict casualties upon the enemy until he was killed. His bravery, coupled with his gallant and unswerving determination to close with the enemy, regardless of consequences and obstacles which he faced, are a priceless inspiration to our armed forces.
*SEBILLE, LOUIS J.
Rank and organization: Major, U.S. Air Force, 67th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter-Bomber Group, 5th Air Force. Place and date: Near Hanchang, Korea, 5 August 1950. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Born: 21 November 1915, Harbor Beach. Mich. Citation: Maj. Sebille, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. During an attack on a camouflaged area containing a concentration of enemy troops, artillery, and armored vehicles, Maj. Sebille's F-51 aircraft was severely damaged by antiaircraft fire. Although fully cognizant of the short period he could remain airborne, he deliberately ignored the possibility of survival by abandoning the aircraft or by crash landing, and continued his attack against the enemy forces threatening the security of friendly ground troops. In his determination to inflict maximum damage upon the enemy, Maj. Sebille again exposed himself to the intense fire of enemy gun batteries and dived on the target to his death. The superior leadership, daring, and selfless devotion to duty which he displayed in the execution of an extremely dangerous mission were an inspiration to both his subordinates and superiors and reflect the highest credit upon himself, the U.S. Air Force, and the armed forces of the United Nations.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for August 5, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
5 August
1911: Lincoln Beachey won the New York to Philadelphia race for the Gimbel $5,000 purse in 1 hour 50 minutes 18 seconds with one stop for fuel. (24)
1922: Lt Clayton Bissell began first model airway night flight from Washington DC to Dayton and return. (24)
1937: The XC-35, first aircraft with a pressurized cabin, made its first performance flight at Wright Field.
1944: FIRST ATTACK AGAINST PHILIPPINES. Night raids began when the 63d Bombardment Squadron from Fifth Air Force launched a single radar-equipped B-24 Snooper. It conducted an ineffective attack on the Sasa airdrome, north of Davao, Mindanao. (17
1950: KOREAN WAR/MEDAL OF HONOR. Maj Louis J. Sebille, the 67 FBS Commander, died near Hamchang, Korea, when he crashed his severely damaged F-51 into an enemy position. Major Sebille received the first Medal of Honor for an USAF member in the Korean War posthumously. (16) (26) In the first SA-16 rescue operation of the war, Captain Charles E. Shroder led a crew in saving a Navy pilot who had crashed into the sea off the Korean coast. (28)
1951: Richard H. Johnson set a world record for single-place gliders, covering 535.69 miles from Odessa, to Salina, Kans.
1954: A production-model B-52 flew for the first time. (12)
1964: The National Academy of Sciences set up a 10-man committee to study sonic boom effects in the development of supersonic transports. The FAA managed this program with support from NASA and the USAF. (5) (16) The JCS established the Yankee Team Tanker Task Force (renamed the Foreign Legion on 3 September) with eight KC-135s at Clark AB to support combat operations in the area. (1) SOUTHEAST ASIA FORCE DEPLOYMENTS. The USAF deployed more squadrons of tactical fighters, bombers, and reconnaissance aircraft to Southeast Asia. On 5 August, B-57s from Clark AB deployed to Bien Hoa AB and additional F-100s moved to Da Nang AB. On 6 August, 18 F-105s from the 36 TFS from Yokota AB deployed to Korat RTAFB. Tactical Air Command provided three tactical fighter squadrons, two troop carrier squadrons, and six reconnaissance aircraft to the battle zone. (17)
1965: The 321 SMW at Grand Forks AFB accepted the first Minuteman II to arrive in the field. (6)
1968: A 1,095-foot long STOLPORT (short takeoff and landing strip) opened at LaGuardia Airport, N.Y.
1971: American Airlines flew the first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 flight between Los Angeles and Chicago in 3 hours 18 minutes.
1975: The X-24B became the first lifting body to land on a concrete runway.
1983: EXERCISE AHUAS TARA II: Through 31 December, for exercises with Honduran forces, MAC moved 6,000 passengers and 4,000 tons of cargo to Honduras. (2)
1994: Two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs destroyed an armored vehicle near Sarajevo after the Serbs took heavy weapons from a UN compound. The weapons were returned. (16) (26)
1997: After a 747 Korean Airlines jetliner crashed on Guam, a C-141 from the 305 AMW at McGuire AFB flew a 31-member team of the National Transportation Safety Board from Andrews AFB to Fairchild AFB, where they boarded a 92 AREFW KC-135 for the flight to Andersen AFB. A second C-141 from the 305 AMW took medical equipment and seven physicians from Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe, Hawaii, to Guam to help treat the crash survivors, while a C-141 from the 62 AW at McChord AFB airlifted Red Cross, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and FAA representatives from Hawaii to Guam. Additionally, a joint Army-Air Force critical care team, consisting of two Critical Care Air Transport Teams, each augmented by a second critical care nurse, and two burn teams from the Brooke Army Medical Center's Institute of Surgical Research, left for Guam on 6 August. (22)
2000: AFRC C-141s from the 452 AMW at March ARB and 445 AW at Wright-Patterson AFB joined two active-duty C-141s from the 62 AW at McChord AFB to move firefighters and equipment to Idaho Falls, Idaho, where they were bused to Clear Creek, Idaho, to fight raging wildfires.Two AFRC C-130s from the 302 AW at Peterson AFB and two ANG C-130s from the 146 AW at Channel Islands ANG Station, Calif., dropped fire retardant on wildfires near Los Angeles and Fresno. The 145 AW (ANG) at Charlotte, N. C., and the 153 AW (ANG) at Cheyenne, Wyo., flew sorties from Hill AFB to drop fire retardant over the wildfires in California. (22)
2005: Through 7 August, AMC participated in an unusual rescue operation. A C-5 returning to Travis AFB diverted to NAS North Island in San Diego to pick up a 32 US Navy sailors and two Super Scorpio Remotely Operated Vehicles. The C-5 then carried the Navy team 3,700 nautical miles nonstop for 10 hours to Yelizovo Airport, near the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on the Kamchatka Peninsula, to help rescue seven sailors from a stranded Russian AS-28 mini-sub that became entangled in fishing net during a 4 August military exercise. On 6 August, three AMC aircraft landed at Yelizovo Airport with more people and equipment, including a C-17 Globemaster III from the 172d Airlift Wing (Mississippi ANG) that flew non-stop from New Orleans NAS to Russia with 95,000 pounds of equipment and personnel. On 7 August, the US and British rescue specialists freed the submarine from the fish nets, and all seven Russians survived. A KC-10 Extender from the 60 AMW at Travis AFB, a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 939 AREFW (AFRC) at Portland, and two KC-135s from the 168 AREFW (ANG) at Eielson AFB provided four refuelings to support the operation. (22)
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A snapshot of what is happening in the world
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STRATFOR
GEOPOLITICAL DIGEST
Ukraine Peace Plan Talks in Saudi Arabia. On 5-6 August, high-level representatives of up to 30 states will descend upon Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for a discussion of Kyiv's proposed 10-point peace plan. While many details remain unclear regarding the meeting, which Saudi officials have not even publicly confirmed is happening, it would continue talks that began in June in Copenhagen, Denmark, aimed at unifying the West's and the Global South's positions regarding the broad framework for any future negotiations. Kyiv's plan is premised on reaffirming and ultimately restoring Ukraine's territorial integrity, but also addresses food exports, nuclear safety, and energy security, topics of particular importance for many of the attendees. The meeting excludes Russia, as the conference's goal is not to create a framework more likely to result in direct peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow in the near term, but instead to diplomatically isolate Russia by demonstrating Moscow's differences with key partners such as India, China, and Brazil — all three of which are expected to attend.
Brazil Hosts an Amazon Summit. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will host a summit on the Amazon on 7-8 August in an effort to draft a common policy for the first time ever for countries with territory in the Amazon rainforest. Along with Brazil, representatives from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela will attend. The summit will likely see countries jointly form a fund for anti-deforestation efforts, which they will likely use as a mechanism to ask for foreign financing from Western countries at the December COP28 meeting in Dubai. The countries will also likely discuss information sharing regarding security operations and creating a joint policy for cross-border reforestation initiatives.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Hints at a 9 August Parliamentary Dissolution. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on 3 August disclosed his plans to dissolve Pakistan's lower house of Parliament to pave the way for a caretaker government ahead of fall elections. A 9 August dissolution would come three days before Parliament's term concludes. Pakistan's Constitution stipulates elections be held 90 days after an early dissolution of Parliament instead of the usual 60 days if Parliament completes its term. Opposition lawmakers criticized the government after Parliament on 26 July passed amendments bolstering the powers granted to caretaker governments. Many opposition lawmakers have expressed concerns that the incoming caretaker government may continue implementing the policies of the current government instead of focusing on holding fair and timely elections.
• Key Developments - Analysis • Other Stories We're Tracking - Curated Content
KEY DEVELOPMENTS - ANALYSIS
US May Put Armed Personnel on Tankers in Strait of Hormuz
What Happened: US officials told AP on 3 August that the US military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships, including tankers, in the Strait of Hormuz. The officials offered few details on the plan other than US troops would only be deployed if the country under which the vessel is flagged and the country under which it is registered both approve.
Why It Matters: Should the plan proceed, Washington hopes that the deployments would deter the Iranian navy from hijacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz and nearby waters. But the move would prove provocative, and is something that did not occur even occur during the Tanker War of the 1980s. Should Iran still attempt to seize a ship, skirmishes between US and Iranian forces could occur depending on US forces' rules of engagement; it could also lead to another incident where Iran seizes US troops, similar to an incident in January 2016. The proposed deployments do not bode well for nuclear talks with Iran, which appear to have stalled since early June, when progress was reported on a limited deal that would see Iran receive limited sanctions relief in exchange for freezing certain enrichment activities.
Source: RANE Worldview
Italian Minister Confirms Rome's Intention to Exit China's BRI
What Happened: The Italian government intends to leave China's Belt and Road Initiative, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said on 30 July in an interview with Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera. Crosetto added that Italy will seek to pull out from the agreement "without damaging relations" with Beijing, but called the decision to join the initiative "improvised and atrocious." Italy signed a memorandum of understanding regarding BRI participation in 2019 under former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. The memorandum of understanding will automatically renew in 2024 unless the Italian government actively pulls out of the deal, something Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has signaled she is willing to do.
Why It Matters: Italy's likely departure from the Belt and Road Initiative would take Rome closer to the European Union's "derisking" approach vis-a-vis China and reaffirm Meloni's considerably more pro-Western stance compared with that of previous Italian governments. Though this would mark a diplomatic setback for Beijing, since Italy was the only G-7 country to have joined it, the economic impact on both countries would be minimal. In fact, Chinese foreign direct investment in Italy was much lower than in other EU countries that are not part of the Belt and Road Initiative (such as France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) between 2019 and 2021, highlighting how Italy's membership did not boost bilateral trade relations between the two countries. Still, Rome will seek to exit the Belt and Road Initiative while maintaining positive trade and economic relations with China, which it considers a key source of critical raw materials and technologies and a crucial export market.
Source: RANE Worldview
US Limits Visa Waiver for Hungarians on Security Grounds
What Happened: The United States on 1 August introduced a series of limitations to Hungary's participation in the US visa waiver program over security concerns regarding new passports issued between 2011-20. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban established a program in 2011 issuing citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living abroad (mostly in Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine) as a way to widen his electoral pool, ignoring warnings from US authorities concerning the lack of strong identity verification mechanisms.
Why It Matters: While Washington cited security concerns related to the Hungarian government's fast-track naturalization program for more than 1 million ethnic Hungarians living outside of its borders, the move might also represent a way to increase pressure on Budapest to fall in line with its Western allies after having persistently disrupted and watered down EU sanctions against Russia and financial and military support for Ukraine as well as delaying Sweden's accession to NATO by holding up ratification of its membership request. Under the new rules, Hungarian passport holders will see the validity of their Electronic System for Travel Authorization that allows them to travel to the United States for tourism or business for up to 90 days without a visa reduced from two years to one and the number of trips limited to just one.
Source: RANE Worldview
OTHER STORIES WE'RE TRACKING - CURATED CONTENT
ASIA
Singapore Urged to Stop Aiding War Crimes in Myanmar
Justice For Myanmar (JFM) is calling on the Singaporean government to expel junta cronies from the city-state and demanding that it do more to stop their businesses from providing the junta with funds, arms, and military equipment used for escalating war crimes in Myanmar. The advocacy group launched a Twitter campaign on Tuesday calling on netizens to pressure Singapore's government to do more against the Myanmar junta and the cronies who supply it. Arms traffickers have moved hundreds of millions of dollars through Singapore banks as they supply the Myanmar military with weapons and equipment used to slaughter people, including women and children, JFM said.
Source: The Irrawaddy
China Scraps Australian Barley Tariffs as Trade Relations Thaw
China will scrap import tariffs on Australian barley from 5 August in the latest sign of improving ties between the two countries. The commerce ministry said it's no longer necessary to continue imposing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on Australian barley following changes in the Chinese market. Beijing imposed tariffs of more than 80% on Australian barley in May 2020, accusing its exporters of dumping on the Chinese market.
Source: Bloomberg
Solomon Islands Newspaper Promised to "Promote China" in Return for Funding
A major newspaper in the Solomon Islands received nearly US$140,000 in funding from the Chinese government in return for pledges to "promote the truth about China's generosity and its true intentions to help develop" the Pacific Islands country, according to a leaked document and interviews. The revelation comes amid Western alarm over growing Chinese influence over the strategically located country, which switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 2019 and then signed a surprise security agreement with Beijing in 2022.
Source: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
EUROPE
Denmark and Sweden Explore Ways to Stem Diplomatic Crisis Over Quran Burning
Denmark and Sweden are seeking to limit protests burning the Quran and other holy books that have provoked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries and sparked a diplomatic row. The prime ministers of the two Scandinavian countries spoke on Sunday to try to find ways of countering strong freedom of speech laws that have permitted repeated desecration of holy books.
Source: Financial Times
Hungary Delays Ratification of Sweden's NATO Accession Bid Again
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's lawmakers boycotted an extraordinary meeting of parliament that opposition parties had called to ratify Sweden's accession to NATO. The legislative session was adjourned on Monday after ruling party members failed to show for the meeting. Hungary and Turkey are the only two NATO members who have yet to ratify Sweden's inclusion in the military alliance, a bid that was prompted by security concerns following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Source: Bloomberg
Why the EU Cannot Admit Ukraine as a Member
Despite pro-Ukrainian virtue signaling at European summits and on social media, the tone is likely to change once member states are presented with the bill for Ukraine's EU accession. Germany and the other net contributors to the union's budget would have to bear the brunt of the cost — at a time when their own economic models are coming under strain. Ukraine would displace Poland as the fifth-largest EU member, and its accession would dilute existing voting shares in the Council of Ministers, one of the two decision-making bodies of the EU.
Source: The New Statesman
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
Saudi-UAE Differences Cloud Prospects for Regional Security and Conflict Resolution
A wide variety of press reports and readouts of meetings with Saudi de-facto leader Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and his erstwhile mentor, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ), point to strains in a pivotal Gulf relationship that has been closely aligned on virtually every significant regional and global issue. As a more open sign of dissonance, over the past year, both leaders have pointedly declined to attend regional summits and other meetings organized by the other.
Source: The Soufan Center
Ethiopia Declares Amhara State of Emergency Following Militia Clashes
Ethiopia's government on 4 August declared a state of emergency in its second-largest region, Amhara, following days of clashes between the military and local Fano militiamen. Fighting that broke out earlier this week has quickly become Ethiopia's most serious security crisis since a two-year civil war in the neighboring Tigray region ended last November. Amhara's regional government on 3 August requested additional help from federal authorities to reimpose order.
Source: Reuters
Will Nigeria Reclaim Its Role as a Regional Power?
Regardless of whether it holds the Economic Community of West African States chair or not, it was inevitable that all eyes would be on Nigeria in the wake of a coup in Niger and that the region and world would expect it to help curb this crisis. With the increasingly blurred lines between domestic and foreign affairs, looking good to the outside world could help keep President Bola Tinubu in his post amid the ongoing legal issues plaguing his election win.
Source: Foreign Policy
AMERICAS
Peru Takes Over Pacific Alliance Presidency Following Months of Tension With Mexico
Peru assumed the Pro-Tempore Presidency of the Pacific Alliance on 1 August following eight months of diplomatic tensions with Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The Mexican president resisted passing control of the trade bloc to Peru because he disagreed with the country's removal of former President Pedro Castillo from office in December 2022. The bloc exists to promote the free movement of goods and capital between the countries and is ranked as the eighth largest export force worldwide, according to EY, representing 41% of Latin America's GDP.
Source: Peru Reports
Biden Asylum Restrictions at Mexico Border Can Stay in Place for Now, Appeals Court Says
President Joe Biden's new regulation restricting asylum access at the US-Mexico border can remain in effect for now, a US appeals court said on 3 August, a short-term win for the Democrat as he grapples with legal challenges to his immigration strategy. The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold a district judge's 25 July ruling that found the regulation violated US law by cutting off asylum for some migrants caught crossing the border illegally.
Source: Reuters
Ceasefire With Colombia's ELN Guerrillas Takes Force
A ceasefire between Colombia's security forces and guerrilla group ELN took force in support of ongoing peace talks. The ceasefire will be monitored by the United Nations, the Catholic Church, and social organizations that will mediate peace proposals with the government of Gustavo Petro and the guerrillas. Petro, ELN commanders, and social organizations took part in a ceremony in the capital Bogota to formally initiate the ceasefire and the National Participation Council (CNP).
Source: Colombia Reports
GLOBAL
Taiwan Unveils Dates for US Stops by Vice President Despite China's Protests
Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te plans to stop in New York and San Francisco this month on his way to and from a formal visit to Paraguay, defying Chinese warnings. Lai is scheduled to land in New York on 12 August and depart for Paraguay the following evening as part of his seven-day trip to attend the inauguration of Paraguay's incoming president, Santiago Peña Palacios.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
NATO's Future Must Be Global
To successfully defend the existing alliance against this proliferation of hybrid threats, NATO must open its doors to new members beyond Europe and North America. In addition to the vital step of bringing Ukraine into the alliance as soon as the war is ended, allowing democracies from other regions to share NATO's defensive umbrella is in members' own interests, and would weaken the influence of its adversaries.
Source: Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
US Should Drop Pursuit of 'American Primacy' in Southeast Asia, Report Urges
The US should abandon the idea of "American primacy" if it hopes to counter China's sway in the "multi-actor" Southeast Asia region, the Asia Society has urged in a new report. Observing that the region is now "genuinely multipolar, and China may, in fact, be the region's primary power," the report, titled Prioritizing Southeast Asia in American China Strategy and released on Tuesday, concluded that "America is only one of many regional actors."
Source: South China Morning Post
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