Good Monday morning September 4, 2023
I hope that you enjoyed your holiday weekend
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Today in Naval and Marine Corps History Thanks to NHHC
Today in Naval and Marine Corps History
September 4
1804 The ketch USS Intrepid, outfitted with a large explosive charge to destroy the enemy fleet in Tripoli harbor, is apparently intercepted while entering the harbor and is destroyed in a violent explosion. Lt. Richard Somers, commanding USS Intrepid, and his dozen volunteer officers and men perish in the mission.
1941 The German submarine U-652 attacks the destroyer USS Greer (DD 145), which is tracking the submarine southeast of Iceland. Though the destroyer is not damaged in the attack, USS Greers depth charges damage U-652. The attack leads President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue his shoot-on-sight order, directing the Navy to attack any ship threatening U.S. shipping or foreign shipping under escort.
1954 The icebreakers USS Burton Island (AGB 1) and USCGC Northwind complete the first transit of Northwest Passage through the McClure Strait.
1954 A P2V-5 Neptune from VP-19 is attacked by two Soviet MiG-15s and crashes in the Sea of Japan, 40 miles off the coast of Siberia. One crewman is lost and the other nine are rescued by a USAF SA-16 amphibian.
1960 USS Bushnell (AS 15) and USS Penguin (ASR 12) begin relief operations in Marathon, Fla., after Hurricane Donna.
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Today in World History
September 4
1260 At the Battle of Montaperto in Italy, the Tuscan Ghibellines, who support the emperor, defeat the Florentine Guelfs, who support papal power.
1479 After four years of war, Spain agrees to allow a Portuguese monopoly of trade along Africa's west coast and Portugal acknowledges Spain's rights in the Canary Islands.
1781 Los Angeles, first an Indian village Yangma, is founded by Spanish decree.
1787 Louis XVI of France recalls parliament.
1790 Jacques Necker is forced to resign as finance minister in France.
1804 USS Intrepid explodes while entering Tripoli harbor on a mission to destroy the enemy fleet there during the First Barbary War.
1820 Czar Alexander declares that Russian influence in North America extends as far south as Oregon and closes Alaskan waters to foreigners.
1862 Robert E. Lee's Confederate army invades Maryland, starting the Antietam Campaign.
1870 A republic is proclaimed in Paris and a government of national defense is formed.
1881 The Edison electric lighting system goes into operation as a generator serving 85 paying customers is switched on.
1886 Elusive Apache leader Geronimo surrenders to General Nelson A. Miles at Skeleton Canyon, Ariz.
1893 Beatrix Potter sends a note to her governess' son with the first drawing of Peter Rabbit, Cottontail and others. The Tale of Peter Rabbit is published eight years later.
1915 The U.S. military places Haiti under martial law to quell a rebellion in its capital Port-au-Prince.
1941 German submarine U-652 fires at the U.S. destroyer Greer off Iceland, beginning an undeclared shooting war.
1942 Soviet planes bomb Budapest in the war's first air raid on the Hungarian capital.
1943 Allied troops capture Lae-Salamaua, in New Guinea.
1944 British troops liberate Antwerp, Belgium.
1945 The American flag is raised on Wake Island after surrender ceremonies there.
1951 The first transcontinental television broadcast in America is carried by 94 stations.
1957 Arkansas governor Orval Faubus calls out the National Guard to bar African-American students from entering a Little Rock high school.
1967 Operation Swift begins as US Marines engage North Vietnamese Army troops in Que Son Valley.
1972 Mark Spitz becomes first Olympic competitor to win 7 medals during a single Olympics Games.
1975 Sinai II Agreement between Egypt and Israel pledges that conflicts between the two countries "shall not be resolved by military force but by peaceful means."
1998 Google founded by Stanford University students Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
Skip… For The List for Monday, 4 September 2023… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 4 September 1968… Neil Sheehan: "Johnson Feels the Limits of His Power"…
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From Vietnam Air Losses site for Monday, September 4
September 5th: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=776
This following work accounts for every fixed wing loss of the Vietnam War and you can use it to read more about the losses in The Bear's Daily account. Even better it allows you to add your updated information to the work to update for history…skip. Vietnam Air Losses Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
This is a list of all Helicopter Pilots Who Died in the Vietnam War . Listed by last name and has other info https://www.vhpa.org/KIA/KIAINDEX.HTM
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Thanks to Al
Monday Morning Humor--Labor Day
Labor Day differs in every essential from other holidays of the year in any country. All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflict and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.—Samuel Gompers
One liners…
• It's Labor Day and another summer is over. Well, nothing lasts forever -- except George Hamilton's tan.
• It's Labor Day again, and you know what that means. It's back to work for department store Santa Clauses.
• Well, here it is Labor Day. I hope you didn't forget to send an FTD bouquet to your favorite Teamster.
• If a train station is where the train stops, and a bus station is where the bus stops, what is a work station?
• If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.
• The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon is a unique show business phenomenon. It makes millions of dollars without exploiting sex, violence, or drugs, and then gives the money to charity. It's almost un-American.
A man owned a small farm in West Virginia. The U.S. Department of Labor claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.
"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them", demanded the agent.
"Well," replied the farmer, "there's my farm hand who's been with me for three years. I pay him $400.00 a week plus free room and board. There's the cook who has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $300.00 per week plus free room and board. Then there's the half-wit; he works 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $10.00 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of whiskey every Saturday night. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally."
"That's the guy I want to talk to…the half-wit", says the agent.
"That would be me", replied the farmer.
Submitted by Allen Atkins:
Like most folks in this country, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to get that paycheck in my case, I am required to pass a random urine test (with which I have no problem).
What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine test. So, here is my Question: Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them? Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their behind - doing drugs, while I work.
Submitted by Rick Hein:
Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.
Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.
Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a quality control department and hired two people: one to do the studies and one to write the reports.
Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So they created the following positions, a time keeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people.
Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an administrative officer, assistant administrative officer, and a legal secretary.
Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost."
So they laid off the night watchman.
Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Corporate America
• Indecision is the key to flexibility.
• You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the track.
• There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation.
• Happiness is merely the remission of pain.
• Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
• Sometimes too much to drink is not enough.
• The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant.
• The careful application of terror is also a form of communication.
• Someone who thinks logically is a nice contrast to the real world.
• Things are more like they are today than they ever were before.
• Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.
• Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
• Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
• I have seen the truth and it makes no sense.
• Suicide is the most sincere form of self-criticism.
• If you think there is good in everybody, you haven't met everybody.
• All things being equal, fat people use more soap.
• If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
• One seventh of your life is spent on Monday.
• By the time you make ends meet, they move the ends.
• Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
• The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets.
• There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
• This is as bad as it can get, but don't count on it.
• Never wrestle a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
• The trouble with life is, you're halfway through it before you realize it's a do-it-yourself thing.
• Youth and skill are no match for experience and treachery.
• No amount of advance planning will ever replace dumb luck.
• Anything you do can get you fired; this includes doing nothing.
• Money can't buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.
• Never pass a snow plow on the right.
According to a snack food study: "The average American will have three to five careers, 10 to 12 jobs and will hold each job for an average of 3.5 years throughout his or her lifetime, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
After a positive response to his 1999 study linking snack foods to distinct personality traits, Dr. Hirsch extended his study to reveal that savory snacks can also help determine an appropriate career. More than 18,000 adult volunteers across thirty-five occupations were surveyed to determine the correlation between their occupation and their favorite snack food.
A person's job selection reflects his essential essence and his personality," says Dr. Hirsch. 'Food choices, like selection of clothing, movies and spouses, can provide insight into personality and character structure. Thus the typical personality traits associated with savory snack preferences can be used to help predict occupational choices, because a person's job selection also reflects his essential essence and his personality,' says Dr. Hirsch.
• Chip lovers are ambitious and successful--CEO'S crave them. If you crave potato chips, you should be a lawyer, tennis pro, police officer, CEO... they are competitive and have high expectations, not only of themselves, but of those around them. Competitive in business, sports and social situations. And they usually come out on top in these situations.
• Pretzels: firefighter, journalist, flight attendant, veterinarian or pediatrician. Lively and energetic, those who crave pretzels seek novelty and easily become bored by routine. They make decisions based on intuition and emotion, especially in romantic relationships.
• Tortilla Chips: farmer, travel agent, chef, clergy or news anchor--they are perfectionists who are also humanitarians. Sticklers for punctuality, you will rarely see a tortilla eater late for an appointment.
• Cheese Curls: real estate agent, psychiatrist or producer--Formal, always proper, conscientious and principled, people who crave this have a highly developed sense of integrity and maintain the moral high ground with their family, co-workers and romantic partners. They plan ahead for any possible catastrophe. With Band-Aids and batteries, the cheese curl lover's house is always stocked and ready.
• Popcorn: teacher, artist, truck driver, nurse, judge or neurosurgeon--Self-assured and confident, those who prefer popcorn are best described as 'take charge sort of people.' A popcorn enthusiast will not hesitate to assume extra work on the job or take on extra duties at social gatherings. Even though they are self-confident, popcorn lovers are modest and humble, and would never be considered showoffs. Popcorn buffs are hidden successes - if you inherit a lot of money from a 'poor' relative, odds are he was someone who enjoyed popcorn.
• Nuts: plumber, architect, sanitation worker, cardiologist or politician--Those who prefer nuts tend to be easygoing, empathic and understanding. When confronted with an emotionally charged situation, they can be counted on to keep calm and not join the fray, allowing time for the emotional upheaval to pass. Their even-keeled nature makes them well suited for dealing with the public during emergency situations. While nut aficionados may not always be leaders, it is their demeanor and assistance that allows the family or workplace to succeed.
• Snack Crackers: stockbroker or professional race car driver--Snack cracker devotees tend to be contemplative and thoughtful, and base their decisions on solid reasoning instead of their emotions. They value their private time and are most creative when allowed to be alone, free from daily responsibilities and interruptions.
• Meat Snacks: dentist or bartender--Those who crave a satisfying stick of beef jerky or a mouth-watering bag of pork rinds are the life of the party. Gregarious and social, meant snack lovers are at their best amidst the company of others. They are loyal and true friends who can always be trusted, and will make extraordinary self-sacrifices to please others."
Ninety-six percent of the executives surveyed by Accountemps believed that people with a sense of humor do better at their jobs than those who have little or no sense of humor. Studies have also shown that people who enjoy their work are more productive and creative, in addition to experiencing greater job satisfaction. (Source: 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work)
Enjoy your shortened work week (if you get one),
Al
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Thanks to Dr. Rich
Thanks to Bruddah ....
[Wyoming "Badlands" relates to the occupants as well as to the expansive sagebrush flats! -RS]
Dr.,
I'm sure you are up to speed on all of this local history!
RW
The photo was taken in 1901 in New York by the DeYoung Photography Studio. Some historians have suggested it's a wedding photo, as the two are rather handsomely dressed. Harry is holding onto a top hat, while Etta has a gold pocket watch pinned to the lapel of her dress, which Harry had just purchased for her at the Tiffany & Co. jewelry store.
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Thanks to Interesting Facts
How 6 Famous Ad Slogans Came to Be
During Mad Men's first season, Don Draper (Jon Hamm) gave his protégé, Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), his slogan-writing secret: "Just think about it. Deeply. Then forget it. And an idea will jump up in your face." There's a good chance that formula inspired many of the most indelible taglines in real-life ads — which tend to be deceptively simple, like these.
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Maxwell House: "Good to the Last Drop"
A presidential urban legend has been percolating through Maxwell House headquarters for more than a century, citing President Theodore Roosevelt as the originator of their slogan, "Good to the Last Drop." However, as with many other urban legends, the details are subject to debate.
Maxwell House debuted under the Nashville Coffee and Manufacturing Company moniker in 1901. There's no disputing that in 1907, Roosevelt drank coffee during a visit to the Hermitage — the Nashville mansion President Andrew Jackson occupied for decades. But this is where the facts start to stray. Naturally, Maxwell House believed the commander-in-chief was enjoying their beverage at the mansion, but three more businesses made the same claim. According to a newspaper report, in between sips Roosevelt said, "This is the kind of stuff I like to drink, by George, when I hunt bears." Yet after his 1919 death, Maxwell House advertised that Roosevelt had made a different declaration at the Hermitage, calling their java "good to the last drop." Maxwell House retains the slogan today. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola takes credit for crafting the phrase during Roosevelt's administration.
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Wheaties: "The Breakfast of Champions"
Gold Medal Whole Wheat Flakes was an early name for Wheaties, which made its debut in 1921. At first, the product wasn't very successful, but that all changed thanks to a fictional character named Jack Armstrong. During a neighborhood stroll, Sam Gale — the vice president of advertising at the cereal's parent company, General Mills — realized that families weren't basking outdoors because they were inside listening to the Washington Senators-New York Giants 1933 World Series. Wheaties began sponsoring baseball broadcasts and unveiled its own long-running radio adventure series, Jack Armstrong, All-American Boy. On the show, the protagonist and his playmate, Betty Fairfield, often exercised by playing tennis, golf, or basketball. Wheaties placed Armstrong on their print ads and also on a billboard at the Minneapolis Millers' ballpark, integrating the tagline "Wheaties — The Breakfast of Champions." In 1934, Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig graced a Wheaties box, creating a pop-culture milestone athletes have repeated ever since.
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De Beers: "A Diamond Is Forever"
In 1938, London-based De Beers tasked Philadelphia ad agency N.W. Ayer & Son with a challenge: Boost diamond sales. The Great Depression had hindered the sale of diamonds, which were already regarded as too luxurious for everyday Americans. However, the challenging part wasn't selling more diamonds, but the parameters on how diamonds were marketed. Since De Beers controlled the global supply of rough diamonds, the company would violate U.S. antitrust laws if their name or photos of their jewels were promoted on any marketing materials, including newspaper and magazine ads. On an evening in 1947, Mary Frances Gerety, one of the few female copywriters in the industry, quickly jotted down, "A Diamond Is Forever," and then fell asleep. Scientifically untrue, the line was first met with a tepid response, but Ad Age eventually christened Gerety's work the slogan of the century. She wrote all of De Beers' ads for the next 25 years. Ian Fleming even borrowed her signature sentiment for his fourth James Bond novel, Diamonds Are Forever.
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Volkswagen: "Think Small"
The Volkswagen Beetle was the first automobile model in history to sell 20 million cars. Much of that success is owed to its innovative American advertising agency, Doyle Dane Bernbach. During his first tour of a German Volkswagen plant, agency cofounder Bill Bernbach described the Beetle as "honest." But before the brand fully embraced self-deprecation, sincerity became a tenet of the founding campaign. Helmut Krone, the co-writer of "Think Small," was an early Volkswagen driver with German-born parents. In 1959, he and Julian Koenig rejected the swagger of American-made muscle cars, embracing a less-is-more philosophy that was echoed on a page of mostly negative space. Beetle ads were printed in black-and-white to save money, but the lack of color only underscored the message of simplicity.
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Wendy's: "Where's the Beef?"
In 1984, Wendy's contended that McDonald's and Burger King exaggerated the size of their patties by stacking Big Macs and Whoppers. To enlighten fast food customers, R. David Thomas' company greenlit a TV ad with a gruff octogenarian who called it as she saw it. Director Joe Sedelmaier delighted in the authentic delivery of untrained actors like 4-foot-10 Clara Peller, the veteran salon worker who barked "Where's the beef?" as her friends noted a competing burger's "big, fluffy bun." The instantly quotable commercial aired for 10 weeks and supplied Walter Mondale with a presidential primary debate zinger. All Wendy's locations saw at least a 10% growth in sales over the previous year. However, corporate executives had a cow when they saw Peller in a Prego spaghetti sauce spot, exclaiming, "I found it!" She never appeared in another Wendy's ad.
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Milk: "Got Milk?"
A candid focus group participant helped San Francisco creatives launch one of the most inescapable ad campaigns of the late 20th century. When brainstorming ideas for the California Milk Processor Board, executives at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners asked focus group attendees to abstain from milk for a week prior. One man recapped his experience readying the perfect bowl of cereal — only to realize he had to skip a key ingredient. The anecdote's responses convinced the agency that people feel emotionally attached to milk, a theory they tested by emptying cartons in the office refrigerator, then hiding a camera to gauge reactions. "Got Milk?" arose in 1993 from the observed fear of running out. Michael Bay and Annie Leibovitz both shot ads, which often sported celebrities with milk mustaches. Today's average American downs 18 gallons of milk per year, a 40% drop from 1970.
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Thanks to Eagle, I love these and they bring back a lot of memories…skip
A fun happy walk down memory lane for those of us senior citizens for your holiday cheer.
The 50s‼
For the first couple of minutes, you'll swear you've seen this video before. THEN...WOW, for the next few
minutes, you're treated to a whole new compilation,
done by a genius. Turn up the volume and enjoy.
Enjoy & remember. Even Tot' s Pavilion.
https://www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=TmsahlXby7c&autoplay=1
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A few new one's in here. Younger generation terms?
23 Terms Only Fighter Pilots Understand
18 Mar 2016
BY WARD CARROLL - WEARETHEMIGHTY.COM
If you've ever hung out with military aviators (or watched movies like "Top Gun" or "Iron Eagle") you know they tend to use a lot of strange lingo when they talk, even when they're out of the cockpit. Trying to hold a conversation with them can be tough — until now. WATM presents this handy list of fighter speak that will help keep that social interaction going, which is important because fighter guys have a lot of wisdom to put out and it would be a shame if it got lost in translation.
So here's the gouge . . . er, here you go:
1. "Angels"
Altitude in thousand of feet. ("Angels 3" is 3,000 feet.)
2. "Cherubs"
Altitude in hundreds of feet. ("Cherubs 3" is 300 feet.)
3. "Bandit"
A known bad guy.
4. "Bogey"
An unknown radar contact.
5. "Bent"
If a piece of gear is inop it is "bent." ("Giantkiller, be advised my radar is bent.")
6. "Bingo"
Low fuel status or direction to head for the divert field. ("Lobo is bingo fuel," or "Ghostrider, your signal is bingo.")
7. "Blind"
Wingman not in sight.
8. "Delta"
Change to a later time, either minutes or hours depending on the context. ("Delta 10 on your recovery time" means the jet is now scheduled to land 10 minutes later.)
9. "Firewall"
Push the throttles to their forward limit. ("I had that bitch firewalled, and I still couldn't get away from that SAM ring.")
10. "Buster"
Direction to go as fast as possible. ("Diamondback, your signal is buster to mother.")
11. "Bug"
Exit a dogfight rapidly. ("Gucci is on the bug.")
12. "Fragged"
An indication that the airplane is loaded weapons-wise according to the mission order. ("Devil 201 is on station as fragged.")
13. "Grape"
A pilot who's an easy kill in a dogfight.
14. "Naked"
Radar warning gear without indication of a missile threat.
15. "Punch out"
To eject from an airplane.
16. "RTB"
Return to base. ("Big Eye, Eagle 301 is RTB.")
17. "Spiked"
Um, not that "spike." The real "spiked" is an indication of a missile threat on the radar warning receiver. ("Rooster has an SA-6 spike at three o'clock.")
18. "Tally"
Enemy in sight (as opposed to "visual," which means friendly in sight). ("Nuke is tally two bandits, four o'clock low.")
19. "Texaco"
Either a label for the tanker or direction to go to the tanker. ("Gypsy, Texaco is at your one o'clock for three miles, level," or "Gypsy, your signal is Texaco.")
20. "Nose hot/cold"
Usually used around the tanker pattern, an indication that the radar is or isn't transmitting.
21. "Vapes"
The condensation cloud created when an airplane pulls a lot of Gs. ("Man, I came into the break and was vaping like a big dog.")
22. "Visual"
Wingman (or other friendly) in sight (as opposed to "tally," which means enemy in sight). ("Weezer, you got me?" "Roger, Weezer is visual.")
23. "Winchester"
Out of weapons. ("Tomcat 102 is winchester and RTB.")
Bonus 1. "G-LOC"
"G-induced loss of consciousness." (Not good when at the controls of a fighter traveling at high speed at low altitude.)
Bonus 2. "The Funky Chicken"
"The Funky Chicken" is what aviators call the involuntary movements that happen during G-LOC.
Ward is a retired Naval Aviator, novelist, and military commentator. He was the editor of Military.com for nine years before joining We Are The Mighty as editor-in-chief in September of 2014.
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Thanks to Clyde, A repeat but entertaining
Thought this was great. Short one about Neil Armstrong. Made my day. I remember staying UP until about 4 in the morning to watch the landing on a black and white T.V.
Mr. Gorsky
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW THIS LITTLE TIDBIT OF TRIVIA, ON JULY 20, 1969, AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON.
HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, "THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND," WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD BY MILLIONS.*
BUT JUST BEFORE HE RE-ENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK - "GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY".
MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGHT IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK COCERNING SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT.
HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO GORSKY IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMS.
OVER THE YEARS, MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE -'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY' - STATEMENT MEANT, BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST SMILED.
ON JULY 5, 1995, IN TAMPA BAY , FLORIDA , WHILE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOLLOWING A SPEECH, A REPORTER BROUGHT UP THE 26-YEAR-OLD QUESTION TO ARMSTRONG. THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED.
MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION.
IN 1938, WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MID-WESTERN TOWN , HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD.
HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW.
HIS NEIGHBORS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY. AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE BALL, YOUNG ARMSTRONG HEARD MRS. GORSKY SHOUTING AT MR. GORSKY - "SEX! YOU WANT SEX?! YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON !"
TRUE STORY. It broke the place up
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This Day in U S Military History
September 4
1812 – The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire. On September 3, 1812, a band of Miami arrived and warned Captain Zachary Taylor that they would soon be attacked by a large force of Native Americans. That evening, shots were heard, but Taylor was hesitant to send a scout party. He only had 50 men in his garrison, and sickness had reduced the number of effective soldiers to only 15. In the morning, a party was dispatched and discovered the bodies of two white settlers, the Doyle brothers. The brothers were buried, and the party reported back to Fort Harrison. Captain Taylor, with his 15 able soldiers and about 5 healthy settlers, made ready for the expected attack. Each of the 20 men was issued sixteen rounds to fire. That day, September 4, a force of 600 Potawatomi (under Chief Pa-koi-shee-can), Wea (under War Chief Stone Eater), Shawnee, Kickapoo and Winnebago warriors approached Fort Harrison. A party of 40 men under command of Kickapoo Chief Namahtoha approached under a flag of truce and asked to parley with Taylor the next morning. Taylor agreed, and the Indian force retreated to camp for the night. That night, a warrior crawled up and set the blockhouse on fire. When the sentries opened fire on the arsonist, the 600-strong Indian war party attacked the west side of the fort. Taylor ordered the fort's surgeon and a handful of defenders to control the fire. The blockhouse, which was attached to the barracks, had a store of whiskey, which soon ignited, and the fire raged out of control. Taylor admitted in his report that the situation looked hopeless, and two of his healthy men fled the fort. Warning the fort that "Taylor never surrenders!", the captain organized a bucket brigade to fight the fire before it destroyed the fort's picket walls. One woman, Julia Lambert, even lowered herself down into the fort's well to fill buckets more quickly. The fire did serve one purpose, in that it illuminated the night, revealing the attackers. The fire left a 20-foot-wide (6.1 m) gap in the outer wall, which the garrison temporarily sealed with a 5-foot-high (1.5 m) breastwork. The remaining few of the garrison returned the fire of the Indians so fiercely that they were able to hold off the attack. All remaining invalids were armed to maintain defense, while healthy men were put to work repairing a hole left in the fort's walls. The fort was repaired by daybreak of September 5. The Indian force withdrew just beyond gun range and butchered area farm animals within sight of the fort. The garrison and settlers inside the fort, meanwhile, had lost most of their food in the fire, and had only a few bushels of corn, and faced starvation. News of the siege arrived in Vincennes as Colonel William Russell was passing through with a company of regular infantry and a company of rangers, on their way to join Ninian Edwards, governor of Illinois Territory. Colonel Russell's companies joined with the local militia and 7th Infantry Regiment and marched to the relief of Fort Harrison. Over 1000 men arrived from Vincennes on September 12, and the Indian force departed. The next day, however, a supply train following Colonel Russell was attacked in what became known as the Attack at the Narrows in modern Sullivan County, Indiana
1886 – For almost 30 years he had fought the whites who invaded his homeland, but Geronimo, the wiliest and most dangerous Apache warrior of his time, finally surrenders in Skeleton Canyon, Arizona. Known to the Apache as Goyalkla, or "One Who Yawns," most non-Indians knew him by his Spanish nickname, Geronimo. When he was a young man, Mexican soldiers had murdered his wife and children during a brutal attack on his village in Chihuahua, Mexico. Though Geronimo later remarried and fathered other children, the scars of that early tragedy left him with an abiding hatred for Mexicans. Operating in the border region around Mexico's Sierra Madre and southern Arizona and New Mexico, Geronimo and his band of 50 Apache warriors succeeded in keeping white settlers off Apache lands for decades. Geronimo never learned to use a gun, yet he armed his men with the best modern rifles he could obtain and even used field glasses to aid reconnaissance during his campaigns. He was a brilliant strategist who used the Apache knowledge of the arid desert environment to his advantage, and for years Geronimo and his men successfully evaded two of the U.S. Army's most talented Indian fighters, General George Crook and General Nelson A. Miles. But by 1886, the great Apache warrior had grown tired of fighting and further resistance seemed increasingly pointless: there were just too many whites and too few Apaches. On September 4, 1886, Geronimo turned himself over to Miles, becoming the last American Indian warrior in history to formally surrender to the United States. After several years of imprisonment, Geronimo was given his freedom, and he moved to Oklahoma where he converted to Christianity and became a successful farmer. He even occasionally worked as a scout and adviser for the U.S. army. Transformed into a safe and romantic symbol of the already vanishing era of the Wild West, he became a popular celebrity at world's fairs and expositions and even rode in President Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade in 1905. He died at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1909, still on the federal payroll as an army scout.
1942 – At Guadalcanal, the Japanese receive additional reinforcements. Off the coast, two older American destroyers utilized as transports are sunk by Japanese destroyers.
1945 – 2,200 Japanese soldiers finally lay down their arms-days after their government had already formally capitulated. Wake Island was one of the islands bombed as part of a wider bombing raid that coincided with the attack on Pearl Harbor. In December of 1941, the Japanese invaded in force, taking the island from American hands, losing 820 men, while the United States lost 120. The United States decided not to retake the island but to cut off the Japanese occupiers from reinforcement, which would mean they would eventually starve. Rear Adm. Shigematsu Sakaibara, commander of the Japanese forces there, ordered the 96 Allied prisoners of war who had been left behind shot dead on trumped-up charges of trying to signal American forces by radio. And so the Japanese garrison sat on Wake Island for two years, suffering the occasional U.S. bombing raid, but no land invasion. In that time, 1,300 Japanese soldiers died from starvation, and 600 from the American air attacks. Two days after the formal Japanese surrender onboard the USS Missouri, Sakaibara capitulated to American forces, which finally landed on the island. Sakaibara was eventually tried for war crimes and executed in 1947.
1967 – The U.S. 1st Marine Division launches Operation SWIFT, a search and destroy operation in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces in I Corps Tactical Zone (the region south of the Demilitarized Zone). A fierce four-day battle ensued in the Que Son Valley, 25 miles south of Da Nang. During the course of the battle, 114 men of the U.S. 5th Marine Regiment were killed while the North Vietnamese forces suffered 376 casualties.
1969 – Radio Hanoi announces the death of Ho Chi Minh, proclaiming that the National Liberation Front will halt military operations in the South for three days, September 8-11, in mourning for Ho. He had been the spiritual leader of the communists in Vietnam since the earliest days of the struggle against the French and, later, the United States and its ally in Saigon. Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai and a delegation from China held talks with First Secretary Le Duan and other members of the North Vietnamese Politburo. The Chinese leaders assured the North Vietnamese of their continued support in the war against the United States. This support was absolutely essential if the North Vietnamese wished to continue the war. Many in the United States hoped the death of Ho Chi Minh would provide a new opportunity to achieve a negotiated settlement to the war in Vietnam, but this did not materialize.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
*PETERS, LAWRENCE DAVID
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, Company M, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Place and date: Quang Tin Province, Republic of Vietnam, 4 September 1967. Entered service at: Binghamton, N.Y. Born: 16 September 1946, Johnson City, N.Y. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a squad leader with Company M. During Operation SWIFT, the marines of the 2d Platoon of Company M were struck by intense mortar, machinegun, and small arms fire from an entrenched enemy force. As the company rallied its forces, Sgt. Peters maneuvered his squad in an assault on any enemy defended knoll. Disregarding his safety, as enemy rounds hit all about him, he stood in the open, pointing out enemy positions until he was painfully wounded in the leg. Disregarding his wound, he moved forward and continued to lead his men. As the enemy fire increased in accuracy and volume, his squad lost its momentum and was temporarily pinned down. Exposing himself to devastating enemy fire, he consolidated his position to render more effective fire. While directing the base of fire, he was wounded a second time in the face and neck from an exploding mortar round. As the enemy attempted to infiltrate the position of an adjacent platoon, Sgt. Peters stood erect in the full view of the enemy firing burst after burst forcing them to disclose their camouflaged positions. Sgt. Peters steadfastly continued to direct his squad in spite of 2 additional wounds, persisted in his efforts to encourage and supervise his men until he lost consciousness and succumbed. Inspired by his selfless actions, the squad regained fire superiority and once again carried the assault to the enemy. By his outstanding valor, indomitable fighting spirit and tenacious determination in the face of overwhelming odds, Sgt. Peters upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
STOCKDALE, JAMES B.
Rank and organization: Rear Admiral (then Captain), U.S. Navy. Place and date: Hoa Lo prison, Hanoi, North Vietnam, 4 September 1969. Entered service at: Abingdon, Ill. Born: 23 December 1923, Abingdon, Ill.. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while senior naval officer in the Prisoner of War camps of North Vietnam. Recognized by his captors as the leader in the Prisoners' of War resistance to interrogation and in their refusal to participate in propaganda exploitation, Rear Adm. Stockdale was singled out for interrogation and attendant torture after he was detected in a covert communications attempt. Sensing the start of another purge, and aware that his earlier efforts at self-disfiguration to dissuade his captors from exploiting him for propaganda purposes had resulted in cruel and agonizing punishment, Rear Adm. Stockdale resolved to make himself a symbol of resistance regardless of personal sacrifice. He deliberately inflicted a near-mortal wound to his person in order to convince his captors of his willingness to give up his life rather than capitulate. He was subsequently discovered and revived by the North Vietnamese who, convinced of his indomitable spirit, abated in their employment of excessive harassment and torture toward all of the Prisoners of War. By his heroic action, at great peril to himself, he earned the everlasting gratitude of his fellow prisoners and of his country. Rear Adm. Stockdale's valiant leadership and extraordinary courage in a hostile environment sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for September 4, FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
4 September
1911: BOSTON AIR MEET. Lt Thomas DeWitt Milling became the first Army officer to fly at night. While participating in a 160-mile tristate air race, Milling had to land his plane by the light of gasoline flares. Earle L. Ovington won the race. (24)
1922: KEY EVENT. Lt James H. Doolittle completed the first transcontinental flight in one day in a rebuilt DH-4B with Liberty 400 HP engines. He flew from Pablo Beach, Fla, to Rockwell Field, Calif., and covered the 2,163 miles in 21 hours 20 minutes flying time. (9)
1923: The airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) made its first flight at Lakehurst, N.J. (20)
1933: At Glenville, Ill., James R. Wedell flew his Wedell-Williams Airplane to a 305-MPH world speed record. (9)
1936: Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes won the Bendix Trophy Race. They also set an east-west transcontinental speed record for women, when they flew from Floyd Bennett Field, N. Y., to Los Angeles, Calif., in 14 hours 55 minutes in a Beachcraft airplane with a Wright Whirlwind engine. (24)
1950: KOREAN WAR. At Hanggan-dong, an H-5 helicopter made its first rescue of a U.S. pilot behind enemy lines, when Lt Paul W. Van Boven saved Capt Robert E. Wayne. (28)
1952: KOREAN WAR. 75 fighter-bombers flew well north of the Chongchon River to attack targets, flushing out about 89 MiGs from their bases in Manchuria. While protecting the F-84s, 39 F-86 Sabres engaged the MiGs, destroying 13, to equal the one-day record set on 4 July. Four F-86s fell to the MiG pilots. Maj Frederick C. Blesse, 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, destroyed his fifth enemy aircraft to become an ace. An H-19 from the 3d Air Rescue Squadron saved a downed fighter pilot and two crewmen of a US Navy helicopter, which had lost power and crashed in the water while attempting to pick up the pilot. (28) The USAF awarded the production contract for Lockheed's 383 transport, better known as the C-130 Hercules. (4)
1957: Lockheed's C-140 Jetstar prototype first flew. (12)
1958: Four F-100 Super Sabres completed the first nonstop jet fighter flight from the US to Norway. (24)
1959: At Sioux Falls, Idaho, an unmanned balloon, launched for scientific purposes, soared to an altitude of 150,000 feet. (24) The Minuteman missile program received the highest national priority for production. (6)
1961: PROJECT TACKHAMMER/OPERATIONS STAIR STEP and BRASS RING. Through 27 November, three operations offered a show of force to Soviet Union's erection of the Berlin Wall. Airlift units moved a Composite Air Strike Force to Europe from 4 to 7 September under Project TACKHAMMER, and then they carried nearly 10,000 troops and some 2,380 tons of cargo to the region from 31 October to 27 November during Operation STAIR STEP. In November, airlifters also moved Tactical Air Command F-104s and personnel in Operation BRASS RING. (18)
1970: The Army's CH-47 Chinook helicopter flew its maiden flight with the new T-55-1-11A Lycoming engines at Edwards AFB, Calif. (3)
1975: For outstanding air refueling support, the Tactical Air Command gave Strategic Air Command its "Gen Carl 'Tooey' Spaatz Award" in memory of the first Chief of Staff of the Air Force and pioneer in air refueling. On 4 October, the Strategic Air Command then gave the first award to the 11th Air Refueling Squadron at Altus AFB, Okla. (1)
1981: Vandenberg AFB, Calif., moved the last modified Thor space booster into storage at Norton AFB in San Bernardino, Calif. (6)
1984: At Palmdale, Calif., Rockwell International rolled out the first B-1B (Tail No. 82-0001) for the public. (1) Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '84. Through 12 September, the Strategic Air Command, the Tactical Air Command, Military Airlift Command, and Army units in the west took part in the largest US military exercise since 1962. Gallant Eagle involved 44 B-52s (182 sorties), KC-135s and KC-10s (309 support missions), command and control, and reconnaissance aircraft. (1)
1987: An F/A-18 fired an Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile for the first time at supersonic speeds at Point Mugu, Calif. (5) 1996: A C-141 Starlifter from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at McGuire AFB, N. J., evacuated 30 passengers from Bujumbura, Burundi, to Nairobi, Kenya, to remove them from the danger of a civil war in Burundi. (26)
2005: HURRICANE KATRINA. Air Guard pararescue specialists saved 538 human lives in one day. This one-day total was the highest number of saves by Air National Guard rescue assets during the hurricane relief operation. (32) HURRICANE KATRINA. During their first three days of relief operations, Air National Guard aircrews flew 785 sorties to transport 12,854 people and 39,013 tons of cargo. (32)
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