To All,
Good Monday morning October 9, 2023
Well the men came to start the work on the Kitchen yesterday. They were very efficient did a great job taking down most of the wall board and insulation in the Walls and in the ceiling that is about 15 feet high. They also found a leaking pipe which means there were two causes for the problem the roof and the leak. They got a hold of a plumber who came and fixed the leak….sort of. After he left I was leaning over the sink and got a drop of water on my head. Yup another leak. So we have to get the plumber back and that will delay the rest of it. Oh BTW the roof guys can't come for a month but promise to bring a giant tarp if the rain comes back.
Regards
Skip
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Today in Naval and Marine Corps History thanks to NHHC
October 9
1814 Sloop of war USS Wasp informs crew on the Swedish brig Adonis that she is headed to the Caribbean but is never seen again, with all hands lost.
1873 Lt. Charles Belknap calls a meeting of 15 officers at the U.S. Naval Academy to establish the U.S. Naval Institute for the purpose of disseminating scientific and professional knowledge throughout the Navy.
1918 While escorting the British transport ship HMS Aquitania, USS Shaw's (DD 68) rudder jams just as she is completing the right leg of a zigzag, leaving her headed directly toward the transport. Aquitania then strikes Shaw, cutting off 90 feet of the destroyer's bow, mangling her bridge and setting her on fire. Shaw's crew brings her under control, though 12 lives are lost.
1940 Secretary of the Navy William F. Knox approves recommendation to equip 24 submarines with gasoline for delivery to seaplanes on the water. The move followed a demonstration in which submarine Nautilus (SS 168) refueled patrol planes and conducted successful test dive to 300 feet with aviation gasoline aboard.
1942 The first three schools for enlisted WAVES open at Stillwater, Okla. (Yeoman), Bloomington, Ind. (Storekeepers), and Madison, Wis. (Radiomen).
1943 USS Buck (DD 420) sinks after being torpedoed by German submarine U 616. Spotted by friendly aircraft the next morning, 97 survivors are rescued by USS Gleaves (DD 423) and the British LCT-170 the following evening.
1943 USS Kingfish (SS 234) torpedoes and sinks Japanese oiler Hayamato in Sibitu Channel. Also on this date, USS Rasher (SS 269) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Kogane Maru 28 miles from Ambon, while USS Wahoo (SS 238) sinks Japanese cargo ship Hankow Maru off Oga Peninsula.
1945 Typhoon Louise hits Okinawa, sinking 12 ships, grounding 222 and damaging 32 beyond the ability of ships companies to repair.
1952 Carrier aircraft strike communist troops along the front lines in the Korean Peninsula. Naval aviators referred to these raids as "Cherokee strikes" in recognition of the Native American ancestry of Commander Seventh Fleet Vice Adm. Joseph J. Clark.
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Today in World History October 9
28 BC The Temple of Apollo is dedicated on the Palatine Hill in Rome.
1470 Henry VI of England restored to the throne.
1760 Austrian and Russian troops enter Berlin and begin burning structures and looting.
1779 The Luddite riots being in Manchester, England in reaction to machinery for spinning cotton.
1781 Americans begin shelling the British surrounded at Yorktown.
1825 The first Norwegian immigrants to America arrive on the sloop Restaurationen.
1863 Confederate cavalry raiders return to Chattanooga after attacking Union General William Rosecrans' supply and communication lines all around east Tennessee.
1888 The Washington Monument, designed by Robert Mills, opens to the public.
1914 Germans take Antwerp, Belgium, after 12-day siege.
1934 In Marseilles, a Macedonian revolutionary associated with Croat terrorists in Hungary assassinates King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. The two had been on a tour of European capitals in quest of an alliance against Nazi Germany. The assassinations bring the threat of war between Yugoslavia and Hungary, but confrontation is prevented by the League of Nations.
1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt requests congressional approval for arming U.S. merchant ships.
1946 Eugene O'Neill's play The Iceman Cometh opens at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York.
1949 Harvard Law School begins admitting women.
1950 U.N. forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, cross the 38th parallel in South Korea and begin attacking northward towards the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.
1983 The president of South Korea, Doo Hwan Chun, with his cabinet and other top officials are scheduled to lay a wreath on a monument in Rangoon, Burma, when a bomb explodes. Hwan had not yet arrived so escaped injury, but 17 Koreans--including the deputy prime minister and two other cabinet members--and two Burmese are killed. North Korea is blamed.
1999 Last flight of the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" stealth reconnaissance aircraft.
2006 North Korea reportedly tests its first nuclear device.
1992 Meteorite crashes into Chevy Malibu »
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From Skip
I have a quick meteorite story. Very early One morning I was returning from a 1 V 1 initial tactics hop in the F-14 with a student pilot in the other plane.. We had been it the operating area southwest of Miramar. I had pushed him out to the west of me to practice combat spread while returning to NKX and he kept falling back. At one point he was so far back that I had to turn my head to look at him and as I was telling him to get back in position. I watched a meteorite from High six come down and fly right between us and continue into the ocean in front of us. It was still burning as it went between us and broke apart. Quite a sight.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
Skip… For The List for Monday, 9 October 2023… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 9 October 1968
The relentless contest for supremacy of the seas…
Thanks to Micro
From Vietnam Air Losses site for Monday October 9
October 9: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=843
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
MOAA - Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Servicemembers Killed in the Vietnam War
(This site was sent by a friend last week and I forgot to forward. The site works, find anyone you knew in "search" feature. https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ )
Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Service members Killed in the Vietnam War
By: Kipp Hanley
AUGUST 15, 2022
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Monday Morning Humor thanks to Al
These type of reunions are just great. My fellow F-8i Crusader drivers and I had our 32nd Last Annual Crusader Ball (LACB) reunion at the Tail Hook convention in August. We had such fun at the first one we just kept it going….Skip
Monday Morning Humor--Naval Aviation
This weekend we hosted the 35th anniversary of a group of Fighter Squadron 154 squadronmates. Stories were told and retold…some were even true. I salute these men and their women for the people they are and the job they did so well.
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return—from the film I, Leonardo da Vinci
Three great things in life are:
A good landing
A good orgasm
A good bowel movement.
The night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities in life where you get to experience all three at the same time.
Flying Quotations and Truisms....
• God does not subtract from man's allotted time the hours spent while flying, but He extends harsh penalties for those who do not learn to land properly.
• The difference between fear and terror: fear is when your calculations show you may not have enough fuel to make it to your destination. Terror is when you realize you were right.
• Mommy, I want to grow up and be a pilot. Honey, you can't do both.
• When you see a tree in the clouds, it's not good news.
• The older I get, the better pilot I was.
• I'm at the age when I realize the best thing about flying fighters was free oxygen.
• Never fly the "A" model of anything
• Pilots - looking down on people since 1903.
• The average fighter pilot despite a swaggering personality and confident exterior is capable of feelings such as love, affection, humility, caring and intimacy. They just don't involve others.
• An idiot can get an airplane off the ground, It takes a pilot to get it back in one piece.
• Pilot dictum: remember, in the end, gravity always wins.
• You can only tie the record for flying low.
• Computers and black boxes may be replacing pilots, but pilots can be maintained easily and produced by unskilled labor.
• Many young, inexperienced pilots have delusions of adequacy.
• Flying is the art of learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
• Optimists invented the airplane. Pessimists invented the parachute.
• Newton's Law: What goes up must come down. Squadron CO's Law: What comes down better be able to go up again!
Q: How do you know there's a fighter pilot in the room?
A: He or she will tell you.
Q: What's the difference between God and a pilot?
A: God doesn't think he's a pilot…
Rules for flying:
• When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten.--Robert Livingston
• Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day.--Layton A. Bennett
• When a crash seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slowly and gently as possible.--Advice given to RAF pilots during W.W.II
• A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum.--Jon McBride
• If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.--Bob Hoover
• If an airplane is still in one piece, don't cheat on it; ride the b@$+@rb down.--Ernest K. Gann
• Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.--Richard Herman, Jr.
• There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.--Sign over Ready Room desk
Because We Flew—Author unknown
Once the wings go on, they never come off whether they can be seen or not. They fuse to the soul through adversity, fear and adrenaline, and no one who has ever worn them with pride, integrity and guts can ever sleep through the 'call of the wild' that wafts through the bedroom windows in the deep of the night.
When a good flyer leaves the service and retires, many are jealous, some are pleased and yet others, who may have already retired, wonder. We wonder if he knows what he is leaving behind, because we already know. We know, for example, that after a lifetime of precious camaraderie that few experience, it will remain as a longing for those past times.
We know in the world of flying, there is a fellowship which lasts long after the flight suits are hung up in the back of the closet. We know even if he throws them away, they will be on him with every step and breath that remains in his life. We also know how the very bearing of the man speaks of what he was and in his heart still is.
Because we flew, we envy no man on earth.
Have a great week,
Al
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Thanks to Brett
POWERFUL VDH ARTICLE ON THE LATEST ISRAELI-HAMAS WAR
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/victor-davis-hanson-50th-anniversary-war
Victor Davis Hanson: A 50th Anniversary War?
by Tyler Durden
Saturday, Oct 07, 2023 - 04:15 PM
Authored by Victor Davis Hanson,
A 50th Anniversary War?
Why did Hamas stage a long-planned, carefully executed and multifaceted attack on Israeli towns, soldiers, and civilians - one designed to instill terror by executing noncombatants, taking hostages, and desecrating the bodies of the dead?
And how were the killers able to enter Israeli proper in enough numbers to kill what could be hundreds and perhaps eventually wound what could be thousands?
a) Ostensibly, radical Palestinians wanted to stop any rumored rapprochement between the Gulf monarchies - the traditional source of much of their cash—and Israel, by forcing the issue of Arab solidarity in times of "war", especially through waging a gruesome attack aimed at civilians and encompassing executions and hostage taking. Iran likely was the driving force to prompt the war—given its greatest fear is a Sunni Arab-Israeli rapprochement.
b) Arab forces have had only success against Israel through surprise attacks during Israeli holidays, as in the Yom Kippur War (i.e., was it any accident that the present attack began 50-years almost to the day after the October 6, 1973 beginning of the Yom Kippur War?). And so they struck again this Saturday during Simchat Torah, coming at the end of a weeklong Jewish celebration of Sukkot—in hopes that others will join in as happened in 1973. (So much for the Arab warnings not for Westerners to conduct war during Ramadan).
c) Hamas may have reckoned that recent Israeli turmoil and mass leftist street protests over proposed reforms of the Israeli Supreme Court had led to permanent internal divisions and thus a climate of domestic distraction if not an erosion of deterrence.
But, more importantly, in a larger sense the Biden administration has contributed both to the notion that Hamas was a legitimate Middle East player, and to the perception that the U.S. was backing away from its traditional support for Israel - to the delight of Hamas - based on the following inexplicable policies:
1) In February Secretary of State Blinken had bragged that not only had the Biden administration resumed massive aid to the PLA cancelled by Trump, but cumulatively had transferred $1 billion - even as Palestinian authorities bragged that they would continue to pay bounties to the families of "martyrs" (i.e., those killed while conducting terrorists attacks against Israel).
And millions of American dollars also went into Gaza, run by Hamas - despite the Biden administration's efforts to keep mostly quiet the resumption of such inexplicable support. In this regard, note the current shameful State-Department ("U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs") website news release that was posted after today's attack. It ended with this quite embarrassing, morally equivalent admonition:
"We urged all sides to refrain from violence and retaliatory attacks. Terror and violence solve nothing."
"All sides?" "Refrain from retaliatory attacks?"
So Israel is the moral equivalent of terrorists executing civilians and brutalizing their corpses? And the IDF then is not supposed to retaliate against these killers?
This Biden State Department insanity cannot stand. So expect some apparatchik to take down this Munich-like posting as soon as possible.
2) The Biden administration had recently released some $6 billion to Iran through a prison swap deal that saw South Korea hand over embargoed Iranian money to Qatar - despite Tehran's increased anti-Israeli rhetoric and its loud brag about the escalation. We should assume money for rockets (Hamas claims they have launched 5,000, and have received 100,000 of them via the Damascus airport) and weapons in general for Hamas were supplied by Iran, which again is likely the chief catalyst for this surprise attack.
3) Almost immediately, after his inauguration Biden mobilized to resume the bankrupt Iran deal. And in unhinged fashion he appointed the anti-Israeli bigot, pro-Iranian journalist Robert Malley as America's chief negotiator. Note that Malley is now under FBI investigation for security breaches, involving disclosing classified U.S. documents and also for allegedly helping pro-Iranian activists and propagandists land influential billets inside the U.S. government.
In short, there was a general Hamas and Iranian perception that the Biden administration had resumed the discredited Obama madness of empowering Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas. This discredited agenda was to "balance" the power of Israel and the moderate Arab Gulf governments to achieve "creative tension", exacerbated by Biden's loathing of the government of Benjamín Netanyahu (who has been snubbed by Biden and never invited for an official visit).
Note as well that the Biden administration has siphoned off key weapons and munitions from stockpiles inside Israel to transfer them to Ukraine. The so-called "War Reserve Ammunition—Israel" is all but depleted of just the sorts of weapons needed in the present crisis.
In this regard is there not a pattern here?
Upon the ascension of Biden and his woke military agendas, we saw the following:
• the complete humiliation of the U.S. in Kabul in its most shameful flight in 50 years and greatest abandonment of equipment in its history;
• followed by Vladimir Putin's opportunistic invasion of Ukraine;
• followed by China's new belligerence and escalating threats to Taiwan;
• followed by Turkey's new de facto alliance with Russia and recent drone encounter with the U.S. Air Force in Syria;
• followed by the Hamas/Iranian inspired attack on Israel - with more to come unfortunately.
And will Biden finally get the message from the attacks on the Ukraine and Israeli borders, that borders matter and we too are being invaded, with the encouragement of the Mexican government and to the advantage of the cartels whose fentanyl exports kills 100,000 Americans a year?
What to expect in Israel?
Expect the following:
• the usual Hamas/terrorist selling and/or execution of Israeli hostages,
• the use of Israeli hostages as "human shields" in Gaza,
• the bargaining/sale of the remains of Israeli dead,
• occasional killings of Jews inside Israel by Arabs who falsely believe there will be a winning Middle East-wide existential war against Israel.
• And finally, a devastating Israeli counter-response that will eventually earn a U.S. rebuke.
What should the U.S. instead do?
It should quit talking to Iran and restore full sanctions against it.
It should cut off all aid immediately to all the Palestinians.
It should undertake a 1973-like massive arms lift of key munitions to Israel and warn Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and others in the Middle East not to intervene or else, given that Israel will need several weeks to deal with Hamas and Gaza.
And if it shows any hesitation or weakness, other terrorist groups will opportunistically jump in.
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Thanks to Glenn
South China sea flight
P-8 aircraft
China's aging leader, aging population, shrinking economy and India growing...
All sounds a lot like Adm Stavridis' book 2034.
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Thanks to Interesting Facts
Babies are born with almost 100 more bones than adults.
The human body has 206 bones — unless you're talking about babies, in which case the number is closer to 300. Many of a newborn's bones are actually made of cartilage, which is much more malleable and allows fetuses to curl inside the womb as they develop. As children grow, cartilage turns into bone in a process called ossification, and the excess bones fuse together. (If you've ever wondered how those "soft spots" on an infant's head — technically known as fontanelles — become stronger, bone fusion is the answer.) This is also a big part of why calcium is so important for babies: New bone tissue can't grow without it.
Ossification doesn't happen overnight, however — it continues until a person reaches their mid-20s, which is around when humans reach their peak bone mass. In much the same way that we're constantly shedding our skin, our bones are constantly changing as well, with old bone gradually destroyed and new bone material formed. The process is called remodeling, and it helps keep the skeletal system healthy long after we've settled down at 206 bones.
Humans and giraffes have the same number of neck bones.
Despite having the longest necks in the animal kingdom — they can reach a length of 8 feet, twice as long as the neck of any other creature — giraffes have the same number of cervical vertebrae as humans: seven. The key difference is that giraffes' vertebrae are much longer, with each of them measuring close to 10 inches in length; in humans, the entire vertebral column is around 28 inches for men and 24 inches for women. We have the same number of neck bones as our tall, spotted friends for the simple reason that we're both mammals — sloths and manatees are the only members of this particular class that don't have seven.
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Thanks to DR. There are about a half dozen SR71 stories that have been in the List before. This one is interesting. Another one was someone asked a sled driver how slow he had ever been and that one is very entertaining.
Fall from an SR-71
In 1966, an SR-71 "Blackbird" disintegrated at 78,000 feet. The pilot's first thought was "No one could live through what just happened. Therefore, I must be dead." The History Guy remembers a fall from an SR-71.
I LOVE these kinds of stories. The History Guy brings these events back to life, and provides a lot of color surrounding the story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRyIGTkcmII
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The other one
https://www.19fortyfive.com › 2021/10 › sr-71-spy-pla...
Oct 12, 2021 — "The back seater later indicated slow speed of 155 knots, pilot saw 152 knots or 175 mph. The aircraft at that point was gently floating down,
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Thanks to Mike
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company. A church. A home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you. We are in charge of our attitudes.
--Charles Swindoll
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This Day in U S Military History
October 9
1781 – The bombardment of the British forces at Yorktown begins. Among the American guns there were three twenty-four pounders, three eighteen pounders, two eight-inch (203 mm) howitzers and six mortars. At 3:00 pm, the French guns opened the barrage and drove the British frigate, HMS Guadeloupe across the York River, where she was scuttled to prevent capture. At 5:00 pm the Americans opened fire. George Washington fired the first gun; legend has it that it smashed into a table where British officers were eating. The Franco-American guns began to tear apart the British defenses. Washington ordered that the guns fire all night so that the British could not make repairs. All of the British guns on the left were soon silenced. The British soldiers began to pitch their tents in their trenches and soldiers began to desert in large numbers. Some British ships were also damaged by cannonballs that flew across the town into the harbor.[
1812 – American Lieutenant Jesse Duncan Elliot captured two British brigs, the Detroit and Caledonia on Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Elliot set the brig Detroit ablaze the next day in retaliation for the British capture seven weeks earlier of the city of Detroit.
1864 – At the Battle of Tom's Brook the Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign was wiped by Custer and Merrit's cavalry divisions. After his victory at Fisher's Hill, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan pursued Early's army up the Shenandoah Valley to near Staunton. On October 6, Sheridan began withdrawing, as his cavalry burned everything that could be deemed of military significance, including barns and mills. Reinforced by Kershaw's division, Early followed. Maj. Gen. Thomas Rosser arrived from Petersburg to take command of Fitz Lee's cavalry division and harassed the retreating Federals. On October 9, Torbert's troopers turned on their pursuers, routing the divisions of Rosser and Lomax at Tom's Brook. With this victory, the Union cavalry attained overwhelming superiority in the Valley.
1917 – The 8th Marines was activated at Quantico, Virginia. Although the regiment would not see combat in Europe during World War I, the officers and enlisted men of the 8th Marines participated in operations against dissidents in Haiti for over five years during the 1920s. During World War II, the regiment was assigned to the 2d Marine Division and participated in combat operations on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, and Okinawa, and earned three Presidential Unit Citations.
1999 – The last flight of the SR-71. The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" was an advanced, long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed as a black project from the Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft in the 1960s by Lockheed and its Skunk Works division. Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was responsible for many of the design's innovative concepts. During reconnaissance missions, the SR-71 operated at high speeds and altitudes to allow it to outrace threats. If a surface-to-air missile launch was detected, the standard evasive action was simply to accelerate and outfly the missile. The SR-71 served with the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1998. A total of 32 aircraft were built; 12 were lost in accidents, but none lost to enemy action. The SR-71 has been given several nicknames, including Blackbird and Habu. Since 1976, it has held the world record for the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft, a record previously held by the YF-12. All Blackbirds have been moved to museums except for the two SR-71s and a few D-21 drones retained by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
*KANDLE, VICTOR L.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near La Forge, France, 9 October 1944. Entered service at: Redwood City, Calif. Birth: Roy, Wash. G.O. No.: 37, 11 May 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. On 9 October 1944, at about noon, near La Forge, France, 1st Lt. Kandle, while leading a reconnaissance patrol into enemy territory, engaged in a duel at pointblank range with a German field officer and killed him. Having already taken 5 enemy prisoners that morning, he led a skeleton platoon of 16 men, reinforced with a light machinegun squad, through fog and over precipitous mountain terrain to fall on the rear of a German quarry stronghold which had checked the advance of an infantry battalion for 2 days. Rushing forward, several yards ahead of his assault elements, 1st Lt. Kandle fought his way into the heart of the enemy strongpoint, and, by his boldness and audacity, forced the Germans to surrender. Harassed by machinegun fire from a position which he had bypassed in the dense fog, he moved to within 15 yards of the enemy, killed a German machinegunner with accurate rifle fire and led his men in the destruction of another machinegun crew and its rifle security elements. Finally, he led his small force against a fortified house held by 2 German officers and 30 enlisted men. After establishing a base of fire, he rushed forward alone through an open clearing in full view of the enemy, smashed through a barricaded door, and forced all 32 Germans to surrender. His intrepidity and bold leadership resulted in the capture or killing of 3 enemy officers and 54 enlisted men, the destruction of 3 enemy strongpoints, and the seizure of enemy positions which had halted a battalion attack.
*BURRIS, TONY K.
Rank and organization: Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, Company L, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division. Place and date: vicinity of Mundung -ni, Korea 8 and 9 October 1951. Entered service at: Blanchard, Okla. Birth: Blanchard, Okla. G.O. No.: 84, 5 September 1952. Citation: Sfc. Burris, a member of Company L, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and outstanding courage above and beyond the call of duty. On 8 October, when his company encountered intense fire from an entrenched hostile force, Sfc. Burris charged forward alone, throwing grenades into the position and destroying approximately 15 of the enemy. On the following day, spearheading a renewed assault on enemy positions on the next ridge, he was wounded by machine gun fire but continued the assault, reaching the crest of the ridge ahead of his unit and sustaining a second wound. Calling for a 57mm. recoilless rifle team, he deliberately exposed himself to draw hostile fire and reveal the enemy position. The enemy machine gun emplacement was destroyed. The company then moved forward and prepared to assault other positions on the ridge line. Sfc. Burris, refusing evacuation and submitting only to emergency treatment, joined the unit in its renewed attack but fire from hostile emplacement halted the advance. Sfc. Burris rose to his feet, charged forward and destroyed the first emplacement with its heavy machine gun and crew of 6 men. Moving out to the next emplacement, and throwing his last grenade which destroyed this position, he fell mortally wounded by enemy fire. Inspired by his consummate gallantry, his comrades renewed a spirited assault which overran enemy positions and secured Hill 605, a strategic position in the battle for "Heartbreak Ridge," Sfc. Burris' indomitable fighting spirit, outstanding heroism, and gallant self -sacrifice reflect the highest glory upon himself, the infantry and the U.S. Army.
*YOUNG, ROBERT H.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company E, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Place and date: North of Kaesong, Korea, 9 October 1950. Entered service at: Vallejo, Calif. Born: 4 March 1929, Oroville. Calif. G.O. No.: 65, 2 August 1951. Citation: Pfc. Young distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action. His company, spearheading a battalion drive deep in enemy territory, suddenly came under a devastating barrage of enemy mortar and automatic weapons crossfire which inflicted heavy casualties among his comrades and wounded him in the face and shoulder. Refusing to be evacuated, Pfc. Young remained in position and continued to fire at the enemy until wounded a second time. As he awaited first aid near the company command post the enemy attempted an enveloping movement. Disregarding medical treatment he took an exposed position and firing with deadly accuracy killed 5 of the enemy. During this action he was again hit by hostile fire which knocked him to the ground and destroyed his helmet. Later when supporting tanks moved forward, Pfc. Young, his wounds still unattended, directed tank fire which destroyed 3 enemy gun positions and enabled the company to advance. Wounded again by an enemy mortar burst, and while aiding several of his injured comrades, he demanded that all others be evacuated first. Throughout the course of this action the leadership and combative instinct displayed by Pfc. Young exerted a profound influence on the conduct of the company. His aggressive example affected the whole course of the action and was responsible for its success. Pfc. Young's dauntless courage and intrepidity reflect the highest credit upon himself and uphold the esteemed traditions of the U.S. Army.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for October 9, FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
9 October
1905: The Wright Brothers offered the War Department and the Army their airplane for purchase. The Board of Ordnance and Fortification misunderstood their offer as a request for money to conduct invention research and subsequently rejected the offer. (21)
1912: Lt Henry H. Arnold won the first Mackay Trophy competition for the most outstanding military flight of the year. Arnold and Lt Thomas Milling had been challenged to fly a triangular route between Fort Meyer, College Park, and Washington, D.C., and pinpoint a "troop concentration." In winning the award, Arnold had completed the reconnaissance course and reported the simulated enemy troop concentrations to the event judges.
In one respect the "contest" was not a contest at all. Milling, the only other participant, had aircraft problems that kept him on the ground. The flight demonstrated one of the doctrinal missions for army aviation, something the Army air arm was still struggling to define. Perhaps because of these circumstances, Arnold did not take himself or his accomplishment too seriously. The young lieutenant wrote that, "It [the trophy] certainly is handsome. I figure that it will hold about four gallons so I cannot see how you can fill it with anything but beer."
He was not far off. While cleaning the Mackay Trophy one day in 2006 (it is housed at the National Air and Space Museum) the curatorial staff tested the volume of the trophy using non-reactive Styrofoam balls. In fact, the Mackay Trophy cup holds a volume of five gallons (of Styrofoam balls anyway).
1918: More than 250 bombers and 100 pursuit planes, the greatest massing of planes to date, dropped 32 tons of bombs in the cantonment district between La Wavrille and Damvillers. (24)
1934: Wiley Post received the FAI gold medal. (9)
1943: British Air Chief Marshal Portal declared the B-17 bombing of the Focke-Wulf plant at Marienburg the "most perfect example of accurate distribution of bombs." (24)
1952: KOREAN WAR. Fighter-bombers attacked widely scattered communist communications centers from Huichon in N. Korea south to the bomb line. Fifth Air Force aircraft inflicted heavy casualties on a communist regiment, delaying its commitment to the enemy attack underway. (28)
1958: PROJECT MAN HIGH III. Lt Clifton McClure ascended to 98,000 feet in a balloon. The Boeing Airplane Company received the assembly and test contract for the Minuteman I. (6)
1961: Maj Robert White attained 4,093 MPH in the X-15 in a flight at Edwards AFB. Lt Raymond H. Vos, taking part in the T-38 test at Randolph AFB, became the first student to solo in a supersonic plane.
1964: TAC received its first RF-4C aircraft.
1972: Through 19 October, representatives from the US and Soviet Union met in Moscow to discuss the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), the joint rendezvous and docking mission scheduled for 15 July 1975.
1973: The Board on Geographic Names restored Cape Kennedy to its original name, Cape Canaveral. Later on 1 April 1974, the Air Force redesignated Cape Kennedy AFS as Cape Canaveral AFS.
1999: The final SR-71 Blackbird flight occurred during the Edwards AFB Open House and Air Show. NASA Dryden Flight Research Center pilot Rogers Smith and flight engineer Marta BohnMeyer flew the aircraft to Mach 3.21 at 80,100 feet. (3)
2001: Operation EAGLE ASSIST. NATO deployed AWACS aircraft from Europe to the US to help patrol American airspace after the 11 September terrorist attacks. This was the first time NATO deployed forces to the US for a real contingency. When the operation ended on 16 May 2002, seven NATO aircraft had flown 360 sorties. (21)
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Thank to Carl
Well this is a fine kettle of fish
October 8, 2023
The surprising answer to the 78-old-vet's question about welfare for illegals
By Andrea Widburg
A 78-year-old veteran asked a question that went viral: Why are illegal aliens getting more benefits than he does? While his facts were shaky, his premise is valid: Illegal aliens suck up tax money. The answer lies in how leftists on the Supreme Court interpreted the 14th Amendment.
Paul is a Vietnam veteran, former correctional officer, and truck driver who is 100% disabled and living primarily on his Social Security disability and Medicare. He's noticed that illegal aliens who sneaked into a country to which they contributed nothing are suddenly getting lots of taxpayer benefits:
What hell here goes; I am 78 years old. I worked most of my life. I paid my taxes and now I'm 100% disabled. So, I draw SS disability, this is supposed to provide for me. I get $1705 a month; I also get Medicare. Now I draw more from other retirements. My question is what in the hell are these criminal illegals doing getting $2200 a month and Medicare and can it be stopped.
In fact, illegal aliens are not receiving $2,200 in cash, although some do receive cash payments. That doesn't mean Paul's completely wrong. Illegals receive valuable, taxpayer-funded benefits despite breaking into the country and contributing nothing to the general fund paying out those benefits.
FAIR has studied the costs illegal aliens impose on taxpayers. As of January 2023, illegal immigration costs Americans "at least $150.7 billion" annually (the difference between the taxes illegal aliens pay and the costs they impose on the economy).
But if we don't give them cash, why are they imposing costs on us? That's because we still give them things, and they impose other expenses on the system. At the federal level, $6.6 billion goes to educating children here illegally, $23.1 billion to paying their medical expenses, $25.1 billion to paying for their impact on the justice system (imprisonment, deportation, etc.), and $11.6 billion on welfare programs intended for families with children.
The money flow doesn't stop at the federal level. States and localities pay up, too. Across America, states are paying $73.3 billion to educate children here illegally, $18.6 billion for medical care for illegal aliens, $21.8 billion in costs for the criminal justice system, and $2 billion in welfare expenditures.
There are less tangible costs. Illegal immigrants are destroying border communities in Texas. Moreover, when illegals are shipped to formerly smug sanctuary cities such as New York and Chicago, housing and caring for them is breaking their budgets.
Even that doesn't cover everything. When your school system is flooded with illegal alien children, your children are getting shortchanged. Likewise, when illegal aliens move into lower-income neighborhoods, there are housing shortages and rent increases, and the illegal aliens, many of whom have an excellent work ethic, take jobs previously held by American workers. That's a cost, too.
So, why are illegal aliens getting what amounts to non-cash welfare? Blame the men in black…that is, leftists on the United States Supreme Court.
The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, states in Section 1 as follows:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. (Emphasis added.)
That phrase "all persons born…in the United States" was intended to ensure that former slaves, who had previously been denied full status as American citizens thanks to the infamous Dred Scott decision, would henceforth be considered full American citizens, with all the rights and protections that entailed.
The case that gave that same protection to illegal aliens was 1982's Plyler v. Doe. There, the five leftist justices held that the word "persons" meant that illegal aliens could not be deprived of "equal protection of the laws," something that, in the case of Plyler, extended to free education. Using this logic, people whom Congress never contemplated in 1868, after a civil war and when there was no mass migration and, significantly, no welfare should have the vote, too.
Meanwhile, though, while they can't receive cash (yet), they're otherwise entitled to the equal protection of the laws, including whatever welfare leftists can squeeze through. This is helped by leftists concluding that the word "person," whenever used in the Constitution, means anybody with a foot on American soil. To them, there is no difference between a natural-born citizen, a naturalized citizen, a legal foreign resident, and an illegal alien.
And that, dear Paul, is why you're not getting the full benefit of the money you paid into the system. Instead, as more illegals flood America, more of your (and my) tax dollars will pay for their "equal protection" right to taxpayer largesse.
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