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To All,
.Good Thursday morning September 25 A bit late this morning. The day has dawned with heavy fog this morning and is supposed clear by 9 hit 79 by 2. I was up in the dark and heavy fog this morning to take my good friend Mac and his son down to the harbor for a 3 day fishing trip. Since an aircraft carrier is the smallest thing that I go on the water with I do not do that.
From the archives…..A shout out to Admiral Box on his birthday today
Have a great week
Regards
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This day in Naval and Marine Corps History (thanks to NHHC)
Here is a link to the NHHC website: https://www.history.navy.mil/. Go here to see the director's corner for all 92 H-Grams
Today in Naval and Marine Corps History
September 25
1863 Commodore Henry H. Bell reports to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles from New Orleans about the yellow fever outbreak onboard steamers coming into port.
1925 USS S-51 sinks after being rammed by SS City of Rome off Block Island, R.I., killing 33 of her crew.
1943 USS Skill (AM 115) is sunk by German submarine (U 593) in Gulf of Salerno. Only 32 of her men survive from the 103 officers and men on board.
1944 USS Searaven (SS 196) is attacked by a Japanese small craft off southwest tip of Etorofu, Kurils. USS Barbel (SS 316) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship, Bushu Maru, off Togara Gunto. Additionally, USS Guardfish (SS 217) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship, No.2, Miyakawa Maru, in the Yellow Sea off Chinnampo. Also, on this day,USS Thresher (SS 200) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship, Nissei Maru, in the Yellow Sea.
1952 USS Taylor (DD 468) is fired on by a shore battery in the vicinity of Wonsan, Korea. Counter-battery fire by USS Taylor silences the enemy guns.
1957 In project Stratoscope, Office of Naval Research obtains sharp photographs of sun's corona from first balloon-borne telescope camera.
1982 USS Houston (SSN 713) is commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk. For two months in1989, the boat participated in the filming of The Hunt for Red October off the coasts of Washington and California.
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Today in World History September 25
1396 The last great Christian crusade, led jointly by John the Fearless of Nevers and King Sigismund of Hungary, ends in disaster at the hands of Sultan Bayezid I's Ottoman army at Nicopolis.
1598 In Sweden, King Sigismund is defeated at Stangebro by his uncle Charles.
1775 British troops capture Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga, when he and a handful of Americans try to invade Canada.
1789 Congress proposes 12 new amendments to the Constitution.
1804 The 12th Amendment is ratified, changing the procedure of choosing the president and vice-president.
1846 American General Zachary Taylor's forces capture Monterey, Mexico.
1909 The first National Aeronautic Show opens at Madison Square Garden.
1915 An allied offensive is launched in France against the German Army.
1918 Brazil declares war on Austria.
1937 German Chancellor Adolf Hitler meets with Italian Premier Benito Mussolini in Munich.
1938 President Franklin Roosevelt urges negotiations between Hitler and Czech President Edvard Benes over the Sudetenland.
1942 The War Labor Board orders equal pay for women in the United States.
1943 The Red Army retakes Smolensk from the Germans who are retreating to the Dnieper River in the Soviet Union.
1959 President Dwight Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begin Camp David talks.
1974 Scientists warn that continued use of aerosol sprays will cause ozone depletion, which will lead to an increased risk of skin cancer and global weather changes.
1981 Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice, is sworn in.
1983 Maze Prison escape, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; 38 IRA prisoners escape in the largest prison breakout in British history; known among Irish republicans as the Great Escape.
1992 NASA launches Mars Observer probe; it fails 11 months later.
1996 Ireland's last Magdalene laundry closes; begun as asylums to rehabilitate "fallen women," they increasingly took on prison-like qualities.
2008 China launches Shenzhou 7 spacecraft; crew performs China's first extra-vehicular activity (EVA).
2009 US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy jointly accuse Iran of building a secret nuclear enrichment facility.
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Rollingthunderremembered.com .
September 25
Thanks to Dan Heller and the Bear
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Thanks to Micro
From Vietnam Air Losses site for "for 25 September . ..
25-Sep: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=818
Vietnam Air Losses Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
MOAA - Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Service members Killed in the Vietnam War
(This site was sent by a friend . The site works, find anyone you knew in "search" feature. https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ )
By: Kipp Hanley
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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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For all of us that remember 51 Years ago and what we were doing to help make this happen…..skip From The List archives Hand Salute!!!!
Thanks to Eagle
One of my most memorable missions from Vietnam was being on BARCAP when the first C 141 came out with the boys on it.
Hey Fingers has a nice part of this one.
EAGLE
Memories--------------------------------
No matter what one thinks of Nixon now - watch this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=LemllfcAY8A&sns=em
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Thanks to History Facts
Yellow pencils used to be sold as a luxury item.
SCIENCE & INDUSTRY
Today, yellow pencils are just normal, generic pencils, but when they were popularized in the late 19th century, they were considered the height of luxury. Before then, lacquered pencils were often a sign of low-quality wood that needed to be covered up, and they were usually finished in darker colors such as black or maroon. A decent pencil, meanwhile, would either be plain or varnished wood. But that all changed with the introduction of luxury pencils made with the finest, purest graphite, which came from a mine on the border of China and Siberia.
The German pencil manufacturer Faber (now Faber-Castell) was the first company to get its hands on graphite from the region, and it allowed for extremely fine-tuned pencil formulas, with 16 different degrees of hardness and softness. This was a big deal in the pencil world, and Faber boasted in its catalogs that "Siberian graphite" was "a household word amongst artists, engineers, designers and draftsmen generally." Around the same time, pencil-maker Franz von Hardtmuth decided to develop an expensive luxury pencil to compete with Faber's Siberian graphite. He created a pencil with 17 grades of hardness — one more than Faber's — and started dressing it up to bring to market. The new pencil got 14 coats of yellow lacquer and tips sprayed in gold paint, and was named the Koh-I-Noor 1500, after the famed large diamond.
Yellow was an auspicious color: It was known as the Chinese color of health and good fortune, so it winked at the sought-after Asian graphite, although it's unclear where Hardtmuth's graphite actually came from. Combined with the pencil's black tip, it also displayed the colors of the Austro-Hungarian flag. The Koh-I-Noor 1500 pencil hit the market in 1888, and, even with the higher price tag, it was a smash hit. Other pencil companies, particularly those eager to associate themselves with Asian graphite, also started painting their pencils yellow; by 1895, even Faber had a "Yellow Siberian" pencil. The American-made Dixon Ticonderoga No. 2 pencil — the yellow one ubiquitous in classrooms today — debuted in 1913.
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A couple from Interesting Facts
The QWERTY Keyboard Was Designed to Prevent Typewriter Jams
Before accidentally deleting a document was the worst thing that could happen to a piece of writing, typewriter jams were feared above all else. A number of brilliant minds did their utmost to alleviate this problem, but it was a newspaper editor in Kenosha, Wisconsin, who had perhaps the most positive impact on how we type today. Christopher Latham Sholes worked on several typewriter models, beginning in 1867, and eventually settled on the "QWERTY" design that is still in use today. (If the name has you confused, look at the first six letters on the top row of your keyboard, left to right.)
If that arrangement seems counterintuitive, it's quite literally by design. This particular array of letters was meant to slow writers down, since one of the many causes of typewriter jams was typing too fast; for instance, the letters "s" and "t" were separated because "st" is among the most common combinations of letters. Seasoned typists eventually got used to the layout and continued to punch out dozens of words per minute anyway, but other advances in typewriter design eventually helped make jams far less common. By the time the modern computer keyboard overtook the typewriter, keyboards were far more durable (though you still wouldn't want to spill a drink on one!).
Couches and Sofas Aren't the Same Thing
Though usually used interchangeably, these are technically two different pieces of furniture — and the distinction lies in the words themselves. "Couch" comes to us from French, namely coucher — "to lie down" — whereas we have the Arabic word suffah to thank for "sofa." In the most traditional sense, a sofa would be a wooden bench that comes complete with blankets and cushions and is intended for sitting. eBay's selling guide used to distinguish between the two by defining a couch as "a piece of furniture with no arms used for lying." Though it may be a distinction without a difference these days, purists tend to think of sofas as a bit more formal and couches as something you'd take a nap on and let your pets hang out on.
The Computer Mouse Also Had a Different Animal Name
Whether you think the plural should be mice or mouses — some dictionaries accept both! — there's no denying which animal the ubiquitous device is named after. Or is there? It turns out that early versions were named turtles, as the gadget's hard, protective shell covers the important parts within. (You can even buy ones intentionally shaped like a turtle.) That said, the current name is so well known that it's the same in several languages — many don't even translate it into their own word for "mouse."
High Heels Were Originally for Men
High heels have long been a symbol of femininity, but that wasn't always the case. The shoes, which are thought to date all the way back to the 10th century, were invented for a practical rather than sartorial reason: horseback riding. Anyone who's placed their feet in stirrups while sitting atop a noble steed knows that it can be difficult to actually keep your feet inside them, and some enterprising equine enthusiast eventually realized that an extended heel allowed for a more secure fit.
In addition to leisure, horseback riding was a crucial element of warfare, meaning that there was a time when entire armies rode into battle wearing high heels. Eventually people realized that this kind of footwear was pleasing to the eye, and in the 17th century high heels became a gender-neutral fashion statement — especially among those who wanted to show off their upper-class credentials (heels were associated with horses, and only the wealthy tended to own them). As for how heels became linked to women, it wasn't haute couture but rather pin-up photography that brought them back en vogue.
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From the list archives…..Maybe it did not stop???
Project Mkultra: One of the Most Shocking CIA Programs of All Time
http://gizmodo.com/project-mkultra-one-of-the-most-shocking-cia-programs-1370236359
Project Mkultra: One of the Most Shocking CIA Programs of All Time When the extent of the U.S. government's domestic spying program was revealed this past summer, many were surprised and outraged: how could a government which so prizes liberty of its citizens covertly collect data on its own people?
Yet, sadly, this is not the first time Uncle Sam, without permission or notice, secretly gathered information on its people and wasn't even close to the greatest atrocity. For that, there are numerous other examples such as when the government intentionally poisoned certain alcohol supplies they knew people would drink, killing over 10,000 American citizens and sickening many thousands others. (Despite this, the program continued for some time, though it was hotly debated in Congress when the death tolls started rolling in.) One other such "interesting" program, was from 1953 to 1964, when the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) conducted dozens of experiments on the effects of biological and chemical agents on American citizens without their knowledge in Project MKUltra. These covert tests included subjecting the unwitting subjects to hallucinogenic drugs and other chemicals, among other things.
It is difficult to find official documents about this program; however, in 1976 and 1977, the U.S. Senate conducted investigations and even held a joint committee hearing on Project MKUltra, then published much of what was discovered; you will not believe what they found out.
MKULtra's Purpose
According to the hearing report, the project was intended to "develop a capability in the covert use of biological and chemical materials."[1] The motivation was also defensive, in that many were afraid during the Cold War that the Russians and Chinese had already developed weapons in this area. As the project's proponents noted:
The development of a comprehensive capability in this field of covert chemical and biological warfare gives us a thorough knowledge of the enemy's theoretical potential, thus enabling us to defend ourselves against a foe who might not be as restrained in the use of these techniques as we are.[2] Officially authorized in 1953, by 1955, project creep had expanded the CIA's authority under MKUltra to include the following:
Discovery of the following materials and methods [including those]:
which will promote the intoxicating affect of alcohol; which will render the induction of hypnosis easier or otherwise enhance its usefulness; which will enhance the ability of individuals to withstand privation, torture and coercion during interrogation and so called "brain-washing;"
which will produce amnesia for events preceding and during their use; [which will produce] shock and confusion over extended periods of time and capable of surreptitious use; and which will produce physical disablement such as paralysis of the legs, acute anemia, etc.[3] LSD experiments Senator Edward Kennedy dominated the hearing. In his opening remarks, he noted there was:
an "extensive testing and experimentation" program which included covert drug tests on unwitting citizens "at all social levels, high and low, native Americans and foreign." Several of these tests involved the administration of LSD to "unwitting subjects in social situations."[4] For many of these drug tests, especially early on, there were "no medical personnel on hand either to administer the drugs or observe their effects." Often, the randomly selected subjects had "become ill for hours or days, including hospitalization in at least one case."[5] Even more troubling, some of the tests proved lethal, but that did not stop the CIA from continuing their experimentation:
The deaths of two Americans can be attributed to these programs; other participants in the testing programs may still suffer from the residual effects. . . . The fact that they were continued for years after the danger of surreptitious administration of LSD to unwitting individuals was known, demonstrate fundamental disregard for the value of human life.[6] One of these lives belonged to Dr. Frank Olson, himself a researcher with the U.S. Army who studied "developing techniques for offensive use of biological weapons . . . [and] biological research for the CIA."[7] Along with a group of 9 other such scientists, he attended a conference in a cabin at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland in November 1953. Once there, ironically, CIA operatives spiked the researchers' Cointreau with LSD. Only after the scientists had finished their drinks were they informed that they had been drugged.[8] Most of the researchers handled the experience well and had no aftereffects, but not Dr. Olson. He never recovered from the ordeal and shortly after the experiment, began to show "symptoms of paranoia and schizophrenia."[9] Dr. Olson's superior and the CIA who ran the experiment arranged for him to get treatment in New York City. While spending the night in a hotel room with the CIA officer, and after requesting a wake-up call for the next morning, Dr. Olson somehow managed to fall to his death. As the CIA officer (Lashbrook) reported:
At approximately 2:30 a.m. Saturday, November 28, Lashbrook was awakened by a loud "crash of glass." . . . . Olson "had crashed through the closed window blind and the closed window and he fell to his death from the window of our room on the 10th floor."[10] There is no indication that any investigation of foul play, particularly by the CIA officer (who was both responsible for the experiment and alone in the hotel room with Olson) was ever conducted.
Universities, Prisons and Hospitals Conducted Experiments In the hearing, Senator Kennedy noted that many otherwise respectable institutions were fraudulently incorporated into MKUltra projects:
What we are basically talking about is . . . the perversion and corruption of many of our outstanding research centers in this country, with CIA funds, where some of our top researchers were unwittingly involved in research sponsored by the Agency in which they had no knowledge of the background or the support for[11] According to the hearing report, "eighty-six universities or institutions were involved,"[12] and "185 non-government researchers and assistants" worked on these projects.[13] "Physicians, toxicologists, and other specialists in mental [and] narcotics" were lured into MKUltra through the provision of grants that were "made under ostensible research foundation auspices, thereby concealing the CIA's interest from the specialist's institution."[14] For some of the 12 hospitals that participated in Project MKUltra, tests were conducted on terminal cancer patients – presumably because the experiments were anticipated to have long-lasting detrimental, if not lethal, effects.[15] Sadly, to get the hospitals (and perhaps the patients) to agree to these experiments, the CIA often paid the institution. For example, Subproject 23, authorized in August 1955, worked as follows:
The project engineer . . . authorized the contractor to pay the hospital's expenses of certain persons suffering from incurable cancer for the privilege of studying the effects of these chemicals during their terminal illnesses.[16] Likewise, many of the experiments conducted at the three prisons were done secretly: "We also know now that some unwitting testing took place on criminal sexual psychopaths." [17] Not all testing was done unwittingly, although that did not make it any more ethical. For example, in a prison experiment conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health Addiction Research Center at the Lexington Rehabilitation Center (a prison for convicted drug addicts), prisoners who volunteered to participate in a hallucinogenic drug experiment were promised (and received) doses of "the drug of their addiction."[18] Miscellaneous Other Experiments An unknown number of other experiments in "such areas as effects of electro-shock, harassment techniques for offensive use . . [and] gas propelled sprays and aerosols" to be used as "assassination delivery systems" were also being conducted.[19] In addition, MKUltra scientists were authorized to research "additional avenues to the control of human behavior" including "radiation . . .[and] paramilitary devices and materials."[20] Heinous Covert Experiments: By the Numbers Project MKUltra consisted of 149 subprojects "many of which appear to have some connection with research into behavioral modification, drug acquisition and testing or administering drugs surreptitiously,"[21] including as follows:
"6 subprojects involving tests on unwitting subjects were conducted."
8 subprojects involving hypnosis, including 2 that also used drugs were performed.
7 subprojects included the use of drugs or chemicals.
4 subprojects used "magician's art . . . e.g., surreptitious delivery of drug-related materials."
9 subprojects studied sleep research (read: deprivation) and psychotherapy's influence on behavior.
6 subprojects studied the effects on human tissue of "exotic pathogens and the capability to incorporate them in effective delivery systems."[22] The CIA Lost or Destroyed All Records of Project MKUltra Sadly, but not surprisingly, almost no records remain of the 10 years of covert activity. As Senator Kennedy noted:
Perhaps most disturbing of all was the fact that the extent of experimentation on human subjects was unknown. The records of all these activities were destroyed in 1973, at the instruction of then CIA Director Richard Helms.[23] Notably, however, some records were overlooked during the CIA's destruction because new records were found in 1977, as noted by Senator Kennedy:
We believed that the record, incomplete as it was, was as complete as it was going to be. Then one individual, through a Freedom of Information request, accomplished what two U.S. Senate committees could not. He spurred the agency into finding additional records . . . . The records reveal a far more extensive series of experiments than had previously been thought.[24] Nonetheless, these records still leave an incomplete record of the program.
No Accountability
Two lawsuits arising out of MKUltra activities made it to the Supreme Court, but both protected the government over citizen's rights:
In 1985, the Court held in CIA vs. Simms that the names of the institutions and researchers who participated in Project MKUltra were exempt from revelation under the Freedom of Information Act due to the CIA's need to protect its "intelligence sources."
In 1987, in United States v. Stanley, the Court held that a serviceman who had volunteered for a chemical weapons experiment, but who was actually tested with LSD, was barred from bringing a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
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Thanks to 1440
Good morning. It's Thursday, Sept. 25, and we're covering a deadly shooting in Dallas, a mission into the cosmic winds, and much more.
Need To Know
ICE Shooting in Dallas
One person was killed and two others were left in critical condition after a gunman opened fire at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility yesterday morning. Officials described the shooting as a targeted attack and said the assailant died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound before police reached him.
The shooter was identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn. While a motive has not been publicly revealed, reports suggest an unused bullet with the words "ANTI-ICE" written in marker was found at the scene. The gunman opened fire from the rooftop of an adjacent building around 6:30 am ET local time, as detainees were being transferred into the facility. All three victims were detainees—no ICE officers were wounded—and were said to be sitting inside a transport van when the shooting began.
The attack appears to be the latest in an increasingly frequent string of politically or ideologically motivated violence, and comes two weeks after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed.
Space Weather Probes
A SpaceX rocket successfully deployed a trio of scientific spacecraft yesterday, each with the goal of studying various aspects of the solar wind—the stream of energetic charged particles emanating from the sun.
The solar wind is created in the sun's outer atmosphere (see overview), where charged particles reach extreme temperatures before ejecting into space. These particles also create a vast magnetic bubble, called the heliosphere, that deflects otherwise hazardous radiation coming into the solar system. The largest mission, run by NASA, will study both the solar wind and the heliosphere, while a second will observe how Earth's exosphere interacts with solar storms.
The third, managed by NOAA, will provide real-time monitoring of such storms after its existing probe went offline in July. Solar storms—intense flare-ups of the charged particle streams—can severely impact telecommunications networks.
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Thanks to Brett
Daily Memo: German Defense Spending, Russian Tax Reform
Berlin will spend billions over the next year on upgrading and modernizing its military.
By: Geopolitical Futures
Focus on Europe. Germany's new defense procurement plan for 2025-26 will focus heavily on European suppliers, according to a POLITICO report. Of the 83 billion euros ($97 billion) in contracts the government will award over the next year, only 8 percent will be used to purchase U.S. weapons, including torpedoes and Patriot air defense missiles and launchers. The bulk of funding will go to European projects, such as the 26 billion-euro F-127 frigate program, Eurofighter Tranche 5 aircraft, Boxer armored vehicles and a wheeled tank destroyer. The plan also includes a 2.3 billion-euro modernization of the Taurus cruise missile, additional air defense systems and investments in the Eurodrone, which is still under development.
Russian finances. Russia's Ministry of Finance has submitted amendments to the tax code to ensure continued financing for defense-related spending, the ministry said. The proposal would increase the standard value-added tax rate by 2 percentage points to 22 percent, with an exemption for socially significant goods, and expand the list of VAT contributors, requiring all organizations with annual revenue exceeding 10 million rubles ($120,000) to pay up. The ministry also proposed "optimizing" preferential insurance premium rates for small and medium-sized enterprises. If adopted, the amendments would come into effect on Jan. 1.
Iran's position. In an address to the nation, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outlined his position on the country's nuclear program and negotiations with the United States. He said talks with Washington would not be beneficial, as the U.S. would insist on imposing conditions that he believes to be unworkable. He also said Tehran would not agree to end its uranium enrichment program, though he denied that Iran intends to produce nuclear weapons with its uranium supplies. The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, meanwhile, said in an interview with Sky News that U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June "destroyed" some of the sites' infrastructure. The extent of the damage had been unclear, with various Iranian officials indicating different levels of disruption.
U.S. reaction. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke by phone with his Estonian counterpart, Hanno Pevkur, about last week's incursion by Russian fighter jets into Estonian airspace. Hegseth said the Pentagon would closely monitor the situation and noted that any intrusion into NATO airspace is unacceptable. He also said he was in close contact with the supreme allied commander Europe regarding next steps.
Russia and China. The director of the United Russia party's Higher Party School met in Moscow on Tuesday with a delegation from the Chinese Central Committee's Party School. They discussed political education, propaganda and organizational work, cadre training, and experience-sharing in party building. They also talked about a possible cooperation agreement between their organizations.
Economic ties. Serbia and Azerbaijan will sign a natural gas agreement "in the near future," Serbian parliamentary speaker Ana Brnabic said. The two countries are also planning to build a 600 million-euro gas-fired power plant in the Serbian city of Nis. According to Brnabic, trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Serbia has increased to $560 million from $20 million over the past five years.
Xinjiang celebration. Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Xinjiang to mark the 70th anniversary of its establishment as an autonomous region. On Tuesday, he met with representatives of various ethnic groups in the province, which has a large Uyghur population.
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Thanks to Mud
This is an all time favorite
S/F,
- Mud
In a message dated 9/22/2021 7:15:30 AM Central Standard Time, xyz@aol.com writes:
This is indeed worth about two minutes to read. I think this comes under the heading, "Lest We Forget". Robert E. Lee was undoubtedly the most loved general by those under his command in this country's history.
Subject: Robert E. Lee
Robert E Lee is one of very few cadets to pass through the US Military Academy at West Point without a single demerit. In the Mexican War General Winfield Scott called him "the greatest soldier I've ever seen." As an Army Engineer he re-routed the Mississippi River and saved the city of St Louis. When he inherited slaves from his father in law, he educated them and set them free, and he referred to slavery as "a political and moral evil". He turned down Lincoln's offer to Command the US Army that would invade the South and his home State of Virginia even though leading that Army would have certainly brought him international fame and likely the presidency. He instead offered his sword to Virginia and fought against that invasion for four years leading an Army that was vastly outnumbered, out supplied and out fed. After the war, as the most beloved figure on either side of the war, he turned down all of the opportunities that would have enriched him by refusing to sell his family name. He chose instead to take a job with meager pay at Washington College because he knew that rebuilding the country meant that we needed to raise men of high honor and character. His first act as President of the College was to build a Chapel.
On Lee's last visit to Richmond, a lady approached General Lee with an infant in her arms and asked "Would you please hold my baby?" General Lee took the child, looked the woman in the eye and said "you must teach him to deny himself." Biographer Douglas Southall Freeman pointed out that this one statement characterized the entirety of how General Lee lived.
As the end of his life was approaching Robert E Lee was asked, with all of his accomplishments, what should his headstone say. He answered "that I am a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for my salvation."
That a monument to this man has been taken down is a monument itself. The barren space where his memorial stood is a testament to the depraved depths to which the morality and character of our society has fallen.
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Thanks to Nice News
| $60 Million Deal Protects the Largest Swamp in North America |
When a mining project seemed on the verge of approval near the Okefenokee Swamp, The Conservation Fund stepped in with a $60 million deal to halt the development, safeguarding the vast wetland in Georgia and Florida — home to 700 square miles of winding waterways, cypress trees, and more than 1,000 plant and animal species (including epic alligator congregations).
"This is the most important conservation project that we've ever worked on because of how imminent the threat was, not only to this site, but to the entire Okefenokee Swamp," Stacy Funderburke, vice president of The Conservation Fund's central Southeast region, told the Georgia Recorder.
Though the mining company claimed its plans would not harm the swamp, scientists and advocates warned that pumping more than a million gallons of water daily could trigger droughts and increase wildfire risk. As resident and environmental advocate Josh Howard told CBS News: "What we're trying to mine for will make a few people a little richer, but it could potentially ruin something that, I believe, is good for humanity."
Ultimately, the nonprofit's deal ended a yearslong controversy, preserving the largest swamp in North America and the wildlife that depends on it, from beavers and black bears to tree frogs and turtles. "Everywhere you look, there's just life," Howard said — and now, that life is set up to keep thriving.
Now they have to get rid of those large Pythons……skip
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This Day in U S Military History
25 September
1789 – The first Congress of the United States approves 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and sends them to the states for ratification. The amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens, guaranteeing the freedom of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion; the right to fair legal procedure and to bear arms; and that powers not delegated to the federal government were reserved for the states and the people. Influenced by the English Bill of Rights of 1689, the Bill of Rights was also drawn from Virginia's Declaration of Rights, drafted by George Mason in 1776. Mason, a native Virginian, was a lifelong champion of individual liberties, and in 1787 he attended the Constitutional Convention and criticized the final document for lacking constitutional protection of basic political rights. In the ratification process that followed, Mason and other critics agreed to approve the Constitution in exchange for the assurance that amendments would immediately be adopted. In December 1791, Virginia became the 10th of 14 states to approve 10 of the 12 amendments, thus giving the Bill of Rights the two-thirds majority of state ratification necessary to make it legal. Of the two amendments not ratified, the first concerned the population system of representation, while the second prohibited laws varying the payment of congressional members from taking effect until an election intervened. The first of these two amendments was never ratified, while the second was finally ratified more than 200 years later, in 1992.
1804 – The 12th Amendment was ratified. The Twelfth Amendment (Amendment XII) to the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President. It replaced Article II, Section 1, Clause 3, which provided the original procedure by which the Electoral College functioned. Problems with the original procedure arose in the elections of 1796 and 1800. The Twelfth Amendment refined the process whereby a President and a Vice President are elected by the electors of the Electoral College. The amendment was proposed by the Congress on December 9, 1803
1948 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino (b.1916), a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist "Tokyo Rose," arrived in SF aboard the General Hodges and was taken away by FBI agents. On Sep 9, 1949, she was found guilty of speaking into a microphone concerning the loss of US ships. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. She was released in 1956 and pardoned by Pres. Ford in 1977.
1959 – A US Navy P5M seaplane that had ditched off the Oregon coast was located through radio contact by a U.S. Coast Guard UF-1G Albatross aircraft. After sighting 10 survivors in two rafts 110 miles off shore, the Albatross crew directed the CGC Yocona to the scene, where a successful night rescue was made.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
RICKENBACKER, EDWARD V. (Air Mission)
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Corps, 94th Aero Squadron, Air Service. Place and date: Near Billy, France, 25 September 1918. Entered service at: Columbus, Ohio. Born: 8 October 1890, Columbus, Ohio. G.O. No.: 2, W.D., 1931. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy near Billy, France, 25 September 1918. While on a voluntary patrol over the lines, 1st Lt. Rickenbacker attacked 7 enemy planes (5 type Fokker, protecting two type Halberstadt). Disregarding the odds against him, he dived on them and shot down one of the Fokkers out of control. He then attacked one of the Halberstadts and sent it down also.
*NEW, JOHN DURY
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 12 August 1924, Mobile, Ala. Accredited to: Alabama. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Peleliu Island, Palau Group, 25 September 1944. When a Japanese soldier emerged from a cave in a cliff directly below an observation post and suddenly hurled a grenade into the position from which 2 of our men were directing mortar fire against enemy emplacements, Pfc. New instantly perceived the dire peril to the other marines and, with utter disregard for his own safety, unhesitatingly flung himself upon the grenade and absorbed the full impact of the explosion, thus saving the lives of the 2 observers. Pfc. New's great personal valor and selfless conduct in the face of almost certain death reflect the highest credit upon himself and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for September 25, FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
25 September
1918: MEDAL OF HONOR. While on a voluntary patrol, Lt Edward V. Rickenbacker attacked seven German aircraft near Billy, France. Despite the odds, he dived on them and shot one of the Fokkers out of control and then attacked one of the Halberstadts and also shot it down. For this action, he later received the Medal of Honor (see 6 November 1930). (4) (24)
1920: Harry E. Honeywell won the Birmingham National Balloon Race by landing at Chatham, Ontario, for a distance of 699 miles. (24)
1932: Through 27 September, Lt Cmdr Thomas G. W. Settle and Lt Wilfred Bushnell (USN) participated in an international balloon race. They set a FAI distance record of 963.124 miles for subclass A-7, A-8, and A-9 balloons (1,600-2,200; 2,200-3,000; and 3,000-4,000 cubic meters) by flying their balloon traveled from Basle, Switzerland, to Daugieliski, Poland. (9) (24)
1950: KOREAN WAR. FEAF flew flare missions over Seoul all night, which allowed USMC night fighters to attack N. Korean troops fleeing the city. FEAF Combat Cargo Command delivered a battalion of 187th Airborne Regiment paratroopers to Kimpo to protect the U.S. Army's X Corps' northern flank as it moved out from Inchon. (28)
1951: KOREAN WAR. Nearly 100 MiG-15s attacked 36 F-86s flying a fighter sweep mission over the Sinanju area. Sabre pilots destroyed five MiGs in aerial combat, the daily high for the month. (28)
1957: First TM-76A Mace missile flown from the Air Force Missile Development Center at Holloman AFB to Wendover AFB, Utah, by overland test corridor.
1958: Capt Ronald J. Layton flew an F-101 Voodoo 2,000 miles from Bermuda Island to Fort Worth in 3 hours 9 minutes to set a record for nonstop, nonrefueled flight in a supersonic jet. (24) The 703 SMW, the first Titan I unit, activated at Lowry AFB. (6)
1960: Cmdr John F. Davis (USN) flew an F4H-1 Phantom II to 1,390 MPH for 100 kilometers over a closed-circuit course. He beat the existing world record by more than 200 MPH.
1974: The Northrop F-5F two-place fighter made a 43-minute first flight at Edwards AFB, during which the aircraft reached Mach 0.8 and 43,000 feet.
1981: A B-52G, with the Offensive Avionics System, arrived at Edwards AFB for Integrated Weapons System testing. (3)
1997: The OC-135B treaty verification aircraft flew over Edwards AFB. The specialized aircraft, from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and manned by a joint USAF and Turkish crew, conducted the overflight sortie as part of a test run for the Open Skies program as part of the international Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). (3)
1997: Astronaut David A. Wolf, a former Indiana Air Guard flight surgeon, launched into orbit on the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-86). He then served as a long duration crewmember on the Russian MIR Space Station, returning to earth on the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-89) on 31 January 1998. It was his second space flight. (32)
2007: FIRST MQ-9 REAPER MISSION. The MQ-9 Reaper flew its first operational mission in Afghanistan for Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Reaper, a larger and heavily-armed brother of the MQ-1 Predator, provided intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and an ability to attack time-sensitive targets quickly and precisely. Like the Predator, the Air Force launched, recovered, and maintained the Reaper at deployed locations, while the pilots and sensor operators at Creech AFB, Nev., remotely operated the aircraft. By this date, Reaper operators had not dropped weapons on enemy positions. (AFNEWS, "Reaper UAV Now Flying in Afghanistan," 11 Oct 2007).
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