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To All,
.Good Sunday morning September 29. The day has dawned cloudy again 62 this morning and is supposed clear up around by 10 and hit 79 by 1 and stay sunny and clear all the rest of the day.
Have a great weekend
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
I received a heads up that H-Gram 93 is coming out soon. I will have it in the List when that happens…skip
September 28
1822 Under Commodore David Porter's West India Squadron, the sloop of war USS Peacock raids a pirate camp at Funda Bay, burning two pirate boats, capturing five others, while also liberating "89 sacks of coffee concealed in the woods...."
1850 Flogging on Navy and merchant marine ships is abolished by an appropriation bill by Congress, which President Millard Fillmore signs into law.
1861 During the Civil War, the side-wheel steamer USS Susquehanna captures Confederate schooner San Juan bound for Elizabeth City, N.C., with a cargo of salt, sugar, and gin.
1957 After reconfiguration and reclassification, the former LST-32 becomes USS Alameda County (AVB 1), an advance aviation base ship. The first of her class, she is designated to provide fuel, spare parts, technicians, and facilities necessary to establish and operate an airstrip for patrol and carrier aircraft in locations where there are no base facilities.
1964 The first deployment of a Polaris A-3 missile takes place on board USS Daniel Webster (SSBN 626) from Charleston, S.C.
1991 USS Asheville (SSN 758) is commissioned during a ceremony at Newport News, Va. The Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarine is the fourth ship in the Navy to be named after the city in North Carolina, and is ideally suited for covert surveillance, intelligence gathering and special forces missions.
1991 USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) is christened and launched at San Diego, Calif. The fast combat support ship delivers petroleum products, ammunition, food and other cargo to ships at sea. It is Military Sealift Commands largest combat logistics ship and the third Navy vessel to be named after Mount Rainier in Washington. The ship is based out of Bremerton, Wash.
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Today in World History: September 28
0048 On landing in Egypt, Pompey is murdered on the orders of Ptolemy.
0855 Emperor Lothar dies in Gaul, and his kingdom is divided between his three sons.
1066 William, Duke of Normandy, soon to be known as William the Conqueror invades England.
1106 King Henry of England defeats his brother Robert at the Battle of Tinchebrai and reunites England and Normandy.
1238 James of Aragon retakes Valencia, Spain, from the Arabs.
1607 Samuel de Champlain and his colonists return to France from Port Royal Nova Scotia.
1794 The Anglo-Russian-Austrian Alliance of St. Petersburg, which is directed against France, is signed.
1864 Union General William Rosecrans blames his defeat at Chickamauga on two of his subordinate generals. They are later exonerated by a court of inquiry.
1874 Colonel Ronald Mackenzie raids a war camp of Comanche and Kiowa at the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, Texas, slaughtering 2,000 of their horses.
1904 A woman is placed under arrest for smoking a cigarette on New York's Fifth Avenue.
1912 W.C. Handy's "Memphis Blues" is published.
1913 Race riots in Harriston, Mississippi, kill 10 people.
1924 Three U.S. Army aircraft arrive in Seattle, Washington after completing a 22-day round-the-world flight.
1928 Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin when he notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory; it remained for Howard Florey and Ernst Chain to isolate the active ingredient, allowing the "miracle drug" to be developed in the 1940s.
1939 Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland; Warsaw surrenders to German troops.
1958 France ratifies a new constitution.
1959 Explorer VI, the U.S. satellite, takes the first video pictures of earth.
1961 Military coup in Damascus ends the Egypt-Syria union known as the United Arab Republic that was formed Feb. 1, 1958.
1963 Roy Lichtenstein's pop art work Whaam!, depicting in comic-book style a US jet shooting down an enemy fighter, is exhibited for the first time; it will become one of the best known examples of pop art.
1995 Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat sign an interim agreement concerning settlement on the Gaza Strip.
1996 Afghanistan's former president (1986-92) Mohammad Najibullah tortured and murdered by the Taliban.
2008 SpaceX launches the first private spacecraft, Falcon 1.
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1941: Ted Williams becomes last player to hit .400
On September 28, 1941, the last day of Major League Baseball's regular season, the Boston Red Sox's Ted Williams gets six hits in eight at-bats during a doubleheader in Philadelphia, boosting his average to .406. He becomes the first player since 1930 to hit .400. "I guess I'll be satisfied with that thrill out there today," he tells the Boston Globe about hitting .400. "... I never wanted anything harder in my life."
In addition to his .406 batting average—no major league player since Williams has hit .400—the left fielder led the big leagues with 37 homers, 135 runs and a slugging average of .735.
Williams, nicknamed "The Splendid Splinter" and "The Thumper," began his big-league career with the Red Sox in 1939. In 1942, Williams won the American League Triple Crown, for highest batting average and most RBIs and home runs. He won the Triple Crown again in 1947.
Williams was a Marine fighter pilot in WWII and was called back for the Korean War and served there also.
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Rollingthunderremembered.com .
September 28
Thanks to Dan Heller and the Bear
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Thanks to Micro
From Vietnam Air Losses site for "for 28 September . …..
28-Sep: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=3023
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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Thanks to Al
One of Our Unconcerned Citizens
The National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola dedicated a new POW exhibit last week. Jack and Kathy Ensch were asked and privileged to participate in the dedication ceremonies - for which we were very grateful. The new exhibit is very professionally done. Attached is the Stars & Stripes newspaper coverage of the event.
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.Thanks to History Facts
Emperor Hirohito was buried wearing a Mickey Mouse watch.
You might be a Disney adult, but if you're not planning to be buried with a Mickey Mouse accessory, it would appear you're less of a fan than Japanese Emperor Hirohito, who was interred wearing his Mickey watch. The monarch, who reigned over Japan from 1926 to 1989, first visited the "Happiest Place on Earth" in 1975 after being a fan of Disney cartoons for decades. It was then that he was gifted the watch, which he was apparently quite taken by.
The emperor's love of the timepiece was noted several times before his passing, including in a 1984 Washington Post article marking his 83rd birthday. "Hirohito expressed his approval of America not in words but with a gesture," the Post reported. "For years afterward, he wore a Mickey Mouse watch that he picked up at Disneyland." Anyone who wears the same shirt every time they visit the "Happiest Place on Earth" can surely relate.
By the Numbers
Emperors of Japan, including mythological rulers
126
Year Mickey became the first cartoon character to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
1978
Number of theatrically released Mickey Mouse cartoons
121
Sons and daughters of Hirohito
7
DID YOU KNOW?
Hirohito was the longest-reigning emperor in Japanese history.
Japan's hereditary imperial line has been unbroken for more than a thousand years (according to Japan's official record, which includes several early mythological emperors), and Hirohito became the country's 124th emperor on Christmas Day in 1926. He served in that role until his death on January 7, 1989, a 62-year reign that stands as the longest in Japanese history. Next on the list is the transformational Emperor Meiji, whose restoration modernized the country and opened it to the West. Hirohito's successor, his first son, Akihito, ruled until 2019 — a reign that ended not with his death but with his abdication, making him the first Japanese emperor to relinquish the throne since Emperor KÅkaku in 1817.
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For your Sunday entertainment
A fish story from Shadow
THE CATCH
Last night we were invited over to one of our "Yuppie" neighbors house for a cookout and companionship. They, like us... live here at Amelia Island Plantation. Their house backs up to Red Maple Lake... which wanders through our Links Golf Course. It's a beautiful little "Yuppie House". With pink walls and green carpet. Out back they have a nice Yuppie deck and a cute little Yuppie dock... that begins and ends at the waters edge.
After a greeting at the door... our host invites me out to the dock while the women folk started preparation for dinner. As we sit down, he puts down a tray of horsd'oeuvlres and couple of glasses of a fine cabernet on this little table between two chairs on the dock.
Just as I sat back in the chair he leans over and says... "Hey Roy, I bet even you can catch a fish within one minute off this dock". He then proudly reached into some unknown, but very obviously expensive dip or relish and pulled out a kernel of yellow corn.
He then delicately placed the kernel on a small hook which was attached by line to an imitation cane pole. Now this was not some "Hi-Tech Redneck Special" from Sears... But a no shit, certified... Orvis or LL Bean original! Da Yuppie had class!
He then dipped the kernel into the water and thirty seconds later pulled up a palm sized bream... he called it a sun fish. He proceeded to do this three or four more times. He'd kind of giggle with each catch... Yuppies!
As I watched with a detached amusement... something started to tug at that Cro Magnon part of my brain and this little voice said to me... "Those bream are bait size"! I looked over at my Yuppie friend and asked... "Do you have a bass rod around here"? He pointed behind me and there was this small "Zebco", bass rod with a closed face spinning reel. Not much... but better than nuthin'.
I then turned to my friend and said... "Let me have the next bream you catch". He smiles and nods, but as I had diverted his attention... he inadvertently "Gut Hooked" his next little bream. Using a pair of needle nose pliers... I was finally able to extract the little hook from the fish's gullet. One minute later, I was after bigger game!
I easily cast the bream, now on a bass hook... across the narrow little inlet of the lake. Unfortunately, the bream was not an active participant in my quest. It slowly wobbled a couple of times and then went "Tetas Arribas" (as they say in Espanol) and went dead in the water. It was about this time... that the women folk showed up at the dock.
My beautiful bride of twenty-five years and her friend inquired as to what their two man childs was up to? We told them and after a few yuks and icks by the women, two things happened. The Yuppie puts another kernel on the hook and hands the rod to Wendy. She drops it in the water and promptly pulled up about a pound and a half "Warmouth"... biggest one I'd even seen come out of this lake. She giggles and says... "This is fun"!
As he baits her up again... his wife spots the dead bream across the inlet and says... "What's that"? I then tried to explain some of the nuances and finer points of bass fishing... and how the lethargic bream is not helping me. Then out of the blue she says somewhat authoritatively... "He's dead... you killed him". She went on to say that my treatment of the bream was both cruel and inhuman. Now this set off alarm bells... who knows... she might have been a card carrying member of PETA?
In a second... I reached into the bowl on the table, grabbed a handful of gourmet crackers and tossed them into the water right in front of the dock... hoping like hell I could divert her attention away from the dead bream... almost at that same instant, I placed the rod into a little rod holder on the dock... kinda akin to taking your hand out of the cookie jar... just a second too late.
As soon as the crackers hit the water… it began to boil with little breams acting like Great White Sharks. The little suckers were dashing and darting all over the crackers! I'd seen Tuna Boils off Mexico yeas before… it looked the same just in miniature! I threw some more crackers in and the boil continued. It looked cool and the Yuppies wife was totally distracted from my dead bait. Suddenly, all was well.
The next time I threw in some more crackers… the boil got even more furious… when all of a sudden there was this mighty commotion amongst the little breams and I caught the back of one of the biggest Bass I've ever seen… as he launched himself right in the middle of the boil! There was a huge splash and the Yuppie yells out… What the hell was that?! I looked over at him and said… My friend, that's what my dad used to call a "Benny Bass"… so named after one of my uncles who was known to tell tall fish stories… especially about Bass.
It was about here that the "Genies of fate… urinated all over the best intentions of man"! Before I could react… my Southern California born, blond, former Beach Bunny wife… beats me to the little Zebco rod and starts furiously reeling it in. I said, "What are you
doing? Give the rod to me"! She then very assertively says… "No! I'm gonna catch that fish"! From then on… events of unbelievable proportion begin to happen.
First as the bream comes out of the water… she tries to cast it back in the lake. In her excitement… she managed to cast it all the way across the lake into a low hanging bush. Not discouraged in the least, she gives it a mighty tug and almost pulled the bush out by the roots until the hook finally gave way. Thereby launching the bream back across the lake… right at my head! I ducked and the bream then becomes entangled in another bush behind me. Another mighty heave and the bream now comes flying by my head, barely missing me a second time… and finally lands in the water about ten feet from where the Bass had attacked the bream. She looks down and notices the slack line in the water and starts furiously reeling in, until she can see the comatose bream on the hook. She studies it intently, points and says, "It's dead"! Now had we not been in the presence of sophisticated Yuppies… my normal reaction would have been to say… "No shit"! But instead I just said he was gut hooked and had gone on to bream heaven.
Wendy then stands upright, reels the dead bream toward the dock and says… "Throw some more bait in". Meaning the gourmet crackers of course. So to humor her, I grab a handful and throw them in. The bream, undeterred that danger was about them… start boiling once again. "California Girl" then walks to the edge of the dock and starts reeling the bream closer and then starts dragging it through the water back and forth in front of the dock. I'm about to say something I would regret forever… like… "How stupid can you be… you'll never catch a fish like that"… When… "Bam! Splash! Boom!… Up out of the water comes the largest Bass mouth I ever saw as he launched himself at the dead bream! In a nano second the Bass and Bream disappear and out of the corner of my eye… I see my blond jerk back on the little Zebco, with a mighty pull! Instantly up out of the water comes the bream followed by the biggest Bass mouth I ever saw! Trouble was… she had jerked so hard… she had pulled the bream right out of the Bass's mouth and it was launched right for my family jewels (no shit). As the dead fish impacts my groin… the wife manifests no concern what so ever for me… instead she had an intent look on her face (a look I'd seen before… in the early stages of our marriage and certain new things were exciting). She reels up the slack and leaves about two feet of line and bends over and starts dragging the dead bream in a figure eight fashion and says authoritatively… "I'm gonna catch that sumbitch"! (By now she'd lived in the South long enough to learn some colorful, colloquial, local slang.)
Once again… my mind compelled me to make another comment and once again I thought better of it. Actually, I was also thinking there must have been some divine intervention… No way a good and compassionate God would allow a woman to catch a big Bass like that, in that crazy fashion. Undeterred, she does about three more figure eights and yells… "More bait"!
Once again, I threw crackers in the water… Just as my mouth was fixing to overload my brain and I was gonna tell her how ridiculous she looked, twirling the dead fish back and forth… when… "Boom! Splash! Bam! Uhhuh! That stupid fish had gone after the dead bream a second time. his time she stumbles and hesitates before once again… she
gives the little Zebco a mighty heave! Only this time… that lilies pause allowed the bream to lodge in the Bass's gullet and as the little Zebco bent into a perfect "U"… it became obviousous that she in fact had hooked the sumbitch!
To this day… I don't know why I did it? But I'd looked away and down to my left. Probably because I assumed she was gonna pull the dead fish out of the Bass's mouth a second time. Now I know there was some divine intervention… because laying on this little dock was a fish net on the end of a long pole! Being aware if she lost the fish a second time… it would be my fault (everything is always my fault)… I sprung into action, snatched up the pole and in a heartbeat I swung it toward the water, just in time to see this megamouth coming up out of the water. With the skill of my well honed "Fighter Pilot"… hand/eye coordination… of my recent past… I had that net under the megamouth's tail in the speed of light and pulled it up on the dock… Just like that it was over. She then proceeds to stomp her feet up and down and then gleefully said… "Told you I'd catch it"!
I looked at the fish in the net and thought to myself… "You are one dumbass fish"! As she and the Yuppies were beside themselves, giving high fives and yelling like fools… I 'm squatting down and thinking… "There is no justice in this world"! My poor daddy fished all his life and never came close to catching a Bass that large… That just wasn't right.
In a minute a digital camera appeared, along with a fish scale and tape measure. Pictures were taken… measurements were taken and then finally he was weighed… the dumbass weighed 12 and 1/2 pounds! I'm wondering how much this thing was gonna cost to get mounted… when my Yuppie friend comes to the rescue… "We have to let him go" says he… This is a catch and release lake"! He promptly leads Wendy over to edge of the dock and tells her to let it free and she drops the fish into the lake from shoulder height… Splash! The fish lay there for a second and then ruled over and disappeared into the murky water. Free at last… Free at last… He swam away.
Wish that were the end of it… but the Yuppies wife went to their computer, downloaded the picture and emailed it to my youngest daughter, who was a producer at the local NBC TV station. That night, she was the star of the local evening news, sports segment. It made my heart sing when Dan Hicken the Sports guy… shows the picture and just said… "If you knew the story around this and are a fisherman… you'd say to yourself… There is no justice". Dan… took the words right out of my mouth!
Roy Stafford
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Thanks to 1440
Miracle Mold
What is penicillin?
Penicillin was the first natural antibiotic used to kill or inhibit bacteria in humans, rendering once-fatal infections treatable. Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered the substance by accident in 1928, though it wouldn't become clinically available until 1941.
It took researchers around a decade to develop methods to purify and mass-produce penicillin in the early 1940s. After the US entered World War II, the antibiotic was being manufactured on an industrial scale—cutting Allied battlefield death rates from bacterial pneumonia from about 18% in World War I to less than 1% in World War II.
Penicillin works by blocking the building of cell walls in bacteria, leaving the microbes unable to hold themselves together. The bacteria then burst and die, while human cells remain unharmed because they don't have cell walls.
Experts agree that penicillin is one of history's most important medical discoveries. The "wonder drug" spawned a new class of antibiotic treatments and has saved an estimated 500 million lives worldwide since its production.
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What a great Lady
Thanks to 1440
Dame Maggie Smith Dies
Dame Maggie Smith, considered one of Britain's most beloved and prolific actresses, died yesterday at a hospital in London. She was 89. Smith was best known for her role as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" films and as the sharp-tongued Dowager Countess in the historical drama "Downton Abbey."
Born in England in 1934, Smith made her acting debut in a 1952 stage production of "Twelfth Night." Her career spanned over seven decades and 50 films, during which she amassed a collection of awards, including two Academy Awards (for 1969's "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and 1978's "California Suite"), five BAFTAs, four Emmys, three Golden Globes, and a Tony Award. Smith was made a dame in 1990 by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to the performing arts. See Smith's life in photos here. See tributes here.
Smith's cause of death was not announced. She was diagnosed with Graves' disease (an autoimmune disorder affecting the thyroid) in 1988 and had defeated breast cancer in her 70s.
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Believe it or not? A stroll through some conspiracy theories
Let's face it, America has always loved a good mystery, right? Whether it's whispers about aliens or oddball internet chatter, conspiracy theories have a way of capturing our imagination. Some make us chuckle, some make us scratch our heads, and a few might make us wonder, "What if?" So pour yourself a cup of coffee, and let's take a lighthearted tour through some of the most talked-about conspiracies.
The moon landing: staged in Arizona?
Back in 1969, Americans watched Neil Armstrong take one small step for man on TV. But not long after, rumors started floating around that it was all filmed on a Hollywood-style set somewhere in the desert. Books and even a movie helped the idea spread. Still, with hundreds of pounds of moon rocks and decades of scientific study to back it up, it seems pretty clear the only thing fake was the rumor itself.
The dead internet theory: bots gone wild
According to this theory, you might be talking to a wall online. The idea here is that most of the internet isn't run by people at all, but by bots, that is, automated programs pretending to be humans. They supposedly post, reply, and argue, all to keep clicks coming. Even if bots are increasingly popular on some sites and apps, it's evident that this is nothing but a crazy conspiracy theory!
Subliminal advertising: blink and you'll miss it
Remember when people thought ads were sneaking messages into your brain? Some authors were convinced that companies were hiding secret images in movies and commercials to mess with our minds. This theory went into popular headlines in the '70s, but most of those claims didn't hold up under scrutiny. Marketing and advertising do know some tricks around our minds, but your sudden craving for popcorn probably has more to do with the smell than secret mind control.
Paul is (not) dead
Back in the swinging '60s, a bizarre rumor started going around in our country: Paul McCartney had supposedly died and been replaced by a lookalike. Fans claimed to find hidden clues in Beatles albums, like barefoot walks and cryptic lyrics. The theory crossed all borders and spread worldwide, but don't worry, Paul was (and still is) very much alive, touring, and giving interviews.
Roswell crash course in confusion
Something definitely fell near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, remember that? The question is, what was it? The government first hinted at flying saucers, then changed the story to a weather balloon. That was all it took for conspiracy theories involving aliens to bloom. However, years later, it turned out it was a Cold War-era military balloon from a classified program. No aliens, just some top-secret tech.
Chemtrails: clouds of confusion
Those streaks behind planes? They're called contrails, and they're mostly made of water vapor. But some believe they're really "chemtrails" (chemical agents sprayed into the sky). Theories range from weather control to population mind games. Scientists have tested the air and found nothing unusual, but some folks still keep looking up and wondering. What do you think?
COVID and 5G: a confusing combo
When the pandemic hit, it came with more than just a virus. Nobody knew anything about this new world, so conspiracy theories flew in, too. One unusual theory linked COVID-19 to 5G, suggesting that vaccines contained tracking chips. Researchers and doctors around the world quickly debunked it all, but it goes to show how fear and confusion can breed some pretty wild ideas.
Birds aren't real... or are they?
This one takes the cake. A satirical movement claims birds are actually government surveillance drones. What started as a joke by a college student quickly went viral, billboards and all. While some people mistook it for a real theory, it's really a commentary on how misinformation spreads.
Flat Earth: going against the grain
Despite centuries of science and space photos, some people still believe the Earth is flat. They point to the horizon, question gravity, and come up with creative explanations for eclipses and orbits. It's a belief often driven by mistrust or ideology, but the round Earth, seen from space, keeps on spinning just the same
Denver Airport: baggage and bunkers
Denver's airport has some… interesting decor. Murals of chaos, red-eyed horses, and creepy gargoyles have sparked rumors that it's hiding secret bunkers for the Illuminati. While the truth is less exciting (just over-budget construction and bold public art), the place does have a weird vibe that fuels the fun of imagining a secret space beneath the baggage claim. If only!
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This Day in U S Military History
September 28
1542 – Portuguese explorer Juan RodrÃguez Cabrillo sails into present-day San Diego Bay during the course of his explorations of the northwest shores of Mexico on behalf of Spain. It was the first known European encounter with California. At San Diego, Cabrillo landed at Point Loma Head, now part of the Cabrillo National Monument. He then sailed on to explore much of the rest of the California coast. During one landing, he broke his leg and apparently fell sick with complications from the injury. He died in January 1543, probably on San Miguel Island off the Santa Barbara coast. Despite his reports of the appealing California coastline, the first Spanish settlement was not established in California until 1769, when Father JunÃpero Serra founded his mission at San Diego.
1901 – The Balangiga Massacre on Samar Island, Philippine villagers surprised Company C, 9th Infantry Regiment. Twenty-two were wounded in action and four were missing in action. Eight died later of wounds received in combat; only four escaped unscathed. The villagers captured about 100 rifles and 25,000 rounds of ammunition and suffered 28 dead and 22 wounded.
1942 – Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold gives highest priority to the development of two exceptional aircraft–the B-35 Flying Wing and the B-36 Peacemaker–intended for bombing runs from bases in the United States to targets in Europe. General Arnold was a man of distinction from the beginning of his career: Not only was he one of the first pilots in the U.S. Signal Corps, he was taught to fly by none other than one of the Wright brothers. During World War I, Arnold was director of aviation training for the Army. Between the wars, he embraced a controversial military philosophy that emphasized strategic bombing, eliminating the need for the use of ground forces altogether. At the time of the United States' entry into the Second World War, the Army Air Forces had become an increasingly distinct military service. Arnold was made its first chief. Along with this honor came the opportunity of a seat with the Joint Chiefs of Staff; initially intended to boost his status to that of his counterpart in Britain, it also increased the stature and independence of the Army Air Forces. Arnold was able to form alliances with British RAF allies who also favored the use of strategic bombing in lieu of ground-force operations. In 1942, Arnold gave the highest priority to the development of two extra long-distance transatlantic planes that would prove most useful to his strategic bombing game plan: the B-35 and the B-36 transatlantic bombers. The B-35 had been first proposed in early 1941, intended for use in defending an invaded Britain. But the design was so radical (it was tailless), the plane was put on the back burner. It was finally revived because of advantages the plane afforded over the B-36–bombing range in relation to gross weight, for example. Fifteen B-35 planes were ordered for construction–but the first did not take flight until 1946. Designs for the B-36 were also developed early in 1941, on the assumption that the United States would inevitably be drawn into the war and it would need a bomber that could reach Europe from bases in America. It was to be a massive plane–162 feet long with a 230-foot wingspan. But its construction lagged, and it was not completed until after the war. Although Hap's "high priority" could not cut through the military bureaucracy, 1947 would see the Nation Defense Act establish an autonomous Air Force–a dream for which he had worked. The B-35 would become the prototype for the B-2 Stealth bomber built in 1989. And the B-36 was used extensively by U.S. Strategic Air Command until 1959, but never dropped a bomb.
1944 – Elements of the US forces deployed on Peleliu land on the small islands Negesbus and Kongauru. There is little resistance. On Peleliu, fighting is localized around Mount Umurbrogol where US forces attempt to eliminate individual Japanese strong points.
1972 – Weekly casualty figures are released that contain no U.S. fatalities for the first time since March 1965. There were several reasons for this. President Nixon's troop withdrawal program, first initiated in the fall of 1969, had continued unabated even through the height of the fighting during the 1972 North Vietnamese "Easter Offensive." By this time in the war, there were less than 40,000 U.S. troops left in South Vietnam. Of this total, only a small number, mostly advisors, were involved in ground combat. In addition, it appeared that the North Vietnamese offensive, which had been blunted by the South Vietnamese with the aid of massive U.S. airpower, was finally winding down; there had been a general lull in ground fighting for the sixth straight day. South Vietnamese losses continued to be high since they had assumed the responsibility for fighting the ground battle in the absence of U.S. combat troops.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
*MILLER, OSCAR F.
Rank and organization: Major, U.S. Army, 361st Infantry, 91st Division. Place and date: Near Gesnes, France, 28 September 1918. Entered service at: Los Angeles, Calif. Birth: Franklin County, Ark. G.O. No.: 16, W.D. 1919. Citation: After 2 days of intense physical and mental strain, during which Maj. Miller had led his battalion in the front line of the advance through the forest of Argonne, the enemy was met in a prepared position south of Gesnes. Though almost exhausted, he energetically reorganized his battalion and ordered an attack. Upon reaching open ground the advancing line began to waver in the face of machinegun fire from the front and flanks and direct artillery fire. Personally leading his command group forward between his front-line companies, Maj. Miller inspired his men by his personal courage, and they again pressed on toward the hostile position. As this officer led the renewed attack he was shot in the right leg, but he nevertheless staggered forward at the head of his command. Soon afterwards he was again shot in the right arm, but he continued the charge, personally cheering his troops on through the heavy machinegun fire. Just before the objective was reached he received a wound in the abdomen, which forced him to the ground, but he continued to urge his men on, telling them to push on to the next ridge and leave him where he lay. He died from his wounds a few days later.
SCHAFFNER, DWITE H.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 306th Infantry, 77th Division. Place and date: Near St. Hubert's Pavillion, Boureuilles, France, 28 September 1918. Entered service at: Falls Creek, Pa. Birth: Arroya, Pa. G.O. No.: 15, W.D., 1923. Citation: He led his men in an attack on St. Hubert's Pavillion through terrific enemy machinegun, rifle, and artillery fire and drove the enemy from a strongly held entrenched position after hand-to-hand fighting. His bravery and contempt for danger inspired his men, enabling them to hold fast in the face of 3 determined enemy counterattacks. His company's position being exposed to enemy fire from both flanks, he made 3 efforts to locate an enemy machinegun which had caused heavy casualties. On his third reconnaissance he discovered the gun position and personally silenced the gun, killing or wounding the crew. The third counterattack made by the enemy was initiated by the appearance of a small detachment in advance of the enemy attacking wave. When almost within reach of the American front line the enemy appeared behind them, attacking vigorously with pistols, rifles, and handgrenades, causing heavy casualties in the American platoon. 1st Lt. Schaffner mounted the parapet of the trench and used his pistol and grenades killing a number of enemy soldiers, finally reaching the enemy officer leading the attacking forces, a captain, shooting and mortally wounding the latter with his pistol, and dragging the captured officer back to the company's trench, securing from him valuable information as to the enemy's strength and position. The information enabled 1st Lt. Schaffner to maintain for S hours the advanced position of his company despite the fact that it was surrounded on 3 sides by strong enemy forces. The undaunted bravery, gallant soldierly conduct, and leadership displayed by 1st Lt. Schaffner undoubtedly saved the survivors of the company from death or capture
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September 19, 2007
An A-10C of the 104th Fighter Squadron flies the first combat sortie for the newly modified Warthog in action over Iraq. The 104th FS is part of the Maryland Air National Guard's 175th Wing.
September 20, 1988
The Special Operations Combined Test Force conducted the first flight of the MC-130H Combat Talon II evaluation program. The MC-130H Combat Talon II provides infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special operations forces and equipment in hostile or denied territory. Secondary missions include psychological operations, and helicopter and vertical lift air refueling.
September 21, 1961
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter made its first flight. The Chinook is an American twin-engined, tandem rotor, heavy-lift helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol (later renamed Boeing Helicopter and now named Boeing Rotorcraft Systems).
September 22, 1963
The Air Force Academy chapel—destined to become world famous—is dedicated. Six years earlier, the design was almost scrapped as an "insult to religion and Colorado."
September 23, 1951
Using the Shoran bombing technique, 8 B-29s from the 19th Bomb Group knock out the center span of the Sunchon rail bridge despite 9/10ths cloud cover.
September 24, 1929
Lt. James H. Doolittle makes the first all-blind flight at Mitchel Field. Although a check pilot accompanies him, Doolittle takes off in a Consolidated NY-2 airplane with a completely covered cockpit, flies a short distance, and lands.
September 25, 2010
The first Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite reaches orbit, launched aboard an Orbital Sciences Corp. Minotaur IV booster from Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
September 26, 1971
A Sikorsky HH-53C Super Jolly Green Giant, crewed by Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Joseph Lawrence ("Jay") Crowe, Jr., CGA '62 (Pilot), Hampton (Copilot), William Simm (Flight Engineer), Daniel G. Manion (Pararescue Jumper) and Richard L. Steed (Pararescue Jumper), rescued the crew of a North American Aviation OV-10A Bronco (call sign "RUSTIC 07″), Lieutenant Lansford Elmer Trapp, Jr., and Cambodian observer, Sergeant Chap Khorn, after they ejected from their 12.7mm-damaged aircraft, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) northwest of Kampong Cham, Cambodia. Read the full story of the rescue here.
September 27, 1965
Company test pilot John W. Conrad makes the first flight of the Navy's LTV YA-7A Corsair II attack aircraft at NAS Dallas, Tex. Conrad will make the first flight of the USAF version of the SLUF (Short Little Ugly Feller—polite form) on April 5, 1968. A-7s would be used by both services in Vietnam and will still be in Navy service during Desert Storm.
September 28, 1912
Second Lieutenant Lewis Cassidy Rockwell was flying a Wright Model B, Signal Corps Aeroplane No. 4, at the United States Army training field at College Park, Maryland, where he was being trained as a military aviator. Corporal Frank S. Scott, U.S. Army Signal Corps, a mechanic on these airplanes, rode as a passenger aboard Lieutenant Rockwell's airplane. The plane crashed, killing both. Corporal Scott was the first United States enlisted soldier to be killed in an airplane crash. The crash was also the first in which two or more persons were killed.
September 29, 1988
Launch of the space shuttle Discovery ends the long stand-down of the US manned space program in the wake of the Challenger disaster. As I remember Hoot Gibson was the pilot….skip
September 30, 1976
B-1 Phase I testing was completed after 64 sorties and 342.9 flight hours. While it was a combined DT&E and OT&E effort, the primary objective was to generate data for the production of the new bomber.
October 1, 1957
The first flight was flown in a series of Low Altitude Bombing System (LABS) suitability tests for the Douglas B-66B. The purpose was to evaluate the suitability of the twin engine light bomber to the high stresses involved in the toss-bomb maneuver.
October 2, 1942
Marine Maj. Bob Galer, leading a force of a dozen Grumman F4F-4 Wildcats, goes against nine Mitsubishi G4M (Allied code name "Betty") bombers over Guadalcanal, but quickly realizes he has been caught in an ambush, as 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero ('Zeke') fighters swoop down. He fights his way out of the engagement, shooting down two Zeros. By October, his total of aerial victories will reach 13. Galer was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism and leadership
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for September 28, FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
28 September
1912: Cpl Frank S. Scott, chief mechanic for the Wright Scout, became the first enlisted fatality in Signal Corps aviation. He died when the aircraft piloted by Lt L. C. Rockwell crashed at College Park. (11)
1918: A pilot on one JN-4 maneuvered another JN-4 solely by radio over Langley Field. (24) 1Lt E. S. Brewer and Gunnery Sergeant H. B. Wersheiner scored the first Marine aerial victory over Belgium. (10)
1921: MACKAY TROPHY. Lt John A. Macready flew his Lepere Biplane to a 34,508-foot world record. He earned the Mackay Trophy for this flight. (9) (24)
1923: In the Schneider Cup seaplane race, Lt David Rittenhouse set a 169.9 MPH world speed record for seaplanes over a 200- kilometer closed course. (24)
1948: The Army Signal Corps released a balloon at Belmar, N.J., and it set a 140,000-foot altitude record. (24) NACA reported that a ramjet missile had exceeded 1,600 MPH on a flight. (16)
1950: At Holloman AFB, eight white mice survived a balloon flight to 97,000 feet. (16) (24) KOREAN WAR. The 7 FBS, the first jet fighter squadron to operate from a base in Korea, moved from Itazuke to Taegu. Three RB-45 Tornadoes, the first jet reconnaissance aircraft in the USAF inventory, arrived in the Far East. (28)
1951: KOREAN WAR. An F-80 flew a 14-hour, 15-minute combat mission with eight refuelings from KB-29M tankers. FEAF informed the Air Force in October of what may have been the longest flight on record for jet aircraft using in-flight refueling. (17) (28)
1954: The McDonnell YF-101A Voodoo first flew at Edwards AFB. The F-101 was the heaviest, fastest, single-seat US fighter of this period. A reconnaissance variant came out later, making the F-101 the first used for supersonic photo reconnaissance. (3) (12)
1961: Scientists fired two onboard spinup rockets to change the rate of rotation on TIROS II after 10 months in orbit. (24)
1962: General Dynamics/Astronautics fired a Centaur flight stage at 30,000 pounds thrust for the first time at Sycamore Canyon, Calif. (24) A SAC crew launched its first Minuteman I from Vandenberg AFB. (1) SAC's declaration of the 568 SMS at Larson AFB as operational ended the deployment of Titan I missiles. (6)
1964: The Navy launched the USS Daniel Webster, the first sub equipped with Polaris A-3 missiles, from Charleston. (5) (16) With eight KC-135s, the Yankee Team Tanker Task Force (also the Foreign Legion), started supporting PACAF fighter combat operations. (1)
1965: John B. McKay flew the X-15 on its 150th flight to an altitude of 295,000 feet and speed of 3,682 MPH.
1968: Bernie J. Dvorscak flew the XV-4B Hummingbird II VSTOL aircraft on a 28-minute maiden flight from Dobbins AFB. (5) (16)
1983: The USAF designated the new EF-111A tactical electronic jamming aircraft as the Raven. (16)
1995: At Yokota AB, a 32-year-old C-130 Hercules in the 36 AS flew its 25,000th flying hour. (16)
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