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To All.
Good Monday morning October 6. The day dawned overcast and will clear around noon and hit 74 by 1 and stay sunny and clear until 6.
We are launching in about a half hour for Idaho
Have a great day
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 93 H-Grams
Today in Naval and Marine Corps History thanks to NHHC
Today in Naval and Marine Corps History
1884 - Department of the Navy establishes the Naval War College at Newport, RI (General Order 325).
1940 - Fourth group of 8 U.S. destroyers involved in Destroyers for Bases Deal are turned over to British authorities at Halifax, Canada.
1943 - In night Battle of Vella Lavella, 3 U.S. destroyers attack 9 Japanese destroyers to stop evacuation of Japanese troops from Vella Lavella., Solomon Islands
1958 - USS Seawolf (SSN-575) completes record submerged run of 60 days, logging over 13,700 nautical miles.
1962 - Commissioning of USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25), first nuclear-powered destroyer
1987 - Destruction of 3 Iranian small boats
1997: NASA astronaut Cmdr. Wendy B. Lawrence returns from mission STS-86 Atlantis, the seventh mission to rendezvous and dock with the Russian Space Station Mir. The mission began Sept. 25, 1997.
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This Day in World History October 6
1014 The Byzantine Emperor Basil earns the title "Slayer of Bulgers" after he orders the blinding of 15,000 Bulgerian troops.
1536 William Tyndale, the English translator of the New Testament, is strangled and burned at the stake for heresy at Vilvorde, France.
1696 Savoy Germany withdraws from the Grand Alliance.
1788 The Polish Diet decides to hold a four year session.
1801 Napoleon Bonaparte imposes a new constitution on Holland.
1847 Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
1866 The Reno brothers--Frank, John, Simeon and William--commit the country's first train robbery near Seymore, Indiana netting $10,000.
1927 The first "talkie," The Jazz Singer, opens with popular entertainer Al Jolson singing and dancing in black-face. By 1930, silent movies were a thing of the past.
1941 German troops renew their offensive against Moscow.
1965 Patricia Harris takes post as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, becoming the first African American U.S. ambassador.
1966 Hanoi insists the United States must end its bombings before peace talks can begin.
1969 Special Forces Captain John McCarthy is released from Fort Leavenworth Penitentiary, pending consideration of his appeal to murder charges.
1973 Israel is taken by surprise when Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan attack on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
1981 Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat is assassinated in Cairo by Islamic fundamentalists. He is succeeded by Vice President Hosni Mubarak.
1987 Fiji becomes a republic independent of the British Commonwealth.
1995 Astronomers discover 51 Pegasi is the second star known to have a planet orbiting it.
2000 Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic and Argentina's vice-president Carlos Alvarez both resign from their respective offices.
2007 Explorer and author Jason Lewis becomes the first person to complete a human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
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This day in world history October 6
1014 The Byzantine Emperor Basil earns the title "Slayer of Bulgers" after he orders the blinding of 15,000 Bulgerian troops.
1536 William Tyndale, the English translator of the New Testament, is strangled and burned at the stake for heresy at Vilvorde, France.
1696 Savoy Germany withdraws from the Grand Alliance.
1788 The Polish Diet decides to hold a four year session.
1801 Napoleon Bonaparte imposes a new constitution on Holland.
1847 Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
1866 The Reno brothers--Frank, John, Simeon and William--commit the country's first train robbery near Seymore, Indiana netting $10,000.
1927 The first "talkie," The Jazz Singer, opens with popular entertainer Al Jolson singing and dancing in black-face. By 1930, silent movies were a thing of the past.
1941 German troops renew their offensive against Moscow.
1965 Patricia Harris takes post as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, becoming the first African American U.S. ambassador.
1966 Hanoi insists the United States must end its bombings before peace talks can begin.
1969 Special Forces Captain John McCarthy is released from Fort Leavenworth Penitentiary, pending consideration of his appeal to murder charges.
1973 Israel is taken by surprise when Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan attack on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
1981 Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat is assassinated in Cairo by Islamic fundamentalists. He is succeeded by Vice President Hosni Mubarak.
1987 Fiji becomes a republic independent of the British Commonwealth.
1995 Astronomers discover 51 Pegasi is the second star known to have a planet orbiting it.
2000 Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic and Argentina's vice-president Carlos Alvarez both resign from their respective offices.
2007 Explorer and author Jason Lewis becomes the first person to complete a human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
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Rollingthunderremembered.com .
October 5
Thanks to Dan Heller and the Bear
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Thanks to Micro
From Vietnam Air Losses site for "for 6 October . …..
6-Oct: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=3028
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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Monday Morning Humor thanks to Al
Submitted by John Hudson (change the political parties as desired):
Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber. "I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news," he said as he surveyed the worried faces. "The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It's an experimental procedure, very risky, but it is the only hope. Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the brain.
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news. After a time, someone asked, "How much will a brain cost?"
The doctor quickly responded, "$5,000 for a Democrat's brain; $200 for a Republican's brain."
The moment turned awkward. Some of the Democrats actually had to try not to smile, avoiding eye contact with the Republicans.
A man unable to control his curiosity, finally blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, "Why is the Democrat's brain so much more than a Republican's brain?"
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, "It's just standard pricing ! procedure. We have to price the Republicans' brains a lot lower because they're used."
This is why you (a Senior?) should listen to your Doctor's instructions.
I went to my nearby CVS Pharmacy, straight to the back, where the pharmacists' high counter is located. I took out my little brown bottle, along with a teaspoon, and set them up on the counter.
The pharmacist came over, smiled, and asked if he could help me.
I said, "Yes! Could you please taste this for me?"
Seeing a senior citizen, the pharmacist went along. He took the spoon, put a tiny bit of the liquid on it, put it on his tongue and swilled it around.
Then, with a stomach-churning look on his face, he spat it out on the floor and began coughing. When he finally was finished, I looked him right in the eye and asked, "Now, does that taste sweet to you?"
The pharmacist, shaking his head back and forth with a venomous look in his eyes yelled, "No way!!!!"
I said, "Oh, thank goodness! That's a real relief! My doctor told me to have a pharmacist test my urine for sugar!"
I can never go back to that CVS, but I really don't care, because they aren't very friendly there anymore!
Submitted by Mark Logan:
A woman was in town on a shopping trip. She began her day finding the most perfect shoes
in the first shop and a beautiful dress on sale in the second. In the third, everything had just
been reduced by 50 percent when her mobile phone rang.
It was a female doctor notifying her that her husband had just been in a terrible car accident
and was in critical condition in the ICU. The woman told the doctor to inform her husband
where she was and that she'd be there as soon as possible. As she hung up she realized
she was leaving what was shaping up to be her best day ever in the boutiques.
She decided to get in a couple of more shops before heading to the hospital. She ended up shopping the rest of the morning, finishing her trip with a cup of coffee
and a beautiful chocolate cake slice, compliments of the last shop. She was jubilant.
Then she remembered her husband. Feeling guilty, she dashed to the hospital. She saw the lady doctor in the corridor and asked about her husband's condition.
The lady doctor glared at her and shouted, 'You went ahead and finished your shopping trip,
didn't you! I hope you're proud of yourself! While you were out for the past four hours enjoying
yourself in town, your husband has been languishing in the Intensive Care Unit! It's just as well
you went ahead and finished, because it will more than likely be the last shopping trip you ever take!
For the rest of his life he will require round-the-clock care. And that will now be your new career!'
At this the woman broke down and sobbed.
The lady doctor then chuckled and said, 'I'm just pulling your leg. He's dead. Show me what you bought.'
Submitted by Mike Ryan:
During my prostate exam, I asked the doctor, "Where should I put my pants?"
"Over there by mine," was not the answer I was expecting.
On my last visit to the doctor's office, I told him that I keep having the same dream. All I see are wigwams and tepees.
He said, "I know what your problem is. You're two tents."
Have a great week,
Al
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Thanksto1440
| Pharaoh's Tomb Reopens |
| Egypt reopened the tomb of Amenhotep III Saturday after more than two decades of renovation. The announcement comes weeks before the country is set to open its massive Grand Egyptian Museum on Nov. 1. Pharaoh Amenhotep III ruled over 3,000 years ago, during ancient Egypt's 18th Dynasty. During his reign from roughly age 12 to 50, Amenhotep is credited with some of ancient Egypt's most impressive architectural achievements, including a massive mortuary temple, the palace at Malkata, and the Temple of Luxor. Amenhotep III's tomb—on the west bank of the Nile River—was rediscovered in 1799 by two French engineers dispatched by Napoleon. The sarcophagus and other contents were already believed to have been looted. Watch a documentary here. The tomb's main burial chamber follows a 118-foot-long, 45-foot-deep descending passageway beneath the Valley of the Kings. Its inscriptions include scenes from the Book of the Dead, designed to guide the deceased through the underworld. See the best resources we've found on ancient Egypt here. |
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Thanks Newell
Family and Friends,
An Octogenarian's Short Retrospective Question: How often in the past nine years have you privately expressed gratitude for the past American era in which you were born and raised? An era of innocence, optimism, growth, plus great scientific, medical and material advancement for all of us. A period of gentility, social manners, and a lot less effing profanity blatantly bruising public discourse. Equal opportunities for personal choice and success. Moreover, our personal successes founded in a meritocracy.
An era without the cess-pool of the vying "likes" affirmations of social media. Or the constant "Look at me!" internet campaigns by anyone who seeks their artificial fifteen minutes of fame.
An era of national pride felt for our America, and yes, the acceptance of personal service to our nation via national military conscription.
Wow, I sure sound old fashioned. Probably inspired by the website video shared by Skip Leonard today. A patriotic glance back to the autumn of 2001, and an America emotionally united by the events of September eleventh.
The video event: October 30, 2001's World Series game #3. New York Yankees vs. Arizona Diamondbacks. And President Bush throws out the first pitch. A monumental display of American heart, both from the President and all attending in Yankee's Bronx ballpark. Additionally, those millions who watched the TV broadcast.
So, here's a short reminder of the spontaneous patriotism that erupts before the game's actual balls and strikes were thrown.
Spoiler Alert: Were you surprised that none of the broadcast or newspaper guys noticed the "stranger" wearing an umpire's uniform?
Enjoy this brief assertion of earlier American pride and unity,
Newell
http://www.youtube.com/embed/bxR1tZ08FcI?rel=0
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This Day in U S Military History
October 6
1884 – Department of the Navy establishes the Naval War College at Newport, RI. Secretary of the Navy William E. Chandler signed General Order 325, which began by simply stating: "A college is hereby established for an advanced course of professional study for naval officers, to be known as the Naval War College." The order went on to assign "the principal building on Coaster's Harbor Island, Newport, R.I."—the Newport Asylum for the Poor, built in 1820—to its use and "Commodore Stephen B. Luce . . . to duty as president of the college." Such were the humble beginnings of what is now the oldest continuing institution of its kind in the world.
1924 – Marines from the gunboat Asheville landed in Shanghai and withdrew on October 24th. Landings by Marines continued at ports Shanghai, Tientsin, and Chinwangtao from forces of the Asiatic Fleet of ships stationed in those waters until the arrival of the 4th Marine regiment in 1927 for permanent shore based duty.
1943 – In night Battle of Vella Lavella, 3 U.S. destroyers attack 9 Japanese destroyers to stop evacuation of Japanese troops from Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands. The Eighth Fleet assigned Rear Admiral Baron Matsuji Ijuin to this mission and gave him a force completely out of proportion to the 589 troops he was charged to rescue: a support group of six destroyers and two transport groups, one of three transport destroyers and the other of four subchasers and twenty barges. His destroyers departed Rabaul on the morning of the 6th while the barges sailed from Buin at 1653 that afternoon. The Japanese movement down the Slot was reported, but Admiral Wilkinson only had three destroyers available to intercept, Squadron 4 led by Captain Frank Walker. Admiral Wilkinson mustered these while he detached another group of three under Captain Harold Larson from convoy duty. The two squadrons were ordered to rendezvous off Marquana Bay, Vella Lavella Island. Walker's group sailing around the north side of the island while Larson's approached up the west coast from the south. Japanese aircraft detected Walker's approach at around 1940 and marked his progress with flares and floatlights. Ijuin split his support group into two divisions. With four ships he pushed ahead to the waters off Marquana Bay while Captain Hara, with Shigure and Samidare and the three transport destroyers, tarried to meet the barges coming up from Buin at 9 knots. Ijuin knew the Allies had wind of his approach and hoped to confuse them as to his size and dispositions. He was also hoping to set Hara up to make a surprise flank attack. At about 2200 Ijuin received a report from one of his aircraft that he was facing four cruisers and three destroyers, according to Hara's account of the battle. Morison has the report as one cruiser and four destroyers. Hara explains his old commander's conduct of this battle with this sighting report and the fact he was exhausted from sustained duty. The Japanese had come to respect radar controlled gunfire, particularly as delivered by the Brooklyn class light cruisers, "a cruiser packs ten times the firepower of a destroyer and Ijuin must have been thinking of this". Morison treats Ijuin sarcastically (he was a baron and the son of a prominent admiral during the Russo-Japanese War): "Was Ijuin following his habit of fleeing, even when lightly opposed?" At 2210 Ijuin ordered Hara to join him as quickly as possible. The three transport destroyers, Fumizuki, Matsukaze and Yunagi turned back, although the barges continued toward Horaniu. At 2229 Ijuin turned his four destroyers from a westerly heading to the northwest. At 2230 Isokaze reported the first visual sighting of the American force. Captain Walker, leading Selfridge, Chevalier and O'Bannon got radar readings on a Japanese force 10 miles north, northeast just after the Japanese made visual contact. This was apparently the retiring transport group. Larson's group, Ralph Talbot, Taylor and LaVallette were still some twenty miles south and Walker could not raise them on TBS. Although Wilkinson had advised him the Japanese force consisted of nine destroyers, Walker elected to pile in and engage rather than wait forty minutes for reinforcements. At 2235 Ijuin turned east and then southeast. The barges were steaming southwest about 20 miles from their destination. Hara's group was northwest of Ijuin, heading south. He could not see Ijuin's column so he requested that Isokaze hang a blue light on her stern. There was a quarter moon low in the sky and scattered mist and squalls made visibility uncertain. At 2240 Ijuin was heading south-southwest. Hara had closed to within five miles of Ijuin. At this same time Walker was shaping a course directly toward the Japanese. Their respective courses would take the Japanese across the American T. However, Ijuin, thinking to make a torpedo attack, miscalculated the distance. When he discovered the Americans were further off then he thought, he ordered a simultaneous turn 45 degrees to port at 2245. Three minutes later, his ships executed a 90 degree turn to port to a southeastly heading, all this to close range. The Americans were less than 12,000 yards away at this point and the range was closing rapidly at 1,300 yards a minute. In response to Ijuin's turn left, Walker turned his column right to the west. These complicated maneuvers erased Ijuin's initial advantage and in fact placed his four ships in a difficult position. They were sailing parallel in echelon with Akigumo furthest ahead and most distant from the Americans, followed by Isokaze, Kazagumo and finally Yugumo, only 3,300 yards from Selfridge. At 2255 as they passed, the three American destroyers launched 14 torpedoes. At 2256 they opened fire. When Walker commenced fire only Yugumo could reply as she was masking her comrades from the enemy. She turned toward the Americans at 2255 and had eight torpedoes in the water a minute after the Americans launched theirs. Her movement cleared Kazagumo's line of fire so she opened up with her guns shortly after. Ijuin swung his ships back into column and headed south, away from the action. All but Yugumo. She, being nearest to the Americans, was punished by the combined fire of eighteen 5″ guns. At least five hits left her drifting, without rudder control. But she obtained her revenge at 2301 when one of her torpedoes struck Chevalier and exploded her forward magazine, ripping off her bow all the way aft to her bridge. Two minutes latter, O'Bannon, charging through the smoke lingering from her gunnery, collided with Chevalier. The two ships were locked together until O'Bannon was able to back clear. She was fortunate that Ijuin had turned away, but the damage she sustained was enough to remove her from the action. At 2303, just as this was happening, one of the slower American torpedoes struck Yugumo and finished her off. She sank seven minutes later. While Yugumo was being picked off and Ijuin was tearing south, Shigure and Samidare continued on their southwesterly course past the Americans until 2259 when they turned sharply to the northwest. Hara was maneuvering for a good torpedo solution. He was approximately 11,000 yards west of Walker's lead ship when Selfridge, now a one ship task force, shifted fire to Shigure. The time was 2304. However, both Shigure and Samidare had already emptied their tubes in the direction of Selfridge some three minutes before just after they made their turn. As the Japanese torpedo men struggled to reload for a second attack, Selfridge's shells began straddling Shigure. At 2306.5, before Selfridge could damage her target, the battle effectively ended when one of the torpedoes fired six minutes before exploded against Selfridge's port side and left her dead in the water. Larson's group charging up from the south was still twenty minutes out. Shortly before 2313 aircraft advised Ijuin of this reinforcement. Believing he would be facing more cruisers, Ijuin turned his column away to the northwest. At 2317 his ships fired a parting torpedo salvo from 24 tubes at the two crippled American destroyers 16,000 yards to the northeast, but none found targets. Hara who had been sailing northwest since 2259 fell in behind Ijuin; they collected the destroyer transports which had been lingering off Shortlands and returned to Rabaul.
1949 – American-born Iva Toguri D'Aquino, convicted of being Japanese wartime broadcaster Tokyo Rose, was sentenced in San Francisco to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000. Iva Toguri was an American stranded in Japan at the outbreak of World War II. She was forced to broadcast propaganda to the Allied troops for Japan. In these radio programs, she taunted the troops and played music from home. She took the name Orphan Ann on the program, Zero Hour. "Tokyo Rose" is a myth: Iva Toguri, like other women who also broadcast Japanese propaganda to Allied troops, was never referred to as Rose or Tokyo Rose. It was a name given by the Allies to the various female Japanese broadcasters. But it has been used since the war primarily to refer to Iva Toguri D'Aquino. After the war, she was convicted of treason and imprisoned, released early for good behavior. She maintained her innocence, asserting that she had not said the words used to convict her, and that she had remained a loyal American. Though forced to broadcast to the troops, she claimed that she, with the help of American POWs assigned to the radio broadcasts, made herself and her words purposefully ridiculous. She had refused to give up her American citizenship, despite pressure and even punishment from the Japanese who forced her into the broadcasting role. In the 1970s a public campaign brought to light the testimony of the POWs who worked with her and supported her story. The testimony of the witnesses against her was questioned. Eventually she was pardoned by President Gerald Ford. After her imprisonment she returned to Chicago where her family owned a store. She continued to work at the store into her eighties.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
October 6
*BLECKLEY, ERWIN R. (Air Mission)
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Corps, 130th Field Artillery, observer 50th Aero Squadron, Air Service. Place and date. Near Binarville, France, 6 October 1918. Entered service at: Wichita, Kans. Birth: Wichita, Kans. G.O. No.: 56, W.D., 1922. Citation: 2d Lt. Bleckley, with his pilot, 1st Lt. Harold E. Goettler, Air Service, left the airdrome late in the afternoon on their second trip to drop supplies to a battalion of the 77th Division, which had been cut off by the enemy in the Argonne Forest. Having been subjected on the first trip to violent fire from the enemy, they attempted on the second trip to come still lower in order to get the packages even more precisely on the designated spot. In the course of his mission the plane was brought down by enemy rifle and machinegun fire from the ground, resulting in fatal wounds to 2d Lt. Bleckley, who died before he could be taken to a hospital. In attempting and performing this mission 2d Lt. Bleckley showed the highest possible contempt of personal danger, devotion to duty, courage, and valor.
*GOETTLER, HAROLD ERNEST (Air Mission)
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, pilot, U.S. Army Air Corps, 50th Aero Squadron, Air Service. Place and date: Near Binarville, France, 6 October 1918. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Born: 21 July 1890, Chicago, Ill. G.O. No.: 56, W.D., 1922. Citation: 1st. Lt. Goettler, with his observer, 2d Lt. Erwin R. Bleckley, 130th Field Artillery, left the airdrome late in the afternoon on their second trip to drop supplies to a battalion of the 77th Division which had been cut off by the enemy in the Argonne Forest. Having been subjected on the first trip to violent fire from the enemy, they attempted on the second trip to come still lower in order to get the packages even more precisely on the designated spot. In the course of this mission the plane was brought down by enemy rifle and machinegun fire from the ground, resulting in the instant death of 1st. Lt. Goettler. In attempting and performing this mission 1st. Lt. Goettler showed the highest possible contempt of personal danger, devotion to duty, courage and valor.
PECK, ARCHIE A.
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company A, 307th Infantry, 77th Division. Place and date: In the Argonne Forest, France, 6 October 1918. Entered service at: Hornell, N.Y. Birth: Tyrone, N.Y. G.O. No.: 16, W.D., 1919. Citation: While engaged with 2 other soldiers on patrol duty, he and his comrades were subjected to the direct fire of an enemy machinegun, at which time both his companions were wounded. Returning to his company, he obtained another soldier to accompany him to assist in bringing in the wounded men. His assistant was killed in the exploit, but he continued on, twice returning safely bringing in both men, being under terrific machinegun fire during the entire Journey.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for October 6, 2025 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
6 October
1912: Lt John H. Towers (USN), flying the Curtiss A-2, took off from the water at Annapolis on 6- hour, 10-minute, 35-second flight that set a new US endurance record for planes of any type. (24)
1913: Capt Charles DeForest Chandler and Lt Thomas DeWitt Milling, who qualified with Lt Henry H. Arnold as Military Aviators on 5 July 1912, received their badges. There were only two badges struck at that time. (24)
1918: MEDALS OF HONOR. Near Binarivelle, France, 1Lt Harold E. Goettler with the 50th Aero Squadron and 2Lt Erwin P. Bleckley (Kansas National Guard), flying as an observer, tried to drop supplies to a surrounded US Army battalion in the Argonne Forest (the famous lost battalion). They flew as low as possible to deliver the supplies more precisely, but enemy ground fire brought their plane down. Lt Goettler died instantly. Both men received the Medal of Honor. (4) (21)
1923: Lt Al J. Williams (USN) flew a Curtiss Racer (R2C-1) at St Louis to world records of 243.8 MPH for 100 kilometers and 243.7 MPH for 200 kilometers. (24)
1928: Goodrich Zeppelin Corporation received Navy contracts for two 6,500,000 cubic-foot rigid airships, ZRS-4 and ZRS-5 that became the USS Akron and USS Macon. (24)
1945: Norway and the US signed a civil air transport pact that gave each nation the right to transit and nontraffic stops. (24)
1950: KOREAN WAR. FEAF dispatched 18 B-29s to attack an enemy arsenal at Kan-ni, N. Korea, while issuing a new interdiction plan to cancel attacks on bridges south of Pyongyang and Wonsan. The USAF took control of Kimpo Airfield from the USMC. (28)
1955: The DoD awarded a contract to the Glenn L. Martin Company, as primary contractor, to build a rocket for launching an earth satellite. General Electric Company subcontracted to build the rocket motor. (24)
1959: From Vandenberg AFB, an RAF crew completed the first combat training launch of a Thor IRBM successfully. (6)
1961: In a hardened, 165-foot deep ICBM silo near Denver, the 724 SMS of Lowry AFB received the Air Force's first Titan I missile. This silo was the first of its kind. (6)
1966: Lockheed-Georgia Company engineers, Dr. W. C. J. Garrard, George K. Williams, and William W. Williams, received the Wright Brothers Medal for the Society of Automotive Engineers for their report on soft- and rough-field landing gear.
1969: B-57s DEPART SOUTHEAST ASIA. With the inactivation of the 8th Tactical Bombing Squadron, its B-57s light bombers were ferried to the US for storage. The first aircraft left Phan Rang, South Vietnam, today. (17)
1975: PROJECT COIN: Through 2 December, C-130s delivered 7,597 tons of critical supplies and over 2 million gallons of petroleum products to Alaska at Point Barrow, Lonely, Okiktok, and Barter Island. Contract aircraft flew another 453.8 tons of oversize steel pipe from Elmendorf to Lonely and 2,981.5 tons of supplies from Lonely and Point Barrow. (18)
1983: The 42 BMW at Loring AFB reached a limited operational capability with B-52Gs and the AGM-84 Harpoon anti-shipping missile. The first flight tests with the Harpoon took place on 15-28 March on the Pacific Missile Test Range. (1)
1999: At Grand Forks AFB, contractors imploded the first of 450 Minuteman III ICBM silos to be destroyed under the START I. (21)
2004: The Navy version of the Global Hawk, designated N-1, flew for the first time. The Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration vehicle made a four-hour sortie from its production facility in Palmdale to the AFFTC at Edwards AFB. (3)
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