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To All.

Good Wednesday morning October 15. Yesterday had plenty of rain for much of the day. Nothing really heavy. In the PI we would not call it rain. This morning it is overcast and a cool 56.. Clearing around 1 and onlyh getting to 68 by 2. The forecast for the next week is good with clear skies and temps climbing to 83 by Saturday.

 

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A bit about the bubbas and how they are doing

Thanks to Billy…..Hoss Pearson is in the hospital in Mesa after he collapsed with a possible Heart attack. Rattler has been to see him and said he was not looking good but seems to be coming around

Thanks to Motz….I found out in October , that Jim "Yosemite" Stillinger, a former Sundowner and F-8 driver, died on May 28, 2025. He died from heart complications. This YouTube movie was posted by his niece, Jennifer Van Riet. There is no obituary

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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 .

October 15

1917 USS Cassin (DD 43) is torpedoed by German submarine U 61 off the coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate 1st Class Osmond Kelly Ingram is killed. Ingram is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism and, in 1919, becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him.

1943 USS Tullibee (SS 284) attacks a 10-ship Japanese convoy in Formosa Strait and sinks the transport Chicago Maru.

1948 The first women officers on active duty are sworn in as commissioned officers in the Regular Navy under the Womens Armed Services Integration Act of June 1948 by Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan. The women are Capt. Joy B. Hancock, Lt. Cmdr. Winifred R. Quick, Lt. Cmdr. Anne King, Lt. Cmdr. Frances L. Willoughby, Lt. Ellen Ford, Lt. Doris Cranmore, Lt. j.g. Doris A. Defenderfer, and Lt. j.g. Betty Rae Tennant.

1955 The Navy sets the world speed record for the 500 km closed circuit course at Muroc, Calif. when Lt. Gordon Gray flies an A-4D Skyhawk at 695.163 mph.

1965 U.S. Naval Support Activity Da Nang, Vietnam is established. During the Vietnam War, it becomes the U.S. Navys largest overseas logistics command. In 1973, U.S. Naval Support Activity Da Nang is disestablished.

1992 HS-14 becomes the first U.S. squadron to land aircraft on the deck of Russian warship, when an SH-3H Sea King set down onto Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Vinogradov during joint exercises in the Persian Gulf.

 

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Today in World History October 15

 

1529    Ottoman armies under Suleiman end their siege of Vienna and head back to Belgrade.

1582    The Gregorian (or New World) calendar is adopted in Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal; and the preceding ten days are lost to history.

1783    Francois Pilatre de Rozier makes the first manned flight in a hot air balloon. The first flight was let out to 82 feet, but over the next few days the altitude increased up to 6,500 feet.

1813    During the land defeat of the British on the Thames River in Canada, the Indian chief Tecumseh, now a brigadier general with the British Army (War of 1812), is killed.

1863    For the second time, the Confederate submarine H L Hunley sinks during a practice dive in Charleston Harbor, this time drowning its inventor along with seven crew members.

1878    Thomas A. Edison founds the Edison Electric Light Co.

1880    Victorio, feared leader of the Minbreno Apache, is killed by Mexican troops in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico.

1892    An attempt to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kan., ends in disaster for the Dalton gang as four of the five outlaws are killed and Emmet Dalton is seriously wounded.

1894    Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer, is arrested for betraying military secrets to Germany.

1914    Congress passes the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, which labor leader Samuel Gompers calls "labor's charter of freedom." The act exempts unions from anti-trust laws; strikes, picketing and boycotting become legal; corporate interlocking directorates become illegal, as does setting prices which would effect a monopoly.

1917   Mata Hari, a Paris dancer, is executed by the French after being convicted of passing military secrets to the Germans.

1924    German ZR-3 flies 5000 miles, the furthest Zeppelin flight to date.

1941    Odessa, a Russian port on the Black Sea which has been surrounded by German troops for several weeks, is evacuated by Russian troops.

1945    Vichy French Premier Pierre Laval is executed by a firing squad for his wartime collaboration with the Germans.

1950    President Harry Truman meets with General Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island to discuss U.N. progress in the Korean War.

1964    Nikita Khrushchev is replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union.

1966    Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale establish the Black Panther Party, an African-American revolutionary socialist political group, in the US.

1969    Rallies for The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam draw over 2 million demonstrators across the US, a quarter million of them in the nation's capital.

1987    The Great Storm of 1987 strikes the UK and Europe during the night of Oct 15-16, killing over 20 people and causing widespread damage.

1989    Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky makes his 1,851st goal, breaking the all-time scoring record in the National Hockey League.

1990    Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the USSR, receives Nobel Peace Prize for his work in making his country more open and reducing Cold War tensions.

1997    Andy Green of the UK becomes the first person to break the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere, driving the ThrustSSC supersonic car to a record 763 mph (1,228 km/h).

2003    China launches its first manned space mission, Shenzhou I.

2007    New Zealand police arrest 17 people believed to be part of a paramilitary training camp.

2008    Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 733.08 points, the second-largest percentage drop in the Dow's history.

2011    Protests break out in countries around the globe, under the slogan "United for Global Democracy."

 

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. ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻

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From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com .

 

Thanks to Micro

From Vietnam Air Losses site for ..October 15 

15-Oct:  https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=8

 

This following work accounts for every fixed wing loss of the Vietnam War and you can use it to read more about the losses in The Bear's Daily account. Even better it allows you to add your updated information to the work to update for history…skip

Vietnam Air Losses Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at:  https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.

 

This is a list of all Helicopter Pilots Who Died in the Vietnam War . Listed by last name and has other info  https://www.vhpa.org/KIA/KIAINDEX.HTM

 

MOAA - Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Servicemembers Killed in the Vietnam War

The site works, find anyone you knew in "search" feature.

 

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https://www.moaa.org/content/publications-and-media/news-articles/2022-news-articles/wall-of-faces-now-includes-photos-of-all-servicemembers-killed-in-the-vietnam-war/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TMNsend&utm_content=Y84UVhi4Z1MAMHJh1eJHNA==+MD+AFHRM+1+Ret+L+NC

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. To All

This is a repeat from exactly one year ago. Because  it is important to your health and well being I have provided it again.

It is never too late to get in better shape. Start walking and go from there.

 

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Thanks to Carl…..

October 15, 2021

In this newsletter . . .

Don't let the Old Man in

I heard an interview with Clint Eastwood, who is 91-years old and still making wonderful movies. The interviewer asked how at his age he remained so active and creative. Eastwood answered, "You can't let the old man in."

For most of us, researchers say, there is an "inner-geezer" hormone that starts to creep in as early as age 50. Of course, at that young age we don't notice its presence because it is so sneaky and gradual. Yet with each passing year, its boldness grows. And if we don't watch out, in a decade or two it rules.

A total inner-geezer takeover can succeed only because it is nearly invisible, and we really don't realize it is happening while it's happening. It's sneaky. Then one day we take stock of ourselves and realize we don't get around nearly as well as we used to. Our belt size probably has expanded, and we droop. Or reality may suddenly smack us in the face when the doctor doesn't like the look of things at an annual physical.

We may then ask ourselves: Is inner-geezer prevention even possible? Of course most of us will never be as creative as Clint Eastwood, but yes, prevention, to a great extent, is possible.

When we get up in the morning there must be something we look forward to? If there isn't, that inner-geezer hormone is gaining on us.

Resistance training, for one thing, suppresses the nasty hormone, keeping our inner-geezer at bay. What you've heard is true. Resistance exercise — barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells, resistance bands — makes us feel good and makes us look good. Thus we spend more time looking forward, not backward. We retain or may even reclaim many of the positive aspects of youth. It's never too late to set age-appropriate goals and to look ahead.

The picture at the top of the page: That's me entering my 70s. I was never a big-time athlete. Yet regardless of some wrinkles and gray hair, I was still in pretty good shape. I didn't get that way by accident. I exercised regularly in a smart way and followed a common sense diet. Years of experience and training taught me how to go about it.

Today, I'm 85. I can't do nearly as much as I could at 70, and certainly not what I could do at 60 or at 50. And I've had a few health bumps along the way.

My own personal training today isn't very complicated: daily walks with my dog and resistance bands exercises. I want to remain as fit and healthy as possible for as long as nature allows. The information I've acquired over the years can be found at the Senior Exercise Central website. It is 100% free.

Please . . . Stay healthy. Stay fit.

Logan

Senior Exercise Central

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 Thanks to Brett

 World War II Was a Noble Cause—Anything Else Is Ahistorical

Victor Davis Hanson

October 13, 2025

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Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson

Victor Davis Hanson, a senior contributor for The Daily Signal, is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and host of "The Victor Davis Hanson Show." His website, The Blade of Perseus, features columns, lectures, and exclusive content for subscribers. Contact him at authorvdh@gmail.com.

Editor's note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today's video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. 

Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson with The Daily Signal. I know I've talked to you before about the decision to drop the atomic bomb in August of 1945 to end World War II in the Pacific. And we've talked about the revisionists that have appeared, such as Darryl Cooper and David Collum on Tucker Carlson's show. We've talked about, I think, a misreading of what I said in a text and she heard, Diana West, who wanted an apology—which I can't give because she was mistaken.

But I want to revisit something that I think is happening. And it's on our side of the conservative—this conservative sphere and atmosphere. And that is, people are starting, at this critical time, to look back at World War II and to reinterpret it.

And usually, we saw that on the left, that said, you know, we were racist, we were colonialists, we were furthering our selfish ends, we didn't have to do this, we didn't have to do that. For the Left, World War II is, essentially, the Japanese internment and the dropping of atomic bombs.

So, I want to look at just three or four key elements of World War II that have come up in the news and people have questioned, I think, quite ahistorically, without sufficient background.

The first is we kind of forced Japan to attack us at Pearl Harbor because we imposed a boycott in 1940 of oil. And they would only have two years of oil. And they pleaded with us and we said no.

It was sort of like the Roosevelt administration was sort of doing what President Donald Trump is doing by putting boycotts—although it wasn't a secondary boycott—on Russian oil, in reverse, that people would not buy Russian oil. Because that was a desperate move to stop an aggression on the part of Russia.

China had been invaded by Japan in 1931—the first sign of war—and 1937. And the United States did not get active. And finally, when it went into Vietnam, Southeast Asia in 1940, it said: Enough is enough, we're going to not sell Japan oil.

And Japan, remember, had started that because they went in, not only to get the rice belt of the Mekong Delta, but also to stop all importation of goods from the West into China. So, they started the blockade.

More importantly, you gotta remember that the war in Europe had already begun on Sept. 1, 1939. And by the time we imposed this 1940 boycott, there was no free Europe. And all of their colonies in the Pacific—and I'm talking about the rich areas of Southeast Asia that had been under the control of France. I'm talking about the oil, the Shell oil company's holdings in the Dutch East Indies. And I'm talking about, soon, the Malaysian rubber in Singapore.

They felt that they could absorb these orphan colonies from a nonexistent country that was now controlled by Hitler. And therefore, they wanted to press the attack because they thought the only way that they could be stopped was the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.

They thought they could take Singapore. They did. They wanted the rubber in Malaysia. They got the oil in the Dutch East Indies. They went into the Mekong Delta. They had been fighting in China. So, it was kind of a last pathetic effort on our part to stop them and try to avoid war in the process.

Very quickly. Another thing about the Pacific War. Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto was not a peacenik. Everybody said, he said: I can raise hell for six months. And then I can't guarantee anything. We're up against the American colossus.

He had been to the United States and studied at Harvard in a military context. But more importantly, Yamamoto threatened to resign, to the Japanese military government, unless he got his way. He wanted to attack Pearl Harbor. He thought he could get away with it. And he practiced for months and simulated the attack. And he said: If I don't get my way, I will resign. He was a bellicose militarist, as was the emperor, Hirohito, and as was the entire Japanese government.

Finally: Another issue that's come up among conservatives is that in July of 1940, after all of Europe was under the control of Hitler, Hitler said: I am the victor. I don't need to have this war anymore. Great Britain, do you want a peace? You can have your British Empire.

First of all, nobody could trust him because why would you after the Anschluss, after the destruction of the Sudetenland, and the annexation of, basically, the destruction of all of Czechoslovakia, the invasion of Poland? He had never told the truth about his territorial ambitions. But more importantly, I think this is really important, he had all of Europe under his control.

Britain would not have been able to survive a mere 30 miles away from a German empire extending from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Russian border. And he had no intention of giving that up. And there already had been disturbing reports coming out that he was killing the disabled, rounding up Jews in Poland, mass murdering.

There was no way in the world Britain could make a deal with Hitler and expect him to keep it or survive, in the next few years, with the entire European continent under the control of National Socialism.

I could go on. But these are very important points because in this fractious times, when we have the internet and we have all of this fake news and all of these conspiracy theories, it doesn't behoove us to go back and say that this noble cause to win World War II was somehow flawed, or that we were too harsh on the Japanese, or we started the war, or we didn't give Hitler a chance. These were fascists, Nazis. They wanted a war. They thought they could win the war.

If the United States was culpable for anything, it was in the Great Depression, in 1939 and '40, we were not sufficiently rearmed. Hitler looked at us, the Japanese looked at us, and they said: Their army is the size of Portugal. They don't really have an Air Force that we have to worry about. They're weak. We can get away with it.

That was our only mistake, not arming earlier.

 

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Some bits and pieces

Daily Memo: Ceasefire Violations in Gaza, Belarus Ready for US Deal A Hamas spokesperson condemned the killing of several Palestinians as a breach of their ceasefire. By: Geopolitical Futures Ceasefire violations. Israeli troops on Tuesday morning shot and killed at least five Palestinians who crossed a ceasefire line and approached them in a Gaza City neighborhood, according to the Israeli army. The Israeli military urged residents of Gaza to obey instructions and not approach troops. Calling the incident a ceasefire violation, a Hamas spokesperson called on all parties not to allow Israel to shirk its obligations. This isn't over. Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters that the agreement between Israel and Hamas does not resolve the Palestinian issue, which he said could be solved only through the establishment of an "independent, sovereign, and geographically united Palestinian state within the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital." He added that discussions on the structure of a peacekeeping force were ongoing. Ready to deal. Belarus is ready to conclude a "grand deal" with the U.S. if it respects Belarusian interests, President Alexander Lukashenko said. He called for the development of a framework for U.S.-Belarusian relations to clarify priorities and red lines, stressing that any agreements must not harm relations with Russia, China or other friendly countries. Arctic route. A Chinese Panamax containership completed the trip from Ningbo-Zhoushan to the United Kingdom's Felixstowe terminal via the Arctic Northern Sea Route (NSR) in just 20 days, about half the time it takes via the Suez Canal. Only about 100 vessels used the NSR in 2024, but this year more than 20 containerships have made the trip – a record high. Meanwhile, Moscow and Beijing approved an action plan to develop transportation along the NSR, including modernizing logistics. Working group. Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan agreed to create a working group on road transport and to strengthen ties in transport, energy and customs cooperation. Particular attention was given to the International North-South Transport Corridor, which links the three countries. They also stressed the importance of finishing the Rasht-Astara railway line in Iran as well as the Agband-Kelale bridge linking Iran and Azerbaijan. Finally, they agreed to continue technical discussions on connecting their power grids. Reconciliation. The foreign ministers of Canada and India agreed on a new roadmap for relations after nearly two years of diplomatic friction. The sides also agreed to cooperate on critical minerals, trade and agricultural value chains. Industrial self-reliance. Vietnam wants to expand defense cooperation with Turkey, Defense Minister Gen. Phan Van Giang told Haluk Gorgun, Turkey's secretary of defense industries. He said Vietnam is eager to pursue defense industrial cooperation to fulfill its goal of self-reliance in the production of military equipment. In July, Hanoi and Ankara signed a memorandum of understanding on defense industry cooperation.

 

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Another one from Brett

Barack Obama got caught committing one act so petty it left CNN shaking their heads

Oct 13, 2025

 

Alexandre Rotenberg via Shutterstock

Barack Obama thought he could get away with it.

But one CNN host wasn't having it.

And Barack Obama got caught committing one act so petty it left CNN shaking their heads.

Trump accomplishes in weeks what Biden couldn't in eight months

President Donald Trump just pulled off something the entire foreign policy establishment said was impossible.

All 20 living Israeli hostages walked free on Monday after more than two years in Hamas captivity as part of a comprehensive peace deal that Trump personally negotiated.

The achievement is even more remarkable when you consider the timeline.

Trump announced his 20-point peace plan on September 29, and the deal was signed just nine days later on October 8 — a diplomatic breakthrough that shocked Washington, D.C. insiders who spent over a year watching Biden's team fail to close a deal.

Hamas released all living hostages in exchange for Israel freeing 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, and Israeli forces pulled back to pre-designated lines within Gaza.

The deal came together so quickly that it caught Washington, D.C.'s foreign policy establishment completely off guard.

Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner spent just days in Egypt hammering out the final details after months of Biden administration foot-dragging produced nothing but broken ceasefires and empty promises.

Netanyahu credited Trump directly during an Israeli government meeting, stating he "couldn't have achieved it without the extraordinary help of President Trump and his team."

The Israeli Prime Minister called Trump "the greatest friend that the State of Israel has ever had in the White House" during Trump's address to the Knesset on Monday.

Trump received a standing ovation from Israeli lawmakers and later traveled to Egypt where he signed the peace agreement at a summit with Arab and European leaders.

Even Biden's own people can't deny Trump earned this victory

The praise for Trump came from the most unexpected sources.

Jon Meacham — a presidential historian and former speechwriter for Joe Biden — appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and admitted the uncomfortable truth.

"We should make no mistake about this: This is a victory for President Trump and for those who wish that we can govern ourselves at home, and around the world, not simply by brute force, but by ideas and civilized norms," Meacham said.

Coming from one of Biden's closest advisers, that statement carries serious weight.

Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security adviser, told CNN that Trump deserved credit and praised the "hard work" of Trump's team.

Even Kamala Harris — who spent the entire 2024 campaign attacking Trump's foreign policy — grudgingly admitted Trump should be "commended" for the deal.

Hillary Clinton told CBS News she "really commends President Trump and his administration" for their commitment to the peace process.

These aren't random Democrats offering polite congratulations.

These are the same people who spent years claiming Trump was too unstable and reckless to handle foreign policy.

They attacked his Middle East strategy during his first term, mocked the Abraham Accords, and insisted that only traditional diplomatic channels could work in the region.

Now they're watching Trump accomplish in weeks what Biden couldn't do in fifteen months, and they can't credibly deny the obvious anymore.

Obama's petty move gets called out by CNN host

But one prominent Democrat apparently couldn't bring himself to acknowledge reality.

Former President Barack Obama posted a lengthy statement on social media praising the peace deal and expressing relief that hostages would be reunited with families.

There was just one glaring problem with Obama's statement.

He never mentioned Donald Trump by name — not even once.

Obama wrote about being "encouraged and relieved" about the end of conflict and talked about the "hard task of rebuilding Gaza" without once crediting the president who actually brokered the deal.

 

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 In this, Dr. Hanson has captured Trump's one-of-a-kind diplomacy. It works and makes the previous Administrations look inept. Of course the devil is in the details of the 20 point Middle East peace plan implementation. Every American should be proud of this historic moment.

 

https://share.google/fqkyGtLVy6CYDoDkD 

 

The Pieces of Trump's Peace

Trump's unorthodox mix of pressure, power, and pragmatism shattered old diplomatic molds—delivering a rare moment of calm to the world's most combustible region.

By Victor Davis Hanson

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This Day in U S Military History

 

October 15

1917 – USS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram becomes first American sailor killed in World War I and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. He becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him, in 1919.

1918 – Lieutenant Colonel William "Wild Bill" Donovan earned the Medal of Honor while leading his regiment, the 165th Infantry (formerly the 69th New York, the "Fighting 69th" of Civil War fame), 42nd "Rainbow" Division, in an attack to capture a German strongpoint. By acts of personal courage such as rallying platoons of soldiers decimated and about to break from enemy fire, he again led them forward. Though seriously wounded he refused to be evacuated and continued to command his men from a bomb crater. Eventually the Americans did have to withdraw after suffering devastating losses. Donovan started his Guard service by organizing his own cavalry troop which then commanded during its tour of duty on the Mexican border in 1916. He then joined the 69th New York just prior to the mobilization for World War I. Even before earning the Medal of Honor, in July 1918, he displayed extreme courage while leading a battalion in its attack on German positions in the Oureq River (called by the Irish of the 69th as the "O'Rourke River") sector. For this action he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (the Army's second highest medal for valor). In World War II Donovan organized and commanded the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of today's CIA.

1951 – Operation DECOY, a mock amphibious landing near Kojo designed as a feint, was led by the battleship USS Iowa along with six carriers, four cruisers and more than 30 destroyers. Throughout the Korean War, U.S. and allied naval forces maintained a tight blockade of North Korean waters so the enemy could not use the sea to transport troops and supplies. Control of the sea also allowed the UN command to threaten other amphibious landings in the rear of the Chinese and North Korean armies arrayed along the 38th parallel. The enemy took the threat seriously and positioned sizeable troop units along both coasts and far from the front lines where they were badly needed. To keep the enemy's attention focused on the sea, the fleet executed a number of naval feints and demonstrations. In Operation Decoy, Navy aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers attacked Communist defenses around Kojo and Task Force 90 maneuvered as if to land elements of the Army's 1st Cavalry Division near Wonsan. The enemy rushed forces to the coast to defeat amphibious assaults that never came.

 

Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day

 

BATCHELDER, RICHARD N.

Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Quartermaster, 2d Corps. Place and date: Between Catlett and Fairfax Stations, Va., 13-15 October 1863. Entered service at: Manchester, N.H. Born: 27 July 1832, Meredith, N.H. Date of issue: 20 May 1895. Citation: Being ordered to move his trains by a continuous day-and-night march, and without the usual military escort, armed his teamsters and personally commanded them, successfully fighting against heavy odds and bringing his trains through without the loss of a wagon.

 

DONOVAN, WILLIAM JOSEPH

Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, 165th Infantry, 42d Division. Place and date: Near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, 14-15 October 1918. Entered service at: Buffalo, N.Y. Born: 1 January 1883, Buffalo, N.Y. G.O., No.: 56, W.D., 1922. Citation: Lt. Col. Donovan personally led the assaulting wave in an attack upon a very strongly organized position, and when our troops were suffering heavy casualties he encouraged all near him by his example, moving among his men in exposed positions, reorganizing decimated platoons, and accompanying them forward in attacks. When he was wounded in the leg by machine-gun bullets, he refused to be evacuated and continued with his unit until it withdrew to a less exposed position.

 

*INGRAM, OSMOND K.

Rank and organization: Gunner's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 4 August 1887, Alabama. Accredited to. Alabama. Citation: For extraordinary heroism in the presence of the enemy on the occasion of the torpedoing of the Cassin, on 15 October 1917. While the Cassin was searching for the submarine, Ingram sighted the torpedo coming, and realizing that it might strike the ship aft in the vicinity of the depth charges, ran aft with the intention of releasing the depth charges before the torpedo could reach the Cassin. The torpedo struck the ship before he could accomplish his purpose and Ingram was killed by the explosion. The depth charges exploded immediately afterward. His life was sacrificed in an attempt to save the ship and his shipmates, as the damage to the ship would have been much less if he had been able to release the depth charges.

 

VILLEPIGUE, JOHN C.

Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company M, 118th Infantry, 30th Division. Place and date: At Vaux-Andigny, France, 15 October 1918. Entered service at. Camden, S.C. Born: 29 March 1896, Camden, S.C. G.O. No.: 16, W.D., 1919. Citation: Having been sent out with 2 other soldiers to scout through the village of Vaux-Andigny, he met with strong resistance from enemy machinegun fire, which killed 1 of his men and wounded the other. Continuing his advance without aid 500 yards in advance of his platoon and in the face of machinegun and artillery fire he encountered 4 of the enemy in a dugout, whom he attacked and killed with a handgrenade. Crawling forward to a point 150 yards in advance of his first encounter, he rushed a machinegun nest, killing 4 and capturing 6 of the enemy and taking 2 light machineguns. After being joined by his platoon he was severely wounded in the arm.

 

*POMEROY, RALPH E.

Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company E, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Kumhwa, Korea, 15 October 1952. Entered service at: Quinwood, W. Va. Born: 26 March 1930, Quinwood, W. Va. G.O. No.: 97, 30 December 1953. Citation: Pfc. Pomeroy, a machine gunner with Company E, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. While his comrades were consolidating on a key terrain feature, he manned a machine gun at the end of a communication trench on the forward slope to protect the platoon flank and prevent a surprise attack. When the enemy attacked through a ravine leading directly to his firing position, he immediately opened fire on the advancing troops inflicting a heavy toll in casualties and blunting the assault. At this juncture the enemy directed intense concentrations of artillery and mortar fire on his position in an attempt to neutralize his gun. Despite withering fire and bursting shells, he maintained his heroic stand and poured crippling fire into the ranks of the hostile force until a mortar burst severely wounded him and rendered the gun mount inoperable. Quickly removing the hot, heavy weapon, he cradled it in his arms and, moving forward with grim determination, raked the attacking forces with a hail of fire. Although wounded a second time he pursued his relentless course until his ammunition was expended within 10 feet of the foe and then, using the machine gun as a club, he courageously closed with the enemy in hand-to-hand combat until mortally wounded. Pfc. Pomeroy's consummate valor, inspirational actions and supreme sacrifice enabled the platoon to contain the attack and maintain the integrity of the perimeter, reflecting lasting glory upon himself and upholding the noble traditions of the military service .

 

ANDERSON, WEBSTER

Rank and organization: Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, Battery A, 2d Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Infantry Division (Airmobile). Place and date: Tam Ky, Republic of Vietnam, 15 October 1967. Entered service at: Winnsboro, S.C. Born: 15 July 1933, Winnsboro, S.C. Citation: Sfc. Anderson (then S/Sgt.), distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as chief of section in Battery A, against a hostile force. During the early morning hours Battery A's defensive position was attacked by a determined North Vietnamese Army infantry unit supported by heavy mortar, recoilless rifle, rocket propelled grenade and automatic weapon fire. The initial enemy onslaught breached the battery defensive perimeter. Sfc. Anderson, with complete disregard for his personal safety, mounted the exposed parapet of his howitzer position and became the mainstay of the defense of the battery position. Sfc. Anderson directed devastating direct howitzer fire on the assaulting enemy while providing rifle and grenade defensive fire against enemy soldiers attempting to overrun his gun section position. While protecting his crew and directing their fire against the enemy from his exposed position, 2 enemy grenades exploded at his feet knocking him down and severely wounding him in the legs. Despite the excruciating pain and though not able to stand, Sfc. Anderson valorously propped himself on the parapet and continued to direct howitzer fire upon the closing enemy and to encourage his men to fight on. Seeing an enemy grenade land within the gun pit near a wounded member of his gun crew, Sfc. Anderson heedless of his own safety, seized the grenade and attempted to throw it over the parapet to save his men. As the grenade was thrown from the position it exploded and Sfc. Anderson was again grievously wounded. Although only partially conscious and severely wounded, Sfc. Anderson refused medical evacuation and continued to encourage his men in the defense of the position. Sfc. Anderson by his inspirational leadership, professionalism, devotion to duty and complete disregard for his welfare was able to maintain the defense of his section position and to defeat a determined attack. Sfc. Anderson's gallantry and extraordinary heroism at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty are in the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.

 

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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for October 15,  FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY

 15 October

1924: ZR-3 (renamed the Los Angeles) arrived at Lakehurst, N. J. It was the first dirigible sent to the US Navy from Germany under a World War I reparation agreement. (20)

1937:  Test pilot Edmund Turney ("Eddie") Allen flew the Boeing XB-15 on its first flight at Boeing Field, Seattle. The specification that produced the XB-15 (originally designated the XLRB-1) began in mid-1933 as "Project A", a project exploring the possibility of flying a very large bomber with a range of 5,000 miles. In April 1934 the US Army Air Corps contracted with Boeing and Martin to design a bomber capable of carrying 2,000 lb. at 200 mph over 5,000 miles. The prototype XB-15 continued to fly long-range goodwill missions and tested heavy lifting of supplies through 1945.

 

1950: MACKAY TROPHY. In Phase II of Fox Able Three, 91 F-84E Thunderjets from the 27 FEW left Bergstrom AFB for Furstenfeldbruck, Germany, following the same route as the 90-aircraft in Phase I (see 15 September). Bad weather, however, delayed the F-84s at several stops. As a result, the jets did not arrive in Germany until the 28th. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg gave the Mackay Trophy on 11 December 1951 to Col Raymond F. Rudell, the Wing Commander, for this operation. (1) KOREAN WAR. Communist Chinese Forces antiaircraft artillery shot down an F-51 for the first time over the Yalu River near Sinuiju. Headquarters Fifth Air Force in Korea opened in Seoul. (28)

1952: KOREAN WAR. For the amphibious Kojo hoax, assault troops climbed down to assault landing craft, which made a pass at the shore then returned to the ship. In addition, 32 C-119s from the 403d Troop Carrier Wing flew to Chorwon, let down to paradrop altitude of 800 feet, then returned to Taegu AB, S. Korea. (28)

1954: The 92 BMW deployed its B-36s from Fairchild AFB to Andersen AFB for 90 days. This was the first time a complete B-36 wing had deployed overseas. (1)

1958: North American Aviation's X-15A-1 rocket research plane rolled out at Inglewood. (3)

1959: The Air Force Ballistic Missile Committee approved Davis-Monthan AFB as the first Titan II base. (6)

1964: General Dynamics unveiled its TFX Fighter in at Fort Worth. The USAF version became the F-111A.

1969: In New Mexico's Sacramento Mountains, the USAF Cambridge Research Laboratory dedicated a 365-foot long, $3.3 million solar vacuum telescope. At 9,200 feet, the telescope viewed solar centers of activity (sunspots, magnetic fields, and solar flares). It was also part of the Global Flare Patrol Network supporting Apollo XII. (5) (16)

1970: TROPIC MOON. From Ubon RTAFB, the 13 BS flew its first night interdiction combat mission in Vietnam with the B-57G. (17)

1985: The T-46 Next Generation Training made its first flight at Edwards AFB. (16) (26)

1999: A 62 AW C-17 from McChord AFB landed a Globemaster III on an airstrip of frozen seawater at McMurdo NAS in Antarctica. The first flight of a C-17 to there delivered a cargo of mail, fresh fruit, vegetables, and a telescope for the National Science Foundation scientists to use at the South Pole to study black holes in the Milky Way galaxy. (22)

2000: MACKAY TROPHY/ATTACK ON THE USS COLE. Crews from the 75 AS and 86 AES earned the trophy for evacuating 28 survivors of a 12 October terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen. Trophy recipients included: Lt Col Kirk Nailling; Majs Kathryn Drake, Lola Casby and Thomas Jenkins; Capts Donna Fournier, Karey Dufour, Karin Peterson, and Natalie Sykes; and SSgts Brad Atherton, Juan Garza, Alan Woodridge, Anna Duffner, Chad Shusko, Ed Franceschina and Heather Robinson. (AFNEWS Article 1655, 20 Nov 2001) (21)

 

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An interesting note from two years ago

 

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/10/james-howard-kunstler/all-this-and-world-war-too/

 

 

 

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