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Good Monday Morning January 26, 2026. .
Yesterday was a good day. Clear and cool and little wind. I went out to do a few things in the upper yard in the afternoon and ended up out there for a couple hours and filled up 3 green cans. It is after 7 and cloudy here now and supposed to stay that way most of the day with some 11 kt winds thrown in.
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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 94 H-Grams.
January 26
1913—The body of John Paul Jones is laid in its final resting place in the Chapel of Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.
1943—USS Wahoo (SS 238) sinks entire convoy of four Japanese supply ships north of New Guinea.
1944—USS Skipjack (SS 184) sinks the Japanese destroyer Suzukaze and the aircraft ferry Okitsu Maru in the Caroline Islands area. Also on this date, USS Hake (SS 256) sinks the Japanese auxiliary netlayer Shuko Maru off Ambon and USS Crevalle (SS 291) sinks the Japanese gunboat Busho Maru 175 miles southeast of Cape St. Jacques, French Indochina.
1949—USS Norton Sound (AVM 1), the first guided-missile ship, launched the first guided-missile, Loon.
1960—Destroyer John S. McCain (DL 3) rescues the entire 41-man crew of the sinking Japanese freighter, Shinwa Maru, in the East China Sea.
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This Day in World History…January 26
1699 The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the war between Austria and the Turks.
1720 Guilio Alberoni is ordered out of Spain after his abortive attempt to restore his country's empire.
A fleet of ships carrying convicts from England lands at Sydney Cove in Australia. The day is since known as Australia's national day.
1861 Louisiana secedes from the Union.
1863 President Lincoln names General Joseph Hooker to replace Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
1875 Pinkerton agents, hunting Jesse James, kill his 18-year-old half-brother and seriously injure his mother with a bomb.
1885 General "Chinese" Gordon is killed on the palace steps in Khartoum by Sudanese Mahdists in Africa.
1924 Petrograd is renamed Leningrad.
1934 Germany signs a 10-year non-aggression pact with Poland, breaking the French alliance system.
1942 American Expeditionary Force lands in Northern Ireland.
1943 The first OSS (Office of Strategic Services) agent parachutes behind Japanese lines in Burma.
1964 Eighty-four people are arrested in a segregation protest in Atlanta
1969 California is declared a disaster area after two days of flooding and mud slides.
2005 Condoleezza Rice is appointed to the post of secretary of state. The post makes her the highest ranking African-American woman ever to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet.
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Thanks to the Bear and Dan Heller. We will always have the url for you to search items in Rolling Thunder
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER …
. rollingthunderremembered.com .
To All
Thanks to the Bear
This great to watch…skip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQcxP70jNMY
Thanks to Micro
From Vietnam Air Losses site for ..January 26 . .
January 26: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=1570
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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.
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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
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. https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/
Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Service members Killed in the Vietnam War
By: Kipp Hanley
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. Thanks to Al
Monday Morning Humor--Birthday and Getting Older
Based on a submission from Skip Leonard:
I grew up in the 40s-50s-60s.
I studied in the 50s-60s.
I dated in the 50s-60s.
I got married and discovered the world in the 60s-70s-80s.
I ventured into the 70s-80s. I stabilized in the 90s.
I got wiser in the 2000s.
And walked firmly through the 2010s.
Turns out I've lived through NINE different decades. TWO different centuries... TWO different millennia...
I have gone from the party-line telephone with an operator for long-distance calls to video calls to anywhere in the world.
I have gone from slides to YouTube, from vinyl records to online music, from handwritten letters to email and WhatsApp.
From programs on the radio, to black and white TV, and then to HDTV. I went to Blockbuster and now we watch on Netflix.
I started with manual typewriters, learned electric, proportional spacing and Selectric typewriters, got to know the first computers, punch cards, diskettes, and now I have gigabytes and megabytes in hand on my cell phone.
I dodged infantile paralysis, meningitis, H1N1 flu and now COVID-19.
I rode skates, tricycles, invented cars, bicycles, mopeds, gasoline or diesel cars and now there are hybrids or 100% electric.
Yes, I've been through a lot but what a great life I've had!
They could describe me as an "exennial"...a person who were born in that world of the late 40's who had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood. I kind of feel like, "I've seen it all!"
My generation has literally lived through and witnessed more than any other in every dimension of life. It is a generation that has literally adapted to CHANGE. A big round of applause to all the members of a this very special generation, who are UNIQUE.
Here's a precious and very true message that I received from a friend: TIME DOES NOT STOP.
Life is a task that we do ourselves every day. When you look... it's already six in the afternoon; when you look... it's already Friday; when you look... the month is over; when you look... the year is over; when you look... 50, 60, 70 and 80 years have passed!
When you look... we no longer know where our friends are. When you look... we've lost many of our friends.
Do not stop doing something you like due to lack of time. Do not stop having someone by your side, because your children will soon not be yours, and you will have to do something with that remaining time, where the only thing that we are going to miss will be the space that can only be enjoyed with the usual friends. The time that, unfortunately, never returns.
The day is today! We are no longer at an age to postpone anything. Hopefully, you have time to read and then share this message.
Submitted by Mike Ryan:
• "To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except exercise, get up early, or be respectable." - Oscar Wilde
• "The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for." - Will Rogers
• "We must recognize that, as we grow older, we become like old cars – more and more repairs and replacements are necessary." - C.S. Lewis
• "I'm so old that my blood type is discontinued." - Bill Dane
• "Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes, age just shows up all by itself." - Tom Wilson
• "Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life." - Kitty O'Neill Collins
• "As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes. I can't remember the other two." - Sir Norman Wisdom
• "Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest." - Larry Lorenzon
• "By the time you're 80 years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it." - George Burns
• "Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative." – Maurice Chevalier
• "Getting older. I used to be able to run a 4-minute mile, bench press 380 pounds, and tell the truth." - Conan O'Brien
• "I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don't have to." - Albert Einstein
• "You know you are getting old when everything hurts, and what doesn't hurt doesn't work." - Hy Gardner
• "When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old." - Mark Twain
• "There's one advantage to being 102, there's no peer pressure." - Dennis Wolfberg
• "Old age is when you resent the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated because there are fewer articles to read." – George Burns
• "The idea is to die young as late as possible." - Ashley Montagu
• "You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there." - George Burns
Submitted by Peggy Yunghahn
Q: Where can single men over the age of 80 find younger women who are interested in them?
A: Try a bookstore, under Fiction.
Q: How can you increase the heart rate of your over-80 year-old husband?
A: Tell him you're pregnant.
Q: How can you avoid that terrible curse of the elderly wrinkles?
A: Take off your glasses.
Q: Why should 80-plus year old people use valet parking?
A: Valets don't forget where they park your car
Q: Is it common for 80-plus year olds to have problems with short term memory storage?
A: Storing memory is not a problem. Retrieving it is the problem.
Q: As people age, do they sleep more soundly?
A: Yes, but usually in the afternoon.
Q: Where should 80-plus year olds look for eye glasses?
A: On their foreheads.
Q: What is the most common remark made by 80-plus year old when they enter antique stores?
A: "Gosh, I remember these!"
Submitted by Colleen Grosso:
• "Old age comes at a bad time." (Ed Sullivan)
• "Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened." (Stevie Wonder)
• "Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there is nothing you can do about it." (Golda Meir)
• "The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened. (Mark Twain)
• "I'm at that age where my back goes out more than I do." (Phyllis Diller)
• "Nice to be here? At my age, it's nice to be anywhere." (George Burns)
• pull your zipper down." (Rob Reiner)
• "You spend 90 percent of your adult life hoping for a long rest and the last 10 percent trying to convince the Lord that you're actually not THAT tired." (Princess Grace)
• "Old people shouldn't eat healthy foods. They need all the preservatives they can get." (Bob Hope)
• "It's like you trade the virility of the body for the agility of the spirit." (Ed Sullivan)
• "The years between 55 and 75 are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down." (T.S Elliot)
• "At age 20, we worry about what others think of us.. at age 40, we don't care what they think of us... at age 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all." (Ann Landers)
• "When I was young, I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties, I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then, and I'm labeled senile." (Milton Berle)
• "The important thing to remember is that I'm probably going to forget." (Martin Scorsese)
• "We don't grow older, we grow riper." (Pablo Picasso)
• "It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone." (Andy Rooney)
• "The older I get, the better I used to be." (Lee Trevino)
• "I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a lot more as they get older, and then it dawned on me — they're cramming for their final exam." (George Carlin)
• "Everything seems to slow down with age, except the time it takes cake and ice cream to reach your hips." (Elizabeth Taylor)
• "You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks." (Dennis Quaid)
• "There are three stages in man's Life: he believes in Santa Claus, he does not believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus." (Leon Phillips)
• "Looking fifty is great — if you're sixty." (Joan Rivers)
• "Time may be a great Healer, but it's a lousy Beautician." (Zsa Zsa Gabor)
Submitted by Dean Laird:
Thinking back on my 80 years, I remember
• When it took three minutes for the TV to warm up
• Nobody owned a purebred dog.
• When a quarter was a decent allowance and made with real Silver!
• You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. Made with real copper! Looking to see if it was a 1943 copper penny!
• You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time. And you didn't pay for air? And you got trading stamps to boot.
• Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box. Not to mention Cracker Jacks!
• It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
• They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed...and they did it!
• When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car... to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady.
• No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition or under the floor mat, and the doors were never locked.
• Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, 'That cloud looks like a...'.
• Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game.
• Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger.
And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace, and share it with the children of today.
• When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home.
• Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!?
• But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.
• As well as summers filled with bike rides, Hula hoops, and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, 'Yeah, I remember that'. I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a Double Dog Dare to pass it on. To remember what a Double Dog Dare is, read on. And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care.
Send this on to someone who can still remember
• Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery,
• The Lone Ranger,
• The Shadow knows,
• Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.
• Candy cigarettes.
• Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.
• Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles.
• Coffee shops with Table Side Jukeboxes.
• Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum.
• Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers.
• Newsreels before the movie.
• Telephone numbers with a word prefix..(Yukon 2-601). Or, some of us remember when there were just 4 numbers with no word prefix at all.
• And, nearly everyone had
• A party line.
• Peashooters
• Hi-Fi's & 45 RPM records.
• 78 RPM records!
• S&H Green Stamps.
• Mimeograph paper.
Do you remember the time when...
• Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.
• Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, 'Do Over!'
• 'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
• Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
• It wasn't odd to have two or three 'Best Friends'.
• Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot
• Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures.
• 'Oly-oly-oxen-free' made perfect sense.
• Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles.
• The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
• Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
• Taking drugs meant orange - flavored chewable aspirin.
• Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!!!!
Have a great week,
Al
. From the archives
Thanks to "Newell
Family and Friends,
You may have seen this before, because it has been popular in correspondence on the internet. By happenstance two friends shared with me in the last few days, and I thought it merited reposting. Its message remains germane to some of the bizarre attitudes of our times.
Newell
The Death of Common Sense
(This is a modified version of a text circulated via the internet in 2011,
and was attributed to Lori Borgman,
an author, columnist and speaker.)
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
Why the early bird gets the worm;
Life isn't always fair,
and maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults are in charge not the children).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of an 8-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate on the cheek, teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch, and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, all of which only worsened his condition.
Common sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student, but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses, and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common sense finally gave up the will to live, after a women failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled it in her lap while driving her car, sued the fast-food restaurant, and was awarded a huge settlement by the jury.
Common sense was preceded in death, by:
His parents, Truth and Trust
His wife, Discretion
His daughter, Responsibility
His son, Reason.
He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers:
I know my rights
I want my rights
I want it now
I'm a victim.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
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. Rock around the clock was the theme song for the movie"BLACKBOARD JUNGLE' with Glenn Ford.
The movie and song were banned in Boston Philly and a couple other cities.I got to see it before the chit hit the fan.
B Wagner AO1 ret
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Thanks to Brett
. A week old article on the Chinese leadership situation.....interesting read.....different than we;ve heard before
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Need To Know
Minnesota Protester Killed
Federal officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old protester, in Minneapolis Saturday. The incident marks the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by officers in Minnesota this month, after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed driver Renee Good on Jan. 7.
The Department of Homeland Security says Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and resisted attempts to disarm him. Video footage suggests Pretti carried a concealed firearm on his waistband but did not touch or reach for the gun during interactions with officers. Officers appear to discover and remove the firearm after Pretti is pinned facedown to the ground, and 10 shots are fired soon after. See a timeline and analysis of video footage here.
Police say Pretti had a legal permit to carry a firearm. Some states bar guns at protests, though Minnesota is not one of them. Learn more about rules for federal immigration officers and protesters here.
Storm Slams Down
Nearly 200 million people across nearly 40 states were under winter alerts this weekend, as a massive winter storm hit the continental US. More than 800,000 customers lost power, with Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas hardest hit. At least four men—two in Louisiana, one in Texas, and one in Kansas—have died.
The storm has also caused more than 10,000 flight cancellations—the most in a single day since the COVID-19 pandemic. At least 1,800 flights have been canceled for today as of this writing (track here). Millions of drivers have been encouraged to stay off the road. Schools have been closed in New York, Georgia, and North Carolina, among other states. Temperatures fell 10 to 40 degrees below average in much of the central US, with wind chills as low as minus 30 degrees.
Storm conditions are expected to continue in the Northeast today, with New England predicted to see up to 18 inches of snow. See live updates here.
Death-Defying Climb
Famed rock climber Alex Honnold added to his list of accomplishments over the weekend, free soloing—scaling without ropes—Taiwan's Taipei 101 skyscraper yesterday. The feat, livestreamed by Netflix, set the record for the tallest free solo of a skyscraper. Watch highlights here.
The 40-year-old father of two made the 1,667-foot ascent in roughly 90 minutes, snapping a selfie once reaching the top. Long known in the climbing community, Honnold burst into public consciousness upon the 2018 release of "Free Solo," an Oscar-winning documentary following his successful attempt to become the only person ever to climb Yosemite's infamous El Capitan (see 101) without ropes. He's also free soloed famous ascents like Yosemite's Half Dome and Zion's Moonlight Buttress, among many others.
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Thanks to Nice News
Real or Fake? Tips and Tools for Identifying AI-Generated Images
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Artificial intelligence imagery is getting harder and harder to spot. In the best case scenario, we end up simply laughing at a funny moment that never actually happened. In the worst case, we buy into misinformation that warps our perception of what's actually going on in the world.
So, as technology continues moving at the speed of light, how do we keep up with the changes? Ironically, AI can help with that. As Popular Science points out, one way to determine if a photo has been produced using Google's Gemini is to upload the image in Gemini and ask, "Was this picture created with AI?" That's because every image Gemini creates or edits gets an invisible digital watermark called a SynthID that the AI model can detect.
Remember, though, that this works specifically on Gemini with Google AI-created images. When we asked ChatGPT if an image we manipulated with Gemini was AI, the chatbot wasn't able to detect the SynthID and reported that the picture appeared genuine. And Gemini may have difficulty detecting whether or not an image was created by another AI model. If you're in doubt, it's best to take a multi-pronged approach to identification.
Luckily, there are other tips, tricks, and digital tools for spotting AI imagery. Read our article for a rundown.
Heart Disease and Stroke Deaths Have Declined in US, Report Finds
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We'll start with the good news: Heart disease and stroke deaths in the U.S. have dropped for the first time in five years, according to the American Heart Association's latest annual report, which cites data through 2023. There were roughly 25,000 fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease and strokes in 2023 versus 2022 — a reversal from what's believed to have been a COVID-19-related uptick.
"It's encouraging to see that total deaths from heart disease and stroke declined. The past five years appear to have been an anomaly given the huge impact the pandemic had on all health during that time," Dr. Stacey E. Rosen, volunteer president of the American Heart Association, said in a statement. Added Latha P. Palaniappan, a professor of cardiovascular medicine at Stanford University: "Overall, fewer people are dying from any cause, and death rates are improving as life expectancy continues to rebound" following the pandemic.
Now for the bad news: Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death in the U.S., ahead of cancer and accidents combined. But Rosen told NPR that prevention is key to changing these statistics, starting with making small, specific adjustments in your day-to-day.
"Rather than saying, 'I'm going to lose weight,' 'I'm going to exercise more,' say, 'I'm going to take the stairs twice a day, every day,' 'I'm going to not have a breadbasket if I go out for a meal,'" she said
Cursive Is Making a Comeback in New Jersey Elementary Schools
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Last year, we spotlighted some of the potential benefits of kids learning cursive, which include improving certain reading skills, spelling accuracy, and storytelling ability — and this fall, more students will get the opportunity to do so. Former New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a law requiring all of the state's public schools to implement cursive instruction for grades three through five.
Many of the Garden State's school districts stopped teaching the skill in 2010, when it became optional due to the adoption of Common Core Standards. But when the new law goes into effect later this year, students will once again learn how to read and write it legibly. Per CBS News, Murphy said in a press release that the change is "especially meaningful" as it will take place during America's 250th anniversary year, "giving our students the skills they need to read our nation's founding documents and complete tasks like opening a bank account or signing a check, in addition to offering cognitive benefits."
Sen. Angela McKnight, who co-sponsored the bill, believes cursive could offer even more benefits for kids: "Not only does handwriting instruction encourage better retention and comprehension of information, but it also allows our students to build self-confidence and maintain a vital connection to written communication in the increasingly digital age."
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From the archives
Thanks to Hot Dog May he rest in peace. Hearing his voice on the radio when he was on the platform was always a reassuring sound….skip
Hymn for a Humble Hero - The Last of the Few
What a great guy and leader he was. It was an honor to be his friend. ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸.
Hot Dog sends
Keep your knots up - as speed is life
On Jan 25, 2024, at 18:22, Koch JR , John wrote:
Boris, If folks haven't heard, our beloved Skipper, Hoagy took his last flight on Tuesday evening from home accompanied by his daughter Kelly and son-in-law Peter who have been caring for him for the last few years. He was such a good friend to my wife and I over the years. I can remember the first time I reported to the newly formed A'Rabs and there he was as big as life, the XO, Cdr Carmichael. He was such a great man and always a gentleman. He led by example ! Thinking back I can never remember him calling me anything but John or Shylock, never Mr. Koch. He treated everyone with dignity and respect and instilled that in everyone in his command. He was the first one that taught me how to handle the Intruder from the right seat and I have told him on several occasion that if he gets a call with a need to send a mission to hell, the line starts behind me!
I'll bet the angles and Joe are dancing with his arrival, but I'll bet Hoagy has the devil standing at attention!
Farewell My friend !
Regards Shylock
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Eatonville, WA 98328
M 253 262-9071 John
M 360 395-8855 Dianne
"A veteran is someone who
at one point in their life, wrote
a blank check made payable to
The United States of America
for any amount, up to and including
their life."
From: beakleyje@roadrunner.com <beakleyje@roadrunner.com>
Subject: FW: Hymn for a Humble Hero - The Last of the Few
Here is THE PICTURE of a fighter pilot!!!
In my mind's eye, whether you flew Phantoms, Skyhawks, Thuds, Spads, Crusaders, Intruders, Tomcats, or Corsairs, in the day this is how I remember you. It is how in that "eye" I see myself. This is our face in the mirror. Of note we've changed a bit over the years, but the remembered sky version remains.
That happens to be the picture of an RAF fighter pilot taken during the Battle of Britain – Hurricane pilot John 'Paddy' Hemingway, 85 Squadron, RAF. Group Captain (Ret.) Hemingway is 104. He's the last living of Winston Churchill's 2,937 – the "few."
Offered here is his story and a video and song telling the story and honoring 'those few.'
Last of the Few http://rememberedsky.com/?p=5190
Hymn to a Humble Hero http://rememberedsky.com/?p=5179
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This Day in U S Military History
1784 – In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the eagle as the symbol of America. He wanted the turkey.
1856 – First Battle of Seattle. Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers. At the time, Seattle was a settlement in the Washington Territory that had recently named itself after Chief Seattle (Sealth), a leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish peoples of central Puget Sound. Backed by artillery fire and supported by Marines from the United States Navy sloop-of-war Decatur, anchored in Elliott Bay (Seattle's harbor, then called Duwam-sh Bay), the settlers suffered only two deaths. The battle, part of the multi-year Puget Sound War or Yakima War, lasted a single day.
1863 – General Joseph Hooker assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following Ambrose Burnside's disastrous tenure. Hooker was a West Point graduate and a veteran of the Seminole War and the Mexican War, and he had served in the American West in the 1850s. When the Civil War erupted, Hooker was named brigadier general in the Army of the Potomac. He quickly rose to division commander, and he distinguished himself during the Peninsular Campaign of 1862. He also continued to build his reputation as a hard drinker and womanizer. He earned the nickname "Fighting Joe," and received command of the First Corps in time for the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862. His corps played a major role in the Battle of Antietam in September, and when Burnside failed as commander, Hooker had his chance. The general first had to deal with the sagging morale of the army. He reorganized his command and instituted a badge system, where each division had their own unique insignia. This helped to build unit pride and identity, and Hooker led a reenergized army into Virginia in April 1862. Hooker's appointment was part of Lincoln's frustrating process of finding a winning general in the east. After Irwin McDowell, George McClellan, John Pope, McClellan again, and then Burnside, Lincoln hoped Hooker could defeat Confederate General Robert E. Lee. It was a tall order, though, and Hooker was not up to the challenge. In May 1863, Hooker clashed with Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville, and the Union army suffered a decisive and stunning defeat. Lincoln's search for an effective commander continued, and he eventually replaced Hooker with George Meade.
1911 – Glenn Curtiss piloted the 1st successful hydroplane in San Diego to and from the battleship USS Pennsylvania.
1913 – The body of John Paul Jones is laid in its final resting place in the Chapel of Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.
1940 -The American-Japanese Treaty of Navigation and Commerce is allowed to lapse because the US government refuses to negotiate in protest against Japanese aggression in China.
1942 – The first American expeditionary force to go to Europe during World War II went ashore in Northern Ireland.
1942 – The Board of Inquiry established to investigate Pearl Harbor find Admiral Kimmel, (then Commander in Chief, US Fleet) and General Short (then Commander in Chief, Hawaii Department) guilty of dereliction of duty. Both have already been dismissed.
1943 – The first OSS (Office of Strategic Services) agent parachutes behind Japanese lines in Burma. OSS's Detachment 101 came perhaps the closest to realizing General Willaim "Wild Bill" Donovan's original vision of "strategic" support to regular combat operations. Under the initial leadership of "the most dangerous colonel," Carl Eifler, Detachment 101 took time to develop its capabilities and relationships with native guides and agents. Within a year, however, the Detachment and its thousands of cooperating Kachin tribesmen were gleaning valuable intelligence from jungle sites behind Japanese lines. With barely 120 Americans at any one time, the unit eventually recruited almost 11,000 native Kachins to fight the Japanese occupiers. When Allied troops invaded Burma in 1944, Detachment 101 teams advanced well ahead of the combat formations, gathering intelligence, sowing rumors, sabotaging key installations, rescuing downed Allied fliers, and snuffing out isolated Japanese positions. Detachment 101 received the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for its service in the 1945 offensive that liberated Rangoon.
1945 – American Lt. Audie Murphy, is wounded in France. Born the son of Texas sharecroppers on June 20, 1924, Murphy served three years of active duty, beginning as a private, rising to the rank of staff sergeant, and finally winning a battlefield commission to 2nd lieutenant. He was wounded three times, fought in nine major campaigns across Europe, and was credited with killing 241 Germans. He won 37 medals and decorations, including the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star (with oak leaf cluster), the Legion of Merit, and the Croix de Guerre (with palm). The battle that won Murphy the Medal of Honor, and which ended his active duty, occurred during the last stages of the Allied victory over the Germans in France. Murphy acted as cover for infantrymen during a last desperate German tank attack. Climbing atop an abandoned U.S. tank destroyer, he took control of its .50-caliber machine gun and killed 50 Germans, stopping the advance but suffering a leg wound in the process. Upon returning to the States, Murphy was invited to Hollywood by Jimmy Cagney, who saw the war hero's picture on the cover of Life magazine. By 1950, Murphy won an acting contract with Universal Pictures. In his most famous role, he played himself in the monumentally successful To Hell and Back. Perhaps as interesting as his film career was his public admission that he suffered severe depression from post traumatic stress syndrome, also called battle fatigue, and became addicted to sleeping pills as a result. This had long been a taboo subject for veterans. Murphy died in a plane crash while on a business trip in 1971. He was 46.
1951 – Far East Air Forces flew its first C-47 "control aircraft", loaded with enough communications equipment to connect by radio all T-6 Mosquitoes, tactical air control parties, and the Tactical Air Control Center. This was the harbinger of today's warning and control aircraft.
1952 – A rescue helicopter, behind enemy lines near the coastline of the Yellow Sea, received small arms fire while rescuing an F-84 pilot, Capt. A.T.Thawley.
1953 – Surface ships blasted coastal targets as the USS Missouri completed a 46-hour bombardment of Songjin.
1953 – The last F4U Corsair rolled off the Chance Vought Aircraft Company production line. Despite the dawning of the jet age, this World War II fighter remained in production due to its vital close-air support role in the Korean War. Almost 12,000 Corsairs were produced in various models.
1954 – The Senate consents to a defense treaty between the US and South Korea.
1962 – The United States launched Ranger 3 to land scientific instruments on the moon, but the probe missed its target by some 22,000 miles.
1970 – U.S. Navy Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. spends his 2,000th day in captivity in Southeast Asia. First taken prisoner when his plane was shot down on August 5, 1964, he became the longest-held POW in U.S. history. Alvarez was downed over Hon Gai during the first bombing raids against North Vietnam in retaliation for the disputed attack on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964. Alvarez was released in 1973 after spending over eight years in captivity, the first six months as the only American prisoner in North Vietnam. From the first day of his captivity, he was shackled, isolated, nearly starved, and brutally tortured. Although he was among the more junior-rank prisoners of war, his courageous conduct under horrendous conditions and treatment helped establish the model emulated by the many other POWs that later joined him. After retirement from the Navy, he served as deputy director of the Peace Corps and deputy administrator of the Veterans Administration during the Reagan administration.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
One of my favorite Cowboy actors when I was young. To Hell and Back was the Movie that told his story. He was one of the most decorated soldiers of WWII.
MURPHY, AUDIE L.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company B 1 5th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Holtzwihr France, 26 January 1945. Entered service at: Dallas, Tex. Birth: Hunt County, near Kingston, Tex. G.O. No.. 65, 9 August 1945. Citation 2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepared positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by telephone. Behind him, to his right, 1 of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. Its crew withdrew to the woods. 2d Lt. Murphy continued to direct artillery fire which killed large numbers of the advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, 2d Lt. Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer, which was in danger of blowing up at any moment, and employed its .50 caliber machinegun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to German fire from 3 sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused their infantry attack to waver. The enemy tanks, losing infantry support, began to fall back. For an hour the Germans tried every available weapon to eliminate 2d Lt. Murphy, but he continued to hold his position and wiped out a squad which was trying to creep up unnoticed on his right flank. Germans reached as close as 10 yards, only to be mowed down by his fire. He received a leg wound, but ignored it and continued the single-handed fight until his ammunition was exhausted. He then made his way to his company, refused medical attention, and organized the company in a counterattack which forced the Germans to withdraw. His directing of artillery fire wiped out many of the enemy; he killed or wounded about 50. 2d Lt. Murphy's indomitable courage and his refusal to give an inch of ground saved his company from possible encirclement and destruction, and enabled it to hold the woods which had been the enemy's objective.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for January 26, FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
26 January
1911: Glenn H. Curtiss flew a seaplane from the water at San Diego, Calif. This event was a first in the U. S. (24)
1942: The first US troops arrived in North Ireland to help establish the "air bridge" between the U. S. and the United Kingdom. (5)
1946: Colonel William H. Councill flew a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star nonstop across the US to make the first transcontinental jet flight. He completed the 2,457 miles between Los Angeles and New York in 4 hours 13 minutes 26 seconds at an average speed of 584 MPH to set a FAI record. (24) The US AAF created the First Experimental Guided Missile Group to make and test missiles. On 6 February, the group activated at Eglin Field. (6) (12)
1949: The USS Norton Sound, the first guided missile experimental test ship, launched its first missile, the Loon. (24)
1951: KOREAN WAR. FEAF flew its first C-47 "control aircraft," loaded with enough communications equipment to connect all T-6 Mosquitoes, tactical air control parties, and the Tactical Air Control Center by radio. This was the harbinger of today's warning and control aircraft.
1953: Chance Vought Aircraft finished the last F4U Corsair. Almost 12,700 Corsairs in different variations were produced. (5)
1958: The ADC's 83d Fighter Interceptor Squadron (FIS) at Hamilton AFB, Calif., accepted the first F-104A Starfighter. (12)
1965: Former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, dies at Hyde Park Gate, London. He was 90 years old. His funeral on 30 January was broadcast by television to the U.S. via the Telstar 2 satellite.
1968: The US called ANG and AFRES units to active duty based on the Pueblo Incident and increased enemy activity in Vietnam. (16) (26)
1975: SAC completed its Force Modernization Program by installing the last flight of Minuteman IIIs in 90 SMW at Francis E. Warren AFB. The nine-year program replaced all Minuteman I missiles with either Minuteman IIs or IIIs. (1) (6)
1977: Aerojet Solid Propulsion Company successfully test-fired its M-X upper stage motor at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory. (5)
1979: First European-built F-16 delivered in ceremonies at the SABCA plant at Charleroi-Gosselies Airport, Belgium. (12)
1982: The Ballistic Missile Office demonstrated M-X cold launch system at the Nevada Test Site. In the test, the system ejected a weight-simulated M-X shell more than 300 feet into the air.
1982: Maj Gen Michael Collins (USAF Reserve), a crewmember on the Apollo XI mission to the moon, flew his last mission as a USAF reserve officer in a F-16 at Edwards AFB.
Selected as part of NASA's third group of 14 astronauts in 1963, Collins flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was on Gemini 10 in 1966, in which he and Command Pilot John Young performed orbital rendezvous with two spacecraft and undertook two extravehicular activities (EVAs, also known as spacewalks). On the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he became one of 24 people to fly to the Moon, which he orbited thirty times. He was the fourth person (and third American) to perform a spacewalk, the first person to have performed more than one spacewalk, and, after Young, who flew the command module on Apollo 10, the second person to orbit the Moon alone.
After retiring from NASA in 1970, Collins took a job in the Department of State as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. A year later, he became the director of the National Air and Space Museum, and held this position until 1978, when he stepped down to become undersecretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1980, he took a job as vice president of LTV Aerospace. He resigned in 1985 to start his own consulting firm. Along with his Apollo 11 crewmates, Collins was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2011. He died on April 28, 2021
1985: The first Space Shuttle mission dedicated to deploying a DoD payload, STS-51C launched from Kennedy Space Center. Commanded by Navy Captain, Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, piloted by USAF Col. Loren Shriver, the all-military crew also consisted of one Marine and two additional USAF astronauts. This is the first all-military space-shuttle mission and lasts only 73 hours and 33 minutes.
1988: At Renton, Wash., Boeing rolled out two new aircraft, the 737-400 and 747-400.
1989: At Cape Canaveral, the Navy launched its 19th and last Trident II (D-5) missile. This launch ended a series of land-launched tests that began on 15 January 1987. (8)
2004: The AFFTC at Edwards AFB carried out the first mission its new KC-135 "rain and ice" tanker. The unique USAF aircraft could replicate rain, snow or icing conditions through a four-foot shower head, with 100 air and water nozzles, mounted at the end of its refueling boom. In the mission, the tanker produced a saturated cloud for an F-22 Raptor performance test. (3)
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