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.Good Thursday morning April 2, 2026.The weather is overcast and cool this morning. . The new dryer came without the correct gas line so they put together a couple to make it work.This is a bubba Breakfast Friday here in San Diego
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This day in Naval and Marine Corps History (thanks to NHHC)
Go here to see the director's corner for all 94 H-Grams
Here is a link to the NHHC website: https://www.history.navy.mil/
1781 During the American Revolution, the Continental frigate Alliance, commanded by John Barry, captures the British privateers Mars and Minerva off the coast of France.
1916 Lt. R.C. Saufley sets an altitude record for a Navy aircraft, 16,072 feet in a Curtiss pusher type hydroplane at Pensacola, Fla., bettering the record he set on March 29 that was set with a record of 16,010 feet.
1943 USS Tunny (SS 282) sinks the Japanese transport No.2 Toyo Maru west of Truk.
1951 Two F9F-2B Panthers of VF-191, each loaded with four 250- and two 100-pound general-purpose bombs, are catapulted from USS Princeton (CV 37) for an attack on a railroad bridge near Songjin, North Korea. This mission is the first US Navy use of a jet fighter as a bomber.
1960 After floods cause destruction at Paramaribo, Suriname, USS Glacier (AGB 4) begins 12 days of relief operations, providing helicopter and boat transportation and emergency supplies to the residents.
1991 USS Chicago (SSN 721) arrives at San Diego, Calif., homeport following Operation Desert Storm. During the six-month deployment, the attack submarine works with US and coalition forces deployed to the Southwest Asia area of operations, conducting surveillance and reconnaissance operations.
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This day in World history April 2,
1792 The United States authorizes the minting of the $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins as well as the silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime.
1796 Haitian revolt leader Toussaint L'Ouverture takes command of French forces at Santo Domingo.
1801 The British navy defeats the Danish at the Battle of Copenhagen.
1865 Confederate President Jefferson Davis flees Richmond, Virginia as Grant breaks Lee's line at Petersburg.
1910 Karl Harris perfects the process for the artificial synthesis of rubber.
1914 The U.S. Federal Reserve Board announces plans to divide the country into 12 districts.
1917 President Woodrow Wilson presents a declaration of war against Germany to Congress.
1917 Jeannette Pickering Rankin is sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
1931 Virne "Jackie" Mitchell becomes the first woman to play for an all-male pro baseball team. In an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, she strikes out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
1932 Charles Lindbergh pays over $50,000 ransom for his kidnapped son.
1944 Soviet forces enter Romania, one of Germany's allied countries.
1958 The National Advisory Council on Aeronautics is renamed NASA.
1963 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King begins the first non-violent campaign in Birmingham, Alabama.
1982 Argentina invades the British-owned Falkland Islands.
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Rollingthunderremembered.com .
April 2
Hello All,
Thanks to Dan Heller and the Bear
Links to all content can now be found right on the homepage http://www.rollingthunderremembered.com. If you scroll down from the banner and featured content you will find "Today in Rolling Thunder Remembered History" which highlights events in the Vietnam war that occurred on the date the page is visited. Below that are links to browse or search all content. You may search by keyword(s), date, or date range.
An item of importance is the recent incorporation of Task Force Omega (TFO) MIA summaries. There is a link on the homepage and you can also visit directly via https://www.rollingthunderremembered.com/task-force-omega/. There are 60 summaries posted thus far, with about 940 to go (not a typo—TFO has over 1,000 individual case files).
If you have any questions or comments about RTR/TFO, or have a question on my book, you may e-mail me directly at acrossthewing@protonmail.com. Thank you Dan
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From Vietnam Air Losses site for ..April 2 . .
April 2: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=2518
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 Service members Killed in the Vietnam War
The site works, find anyone you knew in "search" feature. https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ )
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.I watched Thor, Atlas, Minuteman and Titan missiles launch from Vandenberg AFB when I lived there., All had some spectacular failures that lit up the night.
This was epic…skip
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Below is a good article on yesterday's launch. There are some interesting facts that escaped me. Several people were not aware that the mission was not in fact going to land on the moon. In any event I think you will find this article interesting.
- Mud
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Artemis II astronauts bound for moon after rocketing away on NASA's first lunar voyage in decades
By MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity's first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA's push toward a landing in two years.
Carrying three Americans and one Canadian, the 32-story rocket rose from NASA's Kennedy Space Center where tens of thousands gathered to witness the dawn of this new era. Crowds also jammed the surrounding roads and beaches, reminiscent of the Apollo moonshots in the 1960s and '70s. It is NASA's biggest step yet toward establishing a permanent lunar presence.
"On this historic mission, you take with you the heart of this Artemis team, the daring spirit of the American people and our partners across the globe, and the hopes and dreams of a new generation," launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson told the crew right before liftoff. "Good luck, Godspeed Artemis II. Let's go."
Artemis II set sail from the same Florida launch site that sent Apollo's explorers to the moon so long ago. The handful still alive cheered this next generation's grand adventure as the Space Launch System rocket thundered into the early evening sky, a nearly full moon beckoning some 248,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) away.
Five minutes into the flight, Commander Reid Wiseman saw the team's target: "We have a beautiful moonrise, we're headed right at it," he said from the capsule. On board with him are pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada's Jeremy Hansen. It is the most diverse lunar crew ever with the first woman, person of color and non-U. S. citizen riding in NASA's new Orion capsule.
"NASA is back in the business of sending astronauts to the moon," NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told reporters following liftoff, calling the half-century hiatus a brief intermission.
Tensions high in the hours leading up to launch
Tensions were high earlier in the day as hydrogen fuel started flowing into the rocket. Dangerous hydrogen leaks erupted during a countdown test earlier this year, forcing a lengthy flight delay.
To NASA's relief, no significant hydrogen leaks occurred. The launch team loaded more than 700,000 gallons of fuel (2.6 million liters) into the 32-story Space Launch System rocket on the pad, a smooth operation that set the stage for the Artemis II crew to board.
Then NASA had to overcome a flurry of last-minute technical issues — bad battery sensors and an inability to get commands through to the rocket's flight termination system. In both cases, the issues were quickly resolved, allowing the launch to proceed.
What's on tap for 10-day test flight?
The astronauts will stick close to home for the first 25 hours of their 10-day test flight, checking out the capsule in orbit around Earth before firing the main engine that will propel them to the moon.
They won't pause for a stopover or orbit the moon like Apollo 8's first lunar visitors did so famously on Christmas Eve 1968, reading from Genesis. But they stand to become the most distant humans ever when their capsule zooms past the moon and continues another 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers) beyond, before making a U-turn and tearing straight home to a splashdown in the Pacific.
Once settled in a high orbit around Earth, the astronauts assumed manual control and practiced steering their capsule around the rocket's detached upper stage, venturing as close as 33 feet (10 meters). NASA wants to know how Orion handles in case the self-flying feature fails and the pilots need to take control.
Crew has an amazing sight in store
During Monday's lunar flyby, the moon will appear to be the size of a basketball held at arm's length. The astronauts will take turns peering through Orion's windows with cameras. If the lighting is right, they should see features never before viewed through human eyes. They'll also catch snippets of a total solar eclipse, donning eclipse glasses as the moon briefly blocks the sun from their perspective and the corona is revealed.
All of NASA's moon plans — a surge in launches over the next several years leading to a sustainable moon base for astronauts assisted by robotic rovers and drones — hinge on Artemis II going well.
It's been more than three years since Artemis I, the only other time NASA's SLS rocket and Orion capsule have soared. With no one aboard, the Artemis I capsule lacked life-support equipment and other crew essentials like a water dispenser and toilet.
These systems are now making their space debut on Artemis II, ratcheting up the risk. That's why NASA is waiting a full day before committing Wiseman and his crew to a four-day trip to the moon and four-day journey back.
The capsule's toilet is already acting up. Koch informed Mission Control that it shut down seconds after she activated it. Mission Control advised her to to use a handheld bag-and-funnel system for now — CCU, short for Collapsible Contingency Urinal — while engineers pondered how to deal with the so-called lunar loo.
"There's always been a lot riding on this mission," NASA's Lori Glaze said ahead of launch. But the teams are even more "energized" now that the space agency is finally accelerating the lunar launch pace and laser-focusing on surface operations — seismic changes recently announced by Isaacman.
Artemis offers a fresh beginning
With half the world's population not yet born when NASA's 12 moonwalkers left their boot prints in the gray lunar dust, Artemis offers a fresh beginning, NASA's science mission chief Nicky Fox said earlier this week.
"There are a lot of people who don't remember Apollo. There are generations who weren't alive when Apollo launched. This is their Apollo," said Fox, who was 4 when Apollo 17 closed out the era.
NASA is in it for the long haul this time. Unlike Apollo, which focused on fast flags and footprints in a breakneck race against the Soviet Union, Artemis is striving for a sustainable moon base elaborate enough to satisfy even the most hard-core science fiction fans. But make no mistake: Isaacman and the Trump Administration want the next boot prints to be made by Americans, not the Chinese.
Until Isaacman's program makeover, Artemis III was crawling toward a moon landing no sooner than 2029. The billionaire spacewalker slid in a new Artemis III for 2027 so astronauts could practice docking their Orion capsule with a lunar lander in orbit around Earth. Astronauts' momentous landing near the moon's south pole shifted to Artemis IV in 2028 — two years before an anticipated Chinese crew's arrival.
Like Apollo 13 — astronauts' only moon landing miss — Artemis II will use a free-return, lunar flyby trajectory to get home with gravity's tug and a minimum of gas. The gravity of both the moon and Earth will provide much if not most of the oomph to keep Orion on its out-and-back, figure-eight loop.
There are inherent dangers
The danger is right up there for Artemis II. NASA has refused to release its risk assessment for the mission. Managers contend it's better than 50-50 — the usual odds for a new rocket — but how much more is murky.
The SLS rocket leaked flammable hydrogen fuel during ground tests, a recurring problem that engineers still do not completely understand. The hydrogen leaks and unrelated helium blockages stalled the flight for two months, coming on top of years of vexing delays and cost overruns. Both problems also thwarted Artemis I, whose capsule returned with excessive heat shield damage. To NASA's relief, Wednesday's countdown was leak-free.
Beating the Soviet Union to the moon made the huge risks acceptable for Apollo, said Charlie Duke, one of only four surviving moonwalkers.
"I'm cheering you on," Duke said in a note to Wiseman and his crew before their flight.
During a weekend news conference, Koch stressed how humanity's path to Mars goes through the moon, the proving ground for points beyond.
"It is our strong hope that this mission is the start of an era where everyone, every person on Earth, can look at the moon and think of it as also a destination," she said.
Added Glover: "It's the story of humanity. Not Black history, not women's history, but that it becomes human history."
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Iran War Outlook
President Donald Trump, in an address to the nation last night, said the war in Iran is nearing completion, projecting another two to three weeks of US involvement. He also expressed confidence that key military objectives are close to being met, including dismantling Iran's missile production, destroying its naval capabilities, and curbing its regional proxies. Replay the address here and see takeaways here.
The operation, which began roughly a month ago following coordinated US and Israeli airstrikes, also aims to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sent an open letter to the American people yesterday, urging a reassessment of narratives around the conflict and arguing that Iran holds no hostility toward ordinary US citizens. He also framed Tehran's military actions as defensive and questioned US foreign policy priorities. Read the letter here.
Separately, earlier in the day, Trump became the first sitting US president to appear at a Supreme Court hearing after attending oral arguments on his executive order to narrow birthright citizenship (see overview and recap).
Multiple Sclerosis Breakthrough
Neuroscientists have discovered a new mechanism contributing to multiple sclerosis, according to research published yesterday, opening an additional path to treating the chronic neurodegenerative disease.
MS is a condition in which the immune system attacks the protective coating (known as myelin) around individual nerve cells, disrupting central nervous system functions throughout the body. While researchers have long focused on protecting the myelin sheaths, a second process also occurs: Neurons in the brain's cortex, the outermost layer of gray matter that controls higher-level cognition, also die. The new research reveals that chemical reactions caused by inflammation significantly damage the DNA of gray matter neurons, leading to cell death. The results suggest focusing solely on myelin is insufficient to treat the progressive symptoms of the disease.
There is no current cure for MS, and the condition is typically diagnosed by the appearance of white lesions in the brain (see images here).
Caste Count Returns
India yesterday launched what is expected to be the world's largest census, covering over 1.4 billion people and marking the nation's first effort to collect detailed caste data since 1931 under British rule. The move could reshape social programs and political representation.
Discrimination based on caste—a hereditary social hierarchy rooted in Hindu scripture (read 101)—has been banned in India since 1950. Since its first post-independence census in 1951, India has tracked only the lowest caste and marginalized Indigenous groups, not the population at large. The stated intention was to phase out labels long tied to profession, neighborhood, and social life. Critics have said that largely ignoring caste downplays its continued influence. About 70% of surveyed Indian adults say most of their friends are within their caste, and the majority say stopping inter-caste marriages is very important (see data).
The census, anticipated to last one year, will be the first India conducts digitally, with over 3 million government workers uploading data to mobile apps.
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Skip, another war story.
I represented the aces assn at some 1980s Gathering of Eagles at Maxwell AFB because sometimes ace members could not attend. I think it was 85 when I introduced Gabby to Dave McCampbell—I might have been the only one who knew both. Now, Gabby was our top living ace with a two-war score of 34.5 to Dave's 34.00. Dave asked, "Are you SURE about that half MiG?"
Gabby said, "Well, 5th Air Force was!"
Barrett
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Thanks to Hoss
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Here's a Bubba Seagars story for you. While on an Air Wing deployment to Fallon in the fall of 1974, I was Ops in 211 with F-8J's and Bubba was Ops in 55 with A-4 Super Fox's. He came up to me in the club one night and challenged us to a duel at high noon the next day. He said send up your best because we're going to kick your tails. I told him whoever was on the schedule for noon would go. I checked with Gunner and it was Curry Lawler and Isaac Richardson; a P-3 puke and a nugget. Actually both were great sticks and I wasn't worried. Curry had flown P-3's his first tour and then instructed at Meridian in T-2's before transiting to F-8's. He was great all around, on the boat and in ACM. (You know them both and can attest to their capabilities.)
We had done a month of flying exclusively with Topgun going through a modified course with ground school and Flying. We followed all their rules; set crews and didn't fly with anyone else. Then we spent two weeks at Nellis fighting the 414th FWS that had just received the first F-4E's with maneuvering leading edge slats. OBTW, we kicked their tails everyday.
Bubba had two birds slicked off with nothting but Aim-9's. They had 2 engagements and Curry and Ike shot Bubba and his wingman in both goes and then all bingoed back to Fallon. Bubba did not show up for the debrief and locked himself in his BOQ room for several days. He was a much subdued person after that. Great memories!
With best regards, Hoss.
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I was thinking that for the home front the end of 1944 and the first 6 months of 1945 with the Batttle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima and then Okinawa it must have been pretty rough with all the casualties. It took a long time to get any information home from the front in those days. Fast forward to the Vietnam war and it took about two weeks to get a letter home and two more to receive an answer. Nowadays they have email and cell phones . I remember my last cruise on the USS Midway in 72-73. The news went out to home very fast on Shoot downs ( no names just aircraft type) and there were only 4 of us RF-8 PILOTS On The USS Midway so each time we lost one my parents did not know for weeks who was involved and we lost two. One POW and one picked up by friendlies. My dad said that it was a tough time at home not knowing the real story …..Skip
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The freezing hell of the Battle of the Bulge: Colorized images show resilience of US troops in snow camouflage advancing on Ardennes and tank crews huddling together in front of camp fires ahead of one of the most brutal encounters of WWII Germany launched the offensive against the Allies on December 16, 1944 - Hitler's last offensive of the war US troops fought back and held off the Siege of Bastogne but thousands of people including civilians died These colorized photographs show the freezing conditions soldiers fighting in the battle had to content with
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The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II, and took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg, towards the end of the war in Europe. The offensive was intended to stop Allied use of the Belgian port of Antwerp and to split the Allied lines, allowing the Germans to encircle and destroy four Allied armies and force the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis powers' favor.
The Germans achieved a total surprise attack on the morning of 16 December 1944, due to a combination of Allied overconfidence, preoccupation with Allied offensive plans, and poor aerial reconnaissance due to bad weather. American forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred their highest casualties of any operation during the war. The battle also severely depleted Germany's armored forces, and they were largely unable to replace them. German personnel and, later, Luftwaffe aircraft (in the concluding stages of the engagement) also sustained heavy losses. The Germans had attacked a weakly defended section of the Allied line, taking advantage of heavily overcast weather conditions that grounded the Allies' overwhelmingly superior air forces. Fierce resistance on the northern shoulder of the offensive, around Elsenborn Ridge, and in the south, around Bastogne, blocked German access to key roads to the northwest and west that they counted on for success. Columns of armor and infantry that were supposed to advance along parallel routes found themselves on the same roads. This, and terrain that favored the defenders, threw the German advance behind schedule and allowed the Allies to reinforce the thinly placed troops. The farthest west the offensive reached was the village of Foy-Nôtre-Dame, south east of Dinant, being stopped by the U.S. 2nd Armored Division on 24 December 1944.[15][16][17] Improved weather conditions from around 24 December permitted air attacks on German forces and supply lines, which sealed the failure of the offensive. On 26 December the lead element of Patton's U.S. Third Army reached Bastogne from the south, ending the siege. Although the offensive was effectively broken by 27 December, when the trapped units of 2nd Panzer Division made two break-out attempts with only partial success, the battle continued for another month before the front line was effectively restored to its position prior to the attack. In the wake of the defeat, many experienced German units were left severely depleted of men and equipment, as survivors retreated to the defenses of the Siegfried Line.
The Germans' initial attack involved 410,000 men; just over 1,400 tanks, tank destroyers, and assault guns; 2,600 artillery pieces; 1,600 anti-tank guns; and over 1,000 combat aircraft, as well as large numbers of other armored fighting vehicles (AFVs).[4] These were reinforced a couple of weeks later, bringing the offensive's total strength to around 450,000 troops, and 1,500 tanks and assault guns. Between 63,222 and 98,000 of these men were killed, missing, wounded in action, or captured. For the Americans, out of a peak of 610,000 troops,[18] 89,000[5] became casualties out of which some 19,000 were killed.[5][19] The "Bulge" was the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the United States in World War II[20][21][22] and the third-deadliest campaign in American history.
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Air Force F-15 paint job honors WWII hero who gave up his parachute
BY MAX HAUPTMAN | PUBLISHED JUL 22, 2022 9:59 AM EDT
This is one slick looking F-15 Eagle.
Assigned to the Oregon Air National Guard's 173rd Fighter Wing, the aircraft's paint scheme is designed to honor the namesake of the 173rd Fighter Wing's Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base, 2nd Lt. David R. Kingsley, who received the Medal of Honor during World War II.
On June 23, 1944, Kinglsey was serving as the bombardier of a B-17 on a mission over the Romanian oil fields at Ploesti. During the raid, Kingsley's aircraft was heavily damaged and the tail gunner, Michael J. Sullivan, was wounded. Kingsley administered first aid to Sullivan and another wounded crewmember as the badly damaged B-17 lost altitude. The pilot eventually gave the order to bail out, but Sullivan's parachute had been damaged, at which point Kingsley removed his own chute and strapped in onto the wounded man. Kingsley then remained with the aircraft until it crashed.
The F-15's paint scheme was unveiled in 2019, 75 years after Kinglsey's death. Kinglsey's portrait, set over Oregon's Crater Lake, is stenciled on the tail. The rest of the paint scheme is also reflective of the Army Air Corps of Kingsley's day. The mottled greens and browns are similar to those many B-17s had, and the F-15's wings are also painted with the distinctive black and white "invasion stripes" that were meant to denote allied aircraft. The nose is also stenciled with art from the squadron and group that Kingsley flew with.
At the unveiling in 2019, the 173rd Fighter Wing's commander, Col. Jeffrey Edwards, read from a letter Sullivan had written to Kingsley's oldest surviving brother in 1945.
"'Tommy, I am more than grateful that my life was spared by your brother Dave giving up his life so that I could live,'" read Edwards. "'I am not ashamed to admit when I think of Dave I also have tears come into my eyes, if it weren't for me getting wounded Dave's life would have been saved.'"
Born in Portland, Oregon, Kingsley grew up there and worked as a firefighter before enlistingin April, 1942. Commissioned a year later, he was eventually assigned as a bombardier in the 97th Bomb Group.
At the 2019 dedication of the F-15, Edwards described Kingsley's own account of his first mission on April 29, 1944.
"'lots of flak—got a piece in the nose and missed me by two inches it seemed like it was glass off the nose, then I come to the wing-fast and a piece hit me on the hand—the pain did not stay with me,'" read Edwards.
Kinglsey was flying his 20th mission when he was killed two months later. The Medal of Honor was presented to his family the following April.
The Air Force has no shortage of interesting and unique paint schemes for some of its aircraft, and this one can certainly take its place on the list.
The Medal of Honor citation for 2nd Lt. David R. Kingsley can be read in its entirety below:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty, 23 June 1944 near Ploesti, Rumania, while flying as bombardier of a B-17 type aircraft. On the bomb run 2d Lt. Kingsley's aircraft was severely damaged by intense flak and forced to drop out of formation, but the pilot proceeded over the target and 2d Lt. Kingsley successfully dropped his bombs, causing severe damage to vital installations. The damaged aircraft, forced to lose altitude and to lag behind the formation, was aggressively attacked by three ME-109 aircraft, causing more damage to the aircraft and severely wounding the tail gunner in the upper arm. The radio operator and engineer notified 2d Lt. Kingsley that the tail gunner had been wounded and that assistance was needed to check the bleeding. Second Lt. Kingsley made his way back to the radio room, skillfully applied first aid to the wound, and succeeded in checking the bleeding. The tail gunner's parachute harness and heavy clothes were removed and he was covered with blankets, making him as comfortable as possible. Eight ME-109 aircraft again aggressively attacked 2d Lt. Kingsley's aircraft and the ball turret gunner was wounded by 20-mm shell fragments. He went forward to the radio room to have 2d Lt. Kingsley administer first aid. A few minutes later when the pilot gave the order to prepare to bail out, 2d Lt. Kingsley immediately began to assist the wounded gunners in putting on their parachute harness. In the confusion, the tail gunner's harness, believed to have been damaged, could not be located in the bundle of blankets and flying clothes which had been removed from the wounded men. With utter disregard for his own means of escape, 2d Lt. Kingsley unhesitatingly removed his parachute harness and adjusted it to the wounded tail gunner. Due to the extensive damage caused by the accurate and concentrated 20-mm fire by the enemy aircraft the pilot gave the order to bail out, as it appeared that the aircraft would disintegrate at any moment. Second Lt. Kingsley aided the wounded men in bailing out and when last seen by the crewmembers he was standing on the bomb bay catwalk. The aircraft continued to fly on automatic pilot for a short distance, then crashed and burned. His body was later found in the wreckage. Second Lt. Kingsley by his gallant and heroic action was directly responsible for saving the life of the wounded gunner.
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Doing Something "Mentally Active" While Sitting Helps Reduce Dementia Risk: Study
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Not all sitting is created equal. That's according to a recently published study from Sweden, which found that keeping your brain engaged while you sit can help reduce the dementia risk associated with sedentary behavior. Spoiler: Watching TV and scrolling social media don't count.
In 1997, researchers surveyed over 20,000 Swedish adults about their weekly activity — separating "mentally active" time (like knitting, doing a puzzle, or sitting in a meeting) and "mentally passive" time (like watching TV or listening to music). They followed up 19 years later to assess each participant's cognitive health risk and status and found that those who spent more time in mentally passive sitting had a higher risk of developing dementia.
Using a statistical model, the researchers then calculated that adding even just one hour of mental activity a day lowered dementia risk by 4%, and swapping a passive habit for an active one reduced the risk by 7%. Combining physical activity with mental engagement was the most effective approach, reducing the risk by 11%.
"Sedentary behavior is common, but fortunately, it can also be modified," study co-author Mats Hallgren said in a statement. "Our study shows that not all sitting is the same — how we use our brains while sitting may be an important factor for future cognitive and mental health."
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Two College Roommates Solving a $100 Billion Problem
If there's ever a time to "wake up and smell the flowers," it's when the $100 billion floral market is up for grabs. And investors are running out of time to do it.
Roommates John Tabis (ex Disney exec) and Juan Pablo Montufar-Arroyo (third-generation farmer) founded The Bouqs Co. to reinvent the $100 billion floral industry. Now, they're featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, and Entrepreneur magazine.
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Inside the Effort to Guarantee Ski Season, No Matter the Weather
Mario Tama/Getty Images
If the unpredictable winters have you concerned that there won't be slopes to pair with your après-ski, rest assured — the experts are on the case. A growing number of U.S. ski areas are turning to "snow farming" to guarantee a reliable base, regardless of the weather.
The concept of snow farming is fairly straightforward: During the winter, resorts pile massive quantities of human-made snow into mounds (sometimes two to three stories high) and store them throughout the summer under insulated mats. These mats can keep the snow cold even at surface temperatures of 119 degrees Fahrenheit. Once autumn arrives, the piles are uncovered and spread out to kickstart the ski season.
"It's going to extend the viability of skiing, especially for some of the resorts that are going to be on the margin as we have warmer winters and we get less snow," Nate Shake, the director of mountain operations at Bogus Basin ski resort in Boise, Idaho, told NBC News. He credited the stored snow for the resort's ability to open last November even during a record-warm month.
Other areas around the country are taking point as well. Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, a cross-country venue in Utah built for the 2002 Winter Olympics, is trying snow farming for the first time this year in hopes of nailing down the system leading up to the 2034 Games in Salt Lake City.
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This Day in U S Military History April 2
1945 – On Okinawa, forces of the US 10th Army easily advance across the island to the east coast and make some progress to the north and south. At sea, in addition to the bombardment and air support missions performed by the US naval forces, there are attacks by the British carriers on Skashima Gunto Island. In Japanese Kamikaze attacks four US transports are badly damaged with many casualties among the troops aboard.
1975 – As North Vietnamese tanks and infantry continue to push the remnants of South Vietnam's 22nd Division and waves of civilian refugees from the Quang Ngai Province, the South Vietnamese Navy begins to evacuate soldiers and civilians by sea from Qui Nhon. Shortly thereafter, the South Vietnamese abandoned Tuy Hoa and Nha Trang, leaving the North Vietnamese in control of more than half of South Vietnam's territory. During the first week in April, communist forces attacking from the south pushed into Long An Province, just south of Saigon, threatening to cut Highway 4, Saigon's main link with the Mekong Delta, which would have precluded reinforcements from being moved north to assist in the coming battle for Saigon. This action was part of the North Vietnamese general offensive launched in late January 1975, just two years after the cease-fire had been established by the Paris Peace Accords. The initial objective of this campaign was the capture of Ban Me Thuot in the Central Highlands. The battle began on March 4 with the North Vietnamese quickly encircling the city. As it became clear that the communists would take the city and probably the entire Darlac province, South Vietnamese president Thieu decided to protect the more critical populous areas. He ordered his forces in the Central Highlands to pull back from their positions. Abandoning Pleiku and Kontum, the South Vietnamese forces began to move toward the sea, but what started out as an orderly withdrawal soon turned into panic. The South Vietnamese forces rapidly fell apart. The North Vietnamese pressed the attack and were quickly successful in both the Central Highlands and farther north at Quang Tri, Hue and Da Nang. The South Vietnamese soon collapsed as a cogent fighting force and the North Vietnamese continued the attack all the way to Saigon. The South Vietnamese surrendered unconditionally on April 30.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
There were 83 Medals awarded this date for actions in the Civil War and the Indian wars in the West. Here are a few of them.
SWAN, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 4th lowa Cavalry. Place and date. At Selma, Ala., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Mt. Pleasant, lowa. Born: 29 May 1838, Green County, Pa. Date of issue: 17 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag (supposed to be 11th Mississippi, C.S.A., and bearer.
THOMPSON, FREEMAN C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 116th Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Monroe County, Ohio. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation: Was twice knocked from the parapet of Fort Gregg by blows from the enemy muskets but at the third attempt fought his way into the works.
TRACY, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 37th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864; At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Springfield, Mass. Birth: Jewett City, Conn. Date of issue: 19 November 1897. Citation: At the risk of his own life, at Spotsylvania, 12 May 1864, assisted in carrying to a place of safety a wounded and helpless officer. On 2 April 1865, advanced with the pioneers, and, under heavy fire, assisted in removing 2 lines of chevaux_de_frise; was twice wounded but advanced to the third line, where he was again severely wounded, losing a leg.
TUCKER, ALLEN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 10th Connecticut Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Sprague, Conn. Birth: Lyme, Conn. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation: Gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg.
VAN MATRE, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 116th Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Mason County, W. Va. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation: In the assault on Fort Gregg, this soldier climbed upon the parapet and fired down into the fort as fast as the loaded guns could be passed up to him by comrades
WELCH, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 37th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Williamstown, Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 10 May 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
WHITE, ADAM
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 11th West Virginia Infantry. Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Parkersburg, W. Va. Birth: Switzerland. Date of issue: 13 June 1865. Citation: Capture of flag.
WILSON, FRANCIS A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Philadelphia Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 25 June 1880. Citation: Was among the first to penetrate the enemy's lines and himself captured a gun of the 2 batteries captured.
DEARY, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company L, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Apache Creek, Ariz., 2 April 1874. Entered service at:——. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for April 2, FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
2 April
1915: President Wilson appointed the first members to the NACA.
1916: Lt Richard C. Saufley (USN), flying a Curtiss Hydroairplane at Pensacola, bettered his own American altitude record with a mark of 16,072 feet. (24)
1931: First contract for a Navy fighter with retractable landing gear, the FF-1 biplane, made with Grumman. (24)
1942: Maj Gen Lewis H. Brereton led three heavy bombers in the first Tenth Air Force combat mission to attack ships near Port Blair, Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal. (24)
1944: The XX Bomber Command's first B-29 landed in India. 1954: To 6 April, the 59 ARS and its H-19 helicopters helped refugees in Iraq's flooded Tigris River Valley. In 66 sorties, the H-19s dropped 30,000 pounds of food to 4,000 victims. (2)
1959: Out of 110 candidates, NASA selected Air Force Capts L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, and Donald K. "Deke" Slayton; Navy Lt Cmdrs Walter M. Shirra, Jr., and Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Lt M. Scott Carpenter; and Marine Lt Col John H. Glenn, Jr., as the Project Mercury Astronauts. (20)
1963: Explorer XVII, NASA's stainless steel satellite, entered an almost perfect orbit after being launched aboard a Delta Rocket. It reported data tripling all previous direct measurement of neutral gases in the upper atmosphere.
1966: SAC inactivated the 576 SMS (ICBM Atlas), its last Atlas unit. (1) (6)
1976: The last C-118A Liftmaster in the active inventory went to Davis Monthan for storage. (16) (26)
1990: In the McDonnell Douglas NF-15B Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) Maneuvering Technology Demonstrator, Maj Erwin "Bud" Jenschke demonstrated in-flight thrust reversing for the first time over Edwards AFB. (20)
1997: A C-141 assigned to the 459 AW (AFRES) at Andrews AFB left Scott AFB for Sucre, Bolivia, with enough donated medical equipment to set up two surgical rooms. The Diocese of Joliet Peace and Justice at Romeoville, Ill., donated the cargo. (22)
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