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Post by Gene on Oct 27, 2016 1:32:55 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Oct 27, 2016 4:49:08 GMT 9
Thanks gene.... I met Bob when I was a young airman stationed at George AFB, Victorville, Cal. I was in the 21st FBW in Jan 54. The 479 FBW was in the process of getting F-100 and Bob flew in in his P-51 and parked in our area and I refueled his plane and talked while I pumped fuel.... He did his trade mark aerial show landing on one gear, then the other one , then letting both wheels touch and pop it into burner and take off again.. He did things with an aircraft that would result in funerals if anybody else tried them... I stood fire guard for when he got ready to leave, just before he climbed into the cockpit he said that although flying the 86 and the 100 were fun, the 51 was the thrill of a lifetime, every time!
More Hoover Videos are in the right column on the YouTube page or Just Google Bob Hoover and enjoy.
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Post by Gene on Oct 27, 2016 5:24:25 GMT 9
my pleasure Jim... i think men like him need recognition where ever it can be done... i'v done that several times here...
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Post by Jim on Nov 12, 2016 1:19:19 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Nov 9, 2018 23:56:20 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Nov 13, 2018 6:52:52 GMT 9
www.sigsauer.com/press-releases/sig-sauer-to-present-ceremonial-m17-pistols-to-u-s-armys-3rd-u-s-infantry-regiment-the-old-guard-for-the-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier/Yesterday, Tomb Guards from the US Army's 3 rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) were presented with 4 ceremonial M17 pistols at Arlington National Cemetery. These works of art were created by SIG SAUER specifically for use by the Guards. This ceremony marks the first use of the M17, which will accompany the Sentinels of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers as they stand guard 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The unique distinguishing features for the M17 Tomb of the Unknown Pistols include: Pistol Names: each of the four pistols bears the name of Silence, Respect, Dignity, or Perseverance and is featured on the dust cover. Dignity and Perseverance represent The Sentinels Creed, and Silence and Respect represent the request to the public by Arlington National Cemetery when visiting the Tomb of the Unknown, and during the Changing of the Guard; Custom Wood Grips: in 1921 the chosen Unknown was transported to the United States of America aboard the USS Olympia. The custom wood grips are made with wood from the USS Olympia and include the crest of the 3rd Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier identification badge inset; Cocking Serrations: XXI cocking serrations are engraved on the slide to signify the twenty-one steps it takes for the Tomb Sentinels to walk by the Tomb of the Unknowns and the military honor of a 21 Gun Salute; Sight Plate: an engraved impression of the Greek Figures featured on the east panel of the Tomb; Peace, Victory, and Valor are featured on the sight plate; Sights: a glass insert made with marble dust from the Tomb of the Unknown fills the sights of the ceremonial pistols; Engraved Magazines: the 21-round magazines feature an aluminum base plate engraved with the names of the Greek figures featured on the Tomb of the Unknown Peace, Victory, and Valor and include a name plate on the bottom of the magazine engraved with the Tomb Sentinel badge number. Serial Numbers: the pistols are serialized with a unique set of serial numbers that incorporate items of significance to the Old Guard: €also represents line six of the Sentinels Creed, my standard will remain perfection; 02JUL37 to signify the first 24-hour guard posted at the Tomb of the Unknown on July 3, 1937; 21 to signify the 21 steps it takes the Tomb Sentinels to walk by the Tomb of the Unknown, and the military honor of a 21 Gun Salute. The full series of M17 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Pistols serial numbers are LS02JUL37A21 (Silence), LS02JUL37B21 (Respect), LS02JUL37C21 (Dignity), LS02JUL37D21 (Perseverance).
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Post by Jim on Nov 14, 2018 23:50:03 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Nov 23, 2018 1:01:05 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Apr 10, 2019 22:59:12 GMT 9
Final Doolittle Raider, Dick Cole, Dies at 103
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Post by LBer1568 on Apr 11, 2019 0:24:33 GMT 9
RIP Dick Cole, Your journey has been long, but you made a difference. I was fortunate to have met Dick at WPAFR when they held the Anniversary meeting of the Raiders. The first time there were five remaining. The second time I met him, at AF Museum, there were only four left. He was a humble man and did not believe his did anything any other Service member would have done.
Lorin
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Post by pat perry on Apr 11, 2019 6:49:03 GMT 9
RIP Dick Cole, Your journey has been long, but you made a difference. I was fortunate to have met Dick at WPAFR when they held the Anniversary meeting of the Raiders. The first time there were five remaining. The second time I met him, at AF Museum, there were only four left. He was a humble man and did not believe his did anything any other Service member would have done. Lorin Jon and Sue Doolittle were at the reunion. Jon was in the 456th FIS and is a descendant of James Doolittle. I remember when we were at the 2013 F-106 Reunion, there were four of the Doolittle Raiders left at the Hennessey Cognac display whose glasses were still upright. They stopped meeting annually due to age and physical condition. May Dick Cole Rest in Peace as he joins the last of the Raiders forever. Pat P.
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Post by Jim on Apr 15, 2019 1:27:28 GMT 9
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Post by pat perry on Apr 16, 2019 6:43:00 GMT 9
When I was at Ton Sun Nuht, AB in 1968 they flew me to Pleiku, AB one night to replace a #3 engine bleed air valve on a C-130. I sat on the engine cowl replacing the valve with machine gun fire going on at the base perimeter. We spun the engine up with zero pitch prop to leak check the valve. It checked OK and I rode back to Saigon with 4 body bags in the cargo bay. This song made me remember that night and the 4 souls I rode with. May they rest in peace. Pat P.
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Post by Jim on Apr 16, 2019 10:47:19 GMT 9
Tan San Nhut June '64, again Mar '65, again Mar '66, with PCS without PCA in June of '66. My tent and later barracks were right across the street from the flight line gate for the Ranch Hands and Army Med Evac. I think it took me over 20 years to quit cringing and looking at the ground until I no longer heard it as it flew over. 6 x 6 trucks or Army Ambulances came out that gate and you could hear the diesel engines rev up. If you heard a siren, they were going to turn left and go into Saigon to the Army Hospital, no siren and just engine sounds, they turned right and went to the morgue. A tired Old Sarge
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Post by Jim on May 14, 2019 23:49:52 GMT 9
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Post by Gene on May 15, 2019 3:13:08 GMT 9
scary thought... getting washed out of the turret with a hose...
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Post by Jim on May 16, 2019 0:05:55 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on May 28, 2019 0:32:20 GMT 9
A1C William Pitsenbarger with an M-16 outside an HH-43. Air Force photo. Memorial Day is a time to remember all those who died fighting for their country, just like A1C William Pitsenbarger, an Air Force pararescueman who took part in more than 250 rescue missions before he was killed at the age of 21. His selflessness and valor in the Vietnam War earned him an Air Force Cross and, eventually, a Medal of Honor. On April 11, 1966, a US Army rifle company was isolated in the Vietnamese jungle, where they were surrounded and attacked by Viet Cong troops. Two HH-43F Huskie helicopters were dispatched to fly in, land a few miles away, and help get the men out. Pitsenbarger was on the second helo. After a few bumpy extractions, Pitsenbarger requested the pilot leave him on the ground to ensure the men were properly rigged and loaded onto the aircraft so the evacuation process could be safer and faster, and so that more soldiers could fit on the helicopter. But after the HH-43 was attacked by enemy fire and his crewmates tried to extract him, Pitsenbarger declined the rescue so he could continue his work on the ground. He alternated between doing that, arming soldiers with ammunition, and returning fire against the VC himself. He was killed by enemy fire that night. Pitsenbarger was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross in 1966, making him the first enlisted airman to receive the nation’s second highest honor for valor in combat, but his fellow PJs and those he fought alongside in Vietnam never gave up hope that his medal would one day be upgraded. Finally, on Dec. 8, 2000—34 years after his death—the Medal of Honor was presented posthumously to Pitsenbarger in a ceremony at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Then-Air Force Secretary, and current AFA Chairman of the Board, Whitten Peters presented the award, which was accepted by William F. Pitsenbarger on his son's behalf. “What impressed me was the fact that there were a group of Air Force and Army people together who had been trying to get a Medal of Honor for this man for about 30 years at the time that they came to see me, and I thought anybody who has been honored by people trying to get the Medal of Honor for 30 years must be really something,” Peters told writer and director Todd Robinson in a video interview. Pitsenbarger’s sacrifice—and those veterans’ fight to honor it—has now inspired a feature film, “The Last Full Measure,” written and directed by Robinson. The movie, which is based on the quest to secure the posthumous honor for Pitsenbarger, plays out “through the story of a young bureaucrat who was tasked with the job of reinvestigating” Pitsenbarger’s story, and who, through the process of interviewing veterans as part of the assignment, is “transformed as a man of total self interest to a man of total sacrifice,” Robinson explained in a May 23 interview with Air Force Magazine. “And that is the mythology of the William Pitsenbarger story because he was a man who was altruistic and selfless and he went down into a battle he did not have to go into,” Robinson said. “He put his life at risk and then rejected the opportunity to escape and to hear one of our veterans describe it, everybody who was on the ground would’ve left if they could, but they couldn’t, and the one guy who could leave, stayed.” The film boasts an all-star cast, including Marvel’s Sebastian Stan, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ed Harris, among others, with Jeremy Irvine playing Pitsenbarger. It’s slated to be released this October by Roadside Attractions, a subsidiary of Lionsgate. A special private screening of the film is being held on May 28 in Washington, D.C., for active duty service members and retired veterans. Interested individuals should email the film's executive producer, Sidney Sherman, at sidney@rosaentertainment.com for more information.
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Post by LBer1568 on May 28, 2019 1:00:44 GMT 9
I think I posted about this Hero before. I attended his MOH award ceremony at USAF Museum back in 2000. The base dining hall, located next to BX was named in his honor years ago.
"The state of Ohio designated state route 48 as the "U.S.A.F. Pararescue Memorial Highway." The highway runs near the hometowns of four pararescuemen who died in service to their country. This includes Pitsenbarger; Sgt. Jim Locker of Sidney, Ohio; Master Sgt. William McDaniel II of Greenville, Ohio; and Airman 1st Class James Pleiman of Russia, Ohio. In addition to being designated Main Street through the city of Dayton—where the Wright Brothers designed their airplane—state route 48 also runs along Miami Memorial Park north of Covington, Ohio, where all four are buried."
Lorin
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Post by Jim on May 28, 2019 1:49:33 GMT 9
I think I posted about this Hero before. I attended his MOH award ceremony at USAF Museum back in 2000. The base dining hall, located next to BX was named in his honor years ago. "The state of Ohio designated state route 48 as the "U.S.A.F. Pararescue Memorial Highway." The highway runs near the hometowns of four pararescuemen who died in service to their country. This includes Pitsenbarger; Sgt. Jim Locker of Sidney, Ohio; Master Sgt. William McDaniel II of Greenville, Ohio; and Airman 1st Class James Pleiman of Russia, Ohio. In addition to being designated Main Street through the city of Dayton—where the Wright Brothers designed their airplane—state route 48 also runs along Miami Memorial Park north of Covington, Ohio, where all four are buried." Lorin I posted this as it is an update on Pit. See the info about the movie in my posting. Jim
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