Posted on 02/26/2007 12:47:04 PM PST by ReleaseTheHounds
Thank you, Aloha Ronnie. I pray I never forget.
Perfect!
Litekeeper
Viet Nam, 1967-1969
Long time in coming, but I am sure well received. God Bless the good Major.
Gracias Senor P.E. for el pingo
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
I will go to the range this Sunday and fire a 21 round salute to honor this brave United States Fighting Man
MORE than welcome. I think a triple ping honor for some may be in order : )
Always a pleasure to read such articles. It is great to see this old warrior receiving the MOH. We remain in debt to them all. And in a few short months we again will on a national day of rememberance remember all those that did not return.
There is video up at the White House website now:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/#
Hey,Dita,,,TANKS for the ping,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
TANKS,,,Snake SH@T !!!~~~~Bout Time~~~~
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GARY OWEN bump for :
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RIP,,,
GOD Bless...
redrock
Long overdue.
While in the 7/17th Air Cav, I knew several like him, many didn't make it back. Crandall stands heads above the best, his selfless acts saved many lives.
Stories like his and more like him today needs to be told daily. It is sad we have a lamestream media that would ignore such heroes for so many years.
Thanks from the heart.
Stand erect; we are honoring a true hero.
It was a lovely ceremony.
President George W. Bush shakes hands with U.S. Army Major Bruce P. Crandall after awarding Crandall the Medal of Honor in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Feb. 26, 2007, for his extraordinary heroism as a 1st Cavalry helicopter flight commander, completing 22 flights under intense enemy fire to aid troops in the Republic of Vietnam in November 1965. White House photo by Eric Draper When they touched down on their last flight, Major Crandall and Captain Freeman had spent more than 14 hours in the air. They had evacuated some 70 wounded men. They had provided a lifeline that allowed the battalion to survive the day.
Thanks for the ping darlin' ...may God bless lt. Col. Crandall and may we NEVER FORGET.
Thanks for the ping, LE.
Bruce Crandall: Just another disgruntled draftee who mucked up the Army. /s
~ Pleiku Huey Driver - 67.
"In 1963, he reported to Fort Benning to help lead a new unit that would become known as the air cavalry."
http://www.quad-a.org/Hall_of_Fame/personnel/howze.htm
General Hamilton H. Howze
Army Aviation Hall of Fame 1974 Induction
(Inducted to represent the 1960-1969 period)
General Hamilton H. Howze graduated from West Point and was commissioned in the Cavalry in 1930. He earned his Army Aviator wings in 1947. He is recognized as the intellectual force behind current airmobility and Army Aviation doctrine. While Director of Army Aviation from 1955 to 1958, he developed new tactical principles for the employment of Army Aviation, and was instrumental in helping the Aviation School become fully established in its new home at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
As Chairman of the Tactical Mobility Requirements Board in 1961, he cited the need for the development of airmobile theory and doctrine. Adoption of the Howze Board recommendations revolutionized mobile warfare concepts based on the use of organic aviation in much the same manner as the introduction of the tank had affected mobility concepts almost fifty years earlier.
The 11th Air Assault Division was formed in 1963 to test and validate these concepts. As a result of his leadership, foresight, and perception, two airmobile divisions were eventually established in the Army force structure. These divisions successfully provided the full spectrum of mobile, combined arms capabilities which are requisite to successful ground combat and which have become fundamental to modern airmobility doctrine.
:-D
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