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  • Last surviving dive bomber remembers the Battle of Midway

    11/13/2015 1:20:45 PM PST · by US Navy Vet · 43 replies
    CNN via NewsChannel 3 ^ | NOVEMBER 11, 2015
    SAN ANTONIO — Norman Kleiss lives in a modest apartment in San Antonio. When I first reached him on the telephone, I almost started to shake. It was like going back in time. I could hear the engines roar over the Pacific Ocean; the tide of World War II was about to change. “So you want to talk about the Battle of Midway?” Kleiss asked. Boy, did I. It’s incredible that still living among us is this amazing American war hero. Norman Jack “Dusty” Kleiss is 99 years old. What did he do in the war? With fuel running low,...
  • New Pentagon Channel Series Debut Features Medal of Honor Recipient

    02/26/2007 3:58:17 PM PST · by SandRat · 9 replies · 306+ views
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2007 – The Pentagon Channel tomorrow will debut a new program, “Icon,” which takes an in-depth look at iconic figures in the U.S. military and Defense Department. The first Icon program will feature retired Army Lt. Col. Bruce P. Crandall, who is receiving the Medal of Honor today at the White House for his actions in the Battle of Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam in November 1965. During the fight, which was the first major ground battle of the war, Crandall, then a major and commander of Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division...
  • My son, "Chris Mason" was killed in Iraq.

    01/14/2007 2:59:25 AM PST · by Dad of Chris Mason · 328 replies · 7,366+ views
    Mobile Register (local) paper, WKRG TV (local), NBC TV (local) ^ | 11-30-2006 - 1-10-2006 | Local News media
    <p>1st link: Mobile soldier killed in Iraq Thursday, November 30, 2006 By NADIA M. TAYLOR Staff Reporter Baker High School graduate Chris Mason wasn't afraid of dying in Iraq because of his faith in Jesus Christ and his belief in the importance of helping others, his family said Wednesday.</p>
  • Patton to Troops 1944 (must read) warning: graphic language

    01/01/2005 9:01:45 AM PST · by beebuster2000 · 46 replies · 2,368+ views
    Great speeches Timeline ^ | May 17, 1944 | Genl George Patton
    NOTE : This speech contains language that may be considered offensive. User discretion is advised. General George S. Patton, Jr., in characteristic unexpurgated detail, gives his troops a final pep-talk prior to the invasion of Normandy, Enniskillen Manor Grounds, England, May 17, 1944. Men, this stuff some sources sling around about America wanting to stay out of the war and not wanting to fight is a lot of baloney! Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. America loves a winner. America will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise a coward; Americans play...
  • 'True British hero' honoured

    11/24/2004 2:57:41 PM PST · by knighthawk · 20 replies · 1,365+ views
    icNewcastle ^ | November 24 2004
    A British spy credited with using his cover as a passport officer to save thousands of Jews from Nazi Germany has been honoured as "a true British hero". Frank Foley was posted to Berlin in the early 1920s by the Secret Intelligence Service, the predecessor of MI6. After Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933, Foley used his official job as the embassy's passport control officer to issue visas to Jews fleeing Nazi persecution -- often bending rules under which London was trying to limit Jewish migration to British-ruled Palestine. "Without diplomatic immunity, at considerable personal risk to himself, this...
  • Airman takes co-pilot's stick during in-flight emergency

    11/13/2004 3:37:48 PM PST · by BulletBobCo · 69 replies · 5,643+ views
    Air Force Link ^ | 11/12/2004 | Senior Master Sgt. Ty Foster
    (AFPN) -- Like most passengers on a commercial airlines flight, Lt. Col. Scott Neumann probably expected a long, uneventful flight from Dulles International Airport in Washington to Los Angeles. Boy, was he wrong. The deputy commander for the 412th Operations Group at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., had just wrapped up a semiannual National Aeronautic Association meeting and was settled into his seat in coach class for his coast-to-coast trip Nov. 9. During the flight, he had struck up a conversation with one of the flight attendants. He shared that he had been a test pilot for the B-2 Spirit...
  • Bush's eye on the ball

    10/20/2004 4:32:39 PM PDT · by the conservative bean · 8 replies · 490+ views
    New York Times ^ | 10-20-04 | Tommy Franks
    Contrary to Senator Kerry, President Bush never "took his eye off the ball" when it came to Osama bin Laden. The war on terrorism has a global focus. It cannot be divided into separate and unrelated wars, one in Afghanistan and another in Iraq. Both are part of the same effort to capture and kill terrorists before they are able to strike America again, potentially with weapons of mass destruction. Terrorist cells are operating in some 60 countries, and the United States, in coordination with dozens of allies, is waging this war on many fronts.