Posted on 09/10/2019 9:04:53 AM PDT by fugazi
Today’s post is in honor of Capt. Leroy J. Cornwell III and Maj. Andrew Ivan Jr. who were lost when their F-4D Phantom went down during a forward air control mission over Laos on this day in 1971. Originally listed as missing, the crew were declared dead in 1973. However, their remains were located and buried in Arlington National Cemetery in the 1990s.
1813: Along the shores of Lake Erie, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s squadron engages the Royal Navy in the Battle of Put-in-Bay. Perry’s ship is so damaged that he boards an open lifeboat and transfers his flag to another ship in the face of heavy gunfire before resuming the fight. After defeating the British, he writes a brief report to Maj. Gen. (and future president) William Henry Harrison, commanding the Army of the Northwest: “We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.”
1944: The First U.S. Army captures Luxembourg. After being conquered by the Germans during both world wars, the tiny nation strips neutrality from its constitution and becomes a founding member of NATO.
1945: Just eight days after the end of World War II, the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) is commissioned., becoming the largest ship in the world. Midway would hold the title of the world’s largest ship for the next ten years, and her 1,001-foot flight deck would later be expanded from 2.8 to a whopping 4 acres. Midway aviators scored the first (June 17, 1965) and last (Jan. 12, 1973) victories of the Vietnam War. Later, she served as the flagship carrier during Operation DESERT STORM before retiring in 1992.
1950: When an enemy machinegun pins down his fellow 1st Cavalry troopers, Cpl. Gordon M. Craig and four
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Walleye fishin’s always good at PIB. So’s the bars...and the gals!
I’ve endured many a good battle at Put n Bay, making it from the Round House across the park to the yellow line (start of docks) used to present more than a minor problem at times.
Just knock off 30 years and i’m ready to do it again!
Bars, fish, and women? I’ll have to check into visiting PIB.
Can't believe the Germans didn't respect their neutrality....
Great line: “We have met the enemy and they are ours.”
It’s pricey, but always a good time. Cops leave you be unless you get stupid. We just used the taxi service, a buck to go anywhere on the island!
Where is Gen Patton buried ?
Luxembourg American Cemetery, after being moved from Margratten due to the heavy visitor traffic.... I personally put a Dutch and US Flag on Memorial Day over three with two boy Scouts 2000-2002 at Margratten American Cemetery starting at the first row and picking up the following year where I left off completing all 5000+ the third year.
Duty, Honor, and Country.
While in Luxembourg I visited his grave and monument
My Uncle John died in Luxembourg in January of 1944.
My dad really loved him of course, and when I was born named me after him.
I have the flag that draped his coffin as well as his Purple Heart and other mementos.
I’ve been told there is a beautiful memorial for the US soldiers that died there, and was also told that the locals treat US citizens with great respect and honor. Even the youth.
Thanks for that.
See my post #11.
I was named after my Uncle John who died there in January 1944.
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