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FReeper Canteen ~ The Berlin Airlift Part 4: The Legacy ~ 23 December 2019
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Posted on 12/22/2019 5:07:06 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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~ Hall of Heroes The Berlin Airlift Part 4: The Legecy All info and photos from this website.
Link to Part 1 Link to Part 2 Link to Part 3 |
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THE AIRLIFT'S LEGACY The most obvious result of this confrontation was the 40-year Cold War with the Soviet Union, which ebbed with the construction of the Berlin Wall, and the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. The US also forged a newfound friendship with Germany, its former foe, and established the Federal Republic of Germany as a result. In addition, the North Atlantic Treaty organization (NATO) was formed as a result of the crisis.
Less politically, our aircraft and airway system we enjoy today was developed and perfected as a result of the Berlin Airlift. Ground Controlled Approach or GCA was greatly improved as a necessity for the aircraft to land in Berlin, and our air traffic control system is a direct development of that technology. Loading procedures and maintenance procedures are greatly improved as a result, too.
More importantly, the Berlin Airlift demonstrated the military need for Air Transport in addition to Bombers and Fighters. A result is the Air Mobility Command and aircraft like the C-141 Starlifter, the C-130 Hercules, the C-5 Galaxy, and our newest transport, the C-17 Globemaster III.
All of these political and logistical ideas came as a result of the resolve of the US, Great Britain, France, and Germany to resist totalitarian tactics and wage a battle of air transport. This battle saved over 2.5 million people without firing a single shot. In a matter of fifteen months in 1948-49, world history was changed by the greatest humanitarian aviation event in history, the Berlin Airlift. |
MEMORIALS: The Airlift Memorial at Rhein Main Air Base, Frankfurt, and on Luftbruckenplatz at Tempelhf Airport in Berlin. Each prong represents one of the 3 air corridors used during "Operation Vittles", and the names of the US and British Airmen killed in the process are inscribed on the base of each. |
31 Americans lost their lives during the Berlin Airlift, paying the ultimate price for the freedom of others. Let that not be forgotten.
1st Lt George B. Smith Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
Captain James A. Vaughan New Haven, Connecticut |
Cpl Norbert H. Theis Cunningham, Kansas |
1st Lt Leland V. Williams Abilene, Texas |
1st Lt Eugene S. Erickson Collinsville, Illinois |
PFC Ronald E. Stone Mt. Sterling, Kentucky |
Mr Karl V. Hagen New York, New York |
Sgt Richard Winter Seattle, Washington |
1st Lt Ralph H. Boyd Fort Worth, Texas |
1st Lt Charles H. King Britton, South Dakota |
Captain Billy E. Phelps Long Beach, California |
1st Lt Craig B. Ladd Minneapolis, Minnesota |
1st Lt Robert W. Stuber Arlington, California |
1st Lt Willis F. Hargis Nacogdoches, Texas |
TSgt Charles L. Putnam Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Major Edwin C. Diltz Fayetteville, Texas |
TSgt Lloyd G. Wells San Antonio, Texas |
1st Lt Robert P. Weaver Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Captain Willian R. Howard Gunnison, Mississippi |
AD/3 Harry R. Crites, Jr. Lafayette, Indiana |
1st Lt Royce C. Stephens San Antonio, Texas |
Captain Joel M. DeVolentine Miami, Florida |
1st Lt Richard M. Wurgel Union City, New Jersey |
1st Lt Robert C. von Luehrte Covington, Kentucky |
1st Lt William T. Lucas Wilson, North Carolina |
1st Lt Lowell A. Wheaton, Jr. Corpus Christi, Texas |
2nd Lt Donald J. Leemon Green Bay, Wisconsin |
PFC Johnny T. Orms Rhein-Main Air Base |
Captain William A. Rathgeber Portland, Oregon |
TSgt Herbert F. Heinig Fort Wayne, Indiana |
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Sgt Bernard J. Watkins Lafayette, Indiana |
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Please remember the Canteen is here to honor, support and entertain our troops and their families. This is a politics-free zone! Thanks for helping us in our mission! |
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To: Kathy in Alaska
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December 23A String of Yeses
Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
Luke 2:19One Christmas, my grandmother gave me a beautiful pearl necklace. The beautiful beads glowed about my neck until one day the string broke. Balls bounced in all directions off our homes hardwood flooring. Crawling over the planks, I recovered each tiny orb. On their own, they were small. But oh, when strung together, those pearls made such an impression!
Sometimes my yeses to God seem so insignificantlike those individual pearls. I compare myself to Mary, the mother of Jesus who was so fantastically obedient. She said yes when she embraced Gods call for her to carry the Messiah. I am the Lords servant, Mary answered. May your word to me be fulfilled (Luke 1:38). Did she understand all that would be required of her? That an even bigger yes to relinquishing her Son on the cross loomed ahead?
After the visits of the angels and shepherds, Luke 2:19 tells us that Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. Treasure means to store up. Ponder means to thread together. The phrase is repeated of Mary in Luke 2:51. She would respond with many yeses over her lifetime.
As with Mary, the key to our obedience might be a threading together of various yeses to our Fathers invitations, one at a time, until they string into the treasure of a surrendered life.
By: Elisa Morgan
Reflect & Pray
What yeses do you need to say to God? How can you learn to be more obedient?
Dear God, help us to respond, one yes at a time, to Your ongoing work in our lives.
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:07:56 PM PST
by
The Mayor
(I am outraged at your outrage toward the outrage!)
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
Have all your house guests arrived? The stockings hung by the chimney with care?
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:11:37 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: The Mayor; PROCON; mylife; mountainlion; Publius; Jet Jaguar; ConorMacNessa; ...
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:14:20 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Everybody!
((((HUGS))))
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:24:43 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks and Merry Christmas.😁
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:25:33 PM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: The Mayor
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:26:58 PM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks so much for posting the Berlin Airlift Canteen, Kathy!
Marvelous bravery and humanitarianism by the allies!
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:28:20 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Molon Labe)
To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 300winmag; ..
~ The Berlin Airlift Part 4: The Legacy ~
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:30:41 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: The Mayor
Spent Saturday volunteering at Walter Reed.
The only good thing about living in The People’s Republic of Maryland.
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:32:21 PM PST
by
lizma2
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:33:57 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: left that other site
Good almost CHRISTmas Eve, ML...((HUGS))...any singing for the season?
Hope you and Penny and your warm coats were able to get in a couple walks.
So sorry about the cancelled program with your friend.
Single digits here, and virtually no snow, but they say it is coming for Christmas.
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:09:17 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Quite simply, one of the greatest humanitarian efforts in history. Ever.
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:09:20 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Not much singing, but plenty of walking! :-)
Both Penny and i have nice warm coats.
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:26:37 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: rktman
Good evening, rktman, and Merry Christmas to you too. Thank you.
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:27:01 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Kathy,
THANKS to the Canteen Crew for doing The Airlift.
It’s been GREAT, imo.
Yours, TMN78247
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:28:11 PM PST
by
TMN78247
("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, 1836)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Kathy,
THANKS to the Canteen Crew for doing The Airlift.
It’s been GREAT, imo.
Yours, TMN78247
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:28:12 PM PST
by
TMN78247
("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, 1836)
To: Kathy in Alaska; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; Colonel_Flagg; BIGLOOK; ...
Best Christmas Story Ever!
Our troops have the biggest hearts
of any militaries.
Thanks, Kathy, for bringing us this story!
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:29:12 PM PST
by
luvie
(The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
To: mountainlion
Good evening, mountainlion...will you have a white Christmas?
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:36:25 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: All
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:41:04 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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