Remember Someone’s child, left long ago, A strange land, Someone’s foe. An unmarked grave, fields of green, Resting quiet, Just eighteen. Winds of freedom, wash us now, Remember him, This I vow. © Victor C. Kleinschmit (Published: May 2016) Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/remember-24
Apr 15, 2024 to Apr 19, 2024
Now Open at the American Heritage Museum in Boston. “Why it is so important to remember the struggles and sacrifices of the Prisoners of War of the Vietnam War.” “You are not forgotten. If you
The following article was sent by Raymond Harris, from Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 850. Service Dog “Sabre” Presented to Delaware Veteran Canines Assisting Service Heroes (CASH) is proud to announce the graduation and presentation
Charlie Neel sent the following note: We just returned from the SEA part of our Misty trip to SEA (Thailand, Laos, N & S Vietnam). We are collecting various photos from all participants and will
From the Associated Press story by By Tara Copp, released March 19, 2023. “WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that
This was sent by Tom Griffith. People often ask me what it was like. What was it like to be a fighter pilot. It is hard to describe in polite society because, well, we were
“When Push Came to Shove” This article written by John L. Frisbee, Contributing Editor of Air Force Magazine, was first published in December of 1983. Deep over North Korea, Robbie Risner’s wingman was hit by
Pushing the Envelope. A video showing the X-1 and other experimental aircraft throughout the years. “The first generation X-1 aircraft changed aviation history in numerous ways, and not simply because they were the first aircraft
We are sad to announce that on December 16, 2022 we had to say goodbye to Francis L Mosler of Round Rock, Texas. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 from
Colonel Harold A. (“Bud”) Homan, U.S. Air Force (Retired), died on January 28, 2022 in Redding, California, at the age of 91. In military aviation parlance, he flew west for the last time. A fitting
The JF-100C was originally constructed as F-100C-1A on 19 October 1954. On 24 October 1954 the aircraft now with serial number 53-1709 was taken on conditionally by the USAF since all F-100s at the time
“31 October 1964: Captain Theodore Cordy Freeman, United States Air Force, was a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps. He was one of fourteen pilots who had been selected for the third group of candidates
“William Harvey Dana was born 3 November 1930 at Pasadena, California, the first of two children of Harvey Drexler Dana, a geologist, and Rose Frances Jourdan Dana. (Sister, Antoinette). Dana grew up in Bakersfield, California.
This story is excerpted from Thisdayinaviation.com… “26 February 1955: Although it was his day off, North American Aviation production test pilot George Franklin Smith stopped by the office at Los Angeles Airport (today, known as
While searching for photos of SSS Members, I found a name I didn’t recognize and a photo of a pilot in front of an F-100. Richard French, (LtCol USAF, Ret) had a host of news
Major General LeRoy W. (Swede) Svendsen, Jr. died on the 14th day of February at the age of 93. He has been nominated as an Honorary Member of the Super Sabre Society for his storied
ROMANCING THE ‘HUN’ – A LEGENDARY AIRCRAFT FROM WHICH HEROES WERE MADE By Julie Summers Walker, published January 1, 2022. Reprinted in part with permission by Mike Fizer. Additional photos added for interest. “It is
From the site migflug.com we get a great video of some of the craziest air and land machines built by the Soviets. As the author on the site says, “At times one could think some
“John Richard Boyd was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force following completion of the ROTC program at the University of Iowa. On March 27, 1953, Boyd arrived in Korea as an F-86
In the June 9, 1958 edition of TIME Magazine, there was an article titled “How To Go Weightless”. “The magazine’s Medicine Editor Gilbert Cant “went weightless in one of the Air Force’s fast jet fighters
An article by Bryan R. Swopes tells a fantastic story about Scott Crossfield and the first F-100 NACA flight. Here it is as told on Bryan’s website This Day In Aviation.com. 8 September 1954: Scott
This wide-ranging USAF video covers the rapid expansion of the US Air Force’s role in the Vietnam War in the mid-1960s. Bases are set up at Cam Ran Bay, Phan Rang, Bien Hoa, and other
