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Posted on 04/17/2011 5:08:13 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Hey Ms Kathy, Hope you’re well.A little story of when they recovered the F3 off the coast.Mr Galer was there for the recovery and when he looked into the cockpit of the plane he retrieved a pencil he had left in the bird all those years ago.A charmed life to be sure.Thanks for posting.
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When I was growing up, we often sang a song in Sunday school that went like this: “God is good to me! God is good to me! He holds my hand and helps me stand! God is good to me!”
I need to say right away that I believe God is good and He takes delight in doing good things for people. He does indeed hold our hand in times of trouble and helps us stand against the onslaught of life’s difficulties. But I wonder if you’ve ever asked yourself, Why is He good? It certainly is not because we deserve it or because He feels the need to buy our love and allegiance with His benefits.
The psalmist prays for God to bless him so that “[the Lord’s] way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations” (Ps. 67:2). God’s daily blessings are proof positive that He is indeed a good God who cares for His own. But how will our world know this about God if we never praise Him for His goodness to us? (v.3).
So, the next time God blesses you, be sure to look for ways to appropriately give Him the credit. Consuming His blessings without communicating His goodness shortchanges the very purpose of His gifts of grace in our lives.
Read: Psalm 67
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from the University of Washington in June 1935, and joined the Naval Reserve Aviation Base Seattle for flight training. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps on 1 July 1936 In April 1937, Galer was designated a Naval Aviator. 
expected a landing signal officer (LSO) to be assigned to the squadron for this task. Two weeks before the deadline CINCPAC informed him that no LSO would be forthcoming and that VMF-211 was still required to qualify. The CO recalled that Galer had spent much of the outbound voyage in the company of the LSO on the carrier that transported them to Hawaii. He summoned Galer, who readily admitted spending many hours with his buddy, the LSO. When he further confessed some familiarity with the LSO's duties, that was it. He ws the new LSO for the squadron. The squadron qualified on schedule. 
worked miracles with PSP (pierced steel planking), and the "Cactus Air Force" began taking its toll on the Japanese bombers. Galer's pilots scrambled continuously to meet the Japanese aerial onslaught. Typically coastwatchers stationed in the Solomons warned them of incoming Japanese attacks. "Forty bombers headed yours," was a well-rembered radio message from the isolated coastwatchers. The fighters of VMF-224, VMF-211, and whatever else Cactus could put in the air would take off, looking to gain altitude before the Japs arrived. When the shooting started, they went for the bombers. After the dogfighting, if ammo remained, they would strafe enemy ships or ground positions. 
Wildcat was shot down. "'Barbara Jane' couldn't swim, so I had to swim off and leave her. I was fortunate to encounter the coastwatchers who assisted me in getting back the next day," he joked. This was one of three planes Galer lost to the enemy during his two and a half months on Guadalcanal - after another shoot-down, two Marines swam out from the island to assist him; a third ended with a dead-stick landing on the island. Each time, Galer went back into action, and in less than a month he accrued 11 individual kills. 
And now, the rest of the story...
investigation, the aircraft was determined to be a 1930's-vintage F3F-2 fighter, manufactured by the Navy by the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation. One of eighty-one F3F-2s built, this particular bird met its end on 29 August 1940, when a problem transferring fuel tanks forged 1st Lieutenant Robert E. Galer to ditch the aircraft during 
flight operations aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3). 
where now Brigadier General Robert E. Graler, USMC (Ret), fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient, was there to meet it.
During the nearly four-year restoration process at the San Diego Aerospace Museum, corrosion of aluminum skins and other components required 60% replacement, and replicas of the cockpit instruments had to be fabricated. In addition, extensive work was
performed on the tail, wings, and fuselage and a Hamilton Standard propeller and Wright R-1820-22 engine were acquired for use on the aircraft. Rubber components found aboard the aircraft were in usable condition, including the original tires and even a tool kit and life raft survived their lengthy stay underwater."