FReeper Canteen ~ The Berlin Airlift Part 4: The Legacy ~ December 22, 2014

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The Berlin Airlift Part 4:  The Legacy
All info and photos from this website.

Link to Part One
Link to Part Two
Link to Part Three

           

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
	Sgt Bernard J. Watkins Lafayette, Indiana

 

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[PROCON]

Evening Kathy!

Thank for tonight's Canteen!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Ready for the new week? We got a couple inches of snow today. The trees are flocked again.

[Kathy in Alaska]

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

God Bless you good, Mac. *HUGS* Good night and rest well.
Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present.
Thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! Christmas is a season, not just a day. I love shopping on line...deliveries directly to my doorstep!

I think I’m done...and with my Mom’s stuff too. I will have a couple boxes sent/arriving for the new year....just a tad late. Being sick last weekend set me back...oh well. It’s a season. d:o)

[luvie]

Great thread, galz. God rest the souls of these fallen heroes!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I’ve tried both ways, and Monday still gets here. These next 2 Mondays are going to be awful. Payroll has 2 short weeks, so everything has to be done Monday and Monday night so we can print checks on Tuesday instead of Wednesday.

Sending prayers for safe travel for you and yours over the holidays. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Publius....I’m enjoying Schubert...thank you! ((HUGS))

[The Mayor]

We are supposed to get some snow this week, Christmas I think.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...((HUGS))...we finally got a little bit of snow today.

Hope you had a good day. You and Zach do anything over the weekend?

[Kathy in Alaska]

A white Christmas!!

Maybe for us, too...Thursday and Friday.

[PROCON]

Hi Ma!

Yeah,Zach and I had brunch at my place and then we went Christmas shopping for him; at a guitar store, of course.

I'm going to sisters for Christmas and then coming back Saturday to have the kids over to open presents, and then all of us are off to the gun range to have a little fun.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv....heroes for sure.

[left that other site]

Very Busy today!

First, Our Christmas Service, then en masse Exodus to MC Clubhouse to support Calvary Chapel’s Christmas Service, then Run home, leave the van, walk the dog, and ride on the back of Pastor Jerry’s Bike to the shoppe to pick up my bike, all fixed and shiny and NOT leaking oil, with new air in the tires and fresh gaskets throughout!

Upon returning, I called all my sisters, talked to Mom on the phone, sewed a patch onto my leather, watched a WW1 documentary, and passed out from exhaustion.

I have only recently regained consciousness.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Safe travels to and fro.

Sounds like a great Saturday adventure.

[Kathy in Alaska]

My goodness....you have crammed just about all you can into this day!

A VERY busy, but satisfying, day.

So glad to hear your bike has come home.

We had a bit of snow...and the trees are flocked again.

[left that other site]

I got righteously chewed out for allowing the air pressure in the tires to get so low.

Sorry...Hubby used to take care of that and I just plumb forgot to check the tires.

It is amazing how much nicer the bike rides with air in the tires, though.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Imagine that....a nicer ride with correct air pressure. d:o)

[left that other site]

I will definitely be more careful in the future! :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good plan...you know your buds are going to be “watching” you. LOL!

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Monday morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks so much for this morning's thread, Star. How's it going?