Posted on 10/22/2018 7:52:41 AM PDT by fugazi
Today's post is in honor of 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler who was killed in action on this day in 2015. Wheeler, 39, of Roland, Olka., was conducting a joint U.S.-Kurdish operation to liberate prisoners from an Islamic State detention facility at the time of his death and was the first servicemember killed in action in Iraq since 2011. During his 20-year career, he had well over a dozen combat deployments, for which he was awarded the Silver Star, 11 Bronze Stars - several with the combat "V" device.
1951: Operation BUSTER-JANGLE, a series of low-yield atomic weapons tests in the Nevada desert, begins with the "Able" shot. Some 6,500 troops are stationed just six miles away, witnessing the blast and then moving towards the detonation site to determine the effectiveness of fortifications and also provide data to scientists on the psychology of soldiers in the aftermath of atomic attacks.
1957: The U.S. military suffers its first casualties in Vietnam when a wave of terrorist attacks hits Military Assistance Advisory Group and U.S. Information Service installations in Saigon, injuring 13 advisors.
1962: After consulting with former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy announces that the Soviet Union had placed nuclear weapons in Cuba and the United States will establish a naval blockade around the island to prevent further offensive weapons from entering
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I totally get what you’re saying. I’m not sticking up for the guy at all. My point is only that it would be neat to see how things would have turned out if we avoided the political route we took.
On that note, maybe Sen. Warren (and Blumenthal while we are at it) should take another DNA test to see what percentage of a war hero she is.
JFK was trying to bail out his fellow Catholics.
We had an adviser killed there 1948.
Very true. But it was on this day in 1954, when Eisenhower committed US assistance to RVN that is considered the beginning of our efforts in Vietnam.
Thanks for the info re General Mac.
“Too often people seem to equate being strong on defense with expending American blood like it was water.”
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