Posted on 12/13/2004 7:53:07 PM PST by LaDivaLoca
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HOLMAN, GERALD ALLAN Name: Gerald Allan Holman Rank/Branch: O2/US Navy Unit: Carrier Air Early Warning Squadron 12, Detachment 42, USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Date of Birth: 10 October 1939 Home City of Record: Northville MI Date of Loss: 14 December 1966 Country of Loss: South Vietnam/Over Water Loss Coordinates: (none) Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered Category: 5 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: E1B Refno: 0548 Other Personnel In Incident: Edwin Koenig; Richard Mowrey (missing); 2 other crewmen who were rescued. Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 01 April 1990 from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. Updated by the P.O.W. NETWORK 1998. REMARKS: AC DITCH - 2 SURV RESC, NT SUBJ - J SYNOPSIS: The USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT was to end its second tour of Vietnam to leave the battle area by Christmas, 1966. On board was the carrier's early warning squadron of four aircraft, for which LTJG Gerald A. Holman was administrative officer. On December 14, Holman was launched from the carrier as the pilot of an E1B propeller-driven warning plane carrying a crew of five. The "Willie Fudd" departed on a routine mission, when one of the engines failed. Holman was forced to ditch into the South China Sea. Two of the crewmembers survived the crash and were subsequently rescued. Holman, LTCDR Edwin L. Koenig, and LTJG Richard L. Mowrey were not found. The three were listed as Killed/Body Not Recovered. The accident was not battle related. The crewmen of the Willie Fudd are listed with honor among the missing because no remains were found. Their cases seem quite clear. For others who are listed missing, resolution is not as simple. Many were known to have survived their loss incident. Quite a few were in radio contact with search teams and describing an advancing enemy. Some were photographed or recorded in captivity. Others simply vanished without a trace. Reports continue to mount that we abandoned hundreds of Americans to the enemy when we left Southeast Asia. While the Willie Fudd's crew may not be among them, one can imagine their proud willingness to fly one more mission to help secure their rescue. |
The bad thing today, is the wind blowing like crazy. Feels like the low 20s.
Jinxie.....you are just so good to your Canteen FRiends! To go through all that trouble just for us. Hi little Ms. Piper. Aren't you looking lovely...............
I can just about guarantee he's playing for the wrong team!! LOL!!!!!!
I can just about guarantee he's playing for the wrong team!! LOL!!!!!!
Valin was sitting at a bar enjoying an after-work cocktail when an exceptionally gorgeous & sexy young woman entered.
She was so striking that he could not take his eyes away from her.
The young woman noticed his overly-attentive stare, and walked directly toward him.
Before he could offer his apologies for being so rude, the young woman said to him, "I'll do anything, absolutely anything, that you want me to do, no matter how kinky, for $20 under one condition."
Flabbergasted, Valin asked what the condition was.
The young woman replied, "You have to tell me what you want me to do in just three words."
Valin considered her proposition for a moment, withdrew his wallet from his pocket, and slowly counted out four $5 bills, which he pressed into the young woman's hand.
He looked deeply into her eyes, and slowly, meaningfully said, "Paint my house."
The male population in AZ doesn't stand a chance - you better stock up on shotgun shells!! She's so gorgeous!!!!
Thanks...how's your new grandson doing? Any chance of a Christmas visit, or is it going to be long distance this year?
(Can you tell, I'm not anxious for the kids to move out. It's coming - soon - and I'm not ready!)
I know just what you mean. Her daddy has already started.
Have you noticed how we have had a really good lookin' bunch of Canteen babies born this last year?
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Graphics and information from the MOH website.
Conservatives are just cuter - what can we say?? LOL
Good question. One of your best!
Good morning, Star!
Mongol party ~ Bump!
Part VI of The Mongols and treats with Tonk ~ Bump!
Good morning radu ~ ((HUGS))
Hot black coffee with Kathy ~ Bump!
Refueling ~ Bump!
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