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FReeper Canteen ~ The Berlin Airlift ~ Part 4: The Legacy ~ 28 December 2020
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Posted on 12/27/2020 5:05:14 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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~ Hall of Heroes The Berlin Airlift Part 4: The Legecy All info and photos from this website.
Link to Part 1 Link to Part 2 Link to Part 3 | | 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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To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
12/27/2020 5:07:20 PM PST
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: left that other site
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...weather improving? You and Penny able to get out?
High wind warnings for later today here.
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posted on
12/27/2020 5:15:18 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
All the snow melted in the rain on Christmas day, so now it’s just dry and cold.
I can deal with that. It’s the snow and ice I hate.
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posted on
12/27/2020 5:17:30 PM PST
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 300winmag; ..
~ The Berlin Airlift Part 4 - The Legecy ~
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12/27/2020 5:25:41 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
You do the Lord’s work Kathy! I was stationed at Tempelhof 1966-1969 and know the whole bit. An incredible part of history that most don’t have a clue about.
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12/27/2020 5:30:56 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Present!
Stand strong and stay safe.
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12/27/2020 5:36:33 PM PST
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Great, incredible story retold each year, thanks Kathy!
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12/27/2020 5:39:08 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Molon Labe)
To: left that other site
OK....wishing you dry and cold. You and Penny have nice warm coats.
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12/27/2020 5:41:39 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
1st Lt George B. Smith
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
............................................
That’s no 1st Lt.
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posted on
12/27/2020 5:43:17 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
(The China virus doesn't scare me, Venezuelaism does.)
To: The Mayor; PROCON; mylife; mountainlion; Publius; Jet Jaguar; ConorMacNessa; ...
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posted on
12/27/2020 5:46:59 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list
December 28Rebuilding the Ruins
Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor.
Jeremiah 33:9At seventeen, Dowayne had to leave his family’s home in Manenberg, a part of Cape Town, South Africa, because of his stealing and addiction to heroin. He didn’t go far, building a shack of corrugated metal in his mother’s backyard, which soon became known as the Casino, a place to use drugs. When he was nineteen, however, Dowayne came to saving faith in Jesus. His journey off drugs was long and exhausting, but he got clean with God’s help and with the support of friends who are believers in Jesus. And ten years after Dowayne built the Casino, he and others turned the hut into a house church. What was once a dark and foreboding place now is a place of worship and prayer.
The leaders of this church look to Jeremiah 33 for how God can bring healing and restoration to people and places, as He’s done with Dowayne and the former Casino. The prophet Jeremiah spoke to God’s people in captivity, saying that although the city would not be spared, yet God would heal His people and would “rebuild them,” cleansing them from their sin (Jeremiah 33:7–8). Then the city would bring Him joy, renown, and honor (v. 9).
When we’re tempted to despair over the sin that brings heartbreak and brokenness, let’s continue to pray that God will bring healing and hope, even as He’s done in a backyard in Manenberg.
Reflect & Pray
How have you seen God bring restoration in your own life and in the lives of others? How can you pray for His healing this day?
God, thank You for sparking new life in what appeared to be dead. Continue to work in me, that I might share Your saving love with others.
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posted on
12/27/2020 6:07:39 PM PST
by
The Mayor
(I am outraged at your outrage toward the outrage!)
To: Bonemaker
I was stationed at Tempelhof 1966-1969 and know the whole bit. An incredible part of history that most don’t have a clue about. I was there in 1982, in the RADAR air traffic control room, watching aircraft fly to and from Berlin, in one of three corridors. The corridors were crowded with aircraft and they had to use altitude separation, to keep them apart.
Most of the air traffic was going to Tegel, but USAF controllers actually controlled all the traffic, to and from Berlin.
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posted on
12/27/2020 6:16:14 PM PST
by
Mark17
(USAF Retired. Father of a US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained Air Force combat pilot. )
To: Mark17
Radint.😎 Been there mate!
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posted on
12/27/2020 6:17:52 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Mark17
Look familiar?😀
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posted on
12/27/2020 6:21:06 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Kathy in Alaska; luvie; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; beachn4fun; SandRat; laurenmarlowe; ...
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
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posted on
12/27/2020 6:45:09 PM PST
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: Kathy in Alaska; GodBlessUSA; radu; mylife; MS.BEHAVIN; ConorMacNessa; PROCON; laurenmarlowe; ...
What an impressive roll-call of our fallen heroes
that sacrificed their lives so others might live.
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posted on
12/27/2020 6:59:16 PM PST
by
luvie
(The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks, Kathy! My dad (age 91) participated in the airlift, being in the Army Air Corps/Air Force. I’m going to try and send him the links :-)
He and my mom still have their own home and he likes doing stuff on the computer, and still gardens in season.
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posted on
12/27/2020 7:02:03 PM PST
by
Cloverfarm
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ...)
To: Graybeard58
You are right....several lost pictures in crashed computers.
1944-05-28 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
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posted on
12/27/2020 7:28:52 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Graybeard58
Should be....and corrected for next year.
1st Lt George B. Smith... Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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posted on
12/27/2020 7:42:39 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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