FReeper Canteen ~ The Berlin Airlift ~ Part 4: the Legacy ~ 27 December 2021

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The Berlin Airlift
Part 4: The Legecy

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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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Monday,
December 27, 2021

God’s Right Hand

Read: Isaiah 41:8–13

I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13

I helped my elderly dog, Wilson, out to the grass and in the process, I released the leash of our younger dog, Coach, for just a minute. As I bent to pick up Coach’s lead, he spied a bunny. Off he went, ripping the leash from my right hand and corkscrewing my ring finger in the process. I fell to the grass and cried out in pain.

After returning from urgent care and learning I’d need surgery, I begged God for help. “I’m a writer! How will I type? What about my daily duties?” As God sometimes does, He spoke to me from my daily Bible reading. “For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you” (Isaiah 41:13). I scanned the context, which indicated that God’s people in Judah, to whom Isaiah was communicating His message, enjoyed a special relationship with Him. He promised His presence, strength, and help through His own righteous standing, symbolized by His right hand (v. 10). Elsewhere in Scripture, God’s right hand is used to secure victories for His people (Psalm 17:7; 98:1).

During my weeks of recovery, I experienced encouragement from God as I learned to dictate on my computer and trained my left hand in household and grooming functions. From God’s righteous right hand to our broken and needy right hands, God promises to be with us and to help us. — Elisa Morgan

How do you need God’s help today? How have you experienced His help in the past?

Healing God, I need Your help! Please use Your righteous right hand to take hold of my broken, weary hands and help me, I pray.

Bible in a year: Zechariah 1–4; Revelation 18

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey there, Pro....everyone have a nice Christmas? Any snow?

The Berlin Airlift is a story that needs to be told every year. I’m glad to help.

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF3pZFITpZM&list=OLAK5uy_lRz8x4mBfg22K_EeO5nCzYupI6V-ML3nk&index=8

[Kathy in Alaska]

You are so, so right, rockinqsranch...it is never too late to remember the sacrifice of these heroes, to remember them in prayer.

Hope you and yours had a wonderful Christmas.

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgQQZmwB-sE&list=OLAK5uy_kZvytl4XpyEm3b0x3eNAkotWrCPk8qzV4

[luvie]

Saluting those brave American Heroes!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Very nice...spending the holidays with family.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy. Hope you had a nice holiday.

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv3SYo11_U4&list=OLAK5uy_kZvytl4XpyEm3b0x3eNAkotWrCPk8qzV4&index=5

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy!

We did not have our usual white Christmas this year although the Seattle area did, go figure.

Had a nice time today having lunch with daughter and son and hanging a bit.

The New Year is almost upon us....*Sigh*

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLtcXYGT5mk

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ETiTTns_AM

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

A nice ending to Christmas weekend .... the final chapter of Berlin Airlift.

Do you need your spikies when you go out on the deck? I understand there’s been freezing rain up there today.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

Did you have a nice visit with the kids today?

[mylife]

Really Bob? Jesse Jackson? LOL still a good tune, but dude...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6WGpFV6MRA&list=OLAK5uy_lRz8x4mBfg22K_EeO5nCzYupI6V-ML3nk&index=3

[radu]

Well, shoot!

I didn’t see this when I posted a sec ago. LOL

Glad you had a good day with the family.
If you wanted a white Christmas, I reckon y’all should have gone to Seattle to hang at your daughter’s house. LOL

We had enough sunshine today to bump us up to 73 degrees. A great afternoon for running a couple of errands and opening a couple of windows in the house. I just closed them a few minutes go. NOT a common occurrence this time of year, that’s for sure.

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG2J3mjnFL4

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go9J9REtfdA

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RtgkQdtlec&list=OLAK5uy_lcdPBtaMmaE3FT8QGZm1W9OqCa6FS9wJo

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...did you have another fairly warm day? Any rain in the offing?

It is so cool to see those planes all lined up and knowing their mission.