USO Canteen Freeper Style Salutes Tuskegee Airmen .... October 22,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

I love this picture Sam soooooo much.

[Nix 2]

THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
OF
WORLD WAR II

The 332nd Fighter Group, known as the "The Redtails" the famous All-Black outfit
was the only
U.S. Fighter Group in WWII
that could claim to have never lost a bomber while
escorting to and from
a target

The combat record of the Tuskegee Airmen

• Over 15,000 combat sorties (Including 6000+
for the 99th prior to July '44)
• 111 German airplanes destroyed in the air
• 150 German aircraft destroyed on the ground
• 950 railcars, trucks, and other motor vehicles destroyed
• 1 destroyer sunk by P-47 machine gun fire
• Sixty-six pilots killed in action or accidents
• Thirty-two pilots downed and captured, POWs
• NO Bombers were ever lost to Enemy Aircraft while being escorted
• 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses earned
• 744 Air Medals
• 8 Purple Hearts
• 14 Bronze Stars

Yow!!! Bless them one and all.

[Snow Bunny]

Click on photo to go to thread regarding Ted Maher

[E.G.C.]

Thanks, S.B.

MONACO, FREE TED MAHER NOW!!!!!!

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Snow!

Good morning, EVERYBODY!

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

A couple just started their Lamaze class and they were
given an activity requiring the husband to wear a bag of
sand -- to give him an idea of what it feels like to be
pregnant. The husband stood up and shrugged saying,
"This doesn't feel so bad."

The Lamaze instructor then dropped a pen and asked the
husband to pick it up.

"You want me to pick up the pen as if I were pregnant,
the way my wife would do it?" the husband asked.

"Exactly," replied the instructor.

To the delight of the other husbands, he turned to his wife
and said, "Honey, pick up that pen for me."

[tomkow6]

In honor of the Tuskegee Airmen, their instructors and ground support personnel who participated in preparing for combat training at the Walterboro Army Airfield during the Second World War.

Because of their heroic action in combat they were called Schwartze Vogelmenschen (black bird men) by the Germans who both feared and respected them. White American bomber crews in reverence referred to them as the "Red Tail Angels" because of the identifying red paint on their tail assemblies and because of their reputation for not losing any aircraft they protected to enemy fighters as they provided fighter coverage for missions over strategic targets in Europe.

[texson66]

Here's a salute to a great Airman:

General Daniel 'Chappie' James, Jr.

[tomkow6]

Tuskegee Airmen facts:

Tuskegee Army Air Field, located at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, was the training center for all black fighter pilots during World War II.

There were 996 original Airmen. These included pilots, bombardiers, and navigators.

More than 10,000 black men and women served as their vital support personnel.

450 served in combat overseas in the European Theater of Operations, North Africa, and the Mediterranean.

66 of the Tuskegee aviators died in combat.

33 Tuskegee Airmen became prisoners of war.

None of the bombers they escorted was lost to enemy fighters.

They flew 15,533 sorties between May, 1943 and June 9, 1945.

They destroyed 251 enemy aircraft.

They sank a German destroyer using only their machine guns.

They disabled more than 600 box cars, locomotives and rolling stock.

They won more than 850 medals, including 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses, eight Purple Hearts, 14 Bronze Stars, 744 Air Medals and clusters, and three distinguished unit citations.

For every pilot, there were at least 10 black men and women on the ground in support roles including mechanics, medical technicians, administrative support and cooks. They were trained at Chanute Field, Illinois.

White American pilots were not allowed to fly more than 52 missions, but black American pilots often flew up to 100 missions due to lack of replacements.

The all-black 477th bomber group was activated and scheduled to
fight in the Pacific, but the war ended before their deployment.

Planes flown by black aviators in WWII: the P-51 Mustang, P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-39, and the PT-13D Trainer.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody !!

Have a cup while you FReep !

For those who prefer hot chocolate.....

Turn your speakers up, then
Click on the pic, lol !

[MeekOneGOP]

Oops !! I intended #30 for everybody.....

---

Police investigating another shooting in Washington area

Excerpt:

10/22/2002

Associated Press

ROCKVILLE, Md. - A man was shot in the chest in Montgomery County early Tuesday, and a police task force was investigating to see if the shooting was connected to the serial sniper who has killed nine people and critically injured three others this month.

Police put a widespread dragnet into place immediately after the shooting, clogging traffic on Connecticut Ave., one of the main arteries into Washington, D.C., just as the morning commute began. Police helicopters began flying over the scene.

The shooting appparently happened about 6 a.m. EDT adjacent to an apartment building and wooded area along Connecticut Avenue. The location is near the site of six other sniper attacks,

Units were dispatched for a reported shooting on or near a bus, Montgomery County Fire Department spokesman Pete Piringer said. The victim was being airlifted via helicopter to a local trauma center, he said.

[aomagrat]

Today's classic warship, USS Dictator

Dictator class seagoing monitor
Displacement. 4,438
Lenght. 312’
Beam. 50’
Draft. 20’
Speed. 10k.
Complement. 174
Armament. 2 15"

USS Dictator, a single-turreted seagoing monitor, was launched 26 December 1863 by Delamater Iron Works, New York, N.Y., under contract with John Ericsson; and commissioned 11 November 1864, Commander J. Rodgers in command.

Assigned to duty with North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Dictator cruised on the Atlantic coast from 15 December 1864 until placed out of commission on 5 September 1865 at League Island Navy Yard. She remained in ordinary there until 1869.

Recommissioned 20 July 1869, Dictator served with the North Atlantic Fleet until 28 June 1871 when she was again placed out of commission. She was in ordinary at New York Navy Yard until 12 January 1874 when she was commissioned for service on the North Atlantic Station. Dictator was decommissioned at League Island 1 June 1877 and remained there until sold 27 September 1883.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

You will stay right where you are on the thread.

Please take a moment and Thank a Service Man or Woman.
Just Click on the graphic to send an e-mail.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Iowa Granny]

Good Morning, Tonk. Lovely flowers this morning. They look like they could have come from my garden back in July.

[Joe Brower]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Today's transportation for you and the Girlz.

[tomkow6]

CONGRADULATIONS!

[tomkow6]

Morning, Tonk!

Did the girlz ever land that hellochopter last night?

[Mudboy Slim]

Good morning, y'all, from EnviroWhackoSniper Central...MUD