USO Canteen FReeper Style~Ancient Egyptian Military: Fortresses, Siege Warfare~July 22, 2003

MilitaryHistory.com at the Internet | July 22, 2003 | LaDivaLoca

[SevenofNine]

RACKKK The 101 Airbourne they did it Linda

ALRIGHT RACK ITTT


War DIRT NAP ON Hussain sons

[Kathy in Alaska]

NEW YORK, New York, July 17--Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class John D. Pazzuto, 27, of Long Island, NY, (right) and Seaman Tarik J. Henderson, 21, of Huntsville Al., both of Coast Guard Station New York, complete a boarding form. The vessel in the background was taking on water and the station New York boat crew responded to the vessel in distress. USCG photo by PA1 Tom Sperduto

[HiJinx]

The Aspen fire is contained, and they are looking into what caused it.

There are still a couple of fires up on the White Mountain Apache Reservation. Even with the rain we are starting to get, this is going to be a bad fire season.

It was good to hear you had some wet stuff in the last 24 hours...hope you get a lot more!!

[LaDivaLoca]

Those pancakes look very interesting. Never ate one with olives before. And what is that other thing on it, the pink/red one?

[Soaring Feather]

Raining again!

[Soaring Feather]

Good evening Diva. Great thread again today, thank you.

[wolficatZ]

Thanks for the Egyptian siege history, get to learn something new today!

 

60 years ago...TODAY

 

US troops take Palermo, Axis forces escape

Thursday, July 22, 1943

www.onwar.com

In Sicily... American forces enter Palermo and isolate 50,000 Italian troops in the west of the island. The Axis mobile forces, including most of the German forces, escape to the northeast corner of the island.

In the Aleutian Islands... US naval forces (2 battleships and 4 cruisers as well as lighter units) bombard Japanese held Kiska Island.

 

            22 JULY 1943

         

AIRCRAFT MENTIONED IN THIS REPORT:
  A-20, Douglas Havoc
  B-17, Boeing Flying Fortress
  B-24, Consolidated Liberator
  B-25, North American Mitchell
  B-26, Martin Marauder
  C-47, Douglas Skytrain
  P-38, Lockheed Lightning
  P-40, Curtiss
  Wellington, Vickers (RAF)

AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

  ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force)
    In the Aleutian Islands, 26 B-25's, 17 B-24's, 13 P-40's, and 20
P-38's hit North Head, Main Camp, and the submarine base at Kiska Island,
as well as coastal defenses and AA guns at both Kiska and Little Kiska
Islands, starting numerous fires. Intense and heavy AA fire downs one
B-25 (crew saved) and damages 18 aircraft of which another B-25 crashes
at base. 1 B-25 photographs the S and W Kiska Island shores. 1 B-24 flies
radar reconnaissance over Kiska Island.
    The 77th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 28th Composite Group, based
on Adak Island begins operating from Attu Island with B-25's.

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
  The results of the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO)
are good according to a report of the British Joint Intelligence Commit-
tee. The report maintains the CBO has caused Germany to adopt a defensive
air strategy resulting in more than half its fighter strength being
employed on the Western Front at the expense of the Eastern and Mediter-
ranean Fronts as well as causing considerable damage to transportation,
the synthetic rubber industry, and the fuel, iron, and coal industries of
the Ruhr.

MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

  EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Ninth Air Force)
    P-40's escort C-47's to Ponte Olivo, Sicily.

  WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Northwest African Air Force)
    During the night of 21/22 Jul, Northwest African Strategic Air Force
(NASAF) Wellingtons bomb Capodichino Airfield and Salerno marshalling
yard in Italy. In Sicily, Northwest African Tactical Air Force (NATAF)
light bombers hit Randazzo, the railroad at Falcone, and the road W of
Marina. In Italy during the day, 100+ B-17's bomb the Battipaglia mar-
shalling yard and Foggia; B-26's hit a Salerno bridge and marshalling
yard; and fighters fly a sweep over Maddalena Island, strafing factories,
trucks, and small vessels. In Sicily, NATAF light bombers bomb Adrano,
Paterno, Troina, and Misterbianco.
    On the ground in Sicily, US Seventh Army troops take Palermo; and the
1st Infantry Division continues N, taking Bompietro.
    The 85th and 86th Bombardment Squadrons (Light), 47th Bombardment
Group (Light), transfer from Soliman, Tunisia to Malta with A-20's.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Thirteenth Air Force)
  In the Solomon Islands, 20+ B-17's and B-24's, 40+ US Navy dive bomb-
ers, and 100+ Allied fighter aircraft attack shipping in the area off
Buin, Bougainville Island. A sea-plane carrier is sunk, and damaging
hits are claimed on several other vessels.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force)
  In New Guinea, 50+ B-24's, B-25's, and B-26's blast troops, AA guns,
defensive positions, and targets of opportunity in the battle zones at
Komiatum, on Komiatum Ridge, at Kela Mountain, at Salamaua, and along
trails near Komiatum and Salamaua. B-24's bomb an oil refinery, docks,
and railroad yards at Soerabaja, Java. B-25's hit targets of opportunity
on Selaroe Island in the Moloccas Islands.

 

The Feeley Crew, 514th Squadron.
Standing left to right; Capt. Ed Feeley - Pilot, Capt. Richard Beck - Co-Pilot,

1st Lt. Clifford Guggenheim - Navigator, 1st. Lt. Irvin Bloom - Bombardier,

T Sgt. Charles Cannon - Radio Operator

Front row; S Sgt. Fredrick Bond - Assistant Radio Operator, M Sgt. Richard Herbert - Crew Chief,

S Sgt. Ray Romack - Tail Gunner, T Sgt. Frederick (Fred) Russek - Engineer

"Wash's Tub" (#41-27511) flew 73 combat missions, 3 low level missions, including the Ploesti Low Level.

 This picture was taken at International Airport, Washington, D.C., Sept. 1943, Official Army Air Corp. Photo.

First War Plane to return to the U.S. from the 376th Bomb Group.

[Old Sarge]

LOL! It kind of fits since I work in Intelligence. That was my callsign in Bosnia...

Ah, a fellow Spook!

But y'all don't wanna hear what they call me. I'd get banned...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Captured – July 22 (or dead)
Ace of Clubs
Qusay Saddam Husayn
Ace of Hearts
Uday Saddam Hussein

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[LaDivaLoca]

Good evening, minor49er.

[Bahbah]

You guys keep posting these beautiful, peaceful pictures. I have to keep saving them to my pictures. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this and all that you do.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Nice to "see you" "drop in", even though I know you lurk here all the time. LOL

[LaDivaLoca]

Hey look, you've found some of Tomkow's earliest Burka customers.

LOL!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome home from a "hard day at the office".

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Diva, for another wonderful thread. So much stuff to read about and learn.

[Bahbah]

"even though I know you lurk here all the time."

Every day, dear.

[LaDivaLoca]

They do look like planes among the hieroglyphs. Is the hoax done on the picture or on some fake heiroglyphs?

[MeekOneGOP]

GREAT news, Kathy ! Thanks. MY comment on another thread:

Lt. Gen. Sanchez Press Briefing on Uday and Qusay Hussein
(DoD Transcript)

Q: Can you tell us, sir, in what manner they died? Was it --

Sanchez: They died in a fierce gun battle. They resisted the detention and the efforts of the coalition forces to go in there and apprehend them, and they were killed in the ensuing gunfight and the attacks that we conducted on the residence. And tomorrow I'll give you additional details on how that transpired.

Bummer (NOT !!!)

[LaDivaLoca]

Tonk, I wish all the best with your business. It's tougher to be your own boss but it sure has it's advantages too.