[Radix]

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[SouthernHawk]

Good Morning Radix! The Hawaiian Pancakes sound different. It would be interesting to try some.
Good morning to our military and good morning to the whole Canteen crew.

Warm up exercise for today . . . . .

One night, a police officer was stalking out a particularly rowdy bar for possible violations of the driving
under the influence laws. At closing time, he saw a fellow stumble out of the bar, trip on the curb,
and try his keys on five different cars before he found his. Then, sat in the front seat fumbling around
with his keys for several minutes. Everyone left the bar and drove off. Finally, he started his engine
and began to pull away.

The police officer was waiting for him. He stopped the driver, read him his rights and administered the
Breathalyzer test. The results showed a reading of 0.0. The puzzled officer demanded to know how that
could be. The driver replied, "Tonight, I'm the Designated Decoy."

[tomkow6]

SALUTE!

 

 

[tomkow6]

Good morning, MR. RADIX! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!!

[tomkow6]

 

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[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

 

A couple was relating their vacation experiences to a friend. 

"It sounds as if you had a great time in Texas," the friend observed. 

"But didn't you tell me you were planning to visit Colorado?"
 
"Well," the husband said, "we changed our plans because, uh..."
 
His wife cut in, "Oh, tell the truth, Fred!"

 He fell silent and she continued, "You know, it's just ridiculous.  Fred simply will not ask for directions."

[aomagrat]

Today's classic warship, USS Cecil J. Doyle (DE-368)

John C. Butler class destroyer escort
Displacement. 1,350 t.
Lenght. 306'
Beam. 36'7"
Draft. 13'4"
Speed. 24 k.
Complement. 186
Armament. 3 5"; 4 40mm; 10 20mm; 3 21" tt.; 8 dcp.; 1 hedgehog.

Cecil J. Doyle (DE-368) was launched 1 July 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; sponsored by Mrs. O. P. Doyle; and commissioned 16 October 1944, Lieutenant Commander D. S. Crocker, USNR, in command.

Cecil J. Doyle carried out her first mission while still in shakedown, when she cruised on an air-sea rescue station during the flight of Government officials to the Yalta Conference. On 30 January 1945, she rendezvoused with HMS Ranee, and guarded the escort carrier through the Panama Canal and north to San Diego. Cecil J. Doyle continued on to Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok, where she arrived 28 March to join the Marshalls-Gilbert Patrol and Escort Group. Her escort duties took her to Guam, and Ulithi, where on 30 April she was transferred to the Carolines Surface Patrol and Escort Group. On 2 May, Cecil J. Doyle 's commanding officer became Commander, Screen, Peleliu, protecting the great anchorage in Kossol Roads.

While on patrol, Cecil J. Doyle several times rescued downed aviators, and on 27 May 1945 bombarded a by-passed Japanese garrison on Koror Island.

On 2 August, she was ordered to the rescue of a large group of men in rafts reported at 11°30' N., 133°30' E., and bent on top speed to be the first to reach the survivors of torpedoed Indianapolis (CA-35). It was Cecil J. Doyle's melancholy duty to radio the first report of the cruiser's loss.

HAVE ARREVED AREA X AM PICKING UP SURVIVORS FROM USS INDIANAPOLIS (CA 35) TORPEODED [sic] AND SUNK LAST SUNDAY NIGHT

She rescued 93 survivors, and gave final rites to 21 found already dead. Remaining in the area searching until 8 August, Cecil J. Doyle was the last to leave the scene.

From 26 August 1945, when she sailed into Buckner Bay, Okinawa, the destroyer was assigned to occupation duty. She sailed with hospital ships to Wakayama, Japan, to evacuate released prisoners of war, then screened carriers providing air cover for landing of occupation troops. Through 12 November, she cruised on courier duty between Japanese ports, and after drydocking at Yokosuka, sailed for San Francisco, arriving 13 January 1946. She was decommissioned and placed in reserve at San Diego 2 July 1946.

Stricken from the Navy list on July 1 1967, she was sunk as target off California December 2 1967.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on July 30:
1511 Giorgio Vasari painter/architect/art historian (Vasari's Lives)
1818 Emily Bront‰ England, novelist (Wuthering Heights)
1855 James Edward Kelly US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History"
1857 Thorstein Veblen US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899)
1863 Henry Ford Dearborn Township, Mich, auto maker (Ford)
1880 Robert Rutherford McCormick US, editor/publisher Chicago Tribune
1887 Timothy Mara NFL owner (NY Giants)
1889 Vladimir Zworykin electronics engineer/inventor, father of TV
1890 Casey Stengel NY Yankee (1949-60) & 1st NY Met manager
1898 Henry Moore England, sculptor (Vertebrae)
1899 Gerald Moore England, pianist (Am I Too Loud)
1909 Cyril Northcote Parkinson England, historian (Pursuit of Progress)
1921 Grant Johannesen Salt Lake City Ut, pianist (Ost‚nd 1st prize 1947)
1924 William Gass Fargo, ND, novelist, philosopher (Omensetter's Luck)
1925 Jacques Sernas Lithuana, actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy)
1929 Christine McGuire Middletown Oh singer (McGuire Sisters-Sugartime)
1929 Sid Kroft Athens Greece, puppeteer (Barbara Mandrell Show)
1931 Joan Vohs St Albans NY, actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina)
1933 Edd "Kookie" Byrnes LA, actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper)
1934 Ben Piazza Ark, actor (Blues Brothers, Ben Casey, Dallas)
1936 Ralph Taeger Richmond Hill NY, actor (Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo)
1938 Vayachselav Ivanenko USSR, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1988)
1939 Eleanor Smeal heads National Organization for Women
1939 Peter Bogdanovich director/producer (The Last Picture Show)
1940 Patricia Schroeder (Rep-D-Colo)
1940 Reva Rose Chicago Ill, actress (Temperature's Rising)
1941 Count Desmond (Edward Benjamin) Binghamton NY, sword swallower
1941 Paul Anka Ottawa Ontario, singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
1945 David Sanborn saxophonist (David Letterman)
1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger Austria, body builder (Commando, Terminator)
1947 William Atherton Ct, actor (Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44)
1950 Frank Stallone NYC, actor (Barfly, Outlaw Force)
1954 Ken Olin Chicago Ill, actor (Hill St Blues, Michael-30 Something)
1956 Delta Burke Orlando Fla, actress (Suzanne-Designing Women)
1956 Phil Fearon rocker (Galaxy, Kandidate-I Don't Want to Lose You)
1957 Bill Cartwright basketball player (NY Knicks)
1957 Mark Tymchyshyn Minneapolis, actor (Gavin-As The World Turns)
1958 Daley Thomas London, Decathalete (Olympic-gold-1980, 1984)
1958 Kate Bush Plumstead England, singer/songwriter (Wild Things)
1958 Richard Burge actor (Another World)
1963 Monique Gabrielle LA Cal, actress (Bad Girls 4, Amazon Women on Moon)
1965 Tex Axile rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1975 Tifini Hale Palm Springs Calif, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)

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Deaths which occurred on July 30:
1718 William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer
1771 Thomas Gray, English poet ("Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"), dies at 54
1898 Otto von Bismarck, German "Iron" chancellor, dies at 83
1914 Jean Jaur‚s leading socialist, assassinated in Paris
1967 Alfried Krupp, German industrialist, dies at 59
1980 Charles McGraw actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family), dies at 66
1983 Howard Deitz MGM executive, dies at 86 of Parkinson's disease
1983 Lynn Fontanne Broadway's premier actresses, dies at 95

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION


1967 BISCAILUZ ROBERT LYNN MIDWAY CITY CA.
1967 BYARS EARNEST RAY HOUSTON TX.
1967 FREDERICK DAVID A. COLUMBUS OH.
1967 WATERMAN CRAIG H. REHOBOTH MA.
[REMAINS RETURNED 06/08/93]
1968 BEYER THOMAS J. FARGO ND
1970 BROWN DONALD A. PHOENIX AZ.
1970 CHAVEZ GARY A. NEW YORK NY.
1972 BRECKNER WILLIAM J. JR. SEBRING OH.
[03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 1998]
1972 PRICE LARRY D. ORLANDO FL.
[03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV, DECEASED

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
579 Benedict I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
657 St Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1178 Frederick I (Barbarossa) Holy Roman Emperor crowned King of Burgundy
1619 House of Burgesses Virginia formed, 1st elective US governing body
1715 Spanish gold & silver fleet disappears off St Lucie Florida
1729 City of Baltimore founded
1733 Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston
1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time
1822 James Varick becomes 1st bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church
1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii
1839 Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad
1844 1st US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club
1863 Pres Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot
1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of the Crater
1870 Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100
1874 1st baseball teams to play outside US, Boston-Phila in British Isles
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Naval Treaty" (BG)
1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #570 Kythera
1908 Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris
1909 John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League
1909 US Army accepts delivery of 1st military airplane
1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #716 Berkeley
1913 Conclusion of the 2nd Balkan War
1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra
1916 German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ
1922 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #983 Gunila
1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency
1928 George Eastman demonstrates 1st color movie
1930 Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's 1st World Cup in Montevideo
1932 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
1932 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #2253 Espinette
1935 1st Penguin book is published starting the paperback revolution
1937 Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays 1st base & registers no put outs
1938 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1467 Mashona
1942 FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)
1942 German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
1943 Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie released (Girl Crazy)
1946 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, NM
1948 Professional wrestling premiers on prime-time network TV (DuMont)
1951 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2718
1956 US motto "In God We Trust" authorized
1960 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7)
1962 AL beats NL 9-4 in 33rd All Star Game (Wrigley Field Chicago)
1963 British spy Kim Philby discovered in Moscow
1965 LBJ signs Medicare bill, which went into effect following year
1966 Beatles' "Yesterday... & Today," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
1966 England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London
1967 Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed)
1968 Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away
1968 Wash Senator Ron Hansen makes 1st unassisted triple-play in 41 years
1969 Barbra Striesand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vegas
1970 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield Ct
1970 Smirnova discover asteroid 1835 Gajdariya, 2032 Ethel & 2349 Kurchenko
1971 George Harrison releases "Bangladesh"
1971 Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162
1971 US Apollo 15 lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon
1973 Texas Ranger Jim Bibby no-hits Oakland A's, 6-0
1974 House of Reps recommends 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon
1975 Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit
1976 Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball
1980 British New Hebrides becomes independent & takes name Vanuatu
1983 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, Calif
1983 Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg
1984 Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil
1984 Soap opera "Santa Barbara," premieres on NBC
1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission
1988 Jordanian King Hussein renounces sovereignty over West Bank to PLO
1988 Cin Red pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month
1988 Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hr, 4 min)
1990 5 Bank of Credit & Commerce members found guilty of money
1990 George Steinbrenner, under investigation by Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent for making a $40,000 payment to a known gambler, agreed to be permanently barred from operation of the New York Yankees.
1991 MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993
1991 Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Cuba : Day of Martyrs of the Revolution
France : Marseillaise Day (1792)
Thailand : Asalha Puja
Virginia : Crater Day (1864)
Gilroy, California : Garlic Festival ( Friday )
[Virginia] Crater Day
Vanuata Independence Day (from Britain and France).

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Religious Observances
Buddhist-Bhutan : Buddha's 1st preaching
Christ : Commemoration of SS Abdon & Sennen, martyrs
RC : Memorial of Peter Chrysologus, bishop & doctor
Ang : Commemoration of William Wilberforce

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Religious History
1629 The Puritans of Salem, Mass. appointed Francis Higginson as their teacher andSamuel Skelton as their pastor. The church covenant, composed afterward by these two men,allowed into communion only those who could prove a sound doctrinal knowledge and anexperience of grace in their lives.
1718 Death of William Penn, 74, English Quaker and founder of American colony ofPennsylvania. Penn permitted in his colony all forms of public worship compatible withmonotheism and religious liberty.
1822 Pioneer church founder James Varick, 72, was consecrated the first bishop of theAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
1956 By an act of Congress, signed by President Eisenhower, 'In God We Trust' becamethe official U.S. motto.
1976 Death of Rudolf Bultmann, 92, German Bible scholar and one of the three majorpioneers of modern form 'criticism' (i.e., 'analysis') of the New Testament Gospels.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals could believe them"

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You might be anal-retentive if...
you flame every person who sent you email because the emails weren't spelled correctly or gramatically correct.

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Murphys Law of the day...
The coffee machine will be empty, when you need coffee most.

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Cliff Clavin says, it's a little known fact that...
The last member of the famous Bonaparte family, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, died in 1945, of injuries sustained from tripping over his dog's leash.

[Valin]

A bone for the Marines (try not to move your lips /cheap-shot)

Marines always faithful to their music
BY SAMANTHA SIEBER
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - In triumph, tragedy and celebration, the Marines remain always faithful to their organization, country and one another. One group of Marines remains faithful through their gift of music.

From tuba player to piccolo player, they're committed to upholding the idealsof the few and the proud.

On July 11, 1798, President John Adams and Congress established the first military service band to provide music for the nation's leaders. It was President Thomas Jefferson who, in 1801, recognized the relationship between the band and the president and named it "The President's Own."

For 205 years, The President's Own has fulfilled its mission of providing music for the president and the commandant of the Marine Corps.

The band comprises 143 musicians - 40 women - and support personnel from around the country.

Being the oldest service band, The President's Own has high standards for its musicians. To make sure it gets the best musicians, candidates must pass an audition, obtain White House security clearance, and meet the physical and mental standards of the Marine Corps.

The band's audition is similar to a symphony orchestra audition. Col. Tim Foley, director of the band, said there is a "cattle call," meaning musicians wanting to audition for the open position are welcome to compete. About 50 hopefuls audition at one time, but Foley said the number depends on the instrument.

Traditionally there are two rounds of auditions where the musicians play prepared music. The selection committee, composed of band members, chooses the musicians they think are most qualified and can uphold the traditions and customs of the Marine Corps.

Gunnery Sgt. Chris Rose, a six-year percussionist from Atlanta, said compared to other audition processes he has experienced, the Marine Band audition process is very fair and the musicians are given ample time to perform, but he said he does not envy their position.

Rose played for the Houston Symphony, New York City Opera and performed for five years with Andy Williams in Branson, Mo., before joining the Marines.

Band members enlist into the Marines Corps for four years, with duty in the band only. Band members do not undergo basic training, but they do have a monthlong session on military customs and Marine Corps history and traditions.

After a band member serves the initial four years he or she may re-enlist without re-auditioning. Each musician receives the same benefits as others in the Marine Corps. Musicians are enlisted as staff sergeants, allowing the band to give a salary comparable to other music organizations.

Another detail that distinguishes the musicians from other Marines is the dress uniform. The Marine dress uniform is a blue tunic with red trim but the band dress uniform is opposite - red with blue trim. The uniforms date back to 1801 when musicians in Europe wore opposite colors from warriors. Today's uniforms have kept with tradition even though the band has no combat mission.

Though the band's primary mission is to provide music for the president, it also makes public performances. Throughout the year the band performs concerts in the Washington area. In the summer, the band gives public performances on the steps of the Capitol and the Iwo Jima Memorial. There also is a parade held at the Marine Barracks in Washington every Friday night. In the fall the band goes on a seven-week national tour.

Staff Sgt. Chris Clark, a four-year Marine trombonist from Commerce, Texas, said national tours are one of his favorite things because the band is getting to play for people who do not normally hear or see the Marines. He said the best thing about the tours is that in some small towns the band plays in high school gyms where the lights are left on allowing him to see the audience filled with war veterans.

With all of its performances and obligations, the band works 365 days a year. Each member, however, has 30 days of paid leave.

Master Sgt. Peter Wilson, a violinist with the band for 13 years from Morgantown, W.Va., said though it does not happen often, the band will drop any prior commitment to fulfill a need at the White House, their primary mission.

Master Sgt. Betsy Hill, a nine-year flutist from Shepherdstown, W.Va., said sometimes it is hard to make plans but it does not happen often. "Things come in once in a while and you must be flexible and very professional under what is called difficult circumstances," Hill said.

Though it is hectic at times, musicians say it is worth it to be able to do what they love and work with some of the best people in the business.

"Marines are extraordinary people," said Foley, of Berwick, Pa. "The Marines and musicians with all the spirit that goes with that, is what keeps me going."

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© 2003, Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning all. Happy Hump Day......

Come on in and let the Canteen fix you some pancakes.

Anyone arriving late has to eat waffles

[Fiddlstix]

Good Morning Everybody.

You Know The Drill
Click the Pics J

Coffee & Donuts J

[armymarinemom]

Good Morning everyone and God Bless our Troops

Nix on getting all the kids home for Christmas. It looks like one will be in the sand box still and another at the Stan.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Radix. Thanks for Pancakes on Wednesday.

[wolficatZ]

60 years ago...TODAY

 

Axis troops still resisting Allied attacks

July 30, 1943

www.onwar.com

In Sicily... US forces are engaged on the outskirts of Santo Stefano and Troina. British forces capture Catenanouva. Off the west coast, the Egadi Islands surrender to the the Allies.

 

        USAAF IN ACTION

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
  F4U, Vought Corsair (USN)
  P-38, Lockheed Lightning
  P-40, Curtiss
  P-47, Republic Thunderbolt

CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS
 
  CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force)
    15 P-40's over the Hengyang, China area make contact with 39 Japanese
fighters and 24 bombers. In the ensuing battle, 3 bombers and 2 fighters
are downed; 2 P-40's are lost.

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
  VIII Bomber Command Mission Number 80: The aviation industry at Kassel,
Germany is targeted for today:
    1. 119 B-17's are dispatched to the Bettenhausen Fieseler Works; 94
hit the target at 0910-0917 hours; they claim 40-7-29 Luftwaffe aircraft;
6 B-17's are lost, 5 are damaged beyond repair and 64 are damaged;
casualties are 11 KIA, 10 WIA and 52 MIA.
    2. 67 B-17's are dispatched to the Waldau Fieseler Works; 40 hit the
target at 0925-0928 hours; they claim 8-6-3 Luftwaffe aircraft; 6 B-17's
are lost and 18 are damaged; casualties are 1 WIA and 45 MIA.
  107 P-47's with auxiliary tanks escort these raids and they surprise the
attacking Luftwaffe fighters over Bocholt, Germany as the enemy is not yet
accustomed to fighter escort penetration beyond the coastal fringe. They
claim 25-4-8 Luftwaffe aircraft; 7 P-47's are lost and 1 is damaged beyond
repair; casualties are 6 MIA.
  VIII Air Support Command Mission Numbers 10A and 10B: 2 airfields are
targetted:
    1. 24 B-26B's are dispatched to the Woensdrecht Airfield, The Nether-
lands; 11 hit the target at 0657 hours; 1 B-26 is lost, 1 is damaged
beyond repair and 5 are damaged; casualties are 7 WIA and 6 MIA.
    2. 24 B-26B's are dispatched to the Courtrai/Wevelghem Airfield,
France but the mission is recalled because the escorting fighters are fog
bound on the ground.
  In the 2 B-26 missions, the B-26 crews claim 6-5-1 Luftwaffe aircraft.

MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

  EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Ninth Air Force)
    In Sicily, 100+ P-40's attack shipping at Milazzo, Messina, and
Riposto, and hit targets in the battle area.

  WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Northwest African Air Force)
    In Italy, Northwest African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) B-17's bomb
Grottaglie Airfield and B-25's hit the airfield at Pratica di Mare. In
Sicily, Northwest African Tactical Air Force (NATAF) A-20's bomb Milazzo
and hit gun positions N and E of Centuripe and fighters hit shipping off
Milazzo.
    On the ground in Sicily, the enemy evacuates Santo Stefano Quisquina,
with a rear guard action. The British take Catenanuova and push on to the
NE.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Thirteenth Air Force)
  In the Solomon Islands, 9 B-24's, with an escort of 16 P-38's and P-40's
and 40+ US Navy F4U's, pound the airfield on Ballale Island.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force)
  In New Guinea, B-24's bomb Salamaua and Kela; B-25's hit barges off Huon
Peninsula and villages in the Finschhafen area; and A-20's destroy several
barges at Hanisch Harbor and Langemak Bay. Single B-24's bomb Cape Glouce-
ster on New Britain Island and Unea Island.

 

     P-47 escorts are used in force today over Germany                  Me-109 takes hits

         

[radu]

GOOD AFTERNOON CANTEEN CREW!

I hope everyone's doing well these days! I have a few minutes to sit and wanted to spend it stopping by to greet everyone.
*HUGZ!*

Hello to all our fine troops, veterans and allies around the globe. THANK YOU all for your service to our country!! Your efforts and sacrifices are greatly appreciated!
And thank you to all the family members of those serving or who have served. I know it's not easy waiting for your loved ones to come home from deployments. You have your own share of sacrifices and I admire you for your willingess to to bear them for the sake of our Freedom.

GOD BLESS AMERICA AND WATCH OVER OUR TROOPS!!

*sigh* It's back to work for this "farmer in the dell".*giggle* I hope y'all have a great day!!!!!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Thanks for the memories:

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Airmen around the world mourn the loss of Bob Hope, the only American ever to be made an honorary Veteran of America's Armed Forces. He was 100. In this photo, Hope entertains the troops with a 10-minute monologue in 1990 after a ceremony to rename the Thunderbird Theater here as the Bob Hope Performing Arts Center. The ceremony honored Hope's 50 years of entertaining American armed forces around the world. Hope called the troops his "best friends" and made it his mission to be with them wherever they served, regardless of distance or danger. His final tour, at age 90, took him to the Persian Gulf and the men and women of Operation Desert Storm. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael J. Haggerty)