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He laid poor Jesse in his grave
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"A headline with an article on Friday about President Trump’s threats to leave NATO misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty Organization."
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1 November, Wed. 1944
In Leyte Gulf, kamikazes sink destroyer Abner Read (DD- 526), 10deg47'N, 125deg22'E; and damage destroyers Anderson (DD-411), 10deg11'N, 125deg02'E, and Claxton (DD-571) and Ammen (DD-527), 10deg40'N, 125deg20'E.
"by a Betty" might be a confusing statement.Gator92 said:Quote:
1 November, Wed. 1944
In Leyte Gulf, kamikazes sink destroyer Abner Read (DD- 526), 10deg47'N, 125deg22'E; and damage destroyers Anderson (DD-411), 10deg11'N, 125deg02'E, and Claxton (DD-571) and Ammen (DD-527), 10deg40'N, 125deg20'E.
Ammen was hit amidship by a Betty at Leyte. I believe 12 were killed. I believe she went to San Francisco for repairs.
My Uncle was a replacement that boarded Ammen in Feb 45.
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BonfireNerd04 said:
Jack and Rose could totally have both fit on that piece of paneling!
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1971 Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation.
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'The American intervention that took place last night against Libya was decided by the American government,' the Foreign Ministry statement said.
'Informed of the intentions of the U.S. government, France refused to let the American planes fly over its territory.
'France deplores the intolerable escalation of terrorism that has led to an action of reprisal, which itself restarts the chain of violence,' it said.
The French refusal to allow U.S. warplanes to cross French territory forced American F-111s based in England to fly down the Atlantic coast and around Spain before entering air space over the Mediterranean.
The trip was roughly twice what it would have been had the French given permission for a flyover.
European nations now 'must decide on an appropriate response' in the event Libya 'executes the threats that it has made in regard to the countries of southern Europe, in particular Italy and Spain,' the Foreign Ministry said.
Huge trip. The night before, Mikhail Gorbachev went to On The Border with R.C. Slocum and John David Crow. https://t.co/BMotz5TIhf pic.twitter.com/S47Z0PMdhq
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1952 The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress, and it's still in service today. The crews are younger than the planes. It's entirely possible for an Air Force pilot to be flying the same model aircraft that his great-grandfather flew.
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In Honor of Two Sons of Rosebud
Lt. Col. Joseph Weldon Gibbs, '32, and Major Jackson M. Tarver, '33
672nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion Los Baños, Luzon, Philippines February 23, 1945
In the small Central Texas town of Rosebud, two young men grew up as neighbors, friends, and fellow students. Both answered the call of Texas A&M College Gibbs in the class of 1932, Tarver in 1933. Both answered a greater call when their country went to war. And on one extraordinary morning in the Philippines, both led one of the most daring and perfectly executed rescue missions in the history of the United States Army.
The Setting
By early 1945, more than 2,100 Allied civilians Americans, British, Filipinos, and others had been held for nearly three years inside a Japanese internment camp at Los Baños, on the island of Luzon. Among them were men, women, children, clergy, and nurses. Rations had been deliberately cut. Abuse was mounting. Time was running out.
General Douglas MacArthur ordered the rescue. The 11th Airborne Division was given the mission. And the 672nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion commanded by Lt. Col. Joseph Weldon Gibbs of Rosebud, Texas, with Major Jackson M. Tarver of Rosebud, Texas serving as his Executive Officer was given the most critical assignment of all: cross Laguna de Bay under cover of darkness, land on an enemy-held shore, and bring every single prisoner home.
The Morning of February 23, 1945
At 0400, in pitch-black darkness, Lt. Col. Gibbs and Major Tarver led a convoy of 54 amphibious tractors amtracs into the waters of Laguna de Bay. With no landmarks visible and enemy forces on all sides, the drivers navigated by compass alone across miles of open water behind Japanese lines.
The operation was timed to the second. As Gibbs and Tarver's amtracs crossed the lake, paratroopers of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment dropped from C-47s overhead, and Filipino guerrillas eliminated the camp's sentries along the perimeter wire. At precisely 0700, all four elements of the attack struck simultaneously.
The amtracs came ashore exactly on schedule. The assault force swept through the camp. The guards were neutralized. And 2,147 prisoners were loaded onto the waiting amtracs and carried to safety across Laguna de Bay.
When a hidden Japanese machine gun opened fire on the returning convoy, a 672nd gunner silenced it with a .50-caliber response before a single prisoner was harmed.
The entire operation from the moment the amtracs hit the beach to the last prisoner reaching safety was complete before Japanese reinforcements could respond. Not one prisoner was lost. It was, in the words of military historians, a textbook operation. It is still studied at West Point today.
The Decoration
For their roles in the rescue of over 2,000 internees from Los Baños, both Lt. Col. Joseph Weldon Gibbs and Major Jackson M. Tarver were decorated. The 672nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion received a Presidential Unit Citation for its actions. The Texas Aggie magazine celebrated them simply and perfectly in August 1945 as "a pair of old Rosebud friends" who had earned their decorations for "starring roles in the rescue."
The Aftermath
Lt. Col. Gibbs returned to Texas after the war. He put his Texas A&M Civil Engineering degree to work in the Soil Conservation Service, married, raised a family, and lived in Fort Worth until his passing on January 8, 1965. His papers the operational records of the 672nd are preserved at the MacArthur Memorial Archives in Norfolk, Virginia, a permanent testament to what he and his men accomplished.
Major Jackson M. Tarver did not come home.
Having survived the amphibious landings, the Los Baños Raid, and the entire Philippine campaign, Major Tarver was scheduled to sail for home on October 20, 1945. The war was over. His wife, his seven-year-old daughter, and his five-year-old son were waiting for him in Rosebud.
On October 22, 1945 two days after he was supposed to be on a ship home Major Jackson M. Tarver drowned on Luzon Island. He was 35 years old.
Their Legacy
Rosebud, Texas, is a small town. But on February 23, 1945, two of her sons lifelong friends, fellow Aggies, fellow soldiers commanded 54 amphibious tractors across a dark lake in the Philippines and brought 2,147 people home to their families.
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1955 Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants in Illinois.
