Steeljaw Scribe

Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment…

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Countdown to Midway: 30 May 1942

May 30th, 2007 No Comments

EUROPE:
Britain launches its first 1000-plane bomber raid - the target: Cologne, Germany.
CHINA-BURMA-INDIA:
Myitkyina, Burma is again hit by B-17’s. Again no activity is observed and the attacks are discontinued. HQ 7th Bombardment Group transfers from Karachi to Dum-Dum, India.
ALASKA:
77th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 28th Composite Group, based at Elmendorf Field, Anchorage, Territory [...]

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Naval Aviator Missing In Action From the Vietnam War Identified

May 30th, 2007 No Comments

NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 672-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 30, 2007
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He [...]

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