Speaking of Ethos and Fighting Spirit…
Try eleven battle stars in eleven years…
Endicott
(h/t CO, USS Higgins (DDG 76) )
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June 4th, 1942
Pause… Ponder… Remember… Honor… From these honored aviators, Marines and Sailors – those departed and the few left with us, we draw our heritage…our ethos. May they and their actions this day never be forgotten. And from their stand, may we evermore draw strength. – SJS
Australia Picks Spanish Design over US for New AAW Destroyer
Continuing the woes of the US shipbuilding industry is the latest example of its inability to compete from a price/schedule standpoint internationally. The Australians announced yesterday that they were selecting a Spanish design for the F100:
90 Years Ago – November 11, 1918
At the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month…the guns fell silent along what was known then as the Western Front as the Allies and Germany observed the agreement to end this “War to End All Wars.” While fighting continued sporadically elsewhere, in what were fast becoming the former empires of Russia…
Countdown to Midway: 30 May 1942
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…
Naval Aviation Centennial: One Astronaut, A Future Astronaut and Reaching for New Heights
Forty-nine years ago – within one day of each other, one astronaut headed for orbit as America’s first to circle the Earth and a future astronaut opened a series of record attempts in the McDonell F4H Phantom: Images Courtesy Rex Features & NASA 20 Feb 1962: Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn. USMC, in Mercury spacecraft…
This Date in Naval Aviation History: 4 Mar 1947
Operation Highjump–Air operations in the Antarctic ended. From 24 December 1946, six PBM’s, based on seaplane tenders, operated in the open seas around the continent of Antarctica, and from 9 February, six R4D’s operated ashore from the airstrip at Little America. Together these aircraft logged 650 hours on photographic mapping flights covering 1,500,000 square miles…
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Just read the entire story. Remarkable….and included one of my heros, John Bulkeley.