Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

fatboyOGOF said:
1972 to 74 when i finally got stationed at udorn thani, thailand. i was working in the engine shop just across the street from the SR hanger. i got orders one month after my commanding officer found me in his house, drinking his beer and smoking one of his cigars. i had no idea it was his house. that's a whole nother story. :)
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Women. Some times they don't tell the whole truth.
 
Last Week in Military History:

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"Packed with 600 tons of ammo and explosives, the USS Serpens died in a flash beneath a full moon at 11:18 p.m. on Jan. 29, 1945. The blast was so violent it rained shrapnel and debris on the island of Guadalcanal a mile away, killed a soldier onshore, knocked everyone standing within that radius off their feet, and flung one sailor into another vessel moored 650 yards away. That ship, the USS YP 514, had its bow and crow's nest demolished, and counted 14 injuries as “missiles” and “screeching shells” continued to explode and turn night into day.

Witnesses said the calamity generated an 8-foot tidal wave, and that the ground shock rippled five miles out. Some said the sky drizzled oil for up to two hours. When bystanders regained their senses, the 100-ton barge that had been transferring bombs onto the Serpens had vanished, and all that was left of the 441-foot cargo ship was its sinking bow, keel up.

Miraculously, two sailors who had been asleep in a forward hold survived. Few other bodies were recovered intact. When the counting was done, 193 Coast Guard crewmen, who had been manning the Navy ship, were gone — along with 56 Army stevedores and an onboard civilian doctor. It was, in short, the most catastrophic single-event loss of life in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.

Four years later, in what Arlington National Cemetery describes as “the largest group burial” ever hosted, the remains of the 250 casualties from that disaster were retrieved from Guadalcanal, placed in 52 flag-draped coffins, and laid to rest in 28 graves.

In terms of lives lost, the destruction of the Serpens ranks as the single largest disaster ever recorded in Coast Guard history.

(There are/were varying explanations as to cause of the explosion and suggestions it may have been caused by a IJN submarine. USN said no, bb)

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His father died in a WWII cargo ship explosion. Now a former CIA officer, he claims the Navy covered up the real cause

Packed with 600 tons of ammo and explosives, the USS Serpens died in a flash beneath a full moon at 11:18 p.m. on Jan. 29, 1945. Now a Central Intelligence Agency senior finance officer wonders if he's onto one of the last coverups of World War II
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What Really Happened On The Deadliest Single Day In Coast Guard History?

The sinking of the ammunition ship USS Serpens in January 1945 was the single deadliest day in the history of the Coast Guard. The gigantic explosion, which killed 250 sailors and almost vaporized the ship, was blamed on an accident involving the ship’s explosive cargo. Now, new allegations...
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Army Maj. Gen. Allan M. Pepin, left, speaks with former Staff Sgt. Darrell Bush, a World War II veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Jan. 25, 2023. Bush attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the cemetery to commemorate the anniversary of the ending of the battle in 1945.
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Infantryman in Bastogne

Darrell Bush fought with the 101st Airborne Division despite being a ground-pounding, green infantryman.
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JAMES T., born Dec, 8, 1816, married Mary H. Brown. They had five children, and she died. He married Rosanna McCauley. They had six children. He was a soldier in the Mexican war from Sangamon county. He moved to Missouri, and was Captain of a Company in a Union Regiment, and was captured at the battle of Pittshurg Landing, was exchanged after seven months imprisonment, returned home, and served one term in the Missouri Legislature in 1863, he went again in the army, and was killed at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., in Dec., 1864, while acting as Captain of a Company.



My 4th great grandfather on maternal side.
 
curious2garden said:
LOL yeah and speaking of pedal doors one of my hub's favorite stories is the time the only thing that hit the target was one of their doors! Maintenance saved the day or they would have been goose eggs! :lol:
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Our Taxi (KC-135) had a generator go out in Mildenhall so they had to taxi back, kick us out and tear it apart. They failed to strap the engine cowls to the stand and the aircraft next door skidded them down the taxiway. That delayed our exit further. We were on our way back from the desert and I only had shorts and T shirts that were clean. The dryers at the laundromat had no heat so it took forever to get anything partly dry. I ended up stealing a sweater someone left there and drying clothes hanging on chairs in billeting. Freaking drizzling fog, it was nasty.
 
raratt said:
Our Taxi (KC-135) had a generator go out in Mildenhall so they had to taxi back, kick us out and tear it apart. They failed to strap the engine cowls to the stand and the aircraft next door skidded them down the taxiway. That delayed our exit further. We were on our way back from the desert and I only had shorts and T shirts that were clean. The dryers at the laundromat had no heat so it took forever to get anything partly dry. I ended up stealing a sweater someone left there and drying clothes hanging on chairs in billeting. Freaking drizzling fog, it was nasty.
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Mildewhall was aptly named, bad choice, j/s

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Navy Chief Petty Officer Michael Fox greets his daughter at Naval Station Rota, Spain, Feb. 4, 2023, after returning from patrol aboard the USS Roosevelt. Photo By: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Danielle Baker.


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Urban Search and Rescue members from Fairfax County, Va., sit aboard a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 7, 2023, as the base supports earthquake response efforts in Turkey. Photo By: Air Force Senior Airman Faith Barron ​
 
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