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Battle of Iwo Jima — Returning to the Black Sands
My Dad was there. He was a Navy Doctor aboard USS Mellette (APA 156) He was assigned to the 3rd Marine Division as a Beach Medical Officer for the Iwo Jima invasion. He was supposed to go ashore on day 3 with the 3rd MARDIV. At about 2100 on D-day an orderly told him "Get your gear, LT. The Japs... -
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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II - Proof a Brick Can Fly?
I once met Astronaut CAPT Jon McBride who related an interesting F-4 story. When he was flying F-4's his weapons officer was from the Texas Valley - Harlingen, I think. They would fly down there in an F-4 to spend the weekend with his folks. The weapons officer's Mom would pack them a lunch for... -
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Flying the Boeing CH-47 Chinook Helicopter
Great article. I had the chance to visit Boeing Philadelphia to work on the V-22. At the time they were refurbishing CH47's. They had two in house. Both were special ops birds with air-to-air refueling probes. It seems to me it would be a tremendous amount of torque to have those huge pipes...