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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. -- General George Patton Jr |
BAPTISM OF FIRE II6658 Reads
![]() ![]() The experience of our pilot had saved us, speed was the key. Our chopper was hit twice near the tail. The second impact actually swung the tail slightly around. |
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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
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Wow, GD, THAT WAS A GOOD READ. THANKS. WELCOME HOME.
Its one of those things that no matter how old, you never forget a detail.
Semper Fi
CBR-USMC 64-66
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