Author: Fred Childs
Top Ten Health Resources for Vets
Week of January 06, 2014
The Department of Veterans Affairs has compiled its Top Ten Health Resources for Veterans in 2014. The list is available on the VA website.
For more on veteran benefits programs, visit the Military.com Benefits Center.
A gentle reminder to all
The message…
“I did it when it had to be done and I’m proud of it.”
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
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to all the men and women
who serve at home and abroad.
US Women Killed in Vietnam
1962: 0 US Military women, 1 US Civilian woman
1963: 0 US Military women, 1 US Civilian woman
1964: 0 US Military women, 1 US Civilian woman
1965: 0 US Military women, 2 US Civilian women
1966: 2 US Military women, 1 US Civilian woman
1967: 2 US Military women, 3 US Civilian women
1968: 2 US Military women, 5 US Civilian women
1969: 1 US Military woman, 2 US Civilian women
1970: 0 US Military women, 2 US Civilian women
1971: 0 US Military women, 2 US Civilian women
1972: 0 US Military women, 2 US Civilian women
1975: 1 US Military woman, 38 US Civilian women
Total a/o 1 Jan 09: 8 US Military women, 60 US Civilian women
68 US women killed during Vietnam
Click HERE for the complete story 
Thanks to Bud for the link – HooRah
Doolittle Raiders Honored
Doolittle Raiders Honored
The Air Force hosted the famed Doolittle Tokyo Raiders’ final toast to their fallen comrades during an invitation-only ceremony Nov. 9 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The ceremony was attended by three of the four living Doolittle Tokyo Raiders.
On April 18, 1942, 80 men achieved the unimaginable when they took off from an aircraft carrier on a top secret mission to bomb Japan. These men, led by Lt. Col. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle, came to be known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders.
For more information, including instructional materials, read the Air Force’s biography of General James Harold Dolittle, view the video Voices of History: The Doolittle Raiders on You Tube, and visit the National Museum of the Air Force website.
Eternal Peace – Pearl Harbor
Thanks to Charlie for the link. Hoo-Rah
What is a Firebase?
The nonsoldier doesn’t know what a firebase is and to explain it I went to the internet to get some information. So here is the story:
A fire support base (FSB, firebase or FB) is a military encampment designed to provide indirect fire artillery fire support to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of direct fire support from their own base camps.
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An FSB was normally a permanent encampment, though many were dismantled when the units that they supported moved. Their main components varied by size: small bases usually had a battery of six 105 millimeter or 155mm howitzers, a platoon of engineers permanently on station, a Landing Zone (LZ), a Tactical Operations Center (TOC), an aid station staffed with medics, a communications bunker, and a company of infantry. Large FSBs might also have two artillery batteries, and an infantry battalion. Continue reading
Charlie Company Vietnam 1966-1972 