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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
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WW II uncovered ·
September 5 at 8:48 PM ·
"James Maitland Stewart, of Indiana Pennsylvania, had over 400 flight hours as a civilian pilot when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941, and became an instructor for both the B-17 and B-24. He was 33 years old."
According to the National Aviation Hall of Fame: "In November 1943, Stewart was sent to England as Operations Officer for the 703rd Squadron, 445th Bombardment Group of the Eighth Air Force, transferring to the 453rd Bombardment Group in March 1944. Then Major Stewart flew 20 dangerous combat missions as a B-24 command pilot, wing commander or squadron commander, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters, The Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm." (Source: National Aviation Hall of Fame)
Colonel Stewart remained in the US Air Force Reserve and was promoted to Brigadier General in 1959.
During his two weeks of active duty in 1966 Stewart requested a combat assignment, and he was duly sent on an inspection tour of Vietnam, where his stepson, 1Lt Ronald McLean, had recently been fatally wounded at the age of 24. Stewart insisted on participating in a strike against VC targets, flying a mission at the controls of B-52F 57-0149.
After 27 years of service, James retired in 1968 and was awarded the United States Air Force Distinguished Service Medal. Stewart rose from Private to Colonel in just four years.
After the war James returned to his acting career. James passed away on July 2, 1997 at the age of 89 in Beverly Hills California. Over 3,000 were in attendance during his memorial service with full military honors. He lies in rest at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale California.
As a lifelong advocate for aviators James Stewart has rightfully earned his place in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Lest We Forget.
Half Dome in Yosemite, IIRC it’s 17ish miles and the view is absolutely worth it
This guy is for real. Both sides, loaded.
I know better, but I heard a guy ask the owner, “what if I tried to reach down and take one of those pistols? “ The owner said “Go ahead and try!”
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I can only hope that I have not sullied your reputation.
In the future, maybe it would be better if I used the term smarty-pants
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Well, there's something you don't see everyday.. Predator and Alien fighting over who's going to drive the ferrari
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My bad. The fight and the Camaro had my attention... The fight makes more sense now.
Yeah, that's the last leg of the Half Dome hike. An ex girlfriend did it years before we met and we didn't get the chance to go before we split. She claimed it was a 12-14hr day with the hike up being 80% of it. I've also heard you've got to go really early these days because a line forms going up and down the ladder if you wait too long.
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It's worth the trip and effort. And it's also the only place in the world where all the trees in the background grow at a 15 degree angle.
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The last management meeting where they were trying to find what is causing low morale.
This should be in the dictionary.
I know one thing, they didn't spend more than a dollar on shoes between the three of them.
B-17 returned from Frankfurt raid after flak blew rear gunner Roy Urich out and he became POW
From the Smithsonian Magazine web page:
Although a fighter pilot earns the title “ace” only after five victories, Pearson’s unique, outside-the-atmosphere bull’s-eye could define a new space category.
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Although they think it “could” make him an Ace, it doesn’t. An Ace is five kills.
We just planted one of these a couple months ago. I'll never see it that big.This is motivational.
In my most recent PCS I am at a location where subsequent PCS are virtually non-existent, once one gets here, one stays. I bought a house planted more than 30 of the new double blooming hybrids (and some native varieties too) all around the back.
It's going to look magnificent in about 10 years.
And of course I'm about to get orders.
Fuck me.
and because pic thread:
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WW II uncovered ·
September 5 at 8:48 PM ·
WWII uncovered: James Maitland Stewart: Decorated Pilot Flies 20 Combat Missions Over Germany
"James Maitland Stewart, of Indiana Pennsylvania, had over 400 flight hours as a civilian pilot when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941, and became an instructor for both the B-17 and B-24. He was 33 years old."
According to the National Aviation Hall of Fame: "In November 1943, Stewart was sent to England as Operations Officer for the 703rd Squadron, 445th Bombardment Group of the Eighth Air Force, transferring to the 453rd Bombardment Group in March 1944. Then Major Stewart flew 20 dangerous combat missions as a B-24 command pilot, wing commander or squadron commander, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters, The Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm." (Source: National Aviation Hall of Fame)
Colonel Stewart remained in the US Air Force Reserve and was promoted to Brigadier General in 1959.
During his two weeks of active duty in 1966 Stewart requested a combat assignment, and he was duly sent on an inspection tour of Vietnam, where his stepson, 1Lt Ronald McLean, had recently been fatally wounded at the age of 24. Stewart insisted on participating in a strike against VC targets, flying a mission at the controls of B-52F 57-0149.
After 27 years of service, James retired in 1968 and was awarded the United States Air Force Distinguished Service Medal. Stewart rose from Private to Colonel in just four years.
After the war James returned to his acting career. James passed away on July 2, 1997 at the age of 89 in Beverly Hills California. Over 3,000 were in attendance during his memorial service with full military honors. He lies in rest at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale California.
As a lifelong advocate for aviators James Stewart has rightfully earned his place in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Lest We Forget.
Thanks for that…. I remain a big fan. He earned our respect through his service, his example, and a life well lived.
I still have my original set of ‘prop and wings’ from my time at the Blue Zoo. 28 years, 16 days later, I added one to the back of my truck as a reminder as well…
Had it done by a custom badge company…my badge made the front of their web page for awhile too:
…and recently to some mag bottom plates, and a rear slide cap for my G21:
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Your an artist….Thanks for that…. I remain a big fan. He earned our respect through his service, his example, and a life well lived.
I still have my original set of ‘prop and wings’ from my time at the Blue Zoo. 28 years, 16 days later, I added one to the back of my truck as a reminder as well…
Had it done by a custom badge company…my design made the front of their web page for awhile too:
…and recently to some mag bottom plates, and a rear slide cap for my G21:
Prop and Wings - Wikipedia
I misspoke…not my design, meant my badge design. Fixed the verbiage in my post above.
