You know that if "The Medal" was awarded to every person in the armed forces who deserved it, the thing would be rendered almost meaningless. As one "deserving" it, I have no better example. Thank you Captain Sir ( Truly, Honestly, Not just a phrase but a state of mind ) for your Service.
They should never have classified any of that. Why OUR government wanted to keep that a secret is beyond me. Makes me wonder just how many Russian spies were in positions of power in our government who pushed for that?
All that keeping it secret did was hurt us and help them.
True. And he surrounded himself with other staff weenies like Omar Bradley. All of those men lacked an intimate knowledge of the costs that bad decisions produced on the men at the sharp end.
Had they all used the combat experienced generals surrounding them, they would've made better decisions that didn't lead to unnecessary deaths or prolonged the war.
A modern example of this is the loss of life at Abbeygate due to the staff weenies involved in the decision making.
Didn’t know that, but it doesn’t surprise me. A lot of his decisions during WW2 seemed to prolong it, such as not letting General Devers cross the Rhine, letting Bradley rein in Patton, etc., so I could see him being heavily compromised like FDR was.
The vernona project (I may have misspelled that) confirmed it. Along with Alger Hiss being a spy and ALL of the people McCarthy suggested might be spies WERE spies. Turns out he was 100 percent correct.
There were literally thousands of spies in our government, and Vernona flagged a lot of them, but was shut down because it was flagging them and no one in the government who knew had the balls to do anything.
Ah yes, the Venona Project. The only ‘real’ catches were the Rosenburgs and Fuchs, the ‘rest’… well… never mind. And it wasn’t shut down until the 1980s!
Indeed. Those big bat-like straight wings on the Panther may mean he can't outrun a MiG-15, but on the other hand, he can outTURN them, and keep turning to the point the MiGs are stalling out.
Just read the Silver Star commendation. His plane was so shot up it was “almost uncontrollable,” but still managed to land it on the carrier. Holy cats, that’s some flying.
Cool factoid: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver's book "Holding the Line," about the USN/USMC contributions to the air war in Korea, OPENS with that particular dogfight!
You know that if "The Medal" was awarded to every person in the armed forces who deserved it, the thing would be rendered almost meaningless. As one "deserving" it, I have no better example. Thank you Captain Sir ( Truly, Honestly, Not just a phrase but a state of mind ) for your Service.
His is a wonderful story
They should never have classified any of that. Why OUR government wanted to keep that a secret is beyond me. Makes me wonder just how many Russian spies were in positions of power in our government who pushed for that?
All that keeping it secret did was hurt us and help them.
Part of it was ‘not’ letting the USSR know how bad their pilots really were… supposedly…
Eisenhower comes across more and more as a risk-averse staff weeny everyday. 🤨
I'm glad the good Captain finally got his due. Here's to more men having the cloak of secrecy lifted from tales both honorable and dishonorable. 👍
Eisenhower was the ‘ultimate’ staff guy. Not a combat leader.
True. And he surrounded himself with other staff weenies like Omar Bradley. All of those men lacked an intimate knowledge of the costs that bad decisions produced on the men at the sharp end.
Had they all used the combat experienced generals surrounding them, they would've made better decisions that didn't lead to unnecessary deaths or prolonged the war.
A modern example of this is the loss of life at Abbeygate due to the staff weenies involved in the decision making.
Eisenhower had a communist SPY on his staff and was friends with him.
That was proven many years ago.
Didn’t know that, but it doesn’t surprise me. A lot of his decisions during WW2 seemed to prolong it, such as not letting General Devers cross the Rhine, letting Bradley rein in Patton, etc., so I could see him being heavily compromised like FDR was.
The vernona project (I may have misspelled that) confirmed it. Along with Alger Hiss being a spy and ALL of the people McCarthy suggested might be spies WERE spies. Turns out he was 100 percent correct.
There were literally thousands of spies in our government, and Vernona flagged a lot of them, but was shut down because it was flagging them and no one in the government who knew had the balls to do anything.
Ah yes, the Venona Project. The only ‘real’ catches were the Rosenburgs and Fuchs, the ‘rest’… well… never mind. And it wasn’t shut down until the 1980s!
Big Russian MiG 15 can outclass a F9F Panther….. uhhh guys, 7 Russians went out and only one made it back….
Indeed. Those big bat-like straight wings on the Panther may mean he can't outrun a MiG-15, but on the other hand, he can outTURN them, and keep turning to the point the MiGs are stalling out.
Huzzah!
Just read the Silver Star commendation. His plane was so shot up it was “almost uncontrollable,” but still managed to land it on the carrier. Holy cats, that’s some flying.
And it was determined to be a ‘strike’ and pushed over the side as non-repairable…
😮
Stories like this should be told to every American.
Cool factoid: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver's book "Holding the Line," about the USN/USMC contributions to the air war in Korea, OPENS with that particular dogfight!
It does now…