Memorial Day wrap up - Honoring those who served

Memorial Day Musings of an Aging Patriot - PolicyMic | As it turns out, I was able to do so by attending an air show at Hill Air Force Base where I was privileged to watch the Thunderbirds perform. On the way up, I was in the company of my brother who is a believer in things like chemtrails in the sky and ...

Podcast: Warbird Radio – Remembering The Fallen – Memorial Day 2012 from WarbirdRadio.com by Matt | MONDAY – Warbird Radio.com wishes to thank all those who have died in service of the United States of America.  This Memorial Day help us keep their stories and their families in our prayers.  Our regularly scheduled programming will begin again on Tuesday morning.  We hope you enjoy your holiday…and spend some time reflecting on...

Memories of brother who died in Doolittle Raid vivid after 70 years - Mason City Globe Gazette | Then 80 brave men took off from the USS Hornet, a Navy carrier, in 16 B-25B bombers in a surprise attack on Japanese main islands and cities, according to the Doolittle Raiders website. They were originally supposed to launch on April 19,...

Thousands of Flowers Fall on Palm Springs - KMIR-TV | The carnation drop at the Palm Springs Air Museum has become a tradition here in the valley on Memorial Day to remember and pay tribute to our brave soldiers. Crowds gathered beneath the Palm Springs sunshine for a day of remembrance.

B-17 fighter 'Sentimental Journey' soars over Memorial Day week in Visalia - Visalia Times-Delta | 10:43 pm Visitors tour "Sentimental Journey," a World War II-era B-17 from the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum, at the Visalia Airport on Sunday. Ron Holman Jerry Berger, 3, Angalina Berger, 8, Vivian Berger, 13, and their mother...

Memorial Day special: Former WWII POW reflects on surviving - Bay News 9 | Hernando Beach's Sanford Walke was captured by German soldiers during World War II when his B-17 bomber went down in France. At one point, he and his fellow prisoners were forced to march 530 miles. By Ferdinand Zogbaum, Reporter With a model of a B-17...

In Huntsville church service, World War II veterans recount harrowing days ... - al.com (blog) | The accounts included landing on Utah Beach on D-Day, flying bombing missions over Japan, being trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines, training as an Army nurse and working on a jammed gun in a freezing B-17 surrounded by German fighter planes...

World War II Fighter Pilot Recalls Dangers Escorting Allied Bombers - The B-Town Blog | We were talking before our flight aboard the Aluminum Overcast – the Experimental Aviation Association's vintage B-17 that recently visited the Museum of Flight – from Boeing Field last week. A P-51 fighter pilot, Hauff escorted B-17 “Flying... 

B-17 WWII veteran reunites with bomber plane - Midland Reporter-Telegram | At last year's AirSho, Campbell rode in a B-17, his first time in one of the warbirds since his last mission on Feb. 9, 1945. He took a seat in the bombardier's chair because he said he never got to sit there before and saw the view of the Midland...

The Vanishing Generation - WGRZ-TV | Robert Kelly was shot down in a B-17 bomber while doing reconnaissance for D-Day in 1944. Jerry was just two. "My brother who was five does remember him a little bit, but I didn't..." He pauses to regain composure. "But I never knew him. Yeah. 

Remembering Those Who Gave Their Lives - Memorial Day 2012 from AirPigz by Martt | This video from last year shows a level of dedication and gratitude that all of us Americans should have for those who have given their life in service to the United States of America. Memorial Day shouldn't be about... 

LUCKY CHARM: Hillier survives leading 37 missions in 'The Widowmaker' - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman | That Frank Hillier returned from 37 missions leading runs of B-26s “is truly amazing,” said his son, speaking from his home in California, where he maintains the Hillier Air Museum. Included with the eight aircraft that rotate on display,... 

Two former big leaguers paid ultimate sacrifice - MLB.com | The navigator on a B-25 that crashed on takeoff in Raleigh, NC, Gedeon was thrown from the plane before it crashed. He returned to the wreckage to rescue his crewmates, despite three broken ribs, and suffered severe burns that required skin grafts.