08-30-2008, 03:44
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Aug 31, 1973
I know it's a day early but some of the younger folks might need some extra time.
What happened on this day, August 31, 1973?
You FOGs please give the younger people a chance to answer. I know all of you know it.
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08-30-2008, 08:08
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete
I know it's a day early but some of the younger folks might need some extra time.
What happened on this day, August 31, 1973?
You FOGs please give the younger people a chance to answer. I know all of you know it.
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Pete I am a FOG and I am stumped!
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08-30-2008, 08:13
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Pete, did you see the Car pic I posted? It was right down that alley.
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08-30-2008, 08:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete
IWhat happened on this day, August 31, 1973?
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How the hell did you know that I was sitting on a MAC flight at Anderson AFB awaiting a taifun to blow by so we could continue on to Clark enroute to Ton Son Nhut and Don Muang. 
Or were you asking about something else? 
Richard 
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08-30-2008, 08:52
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Director John Ford died. Damn, seems like only yesterday. 
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08-30-2008, 09:11
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Benedict Arnold agreed to sell West Point to the British!!
No ....wait...that was before, right?
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08-30-2008, 10:55
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Benedict Arnold agreed to sell West Point to the British!!
No ....wait...that was before, right?
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Are you speaking as a witness to this fact.
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08-30-2008, 11:11
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The first thing that came to mind was the end of the Vietnam War, but when I looked it up, the information given was August 29, 1973. But then I came to my senses and realized it was where the Confederates defeated the Union at the Second Manasses/Bull Run. 
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08-30-2008, 12:51
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The Egyptians were preparing for the Yom Kippur War.
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08-30-2008, 13:47
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Elvis Dies?
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08-30-2008, 14:34
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Quote:
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Are you speaking as a witness to this fact.
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Sophmore in High School, as best I can recall.
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08-30-2008, 16:01
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Hint
Hint
Think in North Carolina
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08-30-2008, 18:00
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Hot in the summer, cold in the winter, makes you want one of a different color...
10 mins on Google.
I am but a Jr FOG, still in uniform though.
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08-30-2008, 19:23
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Hot in the summer, cold in the winter, makes you want one of a different color...
10 mins on Google.
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"A Horse With no Name" hit #1?
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08-31-2008, 05:11
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From The Archives
From The Achives of the Fayetteville Observer
Aug 31, 1973: All airborne-qualified personnel on jump status and assigned to airborne units on Fort Bragg are required to wear a maroon airborne beret.
And a little tid-bit for you freefall guys.
Aug 30, 1973: After 1,785 freefalls over a period of 11 years, Fort Bragg Command Sergeant Major Henry T Belton becomes the 60th person in the United States to record 12 hours of freefall time. Belton receives the United States Parachute Association Gold Freefall Badge for achieving this goal.
And going way back - a bit on our brothers in AF Blue.
Aug 31, 1958: Master Sgt. Thomas E Hicks becomes the first Pope Air Force Base NCO to attain the new grade of Senior Master Sergeant. He is one of 2,000 Master Sergeants throughout the Air Force selected for the newly-created garde.
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