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Florissant horses officially pinned to VFW Post 101 in Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS • VFW Post 101 in Colorado Springs commemorated its 101st Anniversary with the ceremonial pinning of two horses. The horses, owned by Ginger Patrick of Florissant, were officially inducted in the VFW Post April 20 due to their involvement with veterans’ activities. VFW Post 101, at 702 S. Tejon St., is the oldest post in Colorado Springs and originally was stationed in Old Colorado City until moving to its current location in 1969. The Post was chartered on April 20, 1920 under Commander James W. Gowdy and post was named for Lt. Marion L. Willis, who was killed in France during WWI while assigned to the 356th Infantry Division. Willis, a native of Kansas, moved to Colorado Springs sometime before the war. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

The Graveyard Shift : The Most Dangerous Place off Okinawa – Soldier of Fortune Magazine

USS  Morrison (DD-560) underway, in a photo taken from USS  Gambier Bay (CVE-73). Another aircraft carrier can be seen in the distance. National Archives photograph, USN 243852. The mass assaults by kamikazes against the Fifth Fleet off Okinawa, although doing severe damage to ships and their crews, was not the success the Empire of Japan hoped it would be. Despite the sinking of several smaller U.S. Navy vessels in March and April, the ships taking the brunt of the  Kikusui operations remained the picket destroyers. Sailors onboard the “tin cans” often remained at general quarters for hours, even days, at a time. Moreover, despite the use of early-warning radar to detect incoming enemy aircraft, lookouts often strained their eyes for suicide boats, submarines, mines, and other dangers. Always vigilant in their duties, the crews remained nervous, weary, and exhausted while patrolling on the extremely dangerous picket stations. The destroyer Sailors came to call these pa

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51 years later, Apollo 13 astronauts reflect on historic mission

51 years later, Apollo 13 astronauts reflect on historic mission ‘Houston, we’ve had a problem.’ Rose-Ann Aragon, Reporter Updated:  Tags:  HOUSTON – On April 11, 1970, three astronauts and a team here on Earth dared to attempt what was expected to be the third moon landing. However, just shy of 56 hours into the mission, the crew experienced a problem that would turn into a full-fledged effort to get the crew back to Earth alive. In Houston, Mission Control was led by four flight directions: Eugene ‘Gene’ Kranz (lead), Glynn Lunney, Gerald ‘Gerry’ Griffin & Milton ‘Milt’ Windler. The Apollo 13 crew consisted of Commander James ‘Jim’ Lovell Jr., Command Module Pilot John ‘Jack’ Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise Jr. Fifty-one years later, the surviving astronauts of Apollo 13 sat down with KPRC 2 Space Reporter Rose-Ann Aragon.

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