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Monday Open Thread

SPRAYBERRY, JAMES M .

Rank and Organization: Captain (then 1st Lt.), U.S. Army, Company D, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry , 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Place and Date: Republic of Vietnam, 25 April 1968 Date of Issue: 10/09/1969

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and [...]

Grace Under Pressure

A US Airways turboprop jet was forced to make an emergency belly landing last night at Newark International Airport… security cam footage above; photo of the plane below and the pilot (Ed Powers, left) at bottom:

Pilot Ed Powers poses alongside his co-pilot and a member of the cabin crew after the [...]

Sunday Open Thread

KANE, JOHN R. (Air Mission)

Rank and organization: Colonel, U.S. Army Air Corps, 9th Air Force. Place and date: Ploetsi Raid, Rumania, 1 August 1943. Entered service at: Shreveport, La. Birth: McGregor, Tex. G.O. No.: 54, 9 August 1943. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry in action and intrepidity at the risk of his life above [...]

Saturday Open Thread

McGUNIGAL, PATRICK

Rank and organization: Shipfitter First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 30 May 1876, Hubbard, Ohio. Accredited to: Ohio. G.O. No.: 341, 1917. Citation: For extraordinary heroism while attached to the Huntington. On the morning of 17 September 1917, while the U.S.S. Huntington was passing through the war zone, a kite balloon was sent [...]

Friday Open Thread

AUSTIN, OSCAR P.

Rank and Organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Company E, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, (Rein), FMF Place and Date: West of Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam, 23 February 1969

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call [...]

Thursday Open Thread

MARTINI, GARY W.

Rank and Organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Company F, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division Place and Date: Binh Son, Republic of Vietnam, 21 April 1967

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. On 21 [...]

Wednesday Open Thread

DOOLITTLE, JAMES H. (Air Mission)

Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Army. Air Corps. Place and date: Over Japan. Entered service at: Berkeley, Calif. Birth: Alameda, Calif. G.O. No.: 29, 9 June 1942. Citation: For conspicuous leadership above the call of duty, involving personal valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to life. With [...]

Tuesday Open Thread

*HARTELL, LEE R.

Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Battery A, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Kobangsan-ni, Korea, 27 August 1951. Entered service at: Danbury, Conn. G.O. No.: 16, 1 February 1952.

Citation: 1st. Lt. Hartell, a member of Battery A, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry [...]

Monday Open Thread

Corporal Jason L. Dunham

Date of Issue: 01/11/2007 Organization: U.S. Marine Corps, Company K, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Rifle Squad Leader, 4th Platoon, Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (Reinforced), Regimental [...]

First Attack: The Video!

The full-length Threedonia Production is finally here!

The Threedonia Cast of Characters, involved were:

• Outlaw13 (Producer/Photography/Historical Consultant)

• Eric (Talent Coordinator/Location Sound)

• Floyd (Location Teleprompter/Production Assistant)

• Kenn C (Director/Editor)

Sunday Open Thread

*THOMAS, WILLIAM H.

Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, 149th Infantry, 38th Infantry Division. Place and date: Zambales Mountains Luzon, Philippine Islands, 22 April 1945. Entered service at: Ypsilanti, Mich. Birth. Wynne, Ark. G.O. No.: 81, 24 September 1945. Citation: He was a member of the leading squad of Company B, which [...]

What I Learned In A Year-And-A-Half

In putting together the brief version of the 1-227th Aviation Regiment’s history, you can’t help but learn a few things, so, in my debut post on Threedonia, I’d like to share what I learned:

The Spur Ride: The leadership usually disliked it and would sometimes chew out the pilots who did it. There were guys, [...]

Kenn Gets His Stetson

Left to Right: Maj. Jesse Fleming, CW4 Dan McClinton “Outlaw 13″ (ret.), Capt. Brian Haas, CW2 Erik Hoskinson (ret.), Capt. Ross Dickman and Maj. Patrick Baker

Dan “Outlaw 13″ presents Kenn Christenson with a Stetson on behalf of the 1-227. Erik Hoskinson looks on and in the background is Mrs. Haas and Mrs. [...]

3D Weekend Five: Mom Stuff

Best Moms in literature, film, TV, art, pop culture…

5.  Brad Pitt’s Mom:  Now there’s a woman who’s not afraid of the Supernova her son’s marrying.  She’s not afraid of the libs who kiss her boy’s ass, either.

4.  Marmee from Little Women: The political firebrand Susan Sarandon played in the 1994 film bore more [...]

Saturday Open Thread

Sergeant First Class Jared C. Monti

Date of Issue: 09/17/2009 Organization: U.S. Army, Headquarters Company, 10th Mountain Division

Citation: Staff Sergeant Jared C. Monti distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a team leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d Squadron, 71st [...]

Friday Open Thread

From the Second Nicaraguan Campaign (1932)

TRUESDELL, DONALD LEROY (Name officially changed to Truesdale )

Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Place and date: Vicinity Constancia, near Coco River, northern Nicaragua, 24 April 1932. Entered service at: South Carolina. Born: 8 August 1906, Lugoff, S.C. Citation: Cpl. Truesdale was second in command of [...]

From the Trailer Park --

Trailer to the documentary produced by our very own commenter and friend Kenn Christenson. A lot of the still photography was taken by Outlaw 13 aka Dan McClinton.

As a reminder we will be hosting a premiere and get together at the AMC 16 in Burbank on Thursday May 9. Doors open at 7:00 [...]

Thursday Open Thread

FERGUSON, FREDERICK EDGAR

Rank and Organization: Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Army, Company C, 227th Aviation Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Place and date: Hue, Republic of Vietnam, 31 January 1968 Date of Issue: 05/17/1969

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call [...]

Wednesday Open Thread

dFREEMAN, ED W.

Rank and Organization: Captain, U.S. Army, Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion,1st Cavalry Division Date of Issue: 07/16/2001

Citation: Captain Ed W. Freeman, United States Army, of Boise, Idaho, who distinguished himself by numerous acts of conspicuous gallantry and extraordinary intrepidity on 14 November 1965 while serving with Company A, [...]

Tuesday Open Thread

Combat operations at Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam, November 1965. Bruce P. Crandall’s UH-1 Huey dispatches infantry while under fire.

CRANDALL, BRUCE P.

Rank and Organization: Major, U.S. Army, Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Place and dates: Ia Drang Valley, Republic of Vietnam, 14 November 1965. Place and date of [...]