Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

BarnBuster

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"Veterans Affairs officials announced Monday they will remove a series of of grave markers bearing Nazi swastikas and tributes to Adolf Hitler from department cemeteries after lawmakers and veterans advocates complained the markers were offensive and disrespectful. The move represents a turnaround from last week, when VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said he was looking for ways to put the problematic grave markers “in historical context” rather than remove them from the cemeteries."

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Nazi headstones will be removed from US veterans cemeteries, VA leaders say

The headstones are engraved with a swastika, an iron cross and inscription in German that reads “He died far from his home for the Führer, people and fatherland.”
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BarnBuster

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The Dunkirk Jack is the House Flag of the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships, under permission of the Admiralty, the College of Heralds and the City of Dunkirk. The jack consists of the Cross of St. George (the flag of Admiralty) defaced with the Arms of Dunkirk. This jack can be worn by Member Ships at any time when the owner is aboard. Member Ships are limited to civilian vessels that took part in the Dunkirk rescue operation between 27 May and 4 June 1940​

"Between 26 May and 4 June 1940, in the course of what was known as Operation Dynamo, more than 300,000 British and French soldiers were evacuated by an armada made up of Royal Navy destroyers and warships, pleasure steamers and hundreds of those famous little ships manned by civilian sailors.

The evacuation was publicized as a miracle to boost public morale. The successful rescue, across seas that stayed unusually calm for nine days, was thereafter referred to as ‘the miracle of Dunkirk’. But as well as this, the terrifying prospect that the depleted British armed forces might have to fight the Germans on home soil caused the nation, galvanized under Winston Churchill, to devote itself entirely to war. It did so not only effectively but, perhaps surprisingly, with total confidence in eventual victory.

The ‘Dunkirk spirit’, reflecting a nation united and working against apparently impossible odds to thwart Hitler’s ambitions, was born."

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Dunkirk evacuation - Wikipedia

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www.theguardian.com

Dunkirk’s darkest day: when the evacuation came close to disaster

Through the letters and diaries of survivors, a leading historian recounts the bombings and sinkings of 29 May 1940 that put the entire rescue – and the fate of 300,000 Allied troops – in peril
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curious2garden

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BarnBuster said:
"Veterans Affairs officials announced Monday they will remove a series of of grave markers bearing Nazi swastikas and tributes to Adolf Hitler from department cemeteries after lawmakers and veterans advocates complained the markers were offensive and disrespectful. The move represents a turnaround from last week, when VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said he was looking for ways to put the problematic grave markers “in historical context” rather than remove them from the cemeteries."

www.militarytimes.com

Nazi headstones will be removed from US veterans cemeteries, VA leaders say

The headstones are engraved with a swastika, an iron cross and inscription in German that reads “He died far from his home for the Führer, people and fatherland.”
www.militarytimes.com www.militarytimes.com
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Isn't it time we repatriated their remains to Germany? They were POWs.
 
BarnBuster

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There was probably a War Graves Agreement at the time that covered leaving soldiers buried overseas. Perhaps if relatives requested return of the remains, repatriation might happen. At the least the U.S. should come to some arrangement with the Volksbund about relocation or re-interment into a separate plot of land like we have done in France.
 
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I've noticed the chase cars before but didn't know a lot about them.
www.acc.af.mil

99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 Chase Car

The U-2 Dragon Lady requires help on the ground in the form of a high-performance chase car, radioing landing instructions on its final approach. The 99th ERS walks us through this challenging process.
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U-2 Chase Cars Guide Pilots and Plane to Safety | Air & Space Forces Magazine

A U-2 pilot sits in a white Camaro at the edge of the runway, peering into the hazy desert sky. A jet appears in the distance, and as it nears, the car’s driver hits the gas, testing the sports car’s acceleration capabilities as he chases the Dragon Lady.
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raratt

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BarnBuster said:
I've noticed the chase cars before but didn't know a lot about them.
www.acc.af.mil

99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 Chase Car

The U-2 Dragon Lady requires help on the ground in the form of a high-performance chase car, radioing landing instructions on its final approach. The 99th ERS walks us through this challenging process.
www.acc.af.mil

U-2 Chase Cars Guide Pilots and Plane to Safety | Air & Space Forces Magazine

A U-2 pilot sits in a white Camaro at the edge of the runway, peering into the hazy desert sky. A jet appears in the distance, and as it nears, the car’s driver hits the gas, testing the sports car’s acceleration capabilities as he chases the Dragon Lady.
www.airforcemag.com www.airforcemag.com
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With all the modifications to the payload on her I'm surprised they haven't come up with a low level altimeter so they don't need the chase cars. I guess it gives the buddy crew something cool to do.
 
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