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This page is dedicated to WO1 Ronald Jansinski, KIA, 1971. I served as Big Windy 18, from 1970-1971. It was my second tour and I served as one of the Maintenance Officers. I was a CW2 then. The 180th ASHC was located at Phu Hiep when I first arrived, but ...

Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2) Ronald Norman Jasinski served as a cargo helicopter pilot with the 180th Assault Support Helicopter Company (ASHC), known as "Big Windy," during the Vietnam War. Born on May 2, 1948, in Roselle, Illinois, he began his tour in Vietnam on April 26, 1970. Ronald Norman ...

The 484th Bombardment Group (Heavy), part of the 15th Air Force, played a significant role in World War II, particularly with its use of B-24 Liberators in bombing campaigns over Europe. The 826th Bomb Squadron was one of the four squadrons within this group. Below is an overview of the ...

B-24 Pilot, 826th Squadron, 484th Bomb Group, 49th Bomb Wing, 15th AF, Torreta, Italy. Flew 25 missions including Polesti oilfields (5/31/1944), awarded DFC. Raymond C. Martin 15th Air Force 484th Bomb Group 826th Squadron The 484th Bombardment Group (H) was trained in Harvard, Nebraska in 1943 with B-24s and deployed ...

Total Missions Flown by the 484th Bomb Group
April 29, 1944 to April 26, 1945 ...

The Pilot Flimsies were issued to each crew prior to the mission.
They contained all the virtual information needed for the mission ...

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THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA General Robert E. Lee, CSA, commanding LONGSTREET'S CORPS (Maj. Gen. James Longstreet) McLaws' Division  (Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws)

• Kershaw's Brigade  (Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw)
  • 2nd South Carolina  (Col. John D. Kennedy)(Maj. Franklin Gaillard)
  • 3rd South Carolina  (Col. James D. Nance)
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I decided to try my hand at building a fly rod this year.  Did a lot of reading on the web and purchased a couple of used books off Amazon.  Plus some advise from a professional rod builder while in AZ. I got 2 blanks from Roger Penrose off eBay ...

I built this rod from a 10’ 6” 7 weight single handed blank I got from Utmost on closeout.  I think it is a Pac-Bay blank but not sure. This was my first rod build and I probably got a little ambitious with it.  I know I made some cosmetic ...