Sentimental Journey: The Story of Emerald Coast Honor Flight

On this ship, you just have to figure it out. The box will have handles made of landing cables and windows using glass from a couple of portholes. Albiniano volunteered to build the capsule in his free time, which is limited: Enterprise welders work hour days and can be called in anytime to make a repair. The ship has been retrofitted, retooled and renovated numerous times over the years, resulting in some cumbersome working conditions. The elevators that move ordnance stored below decks pass through a general mess deck, where the crew eats. When bombs need to be moved in a hurry, sailors have to clear out anyone who might be dining there, then flip the tables out of the way.

Sarah Self-Kyler, a spokeswoman for the ship. After the reactors are removed and most equipment is offloaded in Newport News, the ship will be hauled to the West Coast and cut into scrap metal. Brill returned to the Enterprise this week and shot video of flight operations from the same spot for one final story on the old warship. It has been an incredible success story for peace. Ted Carter, commander of the Enterprise carrier strike group, said he takes a lot of pride in guiding the ship through its final mission.

Carter, a career aviator who flew F Tomcats off the Enterprise in the s, suited up Monday to fly in the backseat of the last jet to ever make a nighttime landing on the Enterprise. By , the value of exports decreased to only two million dollars. In rural areas, most people lived in huts, and depended on subsistence agriculture.

The construction of military and naval installations provided employment relief to a small portion of the previously laid-off workforce. Social changes began to take shape in the form of black market activity, the proliferation of bars in the vicinity of military and naval installations, and all kinds of illicit endeavors. Rexford Guy Tugwell, then Governor of Puerto Rico, wanted the implementation of the Selective Service law because it would provide employment relief, at least temporarily. All of the available evidence, however, indicates that the U.

Army did its very best to keep Puerto Ricans out of its ranks, just as it had during the First World War, based on racism and eugenics. FCH Annals to convince his old sidekick to apply the draft, and the latter gave the order to implement the Selective Service law in Puerto Rico in early Approximately 60, men and women either volunteered or were drafted throughout the War, not including Puerto Ricans who lived in the United States.

Still, unemployment continued to run rampant, even with 30, Puerto Ricans enrolled in the various defense construction programs of the Works Progress Administration. Just as had happened with Puerto Rican men, the Army and Navy doubted the eficiency of Puerto Rican women, and for the same reasons.

Nevertheless, a limited number of civilian women served in various capacities in the Caribbean home front. Canteen Attendants hosted coffee-and-doughnut distribution points, while Milk Station Attendants served milk to poor children. There were only a handful of women serving with the Insular Police during the period in question, mostly in administrative functions, and an even smaller number served as detectives. Those with the Insular Department of Sanitation were limited to clerical duties, rather than prostitution control or animal vector control functions. The remaining thirty-ive percent was imported from the United States.

Departamento de Agricultura y Comercio, , The initial shortages included rice, lard, olive oil,7 wheat, and beef,8 followed by lour and yeast, with the latter two being the principal ingredients of bread. Vendors and overseeing policemen usually looked the other way, since their wives were doing the same. To replace commercial lard, women began to call on their local slaughterhouse to obtain unprocessed hog lard with which to cook.

Wherever people sat, an oil stain was left. As an emergency measure, the colonial government eventually authorized the slaughter of cattle infected with tuberculosis, and the subsequent distribution of the meat. Rivera Lizardi, , Eventually there were riots at the garbage crematorium, staged by both hungry civilians and hungry police. They also made trousers with bale fabric. Tires and Fuel Oil The campaign to save rubber tires was implemented in the United States three weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

In early , the program was implemented in Puerto Rico. The program had a negative effect on trucks working in defense projects, as well as on taxis and buses. It also affected the recreational use of cars, which in turn worsened the food shortage situation, because city families were not able to visit their relatives in the rural areas to obtain produce.

Truck drivers, most of them involved in defense construction projects, went on strike for several weeks. Worn-out tires were kept in use by illing them with leaves, grass, and twigs. Synthetic rubber tires were never made available to Puerto Ricans. In Puerto Rico, however, the problem was different. The shortage of gasoline had begun in because of the drop in commercial ship trafic due to the fear of Nazi submarines.

To aid fuel conservation efforts, street lighting was extinguished at Strange as it may sound, however, women were exhorted to dress in white at night, so that men would be able to see them. In fact, during January , various society magazines published articles aimed at women on how to party through blackouts. The Ofice of Price Administration inally established a ration coupon system, but these were easily forged. The authorized ration in Puerto Rico was limited to three gallons per week, which was a gallon less than the stateside allowance.

On the island, the twist was that an experimental silk factory was established using large spiders, rather than worms. However, the spiders escaped and caused havoc in the adjacent population. Economic Support and Other Campaigns Various support groups were organized, such as The Victory Orators, Library Committees, and Victory Clubs, the latter to facilitate communication between civilians and soldiers. The Friends of France in Puerto Rico collected clothing and other articles, and also sponsored dances to gather funds for France Combatant.

In general terms, Puerto Rican soldiers did not like the soft activities sponsored by these organizations, and instead preferred the local bars, house parties, and patron saint festivities. Just like Army mess halls had to implement two separate diets, one for continentals and one for Puerto Ricans, the USO had to adapt in order to meet its mandated goal of providing recreational opportunities to all servicemen. A few Puerto Rican women operated the activities of these organizations. Puerto Rican women also participated in the war effort by becoming oficial Army Hostesses, organizing dances and other recreational activities, and operating post libraries.

All of these oficers were Puerto Rican males. In addition, if their role required impersonating a female, they were ridiculed by their fellow soldiers for quite a long time. They did not like the entertainment troupes coming from the States either; their music was foreign, and the language was English, which most Puerto Rican soldiers could not understand. Local artists organized themselves into Spanish-speaking troupes, which eventually presented variety shows on every single Caribbean island in which Puerto Rican troops were stationed.

A lower number of women were able to participate in these troupes as singers. While in the United States the purpose of these programs was to increase the quantities of farm produce to be sent overseas, in Puerto Rico the objective was to reduce the quantity of produce imported from the States. Government did not allow it. Restrictions were placed on the sale of construction materials, mainly because ships bringing such materials to the island were being sunk by U-boats. In early , the insular government began to provide a monthly direct economic assistance stipend of seven dollars and ifty cents to 15, families.

A Maternity and Child Support Program was established. Government oficials were sent to Congress and the White House to plead for the inclusion of Puerto Rico in the Social Security Program, since all territorial possessions had been excluded from the legislation. Language problems prevented the contracting of most, and only a little more than 2, eventually found their way to farms, canneries, railroad companies, chemical plants, and mines in the United States. Finally, a few hundred Puerto Rican men found war industry jobs in shipyards and munitions factories.

Programs that were successful in the United States were totally inapplicable to Puerto Rico. Yet the federal government insisted on applying them. In the United States, the war effort was meant to support the Armed Forces, in order to help them win the War.

In Puerto Rico, the war effort meant survival of the local population while attempting to support it. The majority of the male workforce remained unemployed, which caused most Puerto Rican women to stay at home and endure the shortages caused by the Nazi and Italian submarine campaigns. Yet they still had to ind the ways and means to feed their families. Rosie the Riveter, that iconic personage who exempliied the takeover of industrial operations by women so that men could be called upon to ight the Axis, never lived in Puerto Rico. Board of Education of Topeka decision mandated the desegregation of public schools, Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge published a reactionary diatribe entitled You and Segregation.

In searing terms, he took the United States Supreme Court to task for invading the legal prerogative of state and local governments to run their education systems. Who cares what the Reds say? Who cares what Pravda prints? By acting decisively, Eisenhower hoped to turn back embarrassing Soviet propaganda, avoid diplomatic fallout with newly independent nations in Africa and Asia, and showcase democratic reform under the rule of law.

According to traditional explanations, Eisenhower dispatched the st Airborne Division and federalized the Arkansas Guard in order to protect the Constitution, the authority of the federal government, and the rule of law. Vulcan Press, , vi. In his public statements during those tense days in September, the Commander-in-Chief himself often defended his actions on the basis of constitutional necessity to protect the rule of law. He took executive action, according to this interpretation, also because he feared the international repercussions of inaction, most especially a Soviet propaganda coup that might give the communists momentum in wooing peoples of color world-wide, then in rebellion against European colonialism.

If he did not intervene, the credibility of the leader of the free world would be tarnished. Consequently, Asians and Africans might declare neutralism in the Cold War--as twenty-nine nations did at the Bandung Conference--or might even pivot their allegiance toward Moscow.

This was partly due to his insistence that overt racism, though morally wrong, would only effectively subside gradually through voluntarist approaches such as education, exposure, and example. He saw no paradox in believing that private interactions between racial groups and the practice of tokenism would inspire change, even though the entire Jim Crow structure of the South mitigated against such interracial relationships forming in schools, on the job, or within neighborhoods. Perhaps this perception was due to his fundamental ignorance of African Americans, which made him uncomfortable when meeting 2 Quoted in Thomas Borstelmann, The Cold War and the Color Line: Harvard University Press, , Princeton University Press, , World Ahead Publishing, , Waging Peace, Garden City: Doubleday, , Raised in segregated Abilene, Kansas, schooled at whites-only West Point, and appointed to posts throughout the South and in the Panama Canal Zone, Eisenhower gained little personal exposure to African Americans in his formative years.

In , he testiied in Congress against the desegregation of the military, and in eight years as President, he met with a group of civil rights leaders only once, for less than an hour. As a moderate Republican, he sought to peel away white Democratic voters in the South by insisting that the national government had no authority to enforce racial equality. After the expansion of federal authority that accompanied the New Deal and Fair Deal, he correctly interpreted the national mood as opposing increased federal regulation of the economy and society.

Therefore, he saw civil rights as an issue best left to state and local oficials. Martin Luther King, and maintained a laissez-faire attitude toward a weak civil rights bill focused on voting rights. Coward-McCann, , See also Borstelmann, The Cold War, University of Tennessee Press, , He favored a policy of containment while seeking ways in which the United States could expand its power and inluence globally at the expense of China and the Soviet Union. One was technical, as Moscow had long used radio in particular to expose both foreign and domestic audiences to its party line.

Since , Radio Moscow had broadcast programs externally using shortwave technology, and by , its shortwave and medium range transmitters beamed content to North and South America, the Middle East, Europe, and South Asia. Jackson to recommend changes for a more uniied and effective governmental voice abroad. Bowie and Richard H.

Oxford University Press, American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Government Printing Ofice, , Abroad we must play up our progress; and at home we must continue to lose racial biases. Unwilling due to personal and political reasons to champion civil rights progress at home, but unable to ignore a main theme of Soviet propaganda as the Cold War became a worldwide battle over hearts and minds, the President was forced on the defensive when an unexpected act of civil rights deiance hit the news on 2 September Perhaps he saw an opportunity to obtain the support of white conservatives who had almost defeated him for reelection in while delecting criticism for a recent sales tax increase he endorsed ironically to provide more revenues for schools.

Also, he must have believed he had little to fear from Washington. Not only had Eisenhower refused to comment on the Brown decision, but he had refused to intervene in Clinton, Tennessee and Mansield, Texas in when organized violence prevented the integration of public schools.

General Assembly, and hold forth about freedom and democracy. Nichols, A Matter of Justice: Simon and Schuster, , ; Anderson, Little Rock, With National Guardsmen ringing the school and a governor determined to obstruct federal court orders, the day of reckoning arrived on September 4.

In front of a national television audience, the Little Rock Nine ran into a frenzied white mob and armed guardsmen. Penguin, , Cambridge University Press, , The president, though, counseled patience, as he did not want to force a confrontation he might otherwise avoid. Faubus, for his part, was out of options. He realized, though, that he had backed himself into a corner, from which he sought to escape by appealing to Eisenhower for a one-on-one meeting. The two politicians met for twenty minutes in Newport, Rhode Island, where Eisenhower was on vacation.

It quickly became apparent, though, that neither man wanted any compromise. Faubus went home, cultivating an image of a small-state governor who had stared down the Commander-in-Chief. He responded to a new federal court order banning him from using the National Guard to enforce segregation by simply withdrawing the troops from the Central High School grounds on 20 September.

He awaited a reaction from the White House. This time, its members failed to prevent eight African American students from slipping into the school, escorted by local police. Once over 1, protesters surrounded the school and challenged the security barricades, though, the police withdrew the students for the safety of everyone there. Mayor Mann, deep in despair, contacted Eisenhower and announced that as mob rule had broken out in his city, only federal intervention could prevent violence and uphold the rule of law. I am pleading to you as President of the United States in the interest of humanity, law and order and because of democracy worldwide to provide the necessary federal troops within several hours.

He did care what Pravda printed in this case. First, while still on vacation in Newport, he signed Executive Order directing that 1, men of the elite st Airborne Division travel from the base at Fort Campbell, Kentucky to Central High School. After outlining a draft on the plane and consulting with Secretary of State Dulles, the Commander- in-Chief hit the airwaves in an appropriately somber grey single-breasted suit.

He irst defended the deployment as a response to a small group of extremists who refused to obey a valid court order though he deliberately left open the question of whether he agreed with it. He then launched into a spirited explanation of the diplomatic reasons that impelled him to act: It would be dificult to exaggerate the harm that is being done to the prestige and inluence, and indeed to the safety, of our nation and the world. Our enemies are gloating over this incident and using it to misrepresent our whole nation.

We are portrayed as a violator of those standards of conduct which the people of the world united to proclaim in the Charter of the United Nations. With the arrival of soldiers, Little Rock faded from national and international headlines. Remnants of the st stayed in the city for two months, but their presence did not prevent the Little Rock Nine from enduring verbal and physical abuse by some of their white classmates. Faubus, interpreting the tumultuousness as a result of forced integration, successfully closed all four public high schools for a year while planning to reopen them as segregated private academies.

His move failed before the Supreme Court,30 and a year later, Central High School opened again with an integrated student body. On 12 August , three African American students walked through its front door, but only after police and ireighters had dispersed a crowd of protesters. Eisenhower and Civil Rights Washington, D.

The Eisenhower World Affairs Institute, , By the late s, both Moscow and Washington had inked a series of agreements that provided for mutual exhibitions and cultural exchanges. High on the priority list were demonstrations of American progress in harmonizing race relations. Civil rights activists soon led the charge, and they too would often use arguments based on Cold War logic. America is free to choose whether the Negro shall remain her liability or become her opportunity. Haddow, Pavilions of Plenty: Smithsonian Institution Press, Harper and Brothers, , Italics in the original.

Sheen , a prominent member of the Catholic Hierarchy during the Cold War, effectively used radio and later the new medium of television to attract millions of Americans to his crusade against communism. Sheen used the Bible and Christian theology to condemn communism on The Catholic Hour radio program in the s and continued to crusade against communism during World War II despite the fact that the United States was allied with the Soviet Union. In the late s and into the s Sheen shifted to television with his own prime time show, Life is Worth Living.

He called on Jews and Protestants to join together to oppose the threat that communism posed to America and the West. His show enjoyed widespread popularity and he won an Emmy for outstanding television Personality in Sheen condemned the war in Europe and the actions of Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini but his major concern was always Joseph Stalin and communism. Like many politicians who had advocated appeasement of Germany because it would serve as a bulwark against communism, Sheen hoped that Hitler and Stalin would begin hostilities and destroy each other.

His anti-communism did not receive national media attention during the war and he was forced to take his crusade to smaller audiences who would be receptive to it. When Sheen attacked communism, it was often in Catholic publications or before sympathetic Catholic audiences, where he could condemn Stalin and 1 Until recently the main published works on Sheen were: In , Thomas Reeves published the irst full-length biography of Sheen since Noonan. Sheen continued to be vehemently opposed to communism and near the end of World War II he warned that Russia would take control of Eastern Europe.

He was ignored until the beginning of the Cold War when he once again gained national and international attention for his views on communism. Sheen predicted that events in Europe would bring about a renewed interest in Christianity. He claimed that his correspondence had grown from an average of one thousand letters a week to over six thousand a day.

He also urged Catholics to be more open to those individuals who might be seeking information on Catholic doctrine, and he declared his intention of personally giving instruction on the church to anyone that requested it. Thus Christianity must be preserved in order to keep democracy. He continually demonstrated his devotion to Christianity and his faith and contended that it could improve the world and even preserve democracy.

The advent of World War II led Sheen to write a number of books and articles to reassure Americans that God was in control of the universe. Hitler then turned his attention to the Low Countries, where German armies soon overran Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium. Great Britain remained at war but lost the majority of its weapons, tanks, and artillery when it was forced to evacuate its army from the port of Dunkirk before the fall of France.

It fought an air war with Germany during the autumn of which some feared was the precursor of a Nazi invasion of the British Isles. The war had not directly affected America except for Lend- Lease but many Americans were concerned and Sheen wanted them to know that Christianity would triumph over evil. In the irst of many publications, Sheen attempted to set the war in Europe within a theological context by proclaiming it a judgment from God. War came in the name of God or from the hand of God.

The war then raging in Europe was from the hand of God because the modern world had forsaken the morality accepted in Christian Europe since the Middle Ages. He chastised Americans for condemning Nazism for inlicting persecution on the Jews while not condemning Soviet Russia for taking away religious rights. Sheen was not overtly anti-Semitic but his remarks could be taken as demonstrating his apathy to the treatment of the Jewish people in Germany. However, it was his ixation with the danger that communism represented to Christianity which led him to make statements of that nature.

He remained irmly convinced that Americans were ignoring the real risk to their country by being distracted by the atrocities of Hitler. Sheen continued to explore the relationship between religion and government when he argued that Western Civilization had banished religion from public affairs and had consequently become anti-religious. This liberty of indifference manifested itself in a variety of ways. Sheen was so obsessed with the threat of communism that he contended it should be more feared than fascism. He was so focused on communism that he virtually ignored the actions of Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

In early , he went so far as to suggest that communist inluence in Nazi Germany should be a major concern for the United States. Sheen, Freedom Under God Milwaukee: Capitalism in its present form will not survive. False liberalism will not live. Education alienated from religion will perish. These changes will come not from outside but from within men. Corruption comes from the heart in a sort of spiritual ifth column activity.

America faced with the threat of war would seek to preserve its way of life exactly as it existed. Sheen told the graduates that certain portions of the American way of life should be jettisoned as unproductive to the best interests of the country. The present education system that excluded religion and morality should be done away. The American legal system should be changed because it maintained that the state was the source of individual rights, and often trampled on those same rights. America needed to take time and prioritize what was really important and what would ultimately offer the greatest beneit to the country.

By the autumn of , Sheen came to accept the idea that America would eventually be drawn into the war in Europe, but he warned that it should do 11 French and British envoys were in Moscow to talk about the three countries joining forces. Nikita Khrushchev in his memoirs argued that Stalin knew the British and French were only trying to turn Hitler against the Soviet Union rather than negotiate a real alliance. Nikita Khrushchev, Khrushchev Remembers [Boston: For a complete discussion of these negotiations see Michael Jabara Carley, He vehemently argued that any aid sent to Russia should have certain conditions attached.

When Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in June , bringing it into the war, debate ensued in the government and among the American people on whether to extend Lend Lease aid to the communist regime.

An opinion poll in August showed only 38 per cent of the American people were in favor of sending aid to Russia. By September, Roosevelt was desperately seeking support from American Catholics and had asked the Pope to declare that aiding Russia through lend—lease would not be supporting communism. As the subject of aid to the Soviets was being debated, Sheen declared that any aid should be contingent upon the USSR accepting conditions that would ultimately bring about the end of communism. Sheen assumed that the Soviets would be so desperate for American aid that they could be forced to accept any conditions to obtain it.

He also stipulated that the Soviet Union should be warned that it would have no place in the Council of Nations after the war if it still had a communistic government. The United States had a moral imperative to use its economic power in the form of military aid to force the Soviet Union to give up communism. In October, Sheen reported that his list of conditions for aid to Russia had been sent to President Roosevelt. In fact, the Roosevelt administration had been urging the Soviet Union to assure the United States that it did have religious freedom in order to placate religious leaders in this country and ease their opposition to lend-lease aid.

Both newspapers published articles on October 4 that lauded Sheen for exposing this fraud. Sheen continued to demand his three conditions for aid and condemned Roosevelt for his remarks on religious freedom right up to the time of Pearl Harbor. Sheen Asks Red guarantees. He contended that the Soviet Union had helped start the war in Europe by its actions in Poland, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania and therefore should not be trusted.

He also warned his readers to remember that there was a difference between communism and the Russian people and that good Catholics should be prepared to restore Russia to its place among Christian nations should the war lead to the end of communism. Sheen declared that Hitler might set up a puppet Christian state in former Soviet territory but it would only be for propaganda purposes because he would rid the world of Christianity if it were within his power.

He warned those who promoted aid for the USSR did so for one of three reasons. Sheen was so obsessed with the dangers of communism that he still worried more about the threat it presented to the world while German troops occupied most of the eastern Soviet Union and the ultimate survival of that country was in question. He wanted to make sure that even if America did aid the Soviet Union, the American people would not forget the horrors of the communist regime. He wanted to continue his crusade against communism, but he did not want to appear disloyal to the United States.

Sheen claimed that his radio broadcasts were carefully monitored, and if he suggested that the USSR was anything but a democracy, his microphone would be shut off. It encouraged the media to portray the Soviets in a positive manner throughout the war. He intended to refer to Poland as being cruciied between two thieves as Jesus had been. One thief was Nazi Germany and the other the Soviet Union. Although Sheen did not openly defy the bishops, he still continued his crusade against communism whenever possible. During the war, Sheen strongly objected to the favorable treatment that the American media gave the Soviet Union and Stalin.

Sheen condemned the popular pro-Russian alliance ilm, Mission to Moscow. To support his position, Sheen returned to his familiar theme of a lack of freedom of religion in Russia as another indication that Stalin could not be trusted. Steele, Propaganda in an Open Society: Greenwood Press, , Catholics and American Diplomacy, Westport Conn.: However, American involvement in the war led the Bishops Conference to promote the idea of Catholic loyalty to the war effort.

Films and American Society London: He asked Americans of all faiths to spend an hour each day in prayer. In this series, he returned to some familiar themes, such as why God did not stop the war. He tried to reassure his listeners that an all-powerful God could stop the war but chose not to do so. Sheen also emphasized that the decline of Western Civilization and morals as evidenced by the three dictators, Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin, had helped bring about the war.

A recent book by John Cornwell accuses the Pontiff of not condemning Nazi regime because he believed that the allies could not win the war. Cornwell based his book on published Vatican documents but many Catholic publications have criticized his interpretation. He also included communism for good measure.

Here again, Sheen continued to emphasize that one could not condemn Hitler and Mussolini without including the communist dictator, Stalin. However, in these broadcasts, Sheen did lighten his anti-Communist rhetoric to more indirect condemnations of the Soviet Union. Throughout this series he focused on Hitler and Mussolini but always managed to include communism.

In a March Lenten service, Sheen predicted that Hitler would eventually commit suicide. The National Council of Catholic Men who sponsored the broadcasts later published them in book form. Sheen defended the Vatican in an article in the Tablet calling the Soviet attack unwarranted. It came about because Russia lacked freedom of the press and freedom of religion. He contended that the Vatican had issued encyclicals that condemned fascism on several different occasions.

Sheen blasted Russia for helping fascism. Therefore, they had attacked the Vatican to discredit it in European affairs. Sheen never paid as much attention to the war in the Paciic against Japan as he did to the European conlict. The fact that Europe was home to the Vatican and contained more Catholics than did Asia also contributed to his lack of interest in that area of the world. In , Sheen did assail the United States government for naively trusting Japan before the war began. Sheen never abandoned his anti-communism and he attacked whenever he found a sympathetic audience. This was once again a veiled warning against trusting the Soviets.

A copy is located in the Sheen Archives, St. Sheen outlined the history of Russia from the time that Christianity came to Russia to his own time. He argued that since Russia received its Christianity from Constantinople rather than Rome, it became lost to Western Civilization until the time of Peter the Great. He wanted to illustrate that communism came to Russia because it did not have the advantages of the Roman Catholicism during its formation.

Sheen later turned from communism, saying he had no time to talk about the political war that Russia was waging against its allies and then gave a history of how Western Civilization had failed both Japan and Germany. In the case of Germany, he went back to the time of the Roman Empire. He also stated that Germany should have been broken apart at the end of World War I and he hoped that America would subdue Germany at the end of the war then being fought. In November , Sheen reacted strongly to statements made at the Quebec Conference in which representatives from Great Britain, the United States, and other countries met to discuss war strategy.

Sheen argued that the USSR had broken their word in many treaties in the last fourteen years, beginning with the Kellogg Pact of , wherein the signers had agreed not to use war as an instrument of international policy. However, he declared that: Are we not already beginning to take the same attitude toward Moscow that we took at Munich in ? To ensure peace, a moral change was necessary in the souls of men to have them seek out peace. He was right about this. Sheen also expressed his apprehension about what might happen after the war in Germany when he suggested that the Soviet Union might ally with the Nazi movement after Hitler had been defeated.

The combined forces would then turn on the West. He revealed that a meeting of communist agitators from a number of nations had been held in Mexico City in November They were told that while Hitlerism was the major enemy, they should make a distinction between Hitlerism and Nazism, because Nazism might aid them in destroying the United States and Great Britain after the war.

Sheen did not reveal the source of his information, but in the Sheen Archives there are typewritten pages of the minutes of that meeting. He used the meeting as another example of how Stalin could not be trusted and to demonstrate that his ultimate goal was the destruction of his capitalist allies. Sheen continued to be concerned about the post-war future of Eastern Europe, particularly Catholic Poland, as the war progressed. The United States must face its moral obligation to keep Poland from Soviet control.

Some have accused Roosevelt of going too far to placate Stalin or perhaps being too ill to effectively deal with the Soviet dictator. Because Hitler later broke the agreement and took over all of the country, Chamberlain was viewed as having given in too much to Hitler.

Bernard Institute, Rochester, New York. Sheen also warned the Allied troops in Italy that they should not bomb the Vatican lest they bring the judgment of God upon them. He expressed this sentiment as American and British troops fought their way up the Italian Peninsula. However, German troops took control of northern Italy and reinstalled Mussolini in a puppet government.

Heavy ighting continued as the allied troops were forced to ight their way slowly against heavy German opposition. Sheen continued to warn the allied forces not to bomb Rome because it would not fulill any military objective. Sheen was more concerned about the fate of the Vatican then a quick allied victory that might have saved lives.

Throughout World War II, Sheen continued his crusade against communism despite the Pro-Soviet attitude adopted by the American government and many of its citizens. He could not speak out on his radio broadcasts as he had before the war, but whenever possible, he continued to warn of the dangers of communism. He had no use for the fascist dictators, but he felt that Americans were being deceived about the Soviet Union because of the alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union. Sheen argued that conditions should be attached to any aid that was sent to Russia.

It appeared in print only in Catholic publications. He also warned audiences of the dangers of communism and the Soviet Union when he was not on the radio. The CCC was one of the largest programs created from New Deal legislation, and has often been described as a program that gave people work and compensation for their work, along with vocational skills and a general education.

Those stated goals were several. First, the CCC employed people who lost their jobs due to the Great Depression, and compensated them for work done to preserve the landscape not only in national parks but also for cities and small towns. Second, the CCC functioned as an educational organization, which taught enrollees skills that would make them more useful to employers after their jobs with the CCC ended. Third, the CCC functioned as a civic organization that, at least according to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, taught enrollees personal discipline and through their work gave them an appreciation for nature.

With some exceptions detailed herein, African Americans faced a paradox: The CCC was in practice not run in accordance with any national law, but subject to state and local customs and mores. With few exceptions, the CCC operated on racist and prejudicial principles.

The stock market crash of left millions out of work, and as the Great Depression continued, the government grew in size.

In this expansion the CCC was created, and the idea of an agency with the deliberate purpose of land conservation, as well as education and discipline, was born of several smaller programs, all founded or directed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt FDR. They will inscribe "WASP" at their expense. This new regulation applies to all emblems except those of belief and certain awards, not just us. Did you know WASP wings are a "logo"?! Is anyone interested in the purchase of bronze wings probably 3"-4" suitable for attachment to any marker, if we can find a supplier?

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If you cannot afford it, send what you can. Remember, millions of people will throng to the memorial in years to come and you, as an individual WASP including Trainees should be identified in this most prestigious Women's Memorial in our Nation's Capitol. I Month Year Name as it appears on the card please print: DI am sponsoring a name for registration: Please type or print all information. Information may be updated at any time. First and Last Name Include maiden name, if desired: Day Month Year Place of Birth: Woman registered is my: The plan was approved by a vote of active members, in favor, opposed.

See full report of the balloting and survey elsewhere in the Newsletter. Thanks to all who took the time to return their ballots. Your comments will be brought to the attention of the Board. Remarks on the ballots indicated there is still some confusion and misunderstanding about the Falcon Foundation and th. I will try to explain more fully below, and Will be glad to answer questions. They recognized that many deserving young people, with outstanding potential, need additional academic preparation prior to cadet appointment. The Falcon Foundation meets this need through its program of annual scholarship grants.

The Foundation currently awards scholarships each year. Each scholarship is dedicated in honor of a pioneer in aviation, or individuals who have distinguished themselves in aviation or defense. Only a few are in honor of women: The recipient has a choice of five prep schools: At the end of the year's study, the student is again considered for appointment to the Academy. Falcon Foundation scholarship recipients do not attend the prep school on the Academy grounds. The students at the Academy prep school are composed mainly of AF enlisted personnel who have been selected for Academy appointments.

Unknown to most of us, the Falcon Foundation scholarship in honor of the WASP was established and permanently funded in by Chuck Yeager and other friends of Cochran. Nine WASP scholarships have been awarded since that time. The scholarship in honor of Cochran was also established in by her friends, but was not permanently funded until now. Both the WASP and Cochran scholarships are earmarked for women only, and we believe that these scholarships will enable more young women to enter the Academy and to pursue aeronautical careers. Since we were a military organization, we believe it is appropriate for us to sponsor a military scholarship.

This will bring closer ties with the Academy and make them more aware of our history as the first U. In addition, we believe Cochran deserves to be honored in this way for her unparalleled aeronautical accomplishments. See photo and Kimberly's letter of appreciation elsewhere in this Newsletter. This money will be allocated toward a scholarship of some sort. The Board will consider options at the next meeting.

My sincere thanks to all who helped make this scholarship possible: Also, very importantly, thanks to all who donated to the scholarship fund. It would not have been possible without them. See list of donors below. Scholarship Donors our sincere thanks to all who have donated to our scholarship fund. If any names have been omitted or are incorrect please let us know. They are listed mor or less in the order received: I drove six hours each way to Roswell on September 12, spent the night in the VIP quarters and returned the next day.

The presentation program was on the night of the 12th. Our recipient is Kimberly Arsenault. She is an outstanding student and a delightful person. Bellis called me recently to commend Kimberly on her grades this past semester. She had a GPA of 3. The General was very proud of her accomplishment and wanted the WASP to know that she would be getting special attention at the Academy.

I am enclosing a photo of her taken the day of the presentation. The attached letter she wrote to me should be printed in our newsletter for the WASP to read. We have a very capable, attractive, and appreciative recipient. We can be proud of her. Watson, It is with great appreciation that I write to you. This honor has allowed me to continue to strive to attend the Air Force Academy. At the awards dinner, Lt. Bellis spoke about the opportunity the Falcon Scholars were given through this scholarship.

I felt proud that I was given a chance to prove my academic and military abilities. I was so excited, after receiving the award, that I called my parents in Pittsburgh! The first time I wore my Falcon Scholar ribbon on my uniform, other cadets asked me what the ribbon represented. I felt special when I told them that I was a Falcon Scholar. At the Academy I will dedicate myself to excellence in every area.

I believe that my dedication and hard work will be enough to graduate and attend pilot school. I hope that I too can become a pilot and serve my country with the dignity and honor that you did. Thank you for courageously paving the way for future women pilots! Words are not enough to express the gratitude that I feel. Thank you for allowing me to not only follow my dreams, but to receive an incredible opportunity to begin my life long career. A misunderstanding that AF pays all costs including Prep.

Fund it in memory of Cochran and Nancy Love. Don't spread out, increase AF A. Quote from "Dallas Morning News": Marian Verges book said it best, "Verges brings to life the joy women found in flying and the dawning realization that women deserve a place in the sky.

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She had made it all possible I'm a '99', and think they perhaps have enough scholarships. The 99's will favor '99's. Don't get involved in any more projects. I hope collection of funds will be long-term. We aren't wealthy enough for 2. If I were younger I would favor 2 Scholarships. Where will unspent funds go? Each year the Distinguished Speaker Program sponsors people who made a significant contribution to our nation's defense to share their experiences and insights with tomorrow's air and space leaders.

This presentation provides the cadets a valuable insight into the role women played in the Air force. One thousand Cadets attended the presentation and those that could not attend had the speech piped into their class rooms. Margaret and her daughter Marsha were met at the airport by Major Donald E. They had their noon meal with the Cadets. General Oelstrom accompanied Margaret to Mitchell Hall for her presentation. She told the WASP story, her many flying experiences and her trip around the World when she was seventy two.

The last paragraph of her speech, "We live in a world of people who want success without being willing to pay the price for achieving it. Just ask anyone who failed and they will tell you, 'Success is a matter of luck. And I can tell you, it's worth whatever it costs. You are an outstanding example of what makes this nation great. Though the course may change headings along the way just remember, the sky's the limit.

Your future is bright, and it's not where you've come from but where you are going that count Photo by Larry Hulst. The Cadets said you are the speaker that has impressed and motivated them the most in their short careers here. You are a true inspiration to these young leaders not to mention some of old officers. The room snapped to attention with a sea of blue all standing at attention in total silence while three of us walked across to our front row seats.

Mom did a fantastic job telling her story and hopefully motivating the cadets. They presented her with a picture of the Thundebirds flying over the Academy and a plaque of appreciation. The wind was too strong for a ride in a glider. The article said, "She's still flying high this grandmother that has been hooked on flying for 57 years and is still earning racing trophies with the best of them.

She has lost count of her trophies and does not live in the past and cares more on what she's doing today. She has been married for 50 years and dotes on her grandchildren. She still flies and won a race in Illinois in July In November Margaret was honored as the first woman to become a pilot in Fort Wayne Margaret was featured in the November 4th edition of the National Enquirer. A picture of her in the cockpit of her plane with the caption, "A site for soar eyes.

Flight instructor Margaret Ringenberg at the controls. The Enquirer reported that folks in Fort Wayne, IN still talk about the day this pilot 'bombed' their town. Margaret was dropping 56, fliers that gave the word that Japan had surrendered and the war was over. What will be Margaret's next adventure!

We must wait and see. Standing beside Tibbets was Didi Moorman, a woman who 53 years ago Tibbets taught to fly the Superfortress, at the time the largest bomber in the world. How the two Midwesterners met at Eglin Air Force 8ase in the summer of and their little-known, cross-country adventure on a kept an audience of former crewmen captivated Saturday afternoon.

When Tibbets was summoned to Eglin in to oversee work on the bomber, he was already one of the nation's most experienced pilots, having led the first day-light bomber runs of Nazi-occupied -Europe. The was the most complicated warplane of its day. Its electronic systems, such as a "master gun control," were a bridge between the Air Force's pre-World War II technology and the gear that would become standard equipment on later jet bombers.

Under Tibbets' guidance at Eglin, crews experimented with new engine parts and worked out the kinks in the electronic gear. Tibbets also showed off the new plane to such aviation giants as Charles Lindbergh who visited Eglin. Although hundreds of 's had already rolled out of American factories, many pilots were scared to take the Superfortress into the sky. It was the biggest airplane we had," Tibbets said. At a training base in Clovis, NM, pilots were finding reasons not to fly the planes. They were convinced that if one engine quit the bomber would crash and that the engines were prone to catch on fire.

A general came to Tibbets about the pilots' fright. He didn't have to look far. Dorothea "Didi" Moorman had grown up in Nebraska and earned her pilot's license from a pre-World War II government effort to train civilian pilots. Moorman loved flying so much she quit her desk job at a savings and loan to work at a private airfield that offered her flight time in exchange for working there.

After America entered the war, the War Department started the Woman's Air Service Pilot program, an effort to teach women to fly military planes, but not into combat. Of the 23, women who applied, 1,were accepted. Moorman's wartime flying took her up and down the East Coast, ferrying airplanes and guiding radio-controlled target drones.

They didn't have any place for women pilots," Moorman told the reunion audience. One morning, Moorman recalled, a colonel walked up to her. It was Tibbets but the name didn't mean anything to her. He was looking for women who hadn't flown a four-engine plane. Even today, it's hard for Moorman to express her excitement about the offer to pilot a In less than a week, Tibbets had Moorman and Daugherty flying the bomber and commanding its enlisted male air crew.

During the lessons, Tibbets and his two students flew out of 8irmingham, Ala. After a week, Moorman and Daugherty flew a home to Eglin. There wasn't a third day. Word came down from War Department to stop. You have accomplished the mission," Tibbets told Moorman and Daugherty. Moorman went on to work as a general's aide and co-pilot based at Grand Isle, Neb. When the War Department announced it was ending.

Tibbets went on to become commander of the secret Air Force mission to drop atomic bombs on Japan. Daugherty stayed with Tibbets and helped fly test missions involved with planning the attacks. Tibbets still bristles at the National Air and Space Museum's efforts a few years ago to mount an exhibition about the nuclear bomb attacks on Japan that he and many others believe portrayed Japan as the victim, not as an imperial power that attacked Pearl Harbor, China and the South Pacific islands.

The house was as close to the water as we are to that wall," Tibbets said pointing to a wall about 10 yards away. A grandson is an Air Force pilot and commander of a B-2 stealth bomber. Tibbets and Moorman hadn't seen each other since the war until three weeks ago, when they were reunited in Texas at a Confederate Air Force show. Moorman and most of the reunion participants had no idea Tibbets would appear Saturday until he walked into the Holiday Inn ballroom. He was greeted by a standing ovation. Can you imagine preparing a sit-down dinner for over ?

My roommate, Jane Cunningham's arrival at our motel was a bit late and so she and I did not arrive at the Gala until after some of the opening ceremonies. John Hamre and the tribute offered by Tipper Gore. In her remarks she mentioned that when General Vaught was a little girl, she was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. Tipper Gore also pointed out that it took some 30 or 40 years to complete the Washington Monument but that General Vaught completed ours in just 8 years.

This function lasted from 3 p. This statement in spite of the fact that every forecaster predicted rain. The following day, October 18th, sure enough, no rain but cold with a very low overcast. The hour ceremony was attended by about 30, with many dignitaries and speakers. A special message was televised from President and Mrs. Clinton and Vice President Gore was there in ":. Among the many speakers was the Hon. She then went home and prayed to God for no rain - and SHE heard her. Eileen Collins was one of the speakers. There were 32 cutting the ribbon. Scheduled for part of the ceremony was a fly-by of a C with an all woman crew and our own Dawn Seymour as passenger.

Vi Cowden had gotten a flight in the C the day before. However, the ceiling was too low to allow this flight. There was a candle-light march in the evening which I did not attend because of the cold weather. But those who did were very impressed with the service at which Janet Reno was one of the speakers. The grand finale was a spectacular display of fire-works. The entire celebration was one that I wish all could have attended. All the services were complemented and honored by so many.

Looks as if women have finally found a place of honor. The WASPs were represented by the following: Three of the five have an active part in the P organization. There were several enjoyable tours of historic San Diego, views of the Navy facilities, a visit to the famous Aerospace Museum in Balboa Park, and a trip to Tiajuana. These plus a welcoming cocktail party, the members meeting and banquet contributed to a pleasant renewal of friendship with the Mustang pilots and made an enjoyable backdrop for the mini-mini-WASP reunion.

The extensive photo panel that adjoins the dining rooms has displayed aviation celebrities Until now, the one token woman has always been Amelia Earhart. Tallichet owns the Proud Bird as well as numerous other aviation-theme restaurants. They were hosted by the City of Mobile and the Veterans.

Brown said, "What a grand Veteran's Day celebration! And to think we were so honored! It was a memory I shall long treasure. Hospitality was great and enjoyed meeting the Mayor of Mobile, the host committee and others. The sixty two Junior ROTC units marching in the parade, and all the children waving flags along the parade route was most impressive. The program at the museum was the highlight of the day, music was beautiful and the 4th grade children marching in carrying flags was something I shall remember forever. Each WASP received a plaque that reads.

She accepted the Patriot of the Year Plaque. The ancient Greeks believed that the sky was female and they left us with a wonderful legacy of images and stories. Perhaps the most important gift was the idea that if we can dream something, we can do it. These are the thoughts that were on my mind that stunning September morning when the purple crepe was pulled off of Dot Lewis' wonderful statue.

There will be a picture or two, perhaps the text of Attorney General Janet Reno's speech. But we who were there know the magic of the moment. Naturally, it was wonderful to be surrounded by friends, to see the flag, to hearthe speeches and to bask in the applause of four thousand or more young cadets. Really, the sky was as blue and crisp as you remember it. But now the festivities are over. Will the intended message of duty, honor and country ring true? Wili this memorial endure? Do statues and stamps and stickers and archives matter? Long after the paper which these words are printed on crumbles, the bronze and granite will stand tall.

Made of metal and stone, forged by fire-the most basic elements in the cosmos-your statue will stand tall. Young cadets marching through the gate which declares: Patriotism, service and leadership know no sex. You have proclaimed loud and clear that the hard work of freedom can and should be done by all American citizens. So one day a millennium or two from now when the documents and photographs we hold so dear to us today are dust, the historians will still be able to look to this time in history and know that you were something special.

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They will see the awe in the heaven-turned face of this simple, graceful sculpture. And they will be able to tell the story of the brave young women who dared to dream the dream of flight and freedom Deanie Bishop Parrish, W-4 If you are into 'surfing the net', you might want to log on to http: My daughter, Nancy, created this site over a year ago. It started out as just a small site to educate visitors by sharing one WASP' experiences, but it soon exploded!

E-mail started coming in from around the world, and as she expanded the information on the website, so did the email, the awards, and the visitors from 24 foreign countries so far. Some of the most gratifying email has been received from teachers and from members of the Armed Services who had never before heard of the WASP. Encouraging comments, praise for the WASP' service, and requests for information are common, Sumple requesls: Also, if you know someone that would consider this site worthy of their sponsorship, ask them to please take a look at this site and judge its worthiness.

She has never asked for or received any financial help with this project. It would be great to find a sponsor who believes in this project--recognizing the immediate educational benefits of this site and its potential unlimited use as a resource in the field of education. If you don't have an Internet connection, check out your public library or a local university Iibrary--they are connected and most would be more than willing to share, I hope you stop by and visit, because each of you has been an inspiration for this project.

In August she went to San Antonio, Texas for interviews. We are extremely proud of this collection and we want every WASPs story. Each and every one of you have a truly unique story to tell. Two new displays featuring loaned items are currently being exhibited at the Ft. Uniforms, insignia, photographs, pilot logs and Fifi ephemera are just a sample of the many items borrowed by both museums. An important outcome form this collaboration are ready-made WASP photos available for loan.

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Call us for details. Exhibits will be customized to reflect WASP living in that particular geographical location. In the last three months we had seven in-house researchers and fifteen e-mail or phone research requests. Research requests range from basic information about the WASP to ones like Wand Langley from Georgia who came for a week in December to gather information for a young adult book she's writing. Here's who have been kind enough to remember The Woman's Collection in We appreciate and treasure each and every one of our WASP.

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From all of us at the Woman's Collection, thank you so very much for allowing us to preserve your special memories and history. A newspaper article mentions a white satin girdle as being standard issue. We would love to add one to our uniform collection! Present at this ceremony: Lest we think this too bold a step, she shared with us how easily this might be done in the stages: Let's work to leave our Legacy where our place in history will be maximized!

Following this presentation there was a fly-by of a B and three AT-6's who enjoyed themselves so thoroughly that they emulated the famous Energizer Bunny, making round after round to everyone's delight. She served on the initial committee selected by the Veterans Administration with June Willentz as chairman to explore this idea.

I thought no one would be better in the job, and she has proved this to be so. She said the move is being negotiated "because it's a good offer. It's a more reasonable means for us to expand, rather than for us to build somewhere," she said. McDonald believes the change would be good for the museum as it will mean "a new start.

Office Manager Margie McDonald said the museum's board decided at its last meeting to renegotiate a contract with Burke Lakefront Airport a concourse in the downtown airport terminal, not far from the new football stadium being built and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Photo by Charlie Perez Anniversary Celebration - Betty Shipley center , receives a little help in cutting a cake celebrating the Air Force's 50th anniversary during a special retreat ceremony Sept. Richard Mentemeyer, 12th Flying Training Wing commander. The dedication ceremony will begin at 1: The dedication has been approved as an Air Force Reserve 50th Anniversary activity. In one of the barracks was converted into a small chapel with seating for 60 persons.

Work was begun in to restore the chapel to preserve it as a link with the past and to make it available for civic events.