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The First SR-71 over North Korea

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Michael Hodges

I came across this interesting little story posted by Linda Sheffield in her “Habubrats” group online: A few paragraphs from my father’s (Col. Richard “Butch” Sheffield) unpublished book.North Korea, November 22, 1969, SR-71 number, 972First SR to overfly North Korea and first to land in South Korea.Some years later General Minter told me that this…

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D-Day: God Bless the Greatest Generation

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Michael Hodges

76 years ago today..They didn’t ask for safe spaces.They didn’t ask for therapy dogs.They didn’t cry about how it wasn’t fair. They didn’t give two shits about political correctness. They ran towards danger.They smiled in the face of hardship.They fought. For you.For me. A bunch of them didn’t come home.A bunch of them never saw…

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AT-AT QRF

Posted on May 12, 2019December 8, 2019 by Michael Hodges
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Captain Joe Hooper: American Badass

Posted on May 7, 2019December 8, 2019 by Michael Hodges

Forty years ago, an American man’s man died. There is a long-standing adage in combat arms branches that says “you haven’t had a full career until you’ve gotten an Article 15.” Well, this Vietnam War veteran had his share non-judicial punishments (authorized by Article 15 of UCMJ), racked up 115 confirmed kills and was awarded…

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