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Muskets & Broadsword Orange County Chapter Sons of the American Revolution October 2013 Editor Jim Blauer Officers MEETING INFORMATION President When: October 12, 2013 Dan McKelvie Where: Sizzler Restaurant 24672 Alvorado Mission Viejo, CA 92692 1401 N. Harbor Blvd. [email protected] Fullerton, CA Vice-President Time: Social Begins at 11:00am Daniel H. T. Shippey Meeting: Called to Order at 11:30am 1636 Gymkhana Street Website: www.orangecountysar.org Orange, CA 92869-1032 [email protected] Corresponding Secretary OCTOBER SPEAKER—WOUNDED WARRIOR James W. Klingler CAPTAIN CHARLIE PLUMB 33 Bethany Drive Captain Charlie Plumb has lived what he believes to be the American Dream. As Irvine, CA 92603-3519 a farm kid from Kansas, he fantasized about airplanes although he felt certain he [email protected] would never have the opportunity to pilot one. It would be the United States Navy Recording Secretary who afforded Plumb the opportunity to live out that dream. James F. Blauer After graduating from the Naval Academy, Plumb completed Navy Flight Train- 594 Hamilton St. #E ing and reported to Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego where he flew the first Costa Mesa, CA 92627 adversarial flights in the development of what would be called The Navy Fighter [email protected] Weapon School, currently known as “TOP GUN”. The next year, Plumb’s squadron the Aardvarks launched on the Aircraft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk with Fighter Squad- Treasurer ron 114 to fly the Navy’s hottest airplane, the F-4 Phantom Jet. Code names Plumb- Arthur A. Koehler er, Charlie Plumb flew 74 successful combat missions over North Viet Nam and 17422 Ireland Lane made over 100 carrier landings. On his 75th mission, just five days before the end of Huntington Beach, CA his tour, Plumb was shot down over Hanoi, taken prisoner, tortured, and spent the [email protected] next 2,103 days as a Prisoner Of War. Registrar Following his repatriation, Plumb continued his Navy flying career in Reserve M. Kent Gregory Squadrons where he flew A-4 Sky Hawks, A-7 Corsairs, and FA-18 Hornets. His 3822 Denwood Avenue last two commands as a Naval Reservist were on the Aircraft Carrier Coral Sea and Los Alamitos, CA 90720 at a Fighter Air Wing in California. He retired from the United States Navy after 28 drkentgregory@earhlink. years of service. Net To this day, Captain Plumb continues to fly left-seat at every opportunity. He has Chaplain personally owned 8 airplanes, the most treasured being a WWII PT-19 Open Cock- Richard E. Adams pit Antique. He currently owns a Rutan– designed experimental single engine Long- 2304 Chestnut Ave. Eze. Orange, CA 92867 The military aircraft he has flown are; T-34 Mentor, T-2 Buckeye, F-9 Cougar, F- [email protected] 11 Tiger, F-4 Phantom, A-4 Sky Hawk, A-7 Corsair, FA-18 Hornet and an F-16 Fal- Chancellor con. John L. Dodd Aircraft Carrier assignments included; USS Constellation, USS Lexington, USS 10072 Highcliff Drive Oriskany, USS Kitty Hawk, USS Coral Sea, and the USS Abraham Lincoln. Santa Ana, CA 92705 Medals & Decorations include; The Silver Star, 2 Purple Hearts, the Bronze Star, [email protected] Legion of Merit, POW Medal, Air Medals, Combat Action, Unit Citation, Republic of Viet Nam Campaign, and Service Medal. official website for the Massing which commemorates the birth of George Washington and salutes the men & women who serve and have served in our armed forc- es. Captain Charlie It is as patriotic an event as you will find here on the Plumb West Coast. So mark your calendars to attend this event at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive. We will gather there on February 16 and the program is scheduled to start at 2:30pm that Sunday afternoon. Hope to see you there. Since his return home, more than 4,500 audiences in nearly every industry have been spellbound as FALL BOARD OF MANAGERS MEETING Captain Charlie Plumb draws parallels between his The 138th Fall Board of Managers meeting will be P.O.W. experience and the challenges of everyday on November 1-2. It is hosted by the Harbor Chapter life. He has shared his message to an even wider and will be at the Hacienda Hotel at LAX, 525 North public through appearances on Good Morning Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo, CA. America, Nightline, Larry King Live, and The News For room reservations call 1-800-421-5900. The Hour with Jim Lehrer. room rate is $89.00 plus tax per night, single or double One of the most sought-after achievement speakers occupancy. These rates will be good until October of his time, Charlie Plumb’s presentations are as he 15th. Overnight parking is $8.00 per day. When mak- is, sincere, straightforward, humorous, and tailored to ing your reservation please mention that you are with motivate each specific audience he encounters. His the Sons of the American Revolution. insights on how to cope with the difficulties as well Registration Reservations should include your name, as the opportunities in life have a positive impact on the name of a guest (if you have one), your chapter those who hear his message, those who read his and your address, Title if you have one, telephone and books, and those who come to know him as a friend. email. Your check should be made out to the “Harbor Captain Charlie Plumb will speak to our chapter on Chapter”. “Keeping Faith in Your Country in Trying Times”. If you go to the state website, www.californiasar.org and click on “Coming Events” the form for registra- tion, for the Friday night dinner and for the Ladies Tour of the Flight Path Learning Center and Museum at LAX can be found. This is a free tour. There will be a sign up sheet for the Ladies Tour, in the Hospitality Room. It will be on Friday Nov. 1st from 1:30pm- 3pm. Mark your calendars for this annual event and dis- If you do not want to attend the entire meeting, you play of patriotism. may come for one day or the other, or just come for For those of you who were able to attend the the meals. Registration covers all meals, but you can Massing last year, the Sons of Liberty Chapter who purchase them individually as you will see from the sponsor this event, wish to thank you for your partici- Registration form. pation. For those who are unaware of this event, the focus CASSAR COLOR GUARD PRESENTS COLORS of this event has always been the great young people On September 28, 2013, the CASSAR Color Guard who participate in the ROTC and JROTC programs led by Commander Jim Fosdyck and assisted by James throughout Southern California. The goal is to allow Gill (Harbor Chapter), Phil Hinshaw (San Diego the cadets the opportunity to demonstrate their profi- Chapter), and Spencer Knock (Silicon Valley Chap- ciency as a Color Guard unit. ter) presented the Colors at the USS Bennington’s There is also the tradition of participation by active 25th Reunion and 50th Anniversary of the USS Ben- duty military and patriotic organizations, whose nington being home ported in Long Beach, California. members add dignity and color to the ceremonies. The reunion was held aboard the majestic Queen Mary For more information you can go to http:// moored in Long Beach. www.sons-of-liberty-sar.org/massing.php. This is the USS Bennington (Gunboat No. 4/PG-43) was a alienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liber- ty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Since then, every generation of Americans has celebrated the 4th of July as our Nation’s birth. On the Centennial Anniversary of our Nation’s birth the Sons of the American Revolution was con- ceived when on the 29th day of June in 1876 an arti- cle was placed in a local San Francisco newspaper calling for “the descendants of the revolutionary fathers” to meet. This group of men, all of them de- scendants of the men who served in the Revolution- ary War, met and on July 4th 1876 formed the Sons of the Revolutionary Sires. The society which they Sept 28,2013 CASSAR Color Guard with formed later became the Sons of the American Rev- olution on 22 March 1890. James Gill (Harbor Chapter, Jim Fosdyck th (OC Chapter/State Commander), Phil Hin- On the 26 day of June in 1963 both houses of the United States Congress adopted Resolution Number shaw (San Diego Chapter and Spencer th 25 commemorating July 4 as a Day of National Knock (Silicon Valley Chapter). Celebration in recognition of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The words of Resolu- member of the Yorktown class of steel-hulled, twin- tion Number 25 are; screw gunboats in the United States Navy in the late "Whereas the tolling of the Liberty Bell at 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the first U.S. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., at 2 Navy ship named in honor of the town of Benning- o'clock in the afternoon of the 4th day of ton, Vermont, site of the Battle of Bennington in the July, 1776, proclaimed the signing of the American Revolutionary War. Declaration of Independence; and USS Bennington (CV/CVA/CVS-20) was one of Whereas the adoption of this historic docu- 24 Essex-classaircraft carriers built during World ment marked the birth of our country as a War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the free and independent nation; and second US Navy ship to bear the name for the Revo- Whereas it is fitting that the anniversary of lutionary War Battle of Bennington.
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