From: "Steve Bamford" To: "tracy & da SWAMPdogs" References: <5.1.0.14.2.20021205173241.03d4a210@mail.olywa.net> Subject: Re: C-123 Addition to Walk-around Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 22:32:40 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0114_01C29CAE.3C545EC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0114_01C29CAE.3C545EC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: tracy & da SWAMPdogs=20 To: sheb@telus.net=20 Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 5:42 PM Subject: C-123 Addition to Walk-around I wasn't able to find the original message I sent, but I had them in a = folder called "For ARC" so they are easy to resend. :-) As always, feel free to edit as you see fit. I included the story of = Lt. Col. Jackson coming to speak at our museum and a brief relation of = how he earned the Congressional Medal of Honor in a C-123. If you want = to delete that, feel free. If you'd like me to expand on it, I can do = that as I have found further info about that event as well as a copy of = the actual photo graph taken by the RB-101 overhead. Maybe it would = make an interesting article in a pinch. Up to you. :-) Oh, also if you want to not include some photos or replace some, = that's cool too. No one has any excuse, now, for not being able to = detail a C-123. ------ These photos were taken at Olympic Flight Museum in Olympia, = Washington on 8/1/2002. These are in addition to the photos I took = earlier of the same plane, but these don't have as dreary an appearance = since it was finally SUNNY when I went there with my camera. We had a wonderful time recently at an event at the museum when Lt. = Col. Joe Jackson, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient of the = Vietnam War, was kind enough to speak about the event in which he earned = the Medol of Honor. The event that he earned the Medal of Honor during = was in flying a C-123 Provider into the middle of a massive over-running = of an airbase in order to rescue 3 Special Forces combat controllers who = had been left behind by the last C-130 evacuating the base. At one = point as they are sitting on this runway with around 4,000 enemy = soldiers closing in, mortars, artillery, small and large arms fire all = around... the co-pilot exclaimed "OH MY GAWD - LOOK!" and there in front = of them came a rocket "bouncing along the runway" and it stopped right = in front of the plane.... without exploding. As Mr. Jackson said, "Had = it exploded, you would have had a different speaker this evening." Several other planes ranging from an A-1 to a C-130 to an O-2 and a = couple helicopters had been shot down and destroyed on that very runway. = One C-130 returned to the evacuation airbase with over 1,000 holes = blown in it. Mr. Jackson and the rest of the crew must have been in = good graces that day, as they left the runway and landed back at the = evacuation base with ZERO holes in their C-123. It is also the only = Medal of Honor event in which the very moment of the incident was = photographed... an RB-101 happened to be overflying the airbase at the = very moment that the 3 Special Forces soldiers were breaking all land = speed records running across the runway to the plane. It was awesome to = actually view a photo of the event as it happened. This was May 12, 1968. I was 4 months old. Mr. Jackson also flew P-47s, P-51s, F-82s, F-84s, the U-2 and other = planes I probably glazed over in admiration before committing to memory. = He helped develop several tactics, including the SAC nuclear fighter = attack method that Jeni & I have already forgotten the name of, but = basically a fighter sort of tosses a nuke nearly upside-down and gets = the hell out of dodge. He later worked with Boeing after retiring from = the USAF. It was a truly amazing event, and gave us new respect for the big = ole' C-123 that is practically in our backyard. You may also be interested to know that the Mach 2 72nd Scale C-123 = Provider includes the markings of Lt. Col. Jackson's plane that day. ~ Tracy ------=_NextPart_000_0114_01C29CAE.3C545EC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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From:=20 tracy & = da=20 SWAMPdogs
To: sheb@telus.net
Sent: Thursday, December 05, = 2002 5:42=20 PM
Subject: C-123 Addition to=20 Walk-around

I wasn't able to find the original = message I sent,=20 but I had them in a folder called "For ARC" so they are easy to = resend. =20 :-)

As always, feel free to edit as you see fit.  I = included the=20 story of Lt. Col. Jackson coming to speak at our museum and a brief = relation=20 of how he earned the Congressional Medal of Honor in a C-123.  If = you=20 want to delete that, feel free.  If you'd like me to expand on = it, I can=20 do that as I have found further info about that event as well as a = copy of the=20 actual photo graph taken by the RB-101 overhead.  Maybe it would = make an=20 interesting article in a pinch.  Up to you.  :-)

Oh, = also if=20 you want to not include some photos or replace some, that's cool = too.  No=20 one has any excuse, now, for not being able to detail a=20 C-123.

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These photos were taken at Olympic Flight = Museum=20 in Olympia, Washington on 8/1/2002.  These are in addition to the = photos=20 I took earlier of the same plane, but these don't have as dreary an = appearance=20 since it was finally SUNNY when I went there with my camera.

We = had a=20 wonderful time recently at an event at the museum when Lt. Col. Joe = Jackson, a=20 Congressional Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam War, was kind = enough to=20 speak about the event in which he earned the Medol of Honor.  The = event=20 that he earned the Medal of Honor during was in flying a C-123 = Provider into=20 the middle of a massive over-running of an airbase in order to rescue = 3=20 Special Forces combat controllers who had been left behind by the last = C-130=20 evacuating the base.  At one point as they are sitting on this = runway=20 with around 4,000 enemy soldiers closing in, mortars, artillery, small = and=20 large arms fire all around... the co-pilot exclaimed "OH MY GAWD - = LOOK!" and=20 there in front of them came a rocket "bouncing along the runway" and = it=20 stopped right in front of the plane.... without exploding.  As = Mr.=20 Jackson said, "Had it exploded, you would have had a different speaker = this=20 evening."

Several other planes ranging from an A-1 to a C-130 = to an O-2=20 and a couple helicopters had been shot down and destroyed on that very = runway.  One C-130 returned to the evacuation airbase with over = 1,000=20 holes blown in it.  Mr. Jackson and the rest of the crew must = have been=20 in good graces that day, as they left the runway and landed back at = the=20 evacuation base with ZERO holes in their C-123.  It is also the = only=20 Medal of Honor event in which the very moment of the incident was=20 photographed... an RB-101 happened to be overflying the airbase at the = very=20 moment that the 3 Special Forces soldiers were breaking all land speed = records=20 running across the runway to the plane. It was awesome to actually = view a=20 photo of the event as it happened.

This was May 12, 1968.  = I was 4=20 months old.

Mr. Jackson also flew P-47s, P-51s, F-82s, F-84s, = the U-2=20 and other planes I probably glazed over in admiration before = committing to=20 memory.  He helped develop several tactics, including the SAC = nuclear=20 fighter attack method that Jeni & I have already forgotten the = name of,=20 but basically a fighter sort of tosses a nuke nearly upside-down and = gets the=20 hell out of dodge.  He later worked with Boeing after retiring = from the=20 USAF.

It was  a truly amazing event, and gave us new = respect for=20 the big ole' C-123 that is practically in our backyard.

You may = also be=20 interested to know that the Mach 2 72nd Scale C-123 Provider includes = the=20 markings of Lt. Col. Jackson's plane that day.

~=20 Tracy
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