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Published in the September 27, 1913 issue of the SATURDAY EVENING POST

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[Eric]

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26 June 1948. 32 United States Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrain transports flew 80 tons of supplies to

Flughafen Berlin-Templehof, Berlin, the first day of the Berlin Airlift.

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And to think…today’s kids need a safe space to cry in.

In May of 1861, 9 year old John Lincoln “Johnny” Clem ran away from his home in Newark, Ohio, to join the Union Army, but found the Army was not interested in signing on a 9 year old boy when the commander of the 3rd Ohio Regiment told him he “wasn’t enlisting infants,” and turned him down. Clem tried the 22nd Michigan Regiment next, and its commander told him the same. Determined, Clem tagged after the regiment, acted out the role of a drummer boy, and was allowed to remain. Though still not regularly enrolled, he performed camp duties and received a soldier’s pay of $13 a month, a sum collected and donated by the regiment’s officers.
The next April, at Shiloh, Clem’s drum was smashed by an artillery round and he became a minor news item as “Johnny Shiloh, The Smallest Drummer”. A year later, at the Battle Of Chickamauga, he rode an artillery caisson to the front and wielded a musket trimmed to his size. In one of the Union retreats a Confederate officer ran after the cannon Clem rode with, and yelled, “Surrender you damned little Yankee!” Johnny shot him dead. This pluck won for Clem national attention and the name “Drummer Boy of Chickamauga.”
Clem stayed with the Army through the war, served as a courier, and was wounded twice. Between Shiloh and Chickamauga he was regularly enrolled in the service, began receiving his own pay, and was soon-after promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He was only 12 years old. After the Civil War he tried to enter West Point but was turned down because of his slim education. A personal appeal to President Ulysses S. Grant, his commanding general at Shiloh, won him a 2nd Lieutenant’s appointment in the Regular Army on 18 December 1871, and in 1903 he attained the rank of Colonel and served as Assistant Quartermaster General. He retired from the Army as a Major General in 1916, having served an astounding 55 years.
General Clem died in San Antonio, Texas on 13 May 1937, exactly 3 months shy of his 86th birthday, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
 

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[Eric]

Jack Nicholson and Shirley MacLaine in a 1978 Corvette.

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[janice6]

On 6/25/2020 at 6:05 PM, pipedreams said:

And to think…today’s kids need a safe space to cry in.

In May of 1861, 9 year old John Lincoln “Johnny” Clem ran away from his home in Newark, Ohio, to join the Union Army, but found the Army was not interested in signing on a 9 year old boy when the commander of the 3rd Ohio Regiment told him he “wasn’t enlisting infants,” and turned him down. Clem tried the 22nd Michigan Regiment next, and its commander told him the same. Determined, Clem tagged after the regiment, acted out the role of a drummer boy, and was allowed to remain. Though still not regularly enrolled, he performed camp duties and received a soldier’s pay of $13 a month, a sum collected and donated by the regiment’s officers.
The next April, at Shiloh, Clem’s drum was smashed by an artillery round and he became a minor news item as “Johnny Shiloh, The Smallest Drummer”. A year later, at the Battle Of Chickamauga, he rode an artillery caisson to the front and wielded a musket trimmed to his size. In one of the Union retreats a Confederate officer ran after the cannon Clem rode with, and yelled, “Surrender you damned little Yankee!” Johnny shot him dead. This pluck won for Clem national attention and the name “Drummer Boy of Chickamauga.”
Clem stayed with the Army through the war, served as a courier, and was wounded twice. Between Shiloh and Chickamauga he was regularly enrolled in the service, began receiving his own pay, and was soon-after promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He was only 12 years old. After the Civil War he tried to enter West Point but was turned down because of his slim education. A personal appeal to President Ulysses S. Grant, his commanding general at Shiloh, won him a 2nd Lieutenant’s appointment in the Regular Army on 18 December 1871, and in 1903 he attained the rank of Colonel and served as Assistant Quartermaster General. He retired from the Army as a Major General in 1916, having served an astounding 55 years.
General Clem died in San Antonio, Texas on 13 May 1937, exactly 3 months shy of his 86th birthday, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
 

Some people can never quit!  Some other people can never start!

[janice6]

On 6/26/2020 at 12:33 AM, Eric said:

I hated the smell of the burning pulp cavity.  The drill turned so slow it was like your hand drill from the garage.  My first turbine drill dental appointment the dentist told me it was touchy since it cut so well with a diamond drill that you had to have a very light touch.

Then, since I expressed an interest in the turbine drill, he disassembled it completely so I could see the internal parts.  COOL!

Edited June 28, 2020 by janice6

[railfancwb]

On 6/14/2020 at 6:02 PM, Eric said:

Notice how well the passengers are dressed. And the cabin is unlikely to be air conditioned. 

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12 hours ago, railfancwb said:

Notice how well the passengers are dressed. And the cabin is unlikely to be air conditioned. 

I can remember my first few times flying,  at a period much later than the photo and everyone still was dressed very nice.

Edited June 28, 2020 by pipedreams

[gwalchmai]

On 6/14/2020 at 7:02 PM, Eric said:

Any idea what kind of aircraft that is? Those engines seem precariously mounted, but I'm sure they're OK. They had lots of experience attaching such engines to airships back then. Late 20s - early 30s, I'm guessing.

[gwalchmai]

8 hours ago, railfancwb said:

Notice how well the passengers are dressed. And the cabin is unlikely to be air conditioned. 

Found it