THE SURVIVING DOOLITTLE RAIDERS
my cute dress is from the talents of Cam's mom and our sister in law Brittany! Thanks guys for your help.
RAIDER RUMBLE
A few weeks ago Cam had the privilege to represent our squadron and base and fly the B-1 to South Carolina and attend the final Doolittle Raider reunion. This reunion will be the last of its kind because there are only 6 surviving members and only 4 were well enough to attend this year.
You have to remember these true American heroes are well into their 90's.
{if you are not familiar with the Doolittle Raid from WWII you can learn more about them at https://www.doolittleraid.com/ the story really is quite remarkable and truly heroic as many men willingly went into this mission knowing they wouldn't come out alive.}
The reason this particular military strike means so much to our group here at Ellsworth AFB is because the Raiders are alumni of the 34th and 37th bomb squadrons that are currently here. Of which Cam has worked in both now. He told me what an amazing opportunity it was to meet these "rock stars" and to be a part of history. I am thrilled for him being the history buff that he is that he was able to work with these amazing men.
The second set of photos were taken at a party that the squadrons put together on the anniversary of the Raid to celebrate our spectacular heritage. Its a costume party of sorts where the guys are to dress up like their call signs {of which Cam's is "NOID" so there wasn't really a costume out there for him} and the wives take a flight suit of their husbands and transform it into something for them to wear. Preferably to go along with the call sign but as you can see a lot of women just wanted a cute dress. My call sign to go along with Cam's is "A" Now see if you can put them together? Because that is how I feel about his call sign! CLEVER!?!
This party was a huge success and a lot of fun! It was also an event Cam and I were in charge of from our squadron and so it is such a relief to have over!!!
6 comments:
Wow...I love your dress!!!
Wow. That is so amazing that Cam got to meet these men. I remember being in absolute awe of the Pearl Harbor survivors I met (who are also in their 90's now) last year. It's a very sad thing to be losing these heroes.
On a lighter note, send me your raider rumble pictures! And check out my blog http://hausofrauch.blogspot.com
What an amazing opportunity to meet those great men! You look so adorable in your dress. It's amazing to see what creativity women can do with those 'green bags' when given a chance!
What a great experience. I'll have to have Wade read this post.
What a fantastic opportunity for Cam ... it's sobering to realize we are losing that generation of heroes.
And a SUPER cute dress by the way!
I love it. First of all, the picture of Cam is honestly the first I've seen where Cam looks like a military guy. He's still one of my heros. So did you get to fly in the B-1?
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