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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
I've been a little reluctant to post this, because it might seem like bragging, but decided to go ahead with it. Thursday, 7 Nov 2019, was the dedication of the Radar Station Veterans Monument at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. This monument commemorates the 10s of thousands of military persons who were stationed at little long-range radar sites throughout the world, many of them remote and desolate. It is a vertical slab of granite with text and photos engraved on both sides (no, I don't know how that is done, but they appear clear). Photos of the monument can be seen here: https://usafrsv.org/ What is the signicance, you wonder? Well, if you look at the right image in the first photo, or at the 3rd image, the photo at top center of the group is one that I took of Mt. Hebo AFS, Oregon in 1963! One of my photos has been immortalized in stone. It was originally taken on Ektachrome ASA 64 size 127 film with a Kodak Baby Brownie Special camera. The slide has been scanned twice, most recently with a Nikon V600 scanner. I'm attaching that scan here so you can see what the monument builder had to work with:  196306dd Ops Area (127-h).jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr Needless to say, I am greatly honored that one of my photos was selected to be part of this very limited set, and very humbled, too--only one site in each of 23 countries was chosen, and the one for the US happened to be one I had been assigned to, and one of my pictures chosen to represent it. I was informed of this a few months ago, but now it has come to fruition. I wasn't free to attend the dedication ceremony in Ohio, but I hope to see the monument next year when I attend a Reunion in Ohio. Can one be a little proud and also humble at the same time? flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | ||
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Raptorman |
AWESOME!!!! Congratulations!!!! ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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| Low Profile Member |
very excellent | |||
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| My other Sig is a Steyr.  |
Cool! | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
Congrats! :thumbsup:  Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Nice. Congratulations. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
Thanks, all! It is a great honor. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Yes, yes one can indeed! Congratulations, friend | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
That's awesome. Congrats _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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Recondite Raider |
Very cool. Congratulations. __________________________ More blessed than I deserve. http://davesphotography7055.zenfolio.com/f238091154 | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Very cool! Congratulations  "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Well done David, and over your many years of taking some great photos, you are to be congratulated for this milestone in your photographic history. Something to be proud of for certain! Regards, Will G. | |||
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| You have cow? I lift cow! |
Way to go flashguy! | |||
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Outstanding! Congratulations --- Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas | |||
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Living my life my way |
Very nice | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
Many thanks to all who have responded. I'm glad the report was well received. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Almost as Fast as a Speeding Bullet |
Congratulations! That is a fantastic recognition for your work. ______________________________________________ Aeronautics confers beauty and grandeur, combining art and science for those who devote themselves to it. . . . The aeronaut, free in space, sailing in the infinite, loses himself in the immense undulations of nature. He climbs, he rises, he soars, he reigns, he hurtles the proud vault of the azure sky. — Georges Besançon | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
Nice Flashguy, congratulations. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
I think our monument is the first one placed in a new area opened for the purpose recently. As a result, it may not get as much exposure as those in the initial garden. Hopefully, that will not be the case for too long. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Joie de vivre |
How cool is that ! My best friend growing up was station in Germany in the early 60's at a site just like that. I was in France so not to far apart, actually went over on the same day. | |||
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