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Show Hilltop! February 4, B Jackson from page 6 I know where they are. I the 2,200 feet he had .to work with. The crew hadn't even gotten the door shut as they took off, and they saw the area where they had just been erupt in mortar fire: "Apparently they had just long enough to drop a few rounds into the tubes and plunk them right in where haven't seen them on the ground, but I know exactly where they are. I was in the position to do it, so I volunteered to go in to attempt a pick up." From 9,000 feet, traveling 90 degrees across the runway, Jackson ordered assault conditions for his plane. He put the flaps in a flat pitch to increase drag, down as far as they would go. He dived nearly straight down, had done! not low and flat as the "I'm the luckiest guy in the world," Jackson said of the dive on the airfield. "I came out of that screaming turn about 1,000 feet from the end of the runway, lined up perfectly, in the perfect position to land. Without touching the throttle or anything, I touched down on the end of the runway. I had briefed the crew that I was not going to reverse the propellers to stop us. I was going to do it with brakes. The reason was if I reversed the props, that automatically shut off the two jet engines and it took about two minutes to restart them. I wasn't about to sit on the ground for that long to start those engines." n crew had their Each member of the once on the The Maj. ground. assignments Jesse Campbell was to quickly preflight the plane for immediate take off. The flight engineer, Edward Treho was to keep the needed jet engines running, and Manson Grubs was to assist the three men into the plane. The plan ran smoothly. "I remember saying to Jesse Campbell, 'I wish they wouldn't run directly toward the front of the plane because I can turn this faster than they can run,'" Jackson said. "Biggest lie I ever told. You should have seen those three run!" But just as things seemed to be going Jackson's way, the Viet Cong decided to even the playing field. They brought up a 122 mm rocket and fired it directly at the nose of the aircraft. It skipped along the runway and came to rest right in front of the landing gear and did not detonate. Jackson wasted no time and took off down the runway, achieving flight in just 1,200 of we were," Jackson said. "If we had C-1- 30 four-perso- co-pilo- t, load-maste- i if j? v It's Our 6th Birthday r, . space Museum. Ogden Ogden it 1485 Harrison Blvd. 4lO$RiveniSeR4 ,"f fSSI So. Ogden 1152 W. Riverdale Rd. Riverdale 479-018- Collectibles Hand Crafts Home Decor Antiques 776-201- 1 Layton Kaysvilte 44 South Main Across ion Bnes Bank 104 MftdwS ftaa s 444-194- 2 0 B-1- 7 Feb. 6: Lt. Col. Howard B. Smith, of Layton, will discuss his experiences as a 1 pilot flying with the 354th Fighter Group, 356th Fighter Squadron, 9th Air Force from Greenham Common, England. Smith was a member of the Pioneer Mustang Group, the first AmerAircraft. He was involved in ican group to get the P-5- P-51- D establishing the first fighter base in Europe after D-D- ay June 6,1944. Feb. 13: Dr. Heber Fackrell, who flew with the 95th Bomb Group, 335th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force from Horham, England will discuss his experiences as a bomFackrell was shot down bardiernavigator in the over Belgium on his 13th mission on Jan. 28, 1945. He was rescued by the Royal Air Force and returned to fly 32 missions. Fackrell lives in Ogden. Feb. 20: Charles McNemar, of Clearfield, will relate his experiences as a radio operatorgunner on a Flying with the 94th Bomb Wing, 332nd Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force from Bassingbourn, McNemar was shot down on his 8th mission (July 14, 1943) . He was able to evade capture and escaped through Spain and Gibraltar. Feb. 27: Retired Navy Capt. Robert Crippen, President of Thiokol Propulsion, will discuss his experiences with the space program. Crippen, a veteran of four space flights, commanded three shuttle flights between He was named director of the Kennedy Space Center in 1992. Crippen lives in North Ogden. B-1- 7. B-1- 7. 1983-198- n Limited Time Only! Ericsson 688 5 l868N.HiBSektRd. 774-993- P-5- 1, Inside SmnJis (nskiaSmfii 3 and the space program will be disthe The cussed during February, as part of the Airplane Talk series at the Hill Aerospace Museum. Programs begin at 1 p.m. Saturdays and are free and open to the public. Speakers are pilots and aircrew who discuss their experiences with a specific aircraft. 2353 N Mam 4275 Harrison Btvd. 399-054- Authorized Retailer Sunset speakers named VoiceStream Winter Blowout! 72MI00 393-22- 99 Gifts andIHandcrafo around, d 999 A irplane Talk we wouldn't have gotten out." When Jackson finally landed his plane at Da Nang Airbase, he discovered something remarkable. During all the intense ground fire, mortar and rocket fire, not one shot had hit his plane. Not a single projec: tile had struck its mark. ; the Due Kham remains at heroism Jackson's only act for which the Medal of Honor was given that was photographed at the time of the action. "I'm the only guy I know of in the entire United States who gets Mother's Day cards every year," Jackson said. On Jan. 16, 1969, President Lyndon Johnson presented Jackson with the Medal of Honor at a ceremony held at the White House. Now retired in the Pacific Northwest, Jackson keeps bees for honey, dabbles in homebuilt aircraft, and travels the country giving talks. A humble man, Jackson believes his actions were nothing more than being in the right place and doing the job. "Courage is a funny thing," Jackson mused. "You can have as much as you need. Use all you want, you'll get as much as you can use." As of today, only 171 recipients of the Medal of Honor, from all wars and all branches of the military, are still alive, and they hold a convention every year. 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