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Show HILLTOP TIMES TIMES June 3, 2010 MEMORIAL *f rom page 1 the threat is still there, ; hot from nation states in a tra. ditional kind of battle, but from } terrorists who would attack us > in our homes, would attack us *;• in our restaurants and cafes ..." £ Bennett said, "Colonel I- Bloomquist, who was able to Xi survive and prevail in a tradi*C: tional war setting, was killed in t; a terrorist war setting. .>: "So, by putting him in the I: hall of fame today we are demV onstrating once again not only t our respect for the past and for ^'the service he provided, but lyiov our understanding of the ^necessity for continuing the ^resolve to the future," he said. ;>J(Because none of us will be •!T;;safe, and none of those whom >:;we have come to know, and <deal with and respect around >the world, will be safe until the ^terrorist threat is defeated. *\ "To have a casualty of the •;terrorist threat installed on this ^particular Memorial Day in the »»hall of fame here at Hill Air oForce Base is particularly fit^~;ting," he said. f- "So we remember those who ;Jhave died, and we remember - rthose who have served, but we T _ talso remember on this day the :;:-task that still lies ahead and ^demonstrate our determinaALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force - "tion to see to it that that task, Sen. Bob Bennett gives Edna Barnes a copy of some accounts about her brother, Lloyd Chipman, ; "too, will be taken care of as who died during World War II, on the lawn in front of the Historic Chapel at the Hill Aerospace ^heroically and with as much Museum on Memorial Day. A Purple Heart was awarded posthumously to Chipman, which his >>resolve and especially courage sister accepted on his behalf, at a ceremony at the chapel remembering fallen American warriors *;as Colonel Bloomquist did with and their resting places. _>his task," Bennett concluded as >he praised Bloomquist's selection and those who had made : ;;the choice to induct him into Bennett recalled hearing the "We should never rial Day we remember." i^the hall of fame.. description given by former forget the sacrifice Large numbers Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kansas, ;-•; Bloomquist's brother, as they toured a facility where Bill Shepherd offered some < Wayne, thanked all those who that was made, not perspective Dole had been treated after his in one of the short -^Jattended through a written only by those who severe injuries in World War II. presentations prior to Bennett's ^transcript read by the modBennett said Dole was loath to saying, "If we're beginning to >$rator of the event, Maj. (Ret.) died, but by those talk about his experiences, but stun you with the magnitude of .r^Pat Gilmore. Other family ^he did onthis occasion share ' ^members participated in the dead some things about his recovery. Cceremony as did Maj. Gen. missing noted in each restaac/ put their lives-Z and ^Although the facility no longer ^^tiarfTarbet, Utah National -rihgfplScS),' werc" accomplishing back together. Its our mission." served as a hospital and was beXGuard commander, who noted ; ing redone as an office building, :Bloomquist was the first ofAmerica did little to recover, altogether fitting that identify he pinpointed the area in which ficial Army inductee into the and bury its warriors Memorial Day we on his hospital bed had been. Ben:]_lJtah Aviation Hall of Fame. — the dead were buried where >^Parbet said, however, that some nett said Dole then pointed to they fell, in mass graves, prior remember." the nearby location where Sen. J:of the earlier members inductto the Civil War, said Rear AdSEN. BOB BENNETT Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii, :-ed were technically Army as miral (Ret.) Bear Taylor in his had also been located as he was >well since they were members presentation. recuperating from losing his of the Army Air Corps. "There The Civil War was the peserved in the Senate, and now riod of time when the War De• are many, many soldiers whose arm and that Sen. Philip Hart, D-Mich., had also been treated every Saturday and Sunday :*Jives have been saved because partment issued General Order v in the very same facility at the leads tours around the World ;-of these medevac pilots," he No. 75 ordering military hospisame time. Inouye was a great War II monument he worked to tals to keep accurate mortuary :.Said. "We have a lot to live up bridge player, he recounted, help establish. records. "It did not provide for :-.$& because of this man." using a tray to hold his cards. burial sites or for disposition >:; "It is a great privilege to Bennett said this served as Hart wasn't wounded quite of those who died on campaign a kind of brotherhood between r wear this uniform today beso badly and would leave the (while on foreign soil)," said Dole and the other two and : cause of the great men and hospital and bring back "decent Taylor. In 1862, General Order served their generation well .".women who have worn it befood." Dole would be moved through their service in the Sen- No. 33 established two prec; fore," Tarbet added later in his around by the staff and put edents. The responsibility for ate. •; remarks. next to others who needed to He recalled their heroism and disposition of bodies in the : Historic Chapel events be cheered up because "I could field rested on the commandsaid, "We should never forget tell jokes." Dole was the most ers in charge there and also the sacrifice that was made, not > At a ceremony, "Fields of that they had a duty to identify only by those who died, but by ; -Valor," which followed nearby wounded of the three, so badly he wounded the staff thought and bury the dead as far as those who came back and put in the museum's Historic Chawouldn't have any kind of life possible in resting places with their lives back together. It's pel, Bennett also took the time thereafter. But Dole recovered, identifying markers or numaltogether fitting that on Memoto offer some observations. MIDWAY From page 2 they completely destroyed two of the four enemy carriers and severely damaged two others. In retaliation, Nagumo sent out 40 aircraft to attack the American carrier, Yorktown, but with little success. The engagements spent Japan's armada. Realizing they had too much to lose, they retreated leaving the U.S. Navy victorious. The Pacific Ocean remains under the control of and protectition of American aircraft carriers. Some of the U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft that operated from Midway 68 years ago were B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-26 Maurauders. Ogden Air Depot overhauled many of those types of aircraft as well as others at Hill Field throughout WWII, beginning the proud heritage of service in the nation's defense that we continue today. LAW Middle East and Asia. He directed and was senior legal adviser to the Global Justice Project: Iraq, an advisory think From page 1 tank in Bagdad, and will co-edit a series guest speakers from the S.J. Quinney Col- of at least fourteen books on Iraq law and policy. Mallat is the Presidential Profeslege of Law at the University of Utah. Following the theme for Law Day 2010, sor of Law and the Professor of Middle Eastern Law and Politics at the Univerthe discussion will focus on the unstable sity of Utah. He is the author of the book, political and judicial systems in Iraq and Afghanistan, two of the largest legal chal- "Iraq: Guide to Law and Policy," which closely addresses the past and present lenges facing the U.S. today. Iraqi political system and examines the The speakers will be the dean of the law school, Hiram Chodosh, and a profes- successes and failures of the law and policy implemented since the 2003 change sor at the law school, Chibli Mallat. The of regime. The S.J. Quinney College of two speakers will be discussing the legal Law is a member of the Public-Private and political challenges the military and Partnership for Justice Reform in Afthe nation face in Iraq and Afghanistan. ghanistan, which is run by the U.S. State Chodosh is a leading expert in instituDepartment and American legal profestional justice reform who has served as a sionals and brings Afghans to American Senior Fulbright Scholar in India and as universities to study law and receive an adviser to the United Nations Development Programme in Asia, the World Bank advanced training. Justice Reform Group, the International The Global Justice Project: Iraq was Monetary Fund's Legal Department, the an unprecedented international legal State Department and many Supreme program resulting from two grants from courts, ministries and commissions in the the U.S. Department of State involving bers. Taylor noted that despite all these efforts there will always be those instances where the fallen cannot be recovered or identified, especially those lost at sea. ;:.- Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Marc Reynolds, in his presentation said that while serving in France he had the occasion to spend some time near the trench lines from World War I and came across a German cemetery. The resting place looked as though it probably hadn't had any work done on it, as though not a blade of grass had been trimmed in 40 years. "I realized then what an extraordinary effort we make to commemorate those Americans who died for our freedom overseas," Reynolds said. Sen. Hatch's composition Sen. Orrin Hatch's aide, Sandy Kester, presented background material on his reasons for writing the song, "Morning Breaks at Arlington." Hatch lost his brother Jesse in World War II in a raid on Hitler's oil fields and has since lost two brothers-in-law who have served in military conflicts. Hatch said he wrote the song because of all of those who had sacrificed their lives for freedom. He noted in his written remarks that every time he and his wife, Elaine, go to Arlington, it is always a spiritual experience. "My heart goes out to those families who have lost loved ones who are buried in Arlington ... These brave military soldiers have not died in. vain," Hatch's aide said as she read his account. "Many have died to preserve and protect our freedoms that we should never take for granted. We owe it to those Soldiers, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Air Force and Coast Guard to always remember their sacrifices but especially those who gave their last ounce of devotion that we might live in Freedom." The American Battle Monu* 'merits ceremony\vas followed by a ringing of the chapel bells 54 times for Utahns in remembrance of their sacrifices in the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. A flyover by the 388th Fighter Wing completed the event after Taps, the raising of the flag from half-mast and a trio of veterans in uniform who shot their weapons three times into the air to mark the occasion. A purple heart was awarded posthumously to Lloyd Chipman who died in 1944. His sister, Edna Barnes, accepted it as Sen. Bennett noted that Chipman lay in just such a . military cemetery as those that had been talked about. The Pioneer Flight, Order of the Daedalians organized the events in the chapel and also supported the Hill Aerospace Museum's efforts in the Utah Hall of Fame ceremony. over a hundred experts addressing justice issues in Iraq. Working with the Iraqi Higher Judicial Council and American rule of law advisers in Baghdad, the project was able to assist in bringing together international and comparative experts to establish a revamped Criminal Procedure Code in March 2010. The project experts also sat on both the constitutional review committee and elections committee, providing background reports and daily advice. The revision of the constitution was completed in October 2009 and the electoral law in November 2009. The luncheon will be June 11 at the Club Hill Ballroom. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. and the event will begin at noon. The price for the luncheon is $10.50 for club members or $12.50 for nonmembers. Please RSVP by June 9 with Lt. Johanna Bettencourt by calling (801) 7777451 or e-mailing an RSVP to Johanna. bettencourt@hill .af.mil. You may also RSVP with Brindy Starks by calling (801)777-6626 or eiftailing an RSVP to brindy. starks@hill.af.mil. * |