LOCAL 801 MEMORIAL DAY SPECIAL

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VIET NAM WAR The drug culture came up with a song. Patriotic US soldiers came up up with a communist busting airplane. It was developed right in our backyard at Wright Patt AFB The song was called PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON  Song     PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON  Commie buster US Army  Traditional Song     BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS  Sung by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
KOREAN WAR
Korean War Heroes   They Are Not Forgotten	Ragged Old Flag
TAPS History   by John Wayne	Pledge of Allegiance   Red Skelton
WORLD WAR II
IWO JIMA FLAG RAISING Franklin R. Sousley, was a Frigidaire employee. He joined the US Marine Corp. He gained fame, unknowingly, at Iwo Jima. Franklin was one of six Marines who raised the flag at Mount Suribachi on Friday, February 23, 1945. Watch the video on the link above. Young Franklin was second from left in the raising of the flag. Tragically, on Wednesday March 21, 1945, he was killed in action on another island. WIKIPEDIA ON BATTLE OF IWO JIMA       DAYTON NEWS ARTICLE
1946 US ARMY VICTORY PARADE
AUDIE MURPHY REFLECTS	AUDIE MURPHY STORY  1 hour 46 min
WORLD WAR I
SGT YORK	SGT YORK PASSES AWAY
WORLD WAR I MELODIES	OVER THERE
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
DIXIE	BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY	THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME
WRIGHT BROTHERS
WRIGHT BROS	WRIGHT BROS FILM   54 Minutes
FRIGIDAIRE and LOCAL 801
WRIGHT STATE FRIGIDAIRE FILES	WRIGHT STATE LOCAL 801 FILES