Happy CAP Day

[Dracosbane]

Happy 68th Anniversary, CAP.  May we continue to serve.

Semper Vigilans 

[FARRIER]

Happy Birthday CAP

[♠SARKID♠]

When do I get my piece of cake?

[BillB]

Dan
Cake is limited to Cadet 1Lt and above.

[Stonewall]

When do I get my piece of cake?

When you run the mile in 6:00 minutes flat, then you can have your cake.

[dwb]

That CAP, she's still pretty spry for a 68-year-old.

[lordmonar]

December 1, 1941

Administrative Order No.9

Establishing Civil Air Patrol

By virtue of the authority vested in me through my appointment as United States Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, through the Executive Order of the President creating said Office, dated May 20, 1941. I have caused to be created and organized a branch of this Office of volunteers for the purpose of enlisting and training personnel to aid in the national defense of the United States, designated as the Civil Air Patrol.

In conformity with said organization, Major General John F. Curry, U.S.A. Air Corps has been assigned to this office by the U.S. Army and designated by me as its National Commander. Said organization shall be formed as outlined in the attached chart, which is made a part of this Order as if written herein in full. The Civil Air Patrol shall carry out such Orders and directives as are issued to it by the Director of Civilian Defense. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the National Commander to see that the objectives and purposes and orders issued in conformity with the policy of this office are carried out and that all activities are reported regularly to the Director through the Aviation Aide.

All enlistments and appointments in the Civil Air Patrol may be disapproved by the Director of the Office of Civilian Defense.


/s/. F. H. LaGuardia

F. H. LaGuardia
U.S. Director of
Civilian Defense

Happy Birthday!

[Angus]

It's a proud day for us.  Today we should honor those who came before us and started this great organization that we are now entrusted with it's care.

[Dracosbane]

Some units might be lucky enough to have some of those who founded this organization still serving.   

Or maybe it just seems that way.   

[James Shaw]

Congratulations to all for being part of such a great organization. Happy Birthday CAP

[cap235629]

funny thing.

I have a CAP license plate on the front of my car.  While leaving a store today I had an elderly gentleman approach me and ask if I was in CAP.  This conversation went on for about 20 minutes with an invite to go flying and visit some more.  As it turned out, this gentleman was 89 years old, still flying and was a member of CAP from 1941 (he claimed 1939, but I didn't argue) until 2001.  It didn't even occur to me that today was our Birthday!

I invited him to a meeting to talk to the cadets, we'll see if anything comes of it!

[Orville_third]

Well, our squadron had a party for a different reason yesterday, but I didn't mention CAP day till the end. Still, it was a good day.

[Dracosbane]

As a cadet (teenager) I worked at a burger joint and became familiar with several regulars.  Every once in a while, I'd end up at work in uniform, either for lunch or whatever, but never had anyone recognize the name or uniform, aside from "military".  Several years later, still a cadet, I ended up back at that job as a manager, and still would show up for food in uniform (free food, of course ) when one of the regular customers saw the blue CAP tape on my BDUs. 

She was an older lady, generally considered by the town to be a recluse and very eccentric, and she commented that she'd never known that I was a CAP cadet.  She said she had something she'd been holding on to, and that she'd bring it in next time I was working.  I didn't think much of it for the next several days that passed. 

A few nights later, during my shift, she comes in for her usual burger and drink, and has a small bundle with her.  She asks me to come sit with her and when I joined her, she handed me two green books.  As she explained it, she was a member of Civil Air Patrol at it's inception.  There was a unit in a town not far (Rushville, for you IN folks) where she and her husband were both members while they worked at a factory making whatever for the war effort.  She had the original study books that were issued to members back then.  The unit no longer exists, in fact our unit has several members from Rushville right now.

U.S. Department of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington, D. C. - Practical Air Navigation by Thoburn C. Lyon, Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 24, September 1940

U.S. Department of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington, D. C. - Meteorology for Pilots by B.C. Haynes, Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 25, January 1943

She wanted me to have them.  I was dumbstruck.  The Practical Air Navigation still has a make your own navigation computer, one of those circular discs that you can layer and spin to get the right navigational info.  And both books are still in amazing shape.

She was the last person I ever expected to have been involved in this great organization.    :clap:

[♠SARKID♠]

Dan
Cake is limited to Cadet 1Lt and above.

Meanie. 

[Cecil DP]

Dan
Cake is limited to Cadet 1Lt and above.

Meanie. 

Since you've been on  CAPTALK forever and are still a C/CMSG, it might be an incentive.

[Daniel]

When do I get my piece of cake?

When you run the mile in 6:00 minutes flat, then you can have your cake.

Ha, I'm CAT IV I don't have to run the mile in 6 flat. I can have my cake and eat it too, the perks of being crippled I suppose. Anywho, I went around school yesterday saying happy CAP day

[Orville_third]

As a cadet (teenager) I worked at a burger joint and became familiar with several regulars.  Every once in a while, I'd end up at work in uniform, either for lunch or whatever, but never had anyone recognize the name or uniform, aside from "military".  Several years later, still a cadet, I ended up back at that job as a manager, and still would show up for food in uniform (free food, of course ) when one of the regular customers saw the blue CAP tape on my BDUs. 

She was an older lady, generally considered by the town to be a recluse and very eccentric, and she commented that she'd never known that I was a CAP cadet.  She said she had something she'd been holding on to, and that she'd bring it in next time I was working.  I didn't think much of it for the next several days that passed. 

A few nights later, during my shift, she comes in for her usual burger and drink, and has a small bundle with her.  She asks me to come sit with her and when I joined her, she handed me two green books.  As she explained it, she was a member of Civil Air Patrol at it's inception.  There was a unit in a town not far (Rushville, for you IN folks) where she and her husband were both members while they worked at a factory making whatever for the war effort.  She had the original study books that were issued to members back then.  The unit no longer exists, in fact our unit has several members from Rushville right now.

U.S. Department of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington, D. C. - Practical Air Navigation by Thoburn C. Lyon, Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 24, September 1940

U.S. Department of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington, D. C. - Meteorology for Pilots by B.C. Haynes, Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 25, January 1943

She wanted me to have them.  I was dumbstruck.  The Practical Air Navigation still has a make your own navigation computer, one of those circular discs that you can layer and spin to get the right navigational info.  And both books are still in amazing shape.

She was the last person I ever expected to have been involved in this great organization.    :clap:
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Wow. That is a great story. Take good care of those books- they are worth more than their monetary value...