Taking our “Here’s Why” from the paper to the blog. An explanation for why something is the way it is in the Air Force/military. Use a parachute? There’s a club for that. Burned during battle? There’s a club for that. Walk back from behind enemy lines? No worries, there’s a club for that too. Wonder why? Like secret societies, troops from Allied armies formed several, somewhat exclusive clubs to show one another “they made it.” Author Cate Lineberry writes that although these clubs were unofficial, hundreds participated. And they had proof. According to Lineberry, there was the Caterpillar Club, the…
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Taking our “Here’s Why” from the paper to the blog. An explanation for why something is the way it is in the Air Force/military. The protocol for pilots who’ve been shot down has changed from one war to the next: In Korea and Vietnam, for example, a pilot would most likely use Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE), an Air Force program best known to provide any military member with the skills to evade capture, survive, while remaining under the military code of conduct. It even proved useful for fighter pilot Scott Francis O’Grady, who used the skill for six…
