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Welcome to WebOps, Armchair General’s weekly recon of links to military history news, articles, websites, and more. Military history related news from the past week includes the upcoming 36th annual convention of the Tuskegee Airmen, the recent discovery of a World War Two era mine near Ukraine, and I have added a new section header here, Websites, to spotlight on newly arrived and high quality military history sites on the Intertubes over and above the norm. Clicks away!

News

Tuskegee Airmen to Land in Dallas – Yahoo! Finance

DALLAS, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., the national organization that works to honor the accomplishments and perpetuate the history of the legendary young African-American men who enlisted during WWII to become America’s first black military airmen, ground crew and mechanics, will be holding its 36th annual convention and related events in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area from August 21-26, 2007. The public is invited to attend several events during the convention, including the grand Awards Gala at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center on Saturday, August 25th. Tickets for the Gala cost $95.

Pilot Receives Honor 42 Years Later – Military.com

When it comes to getting a task accomplished, Jack F. Saint isn’t the kind of man to waste a lot on words.

"I just do my job," is often the only response you’ll get from Saint, 65, who now resides in the Lake Martin community.

But it was in the course of him simply "doing his job" one day in 1965, that Saint went above and beyond the call of duty — a day he was recently recognized for at the U.S. Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the highest award a serviceman can receive for heroism while participating in aerial flight.

Russian composers were music to Hitler’s ears – Telegraph.co.uk

Adolf Hitler’s newly discovered record collection has revealed that he listened in private to the Jewish musicians and Russian composers branded "subhuman" by his regime.

Russia complains about military competition – The Baltic Times

MOSCOW – The Erna Retk military competition that began in Estonia Aug 7 is another attempt to rewrite history, the chairman of the Russian State Duma external affairs committee has claimed, promising to raise the question with the Council of Europe.

Word War II-Era Mine Discovered – NPR (audio)

A World War II mine was discovered Thursday in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Ukraine.

Articles

HISTORY LESSONS: The Purple Badge of Courage – Worcester Telegram & Gazette News

Given the long odds his ragtag Continental Army faced in trying to defeat the mightiest military machine in the world in 1776, and the courage needed in the face of those odds, America’s commander-in-chief, George Washington, thought that extraordinary courage should be honored with a medal, which he created this week (Aug. 7) in 1782. Called the “Badge for Military Merit,” the medal consisted of a purple heart-shaped piece of cloth that had a narrow strip of silver around its edges and the word “Merit” stitched across its face.

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