Membership in CHPA is open to active duty, retired and veteran
helicopter aircrew members from all branches of service and all
wars in which the US used helicopters.
A flammable, oily, aromatic hydrocarbon fluid. Xylene is mixed with
other hydrocarbon fluids and used as a solvent. It is also used as
an additive to improve the combustion characteristics of
reciprocating engine fuels.
"We have come here today to pay honor and homage to our
nations' heroes, the fallen and survivors of the attack on Pearl
Harbor. Let us never forget there is a price to pay for freedom. It
doesn't come free."
Source: Brig. Gen Charles Lyon, 379th Air
Expeditionary Wing commander. More than 200 US forces deployed in
Southwest Asia attended a memorial retreat in honor of the 2,340
killed and 1,143 wounded in the December 7, 1941 attacks on US
military installations on Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.
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