Lt. Harwell, a photo and a new friend...
One of the great joys of the TwelfthRecon Project is all the great people we get to meet and work with. They come from all over the...
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Daniel Pool
Jan 12, 20211 min read
Content Update
It has been some time since I've been able to develop website content. For this I apologize. Let's just say, like so many others, 2020 was a
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Daniel Pool
Jan 26, 20201 min read
Quick Update: New Content!
Hello all. We've just added the Corporal Irving J. Graham Collection to the website! Mr. James Gunnis contacted us after reading my...
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Daniel Pool
Nov 11, 20193 min read
Veteran's Day
On this very day, Germany signed the armistice ending World War One. Hardly two weeks prior, Lt. Robert L. Davidson, reconnaissance pilot..
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Daniel Pool
Sep 17, 20191 min read
Members Area Update!
Here we go. You've heard us talk about how there's lots going on behind the scenes. Most we've been public about but there is one item...
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Daniel Pool
Aug 13, 20195 min read
Not so typical combat mission, or how "Goosey" got his name.
They had just been cleared to turn inbound by "Big Brother" and were climbing to start their bomb/camera run and immediately started picking
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Daniel Pool
Aug 6, 201910 min read
Over Vladivostok
As the "Nose" Navigator/Bombardier on a RB-26 Combat Crew, flying combat missions over North Korea, our 1PM daily briefing was always intere
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Daniel Pool
Jul 28, 20194 min read
We Were Bait
Our mission was to "loiter" just south of the assigned target areas and as soon as the last B-29 had made his releases, wait for bomb impact
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Jul 22, 20193 min read
News: Looking ahead
Things may appear quiet at TwelfthRecon.com but rest easy knowing there's quite a lot more going on behind the scenes. During the last sever
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Daniel Pool
May 20, 20193 min read
Double Jeopardy
Shrapnel from well-placed enemy flak rounds ripped through Nicklas’ Mustang. He prepared to bail out now for the second time in five days.
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Daniel Pool
Feb 26, 20193 min read
“You want cigarette?”
by Scott Wickham Editor's Note: Mr. Scott Wickham is the son of Capt Harold R. Wickham, WWII and Korean War Veteran. Capt Wickham served...
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Daniel Pool
Jan 27, 20191 min read
Content Galore!
New World War I Content The new World War I exhibit is now public (see screenshots below)! We've added a ton of content as well as...
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Daniel Pool
Jan 7, 201911 min read
Wings Without Glory: Two South Carolina Aviators in the Great War
Major William Harrison Saunders of Sumter, South Carolina, was one of the U.S. Army’s most effective artillery spotters in the First World W
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Daniel Pool
Jan 4, 20192 min read
El Paso Wisdom
After the Great War, way out in El Paso, Texas, sometime in the early 1920's, the 12th Aero Squadron received a hot little French fighter...
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Daniel Pool
Dec 23, 20182 min read
What a year!
This has been a very productive year for TwelfthRecon. This year we’ve completed the first draft transcribing the Kennedy Letters from...
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Daniel Pool
Nov 13, 20181 min read
Sometimes you get lucky.
This Veterans Day we were lucky enough to get some snow. After playing with the kids and dogs, I spent a little time in my office warming...
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Daniel Pool
Nov 11, 20185 min read
This Week in 1918...Armistice
1 - 11 November 1918 The last days of the war were evidently very exciting ones for the 12th. Details are scarce but four members were...
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Daniel Pool
Nov 9, 20186 min read
This Week in 1918... | Fokkers
30 October 1918 On Wednesday morning the 12th Aero Squadron assembled five aircraft to fly a photo mission. Four aircraft were to protect...
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Daniel Pool
Nov 7, 20185 min read
This Week in 1918...Twisted Fate
29 October 1918 On Tuesday morning, 29 October, the 12th launched Lts. Thomas and Follette on a photography mission. Because...
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Daniel Pool
Nov 2, 20182 min read
This Week in 1918...| Tangle with the Circus
Monday, 28 October 1918 Lieutenants Arthur and Fleeson, returned Sunday after spending four days resting and relaxing in Paris. Now it...
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