Time to look at this video again. It is as true as ever…

For Memorial Day: Highlights from an hour-long documentary about the life of Lt. Col. Jimmie Dyess, USMC, the only American to earn America’s two highest honors for heroism: The Medal of Honor and the Carnegie Medal. Narrated by his son-in-law, Maj. Gen. Perry Smith, USAF, (Ret.). Used by permission.

A supersonic Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing March 18, 2010 for the first time, confirming its required ability to land in confined areas both ashore and afloat.

Watch the full 10-minute stand-up comedy routine that won Jamie the exalted title of D.C.‘s Funniest Reporter, at the Commedia del Media charity contest, held at the National Press Club in Washington, April 8, 2010.

This is the historic flight, which I took with Rick Whittle, in which I joined the pantheon of aviation pioneers, who did something noteworthy, first; names like Charles Lindbergh, Chuck Yeager, and Neil Armstrong. Yes, I became the first civilian, perhaps even the first person ever, to throw up on a V-22 while it conducted aerobatic maneuvers.