Veterans Council of Hillsborough County, Inc.

10/14/2026

Seventy-nine years ago today U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first human to break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, flying the rocket-powered Bell X-1 ("Glamorous Glennis") over the Mojave Desert in California.

10/13/2026

This just in:
Please let Operation Code Vet know you'll be at this Saturday’s house painting by texting your details to
813-422-1025!

10/13/2026

Reminder!!!

Veterans, Family Members of Veterans, and Fans of Veterans,

Operation Code Vet is a nonprofit support organization in support of veterans. They are assisting a disabled veteran get his house painted. Volunteers are requested to show at:

8am, Saturday, October 17th, 2026

at:

4414 Gentrice Drive
Valrico FL 33596

10/13/2026

Happy 251st Birthday, US Navy!!!

10/13/2026

On this day, October 12, in 1944, 21-year-old Chuck Yeager was flying his P-51 Mustang at 25,000 feet over Germany when he spotted a formation of 22 German fighters.

Just 7 months earlier, he had been shot down over occupied France on only his eighth mission. With help from the French Resistance, he hid from the Germans and escaped over the snow-covered Pyrenees mountains into Spain, dragging a badly wounded American navigator with him.

Back in England, he ran into another wall. The rules said pilots who had escaped with the Resistance’s help could never fly combat over enemy territory again. If they were captured a second time, the Germans might force them to reveal who had hidden them.

Yeager refused to go home. He and another evader, Fred Glover, took their case all the way to the Supreme Allied Commander, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. By then, the Allies had landed in Normandy and the Resistance was fighting in the open, so there was little left to protect. Eisenhower got permission from the War Department and let them fly again. Yeager later said he “raised so much hell” that Eisenhower sent him back to his squadron.

Now, over Germany, he went after the 22 fighters. As he closed in on one, its pilot panicked, broke away and slammed into his own wingman. Both German pilots bailed out and both planes went down. 2 victories, and Yeager hadn’t even fired. In the dogfight that followed, he brought down 3 more.

In a single mission, he had destroyed 5 enemy fighters, making him an “ace in a day,” and he received the Silver Star. Yeager finished the war credited with 11 and a half victories, the half coming from a plane he shared with another pilot. One of them was among the first German jet fighters ever shot down, an Me 262 he caught as it was coming in to land.

10/11/2026

10/09/2026

This message transcends all military service components and beyond. Feeling woeful? Reach out to include calling the Su***de Prevention Line which is 988.

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10/08/2026

National champions. 🇺🇸
Newsome High's Army JROTC Coed Raider Team took Ist place in the Masters Elite Division at the national Raider Competition this spring, against more than 4,000 cadets.

10/07/2026

After careful consideration of potential and likely safety concerns associated with the pending weather from Tropical Storm Isaias, Field of Honor scheduled for this Saturday, October 10th, 2026 is canceled.

Our next Field of Honor will take place at 10am, Saturday, April 10, 2027. This decision was made following much deliberation.