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WEB MASTER
PAST PHSA NATIONAL
SECRETARY
Haile Hamilton
"JAKE"Jaekel
EMAIL
hailejaekel@comcast.net
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HAILE HAMILTON JAEKEL, AMM1/C USN, 1941-47, was at Pearl
Harbor December 7th, 1941, served aboard the USS SALT LAKE
CITY, CASU 31, VP-4 and VPB-120. In battles at the Marshall,
Wake and Marcus Islands, launching of the Doolittle Raid
on Tokyo, Guadalcanal -Tulagi landings, Battle of Cape Esperance,
Komandorski Battle, Attu landings in Alaska and flew Anti
Submarine Patrols in the Atlantic.
CAPTAIN USAF, 1953-1957,
served in the 497TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 503RD AIR MATERIAL GROUP, instructor AIRCRAFT
MAINTENANCE OFFICERS and MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS SCHOOLS. LIEUTENANT
COLONEL CALIFORNIA STATE MILITARY FORCES, 1974–1985.
After the war I married Merle Whitworth in 1946. We have two daughters Pamela
and Kristine. I was discharged from the Navy and enrolled at the University of
Washington graduating in 1952.
When Sputnik was launched I was immediately drafted into
Aerospace engineering and in 18 months we designed, built
and launched the Thor Missile, used to launch Global Positioning
and other Satellites.
I served as Test Conductor on the development testing of other programs such as
Apollo, Polaris, Titan and the Nuclear Rocket Engine. I was Missile Launch Director
on Kwajalein Atoll for two years developing a Anti Missile System, intercepting
warheads launched from Vandenberg AFB in California and Navy units at sea. Our
last eleven launches were successful incoming warhead kills. I was also a member
of the launch crew at Kennedy Space Center for several Apollo launches. WE
ARE REMINDED THAT EVERY GENERATION OF AMERICANS INHERITS THE COMPLEXITY OF MAINTAINING
THE WORLD'S GREATEST DEMOCRACY EVER SEEN! . We volunteered to defend our nation;
World War II casualties were high. Worldwide more than 50 million men, women and
children (military and civilian) were killed. Over 78,000 Americans are still
listed as MIA's, three times more than all the other wars our country fought in
the 20th Century.
Rejoice in the accomplishments of all Veterans, they were
participants in most significant events of our nation's history.
Their record displays the SYMBOLS of VALUES AMERICANS HOLD
DEAR – HONOR – DUTY – COURAGE – and – COUNTRY.
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