Posted on 02/27/2017 6:04:07 PM PST by laurenmarlowe
You were probably already deployed to Nam when I got to Fort Gordon in the Signal school in Sept.’69?
We always called it Fort Lost in the Woods. :)
Howdy, PRO.
I noticed earlier today there’s snow across part of the state. Did you get any of it?
We got a little rain this morning, then it was just dreary and chilly the rest of the day.
Not much happening here. The only accomplishment was making an appointment to take Lessa and her kids to the vet tomorrow for their FeLV booster shots tomorrow.
There was tremendous public sentiment for Theodore. He had asked Wilson for permission to raise a regiment with himself as its commanding officer. That would have required Wilson to give him a commission as a colonel. Wilson had told TR that this war would be fought by conscripts led by professional soldiers. No one was fooled by that. Wilson remembered what TR had done during the Spanish-American War and how it had launched his career in national politics. Desiring a third term, he was not about to give Theodore a boost. The public was furious. If TR wanted to lead men into battle and die in the effort, he should have been given the chance, which would have been the perfect capstone to a great career.
Wilson was removed from the running by a stroke, and TR died in his sleep by way of a heart attack a few short months after the armistice. The field was now open.
There were three front runners in 1920. The first was retired General Leonard Wood. The second was Gov. Frank Lowden of Illinois. The third was Gov. Hiram Johnson of California, the man who bequeathed that state government by initiative, referendum and recall.
There were a number of dark horses and favorite sons in the running. One of the favorite sons was Sen. Warren Harding of Ohio. Harding positioned himself to be everybody’s second favorite. His goal was for delegates to say, “I’m a Leonard Wood man, but if Harding gets the nod, I can live with him.”
Harding was an astute judge of political horseflesh. Concerning Gen. Wood: “No man will vote for the general who ordered him to march straight into machine gun fire.” Concerning Gov. Lowden of Illinois: “He married a daughter of the Pullman family, so he’s too close to the railroads.” Concerning Gov. Johnson of California: “He’s a goddam Red.”
The three front runners tied in the initial ballots. At that point, Hiram Johnson called a meeting of all Republican senators who were not declared candidates in his suite at Chicago’s Blackstone Hotel. The smoke-filled room produced a move for Indiana congressman Will Hays, who would become America’s movie censor in 1934.
Harry Daugherty, Harding’s campaign manager and later his Attorney General, was frantic that Harding hadn’t been invited due to his candidacy. Harding said, “Harry, relax. It’s best that history records that we were nowhere near that meeting.” Harding was right.
The problem with Hays was that he was too young and not a credible candidate. Further, he couldn’t keep his mouth shut. Despite the distribution of money on the convention floor, the Hays boomlet collapsed in less than a day. That’s when Harding went in for the kill.
In Republican political history, Leonard Wood occupies a small mention but an important one.
Howdy, Kathy.
Was it an “adventure” navigating the icy roads to work this morning? Things going relatively smoothly for a Monday?
Take good care of the kittehs!
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...still enjoying warm weather?
You and Penny go to the dog park?
We are headed to below zero temps at night again for at least a week.
I spent a few miserable months there in 86 for my heavy equipment training. Luckily, being USAF, we had great quarters and a lot more freedom than our Army brothers. I’ll never forget heading out of Lackland and getting out of that puddle-jumper in dress blues in January. Dang near froze to death and realized right quick those shiny patent leather dress shoes weren’t made for ice.
I just remember traipsing through six feet of mud with about 30 pounds of extra gear and getting heavier all day long as the clay built up layers until we looked like brown snowmen. Those cattle cars we piled into were like pig sties by the end of each day.
Then the classes were so warm, everyone would fall asleep—even standing up. Lol. Lost-in-the-woods has some pretty country, but it’s too cold for me these days.
Yuck, sleet is worse than snow. Slippery. Hope it fell after you’d gone out to run errands.
This will be a cheap vet visit. LOL! Still have surgeries coming up in a month or so for the three young ‘uns. Thankfully the two boys’ neutering is cheaper than Arabelle’s spaying. If Lessa had had all girls .... OUCH!
Evening, Lauren, Kathy! Hope all is well.
Nope.
I didn’t go to VietNam till June of ‘70.
I was on a three year “RA” hitch.
From AIT I went to Permanent Party, 291st MP Company, Redstone Arsenal Alabama.
...which was OK since I got some rank before going over.
Once in VietNam I was assigned to a MACV Team (14) based on Phu Quoc.
And once I got back from VietNam, guess where they sent me?
Yup! ...Ft. Leonard Wood.
Howdy, LUV.
How are things goin’ down your way?
Hi, there, radu!
It was a good day here. Typical Monday for me...did hardly anything. LOL! I did go to lunch with a friend and that was fun. The weather was warm enough to have the AC on in the car.
Hope your day went well. Did you get any rain or is it warming up?
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