FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Base Coronado, California ~ 03 MARCH 2015

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Lauren!

***HUGS***



It's great to see you this evening! Thanks very much for tonight’s Road Trip to Naval Base Coronado, California!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy LUV!

Visited there many years ago, I do remember it being LARGE!

Got about 6 more weeks then the rest of the Spring and Summer off. WOO HOO!!

*HUGS*

[luvie]

Dang! They’ve got good food there! :)

[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!


Missing Man Setting

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who
Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

[luvie]

Awesome news! Hope you are going to be with us in June! :) I’m soooo ready for it!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren, and thank you for today's Road Trip: Naval Base Coronado, California!

[luvie]

....till they all come home.....

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Howdy folks.

[SandRat]

A very good evening to you Lauren

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

[ConorMacNessa]

PH/2c George E. Wahlen, USN (MOH)
2d Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division



From Today in U.S. Military History:

Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japan
26 February – 3 March 1945

Citation: "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 2d Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima in the Volcano group on 3 March 1945.

Painfully wounded in the bitter action on 26 February, Wahlen remained on the battlefield, advancing well forward of the frontlines to aid a wounded marine and carrying him back to safety despite a terrific concentration of fire. Tireless in his ministrations, he consistently disregarded all danger to attend his fighting comrades as they fell under the devastating rain of shrapnel and bullets, and rendered prompt assistance to various elements of his combat group as required. When an adjacent platoon suffered heavy casualties, he defied the continuous pounding of heavy mortars and deadly fire of enemy rifles to care for the wounded, working rapidly in an area swept by constant fire and treating 14 casualties before returning to his own platoon. Wounded again on 2 March, he gallantly refused evacuation, moving out with his company the following day in a furious assault across 600 yards of open terrain and repeatedly rendering medical aid while exposed to the blasting fury of powerful Japanese guns. Stouthearted and indomitable, he persevered in his determined efforts as his unit waged fierce battle and, unable to walk after sustaining a third agonizing wound, resolutely crawled 50 yards to administer first aid to still another fallen fighter. By his dauntless fortitude and valor, Wahlen served as a constant inspiration and contributed vitally to the high morale of his company during critical phases of this strategically important engagement. His heroic spirit of self-sacrifice in the face of overwhelming enemy fire upheld the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service."

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hiya, lauren....has your weather improved at all? ((HUGS))

We might get some freezing rain this evening. BLECK!!!!!

[SkyDancer]

~ Good Evening! ~

[mylife]

Yes they do, and my old Master Chief is making the Greenville VFW good too.
BBQ Ribs, Luau Chicken...

He is the Post commander now.

[naturalman1975]

I Was Only Nineteen.

Found the above linked video at YouTube the other day. It is a music video of one of my favourite songs - an anthem for many Australian veteran's especially Vietnam veterans. I've heard the song many times - I've never seen this particular video associated with it, and I want to share it as widely as possible.

Mum and Dad and Danny
Saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
It was a long march from cadets
The Sixth Battalion was the next to tour
And it was me who drew the card
We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left

And Townsville lined the footpaths
As we marched down to the quay
This clipping from the paper
Shows us young and strong and clean
And there's me in me slouch hat
With me SLR and greens
God help me - I was only nineteen

From Vung Tau riding Chinooks
To the dust at Nui Dat
I'd been in and out of choppers now for months
And we made our tents a home,
V.B. and pinups on the lockers
And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub

And can you tell me, doctor,
Why I still can't get to sleep?
And night time's just a jungle dark
And a barking M-16?
And what's this rash that comes and goes,
Can you tell me what it means?
God help me - I was only nineteen

A four week operation, when each step
Can mean your last one on two legs
It was a war within yourself
But you wouldn't let your mates down
'til they had you dusted off
So you closed your eyes
And thought about somethin' else

And then someone yelled out "Contact",
And the bloke behind me swore
We hooked in there for hours,
Then a God almighty roar
Frankie kicked a mine
The day that mankind kicked the moon
God help me - he was goin' home in June

And I can still see Frankie,
Drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel
On a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau
And I can still hear Frankie,
Lying screaming in the jungle
'Til the morphine came
And killed the bloody row

And the ANZAC legends didn't mention
Mud and blood and tears
And the stories that my father told me
Never seemed quite real
I caught some pieces in my back
That I didn't even feel
God help me, I was only nineteen

And can you tell me, doctor,
Why I still can't get to sleep?
And why the Channel Seven chopper
Chills me to my feet?
And what's this rash that comes and goes,
Can you tell me what it means?
God help me - I was only nineteen.

I was only nineteen.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Luv!

*HUGS*

It's great to see you this evening. We've warmed up to 32F - still lots of ice around. We're expecting another shot tomorrow afternoon.

I've had all I can take of this @#$^$& Global Warming!

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur30bn_3G58

[luvie]

That’s awesome..sounds yummy! And a good place to eat and talk over old times with the guys...and gals!

[mylife]

God Bless the Diggers.

Rage was like our MTV when it was cool.

[mylife]

He has got the place running like a good boat.