Posted on 09/15/2005 6:00:50 PM PDT by beachn4fun
How's HiJinx doing? Nana's knee after all this "getting ready" stuff? And you have your cable up and running too. Gate all fixed?
Great song! Thanks!
Glad ya finally got that back yard stuff finished. Now maybe Nana won't be goin' nuts because of all the mess!
Hope you get it sold soon and can find yourselves something that you like!
(((((((hugs)))))) to the two of you. See ya tomorrow!
Look at you, Es......I've told you time and again that jumping over the moon is dangerous! Now look at you!! LOL!
Good night, AZ, and sleep well. Thanks for all you do for our troops.
You always have the CUTEST graphics! You cutie! :o)
Very nice and somewhat appropriate for the present time!
Duty ~ Honor ~ Country
Click above to visit "A Day in the Life of President Bush"
Well report from Kydto news wire Kim n Play Jong 11 is not amused over latest deal offer to get him not used his nukes See Kim is roaney he want use his nukes
I got question how powerful Kim Jong 11 is HELLLOOO I saw Team America on DVD Trey Parker and Matt Stone are still alive LOL!
OH MAN check this out Russia Today with partnership of Tass news agency has open first Russian news channel in English on certain Euro cable and satellite company guess what Dish network is thinking about carry this network according to Brit FT
OH BOY They claim that might be broadcast out of Chicago OH LORDY That what Russians dont' need have certain dude dress in Burka asking editor of Tass to HEY DUDE you want buy a burka
Here's a very fitting story for today. It's my lead for the Radio news.
Korean vet to get Medal of Honor
September 15, 2005
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 14, 2005) -- The White House has announced that President George W. Bush will present the Medal of Honor to Cpl. Tibor Rubin in recognition of his actions in Korea from 1950 to 1953.
The Medal of Honor will be presented to Rubin during a White House ceremony, Sept. 23.
During numerous battles in Korea, Rubin’s actions with the 1st Cavalry Division to engage the enemy and tend to the wounded, were at what officials described as “careless disregard for his own safety.” In one such battle, Rubin single-handedly defended a hill, manning a machinegun for 24 hours, through the night and next morning, allowing the 8th Cavalry Regiment to successfully withdraw.
In October 1950, Chinese troops crossed the border into North Korea. During the ensuing battle, Rubin was severely wounded before being captured along with other Soldiers.
For the next two and a half years, Rubin risked his life daily to keep his fellow Soldiers alive and hopeful in two of the worst prisoner of war camps, officials said.
Witnesses have said that Rubin’s personal actions to obtain food and to provide medical care directly resulted in more than 40 Soldiers surviving “Death Valley” and Pyoktong Prisoner of War camps.
Rubin was first incarcerated at age 13 during World War II. He was forced from his native Hungarian Jewish community to the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. Both his parents and two sisters perished in the Holocaust. Rubin survived until the camp was liberated two years later by American troops.
“Army medics brought us survivors back to life,” Rubin said about his rescue from Mauthausen.
“I was liberated by the U.S. Army and felt that if I ever made it to the United States of America that I would join the Army.” Rubin said.
Rubin immigrated to the United States in 1948 and answered the call to duty by volunteering for Army service.
By July 1950, Rubin was fighting on the front lines in Korea as an infantryman in “I” Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.
For more information on the Medal of Honor and Rubin, see www.army.mil/medalofhonor/rubin.
LOL!! ((HUGS)) Still on meds? Following doctor's orders? Feeling better?
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