A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....10-13-03....Military Monday

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest
....Every Day

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A Few of FR's Finest November 11, 2001

So many people have written me since my original Veteran's Day Tribute, asking how they, or a loved one, could be included in that tribute. Since I could no longer add the photos to the body of the thread, I had been including them in additional posts as I received enough to make another collage.

Still that didn't seem to be enough. I think there's never been a better nor more appropriate time to keep the faces of our own Veterans and Active Military in front of FReepers--every day! That's why I wanted to do yet another Daily Thread .....ABOUT FReepers .....and FOR FReepers. But not only about our Military FReepers; for all FReepers! Wouldn't it be nice to get to know a few of the other FReepers as well? That's why we've created a place for just that. This is a friendly room in JimRob's house where FReeper FRiends can gather every day and just say hello if that's all they want to do.

There's more of course. We sometimes feature different FReepers, with a little background information on who they are and what makes them who they are, along with a few photos you might not have seen on other threads; sometimes others write an essay for us to post as the feature for the day; sometimes our presentation is a human interest story found elsewhere that you might not have read; sometimes special holiday threads; but whatever the topic of the day, it is always with FR's Finest in mind and that is YOU!

If you would like to be featured, or would like to see someone else featured, please send me a private FR mail.

Every Monday we will post the photos of FR's Military Personnel that I have collected and put into groups; these will be available to view through a link the remainder of the week - every day just a click away. :)   If you would like to add a photo of yourself or a loved one in the military, past or present, please let me know; I will hold it until I have enough for a new group.

Thank you, and please have fun with us...every day! ~ Billie

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Thank You For Serving Our Country!

TOP: Logos, SwedeGirl's hubby, Neil E Wright, FallGuy, 1John, Sneakypete
MIDDLE:  T'wit, COB1, LadyX, Dick Bachert, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
BOTTOM:  YankeeinSC, Delta21, JoeSixPack1

TOP:  Bosniajmc, AFVetGal, Archy, A Navy Vet
MIDDLE:  4TheFlag, Aeronaut, 68Grunt, Xinga
BOTTOM:  Codger, AAABest, Clinton's A Liar, Duke809, dcwusmc

TOP:  mc5cents, Norb2569, LBGA's son, VanJenerette
MIDDLE:  Jim Robinson, KJenerette, davidosborne, KG9Kid
BOTTOM:  gwmoore, Equality7-2521, SAMWolf

TOP:  porgygirl, Phil V., MudPuppy, NorCoGOP
MIDDLE:  RaceBannon, OneidaM, rdb3, jwTexian
BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, TheMayor, Vineyard, rhododogma

TOP:  g'nad, AgThorn's son Justin, SLB, AgThorn's son Brett.
MIDDLE:  fish70, razorback-bert, CheneyChick,Leroy S Mort, Mark17.
BOTTOM:  Terry's Take, Taxman, DinkyDau.

TOP:  ValerieUSA's son Grant, SK1Thurman, kd5cts, RangerVetNam,
dansangel and .45man's son-in-law Tony
BOTTOM:  rangerX, Old China Hand, Trish, Howlin's dad, Mustang

TOP: ohioWfan's son, MamaBear's father-in-law, MamaBear's dad, ladtx
MIDDLE:  The Mayor's niece, M.Kehoe, Beach_Babe's son-in-law
BOTTOM:  deadhead's dad, HiJinx, Severa's hubby, viligantcitizen's granddad.

TOP:  spectr17, RightOnline, SERE_Doc, Tet68.
MIDDLE:  FutureSnakeEater, RightOnline's wife, CIApilot, Clamper1797
BOTTOM:  usmcobra, onedoug, DiverDave, Joe6-pack

TOP:  Q6-God, Scan59, Mama Bear and JKPhoto's son, ofMagog.
MIDDLE:  Big'ol_freeper, JustAmy's great uncle, Prodigal Son.
BOTTOM:  JustAmy's husband, JustAmy's brother-in-law, JustAmy's brother.

TOP:  dakine's wife, MeeknMing's dad, Auntbee's nephew, MilitiaMan7, AlasBabylon.
BOTTOM:  Joe Brower, Temple Owl, Temple Owl's wife, dutchess' dad, Aomagrat.

TOP:  ladtx #2 son; DiverDave's twin Don; petuniasevan and husband
poorman; Mustard; ladtx #1 son;
BOTTOM:  AlamoGirl's brother Floyd; AG's dad; AG's brother Jim (inset);
WVNan's husband; ladtx' Aunt Eva.

TOP: Mo1's dad; BuffyT's Uncle (right, w/ her dad & grandmother); Armymarinemom's 3 sons.
MIDDLE: ru4Liberty's dad; SheLion's husband, MaineRebel; wirestripper.
BOTTOM: fivetoes; bigghurtt; hurricane; ladtx' dad; Pippin's brother.




                     

THE WEEKEND THREAD 10-11-12-03 Week In Review

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

Thanks, Mixer!

1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me a FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

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at
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and include Freeper Photo Album in subject line.

[Billie]

[Billie]

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[The Mayor]

[ladtx]

Another Military Monday and another tribute to my fallen comrades. A special day today, I knew two of them.

In memory of my fellow Vietnam helicopter pilots who were killed in that war the following were lost on OCT 13th. God bless them all.

1966 WO1 Dennis R. Brown (USAR) -- 9 INF, Age 22, Single, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1967 MAJ Charles M. Houser (USA) -- 25 AVN 25 INF, Age 31, Married, Vale, North Carolina
1967 MAJ Boyd E. Morrow (USA) -- 188 AHC, Age 34, Married, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania
1969 CPT John M. Wheeler (USAR) -- 336 AHC, Age 28, Married, Comer, Georgia
1969 CW2 Ronald C. Rudolph (USAR) -- 336 AHC, Age 31, Married, Norfolk, Virginia
1971 CW2 Ronald K. Schulz (USAR) -- 57 MED DET, Age 20, Single, Pasco, Washington
1971 WO1 John S. Chrin (USAR) -- 57 MED DET, Age 22, Single, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania

As a personal note, CPT Wheeler and CW2 Rudolph were in my unit (336th Assault Helicopter Company) while I was there. I had only been in country less than a month and theirs were the second and third deaths of pilots that I actually knew. They were were two of our maintenance officers. They were returning from Saigon where they had just picked up a new Huey for our unit. They were flying trail in a formation of two. During the flight back they kept asking lead to slow down because of the turbulence. The lead aircraft said they were not experiencing any turbulence but slowed anyway. A few minutes later the aircraft with Wheeler, Rudolph and their crewchief, SP5 Willie F. Cato, nosed straight into the ground, killing all three. It was thought the horizontal stabilizer had failed causing them to lose control of the aircraft. It was quite a sobering experience, the point was driven home that we were all vulnerable.

Unit patch of my old unit, "336th Assault Helicopter Company Warriors"

SCOUTS OUT!

[Billie]

Thank you, Support. Monthly is the way to go. Thanks for your hard work and dedication.

[Calpernia]

GOOOOD Morning to the Finest!

[Calpernia]

Happy Columbus Day!

A sailor on board the Pinta sighted land early in the morning of October 12, 1492, and a new era of European exploration and expansion began. The next day, the 90 crew members of Christopher Columbus's three-ship fleet ventured onto the Bahamian island of Guanahaní, ending a voyage begun nearly ten weeks earlier in Palos, Spain.

As a reward for his valuable discovery, the Spanish crown granted Columbus the right to bear arms. His new Coat of Arms added the royal charges of Castile and Leon and an image of islands to his traditional family arms. Columbus further modified the design to include a continent beside the pictured islands.

Before his final voyage, the Spanish monarchs prepared a Book of Privileges, a collection of agreements showing how Columbus was remunerated for his explorations. In 1502, four copies of the book were known to exist. The Library of Congress's precious copy of this work is considered one of the "Top Treasures" included in the online exhibition American Treasures of the Library of Congress.

The first recorded celebration of Columbus Day in the United States took place on October 12, 1792. Organized by The Society of St. Tammany, also known as the Columbian Order, it commemorated the 300th anniversary of Columbus's landing.

The 400th anniversary of the event, however, inspired the first official Columbus Day holiday in the United States. In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison issued a proclamation urging Americans to mark the day. The public responded enthusiastically, organizing school programs, plays, and community festivities across the country. Columbus and the Discovery of America, Imre Kiralfy's "grand dramatic, operatic, and ballet spectacle," is among the more elaborate tributes created for this commemoration. The World's Columbian Exposition, by far the most ambitious event planned for the celebration, opened in Chicago the summer of 1893.

Over the following decades, the Knights of Columbus, an international Roman Catholic fraternal benefit society, lobbied state legislatures to declare October 12 a legal holiday. Colorado was the first state to do so on April 1, 1907. New York declared Columbus Day a holiday in 1909 and on October 12, 1909, New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes led a parade that included the crews of two Italian ships, several Italian-American societies, and legions of the Knights of Columbus. Since 1971 Columbus Day, designated as the second Monday in October, has been celebrated as a federal holiday. In many locations across the country Americans parade in commemoration of the day.

[Aquamarine]

I had only been in country less than a month and theirs were the second and third deaths of pilots that I actually knew.

So sorry to hear about that and may we never forget the sacrifices that were made for our freedom including the sacrifice you made when going into harms way. Thank you Ladtx.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Monday !

10-12-2003
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[MeekOneGOP]

Have a cup while you FReep !

[jwfiv]

Good morning on Military Monday...

...to our Hostess, the lovely MIss Billie Blue...

...and to all the rest of you...

...the Finest.

May the Good Lord always bless America, our President and his team, our Armed Forces and the men and women who serve.

The sun is shining brightly out my window...a good start to a new week.

...))))))

[Libertina]

Happy Columbus Day!

I am glad to see that this is a respectable thread with no more snowball fights ;) I feel a closeness to Columbus, since I love adventure, oceans, and have a similar ability to find any new place once ;) Thank you LadTX for the moving military story you told. Our troops are all so vulnerable - though in their bravery they often forget. Have a joyous day FR's Finest :) Libby

From the Pacific Northwest

[Billie]

LOL! Yes, keep your snowballs away from our Finest Military. :) We only throw kisses at them. :)

[Billie]

Good morning, Rus, and thank you, both for the daily morning coffee, and for being in that wonderful group of FR's Finest, past and present, pictured above.

I love your tag line. :)

[Billie]

Good morning, ladtx. Thank you, too, for your service to our country, and your sons and other family members who served. Again, I'm so glad that you've resumed your Vietnam tributes each Monday. God Bless them all, their families, and God Bless you and yours. Praying that Ashley continues to grow stronger and gets to go home very soon.

[Billie]

Good morning to you, Cal, and thank you for your Columbus Day post. Am glad you 'found' us a few months ago when you posted a few of those happy elephants on your first visit here. :)

[Billie]

Good morning to you, Cal, and thank you for your Columbus Day post. Am glad you 'found' us a few months ago when you posted a few of those happy elephants on your first visit here. :)

[The Mayor]

Thankyou Billie, I really enjoy posting coffee everyday.
And I am Proud to be one of FR's Finest..

PS....i'm working on the other thingy

[ladtx]

Got an email from Mrs ladtx this morning she said Ashley is doing well enough that they are going to see if they can get Leila in to see her sister. Hope they take some pictures.