FReeper Canteen ~ Canteen Sports Corner ~ April 22 2004

MoJo2001 and FRiends of the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday...
Thank the Veterans who served in
The United States Armed Forces.

Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom?
Support The United States Armed Forces Today!

~ Sports Review ~

1. Upcoming Events
2. NHL
3. MLB
4. Nascar
5. PGA
6. NBA
7. Hot Movies/Music
8. NFL Draft
9. Links
10. Support Our Troops

(click on the graphic for details)

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A PARADE!

WHO: YOU!
WHAT: Welcome Home Parade for our Veterans!
WHEN: MAY 1st, 2004
WHERE: FReeper Canteen
WHY: BECAUSE WE CAN!!

With our continued thoughts, love, and support for our Active Duty, we would like to show our appreciation, admiration, and love for our Veterans. We would like to thank those that have served America in the past.

Most importantly, we would like to "WELCOME HOME" those Veterans that never received a proper homecoming. We intend to throw the biggest online parade you have ever seen!!

Please contact Diva Betsy Ross for further details on how you can help or click the graphic for your invitation!

 

NHL .com

 

	Second Round Schedule
	Wednesday @ The Rink
	Leafs beat Sens in Game 7
	Four added to Team USA
	Attendance, ratings are up

 

 

If you thought the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs were exciting, then hold on for Round 2! The action gets under way Thursday night with Toronto visiting Philadelphia, Calgary playing Detroit and Colorado taking on San Jose. On Friday, the Canadiens-Lightning series kicks off. NHL.com is the spot for in-depth previews of the Conference Semifinals. ...more

 

 

MLB.com

 

• Balloting under way for All-Star Game

• After two weeks, it's so far, so good for some

• Officials outline All-Star plans

• All-Star vote in the hands of the fans

• Don't phone home without your own logo

• Cubs notes: Prior increases mound pitches

• Marlins notes: Burnett on comeback trail

• O's notes: Hairston healing on schedule

NASCAR
Nascar.com

Freepmail NormsRevenge or glocks rock to add your name to the Nascar Ping List for live threads.

CUP  

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PGA.com

 

 

Olazabal has Ryder Cup on his mind
 

Els puts Masters letdown behind him
 

Jacobsen undergoes hip surgery
 

World Golf Hall of Fame raises eyebrows
 

Jenkins cruises to victory at Blue Angels
 

Chopra wins Arkansas Classic by a shot
 

More news

 

 

from CNNSI.com & PGA.com

NBA
 

 

Playoffs

Knicks' Thomas vows revenge for flagrant foul
Medvedenko sits out practice, status uncertain
 

Other News

Judge deals blow to Bryant's defense team
Grizzlies' Brown named Coach of the Year
Closings in Williams trial delayed a week
O'Brien introduced as Sixers' new coach
 

More news

 

from CNNSI.com
 

What's Hot This Week?

Movies
from Imdb.com

 

	Kill Bill: Vol. 2
	The Punisher
	Johnson Family Vacation
	Hellboy
	Home on the Range
	more

Music
 

Billboard Chart Top 30 Song Lyrics

 

1. Usher - Yeah (feat. Lil' Jon, Ludacris)
2. J-Kwon - Tipsy
3. Mario Winans - I Don't Wanna Know
4. Chingy - One Call Away
5. Usher - Burn
6. Maroon5 - This Love
7. Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder
8. Evanescence - My Immortal
9. Beyonce - Naughty Girl
10. Britney Spears - Toxic
11. Cassidy Featuring R. Kelly - Hotel
12. Ludacris - Splash Waterfalls
13. Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You
14. Kanye West - All Falls Down
15. D-12 - My Band
16. Petey Pablo - Freek-A-Leek
17. OutKast - The Way You Move
18. Twista - Overnight Celebrity
19. Sean Paul Feat. Sasha - I'm Still In Love With You
20. G-Unit Featuring Joe - Wanna Get To Know You
21. Sheryl Crow - The First Cut Is The Deepest
22. Jessica Simpson - With You
23. Hoobastank - The Reason
24. Nickelback - Someday
25. Lil' Flip - Game Over
26. Linkin Park - Numb
27. Ruben Studdard - Sorry 2004
28. Twista Feat. Kanye West & Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz
29. OutKast - Hey Ya
30. Dido - White Flag

from Billboard.com
&
Anysonglyrics.com

Upcoming Movies

 

Mean Girls

Laws of Attraction

Envy

Godsend

Van Helsing

New York Minute

Troy

Breakin' All the Rules

Shrek 2

more

 

NFL Draft


 

Brandt: Position-by-position analysis

NFL Network to provide expanded draft coverage

 

Teams will quickly readjust after Clarett decision
 

Oregon State RB Jackson in draft without agent
 

Sleeper alert: LB Olshansky could go first round
 

For once, Bengals don't have to mull over high pick
 

New GM McKay likes Falcons' first-round spot
 

Glut of receivers gives Jags more early options
 

Titans focus on D-linemen after losing Kearse
 

More news

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Okay Canteeners!!

Here's your chance to let us know who you think will be drafted first. How about your first round draft picks?

Why would you choose those players?

Let us know on the threads and we'll see who is right next week.

Good luck and have fun!!

Sources: Clarett ruling expected before draft
An U.S. Supreme Court Justice is expected to rule before the draft on whether the stay issued by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should be lifted.

Clayton: The blueprint
Heavy emphasis is placed on free agency, but winning teams are generally built through the draft.
 
Pasquarelli: Rich get richer
With Corey Dillon added to the backfield, the Patriots will use the upcoming draft to add depth on both sides of the ball.
 
Clayton: Easier said than done
There's always plenty of draft trade speculation, but usually very little movement in switching selections.
 
More Features

 

Links

FReeper Canteen Support The Troops

If you would like to help our wounded military personnel in Iraq, please click this link to read from yesterday's thread.

For more detailed information on how you can help, please FReepmail MoJo2001. Thank you.


If you have ever noticed there are many links provided below the daily threads in the COMMENTS BOX. These links are provided daily as a service to lurkers, Canteeners, military personnel, and their families. We encourage everyone to click on the links. You never know what you can find out there.

The difference between doing something and not is no longer an excuse. If you don't have the money, that's okay. There are many military members that would just appreciate an email or a letter encouraging them. It isn't rocket science. It just takes you and a little bit of your time. How expensive is that? Nada.

The rewards are priceless. The effect on that military member could be more than you can ever imagine. So? Don't procrastinate. Get out there and make a difference for one of our Troops.
 

[Old Sarge]

HI, yourself!

But the caption-quickfire will have to wait. Time to go to class.

I'll be back for the rest of them later today!

[The Mayor]

[God] brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name. —Isaiah 40:26

God is greater than our greatest problem.

[mylife]

Good morning Gang! Have a great day out there!

[beachn4fun]

Practice....practice....practice.....

[beachn4fun]

Grandpa must have been feeding her! Grandma's never let it get that bad! LOL

[Arrowhead1952]

Here are some pics of bluebonnets and wildflowers in the central Tx. area.

[Valin]

On this Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on April 22:
1357 Johan I King of Portugal (1383-1433)
1451 Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus
1610 Alexander VIII [Pietro Ottoboni] Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91)
1690 John Carteret Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)
1707 Henry Fielding England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones)
1724 Immanuel Kant Konigsberg Germany, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)
1777 Henry Clay the great compromiser
1818 Cadwallader Colden Washburn Major General (Union volunteers)
1823 Alfred Gibbs Major General (Union Army), died in 1868
1827 William Hopkins Morris Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1831 Alexander McDowell McCook Major General (Union volunteers)
1832 Julius Sterling Morton Adams NY, (Governor-NE), started Arbor Day
1866 Hans von Seeckt German General (Future of the Reich)

1870 Nikolai Lenin [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov] Bolshevik/USSR revolutionist

1876 O E Rölvaag Norwegian-American novelist (Giants in the Earth)
1881 Alexander Kerensky Simbirsk, Russian PM (1917)
1891 Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev Sontsovka Ukraine, composer
1902 Megan Lloyd George English politician
1904 J[ulius] Robert Oppenheimer New York NY, head of Manhattan (A-bomb) Project
1908 Eddie Albert [Heimberger] Rock Island IL, actor (Oliver-Green Acres)
1916 Yehudi Menuhin New York NY, violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata)
1918 Robert Wadlow Alton IL, world's tallest man (8'11.1")
1920 Hal March San Francisco CA, actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage)
1922 Charles Mingus Arizona, jazz musician
1923 Aaron Spelling Dallas TX, TV executive producer (Charlie's Angels, Melrose Place, Dynasty, Love Boat, Starsky and Hutch, Mod Squad)
1923 Betty Page Kingsport TN, playmate (January 1955)/model (Dark Angel)
1933 John A Llewellyn Cardiff Wales, astronaut
1936 Glen Campbell Delight AR, actor/singer (Rhinestone Cowboy, By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston, Wichita Lineman)
1937 Jack Nicholson Neptune NJ, actor (As Good As It Gets, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Shining)
1945 Alan Dukes Irish President (Fine Gael
1958 Ken Olandt actor (April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun)
1967 Sheryl Lee Boulder CO, actress (Twin Peaks, Love Lies & Murder)
1985 Lauri Hendler Fort Belvoir VA, actress (Julie-Gimme a Break)

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Deaths which occurred on April 22:
0536 Agapitus I Italian Pope (535-36), dies
1355 Eleonora Plantagenet daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36
1778 James Hargreaves inventor (spinning jenny), dies
1833 Richard Trevithick inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62
1865 Francis Washburn US Union Colonel/General Major, dies of injuries
1946 Harlan Fiske Stone Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73
1946 Lionel Atwill actor (Captain Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61
1950 Charles H Houston architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54
1978 Will[iam Auge] Geer actor (Grandpa-The Waltons), dies from a respiratory ailment at 75
1980 Jane Froman singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72
1982 Melville Bell Grosvenor president (National Geographic Society), dies at 80
1983 Earl "Fatha" Hines US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies
1984 Ansel Adams US photographer, dies at 82
1989 Huey Newton US, Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47
1993 Cesar Chavez US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at 66

1994 Richard Milhous Nixon 37th US President (1969-74), dies of stroke at 81

1995 Maggie Kuhn activist (Gray Panthers), dies at 89
1996 Erma Bombeck humorist (Grass is Greener over the Septic Tank), dies at 69

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1961 BALLENGER ORVILLE ROGER---COLUMBUS OH.
[08/17/62 RELEASED]
1961 BIBER GERALD MACK---BENKELMAN NE.
[PROB KIA IN AMBUSH AFT OVRUN SFG CO B 7TH SFG (ABN) 1SF]
1961 BISCHOFF JOHN MALCOM---MOUNTAIN REST SC.
[PROB KIA IN AMBUSH AFT OVRUN]
1961 MOON WALTER H.---RUDY AR.
[07/22/61 KIA IN ESCAPE]
1966 BOYD CHARLES G.---ROCKWELL CITY IA.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1966 BRUNSTROM ALAN L.---MIAMI FL.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1966 NICKERSON WILLIAM B.---STAMFORD CT.
1966 WEIMORTS ROBERT F.---EIGHT MILE AL.
1968 COOLEY DAVID L.---WARWICK VA.
[RADIO CONTACT LOST]
1968 CHOMYK WILLIAM---HICKSVILLE NY.
1968 PALMGREN EDWIN D.---WINSTON-SALEM NC.
1968 RIGGINS ROBERT P.---CHAMPAIGN IL.
1969 SCOTT VINCENT CALVIN JR---RICHMOND VA.
1969 VAN CLEAVE WALTER SHELBY---DALLAS TX.
1970 ADACHI THOMAS Y.---LOS ANGELES CA.
[GROUP BURIAL 11/08/95]
1970 BROOKS WILLIAM L.---TOLAR TX.
[GROUP BURIAL 11/08/95]
1970 DAVIS CHARLIE B.---DAYSBORO KY.
[REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95]
1970 FISHER DONALD G.---HAZLETON PA.
[GROUP BURIAL 11/08/95]
1970 GOLZ JOHN B.---ROCK ISLAND IL.
1970 HARRIS STEPHEN W.---SPRINGFIELD MO.
[REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95, GROUP BURIAL]
1970 HENSLEY RONNIE L.---RICHWOOD WV.
[REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95, GROUP BURIAL]
1970 IRELAND ROBERT N.---SAN BERNARDINO CA.
[REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95, GROUP BURIAL]
1970 LINT DONALD M.---DES MOINES IA.
[REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95, GROUP BURIAL]
1970 ROWLEY CHARLES S.---RIVERTON CT.
[REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95, GROUP BURIAL, ID DISPUTED
1970 TOWLE JOHN C.---HARRISBURG IL.
[REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
0687 -BC- Chinese record a meteor shower in Lyra
0296 St Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0536 St Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1056 Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye
1073 Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII
1145 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1164 Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III
1370 Bastille begins being built in Paris France
1500 Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal
1509 Henry VIII ascends to throne to become King of England
1521 French king François I declares war on Spain
1526 1st slave revolt occurs in South Carolina
1529 Treaty of Saragosa Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere
1659 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
1662 Royal Society incorporates
1671 King Charles II sits in on English parliament
1692 Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft
1769 Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress
1793 President George Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US
1796 Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi
1809 Battle at Eckmühl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl
1823 R J Tyers patents roller skates
1861 Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces
1864 US mints 2¢ coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")
1876 1st National League game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5; Philadelphia Athletics Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run
1876 Tchaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet
1884 Thomas Stevens starts 1st bicycle trip around the world (2 years 9 months)
1889 Oklahoma land rush officially starts; as many as nine out of ten of these settlers had jumped the gun, earning themselves the name "Sooners"
1893 Paul Kruger elected President of Transvaal for 3rd time
1897 NYC Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (stiil active)
1898 1st Spanish-American War action USS Nashville, takes enemy ship
1898 Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry
1898 US President William McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors
1903 American Power Boat Association forms
1906 Olympic games held in Athens are not accepted by the IOC
1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls
1914 Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
1914 México ends diplomatic relations with US
1915 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WWI
1915 2nd Battle of Ypres begins
1915 New York Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time
1916 France battles at Fort Douaumont
1930 US, Britain & Japan sign London Naval Treaty to reduce naval forces
1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1943 RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea
1944 Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea
1945 Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated
1951 Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in NYC
1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob NV
1954 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began
1955 Congress orders all US coins bear motto "In God We Trust"
1957 All National League teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
1961 Uprising of French parachutist of General Salan/Challe in Algeria
1964 World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens
1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
1969 1st human eye transplant performed
1969 Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1:36 for heavyweight boxing title
1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
1971 Soyuz 10 launched
1972 Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke ride on the Moon
1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of the Today Show
1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel
1978 'The Blues Brothers' (Dan Akroyd and John Belushi) make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live
1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers on strike
1981 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts
1983 Stern magazine announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolf Hitler (turned out to be a hoax)
1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
1988 Women are allowed to compete in the Little 500 bicycle race in Bloomington IN, for the 1st time
1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)
1990 Lebanon releases US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months
1991 Intel releases the 486SX chip
1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show
1992 6.0 earthquake in California
1992 Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara México
1994 7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda
1994 In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds is made
1997 In Peru, government commandos stormed the Japanese ambassador's residence, ending a 126-day hostage crisis; all 14 Tupac Amaru rebels were killed, 71 hostages were rescued.
1997 A jury of seven men and five women was chosen in Denver to hear the Oklahoma City bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh.
2000 In a predawn raid, armed U.S. immigration agents broke into the Miami house where Elian Gonzalez had been staying and took the 6-year-old Cuban refugee by force, flying him to be reunited with his Cuban father outside Washington, D.C.
2001 Leaders of 34 Western Hemisphere nations meeting in Quebec agreed to stick with an ambitious plan to create the world's largest free-trade zone by 2005 and penalize any country that strayed from the path of democracy.

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Iceland's 1st Day Of Summer.
Brazil : Discovery Day (1500)
Nebraska : Arbor Day, where they created it (1872)
Oklahoma : Oklahoma Day (1889)
Spain, US : Queen Isabella Day
USSR : Lenin's Birthday (1870)
US : Be Careful What You Say Day
US : National Lingerie Week (Day 5)
America's Heartland Development Month

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Religious Observances
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Soter, pope (166-75), martyr
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Caius, pope (283-96), martyr
Saint Theodore of Sykeon Feast Day

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Religious History
1776 Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'I found Christ in me the hope of glory; but felt a pleasing, painful sensation of spiritual hunger and thirst for more of God.'
1864 The motto "In God We Trust" first appeared on U.S. coinage, being struck on a bronze two-cent piece, issued during the American Civil War.
1897 In New York City, the world's largest Jewish daily newspaper, "The Forward," was first published. Abraham Cahan, 43, one of its founders, became editor of the paper in 1903, remaining until his death in 1951.
1933 American Bible teacher and author Kenneth E. Hagin traces his conversion to a saving Christian faith back to this date, at age 16.
1960 At a constitutional convention in Minneapolis, three major Lutheran bodies in the U.S. merged to form the American Lutheran Church, with a combined membership of about two million.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"Some people are so boring that they make you waste an entire day in five minutes."

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Martha Stewart's Way vs. The Real Woman's Way...
Martha's Way #3: When a cake mix calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead, there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake.
Real Woman's Way #3: Go to the bakery. They'll even decorate it for you.

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New State Slogans...
North Carolina: Home of BARBECUE, the Holy Grub!

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Male Language Patterns...
"I was just thinking about you, and got you these roses." REALLY MEANS,
"The girl selling them on the corner was a real babe."

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Female Language Patterns...
"Go ask your father." REALLY MEANS,
"I know he doesn't know, so you'll just have to come back and ask me all over again. Then you'll be sorry."

[tomkow6]

Oh! The doggies are sooooooooooooo cute!

Are they looking for a home? If they are, they should come to Camp tomorrow for "Adopt-a-Pet"!

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops and Canteeners . . . thanks y'all for the fun in the Canteen last night.

[tomkow6]

1923 Betty Page Kingsport TN, playmate (January 1955)/model (Dark Angel)

[Arrowhead1952]

I tried to post a link that works. You have to register on their site. Here are a few more.

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Arrowhead . . . Hey! that looks like home sweet home.

[StarCMC]

	*McGOVERN, ROBERT M. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company A, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.  Place and date: Near Kamyangjan-ni, Korea, 30 January 1951.  Entered service at: Washington, D.C.  Birth: Washington, D.C.  G.O. No.: 2, 8 January 1952.  Citation: 1st Lt. McGovern, a member of Company A, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an armed enemy of the United Nations.  As 1st Lt. McGovern led his platoon up a slope to engage hostile troops emplaced in bunker-type pillboxes with connecting trenches, the unit came under heavy machine gun and rifle fire from the crest of the hill, approximately 75 yards distant. Despite a wound sustained in this initial burst of withering fire, 1st Lt. McGovern, assured the men of his ability to continue on and urged them forward. Forging up the rocky incline, he fearlessly led the platoon to within several yards of its objective when the ruthless foe threw and rolled a vicious barrage of handgrenades on the group and halted the advance. Enemy fire increased in volume and intensity and 1st Lt. McGovern realizing that casualties were rapidly increasing and the morale of his men badly shaken, hurled back several grenades before they exploded. Then, disregarding his painful wound and weakened condition he charged a machine gun emplacement which was raking his position with flanking fire. When he was within 10 yards of the position a burst of fire ripped the carbine from his hands, but, undaunted, he continued his lone-man assault and, firing his pistol and throwing grenades, killed 7 hostile soldiers before falling mortally wounded in front of the gun he had silenced. 1st Lt. McGovern's incredible display of valor imbued his men with indomitable resolution to avenge his death. Fixing bayonets and throwing grenades, they charged with such ferocity that hostile positions were overrun and the enemy routed from the hill. The inspirational leadership, unflinching courage, and intrepid actions of 1st Lt. McGovern reflected utmost glory on himself and the honored tradition of the military services. McLAUGHLIN, ALFORD L. Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps Company L, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.)  Place and date: Korea, 4 and 5 September 1952.  Entered service at: Leeds, Ala.  Born: 18 March 1928, Leeds, Ala.  Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a machine gunner of Company L, in action against enemy aggressor forces on the night of 4-5 September 1952.  Volunteering for his second continuous tour of duty on a strategic combat outpost far in advance of the main line of resistance, Pfc. McLaughlin, although operating under a barrage of enemy artillery and mortar fire, set up plans for the defense of his position which proved decisive in the successful defense of the outpost. When hostile forces attacked in battalion strength during the night, he maintained a constant flow of devastating fire upon the enemy, alternately employing 2 machineguns, a carbine, and handgrenades. Although painfully wounded, he bravely fired the machineguns from the hip until his hands became blistered by the extreme heat from the weapons and, placing the guns on the ground to allow them to cool, continued to defend the position with his carbine and grenades. Standing up in full view, he shouted words of encouragement to his comrades above the din of battle and, throughout a series of fanatical enemy attacks, sprayed the surrounding area with deadly fire, accounting for an estimated 150 enemy dead and 50 wounded. By his indomitable courage, superb leadership, and valiant fighting spirit in the face of overwhelming odds, Pfc. McLaughlin served to inspire his fellow marines in their gallant stand against the enemy and was directly instrumental in preventing the vital outpost from falling into the hands of a determined and numerically superior hostile force. His outstanding heroism and unwavering devotion to duty reflect the highest credit upon himself and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. If there be any glory in war, let it rest on the shoulders of men like these" -- Audie Murphy Thank you to all the military heroes, past and present, who have given me my freedoms.  You are my heroes and I pray for God's blessings on you today.  You will not be forgotten.

Graphics and information from the Medal of Honor website.

[tomkow6]

BULL?

[StarCMC]

Excellent thread!! HUGS!!!