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~ MILITARY REQUESTS ~

Helping our military!!

If you are interested in helping our military, please FReepmail MoJo2001, Brad's Gramma, or Kathy In Alaska for more information. Below is a brief overview of the help that is needed. Thank you!

Operation Semper Fi - Field Hospital in Iraq needs basic necessities and anything else you can think of.

Operation Iraqi Children - An Active Duty FReeper, smaagee, has requested help for children ages 3-11 in Mosul. If you are interested in helping, please contact us. Make sure to put "Operation Iraqi Children" in the subject line.

Operation Military Families - Many military family members have been affected by the deployments. As with many places in the United States, it has taken quite a toll on the population in general. In Indiana, "close" to 100,000 Active Duty and Reservists have left the State. Many of those family members left behind are having a hard time, if you are interested in helping then contact us.

Donations For Our Troops - If you'd like to help send care packages without having to shop, we've found a reliable FRiend to help you. Please contact patriciaruth in FReepmail. She has been doing this for a long time and would be happy to have the help.

Operation Convoys - Our military folks that are members of those Transportation companies need help with the basic necessities and items to hold them over until they return back to base. We've all heard about roadside bombings. Please help make their life a little easier.

Operation Emails, FReepmail, and SNAIL MAIL - So? You don't have the time or money to send anything, how about an email or snail mail? You can even send a FReepmail. We would be happy to send it forward.

WALTER REED & BETHESDA HOSPITALS - FReeper TruthNtegrity visits our Troops in the hospital as often as possible. She needs some help getting them pre-paid phone cards and something to pass the time by. (Such as games, magazines, etc..). If you are interested in helping, please FReepmail her. Thank you!

Operation Care Packages - If you'd like to bring a smile to any of our brave heroes, send them a little something from home. It will go a long way to lifting their morale. It's a long road to killing all the terrorists. Don't let our brave heroes forget that we care about them. FReepmail us if you'd like to help.

Are you not sure what to send or do?

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Thank you!

Have a wonderful day!

Good evening, Goodnight, Good morning, Good afternoon, everyone!

WooHoo!

Ancient India!!

Cool! I'm really looking forward to this. Thank you so much Diva for everything you do for the Canteen.

*HUGS*

Click on the pic and I'll guide you
to the start of today's thread

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Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
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Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners . . . God bless this wonderful place . . . .
. . . and all who enter herein.

040710-N-6551H-092 Pacific Ocean (July 10, 2004) - The High Speed Vessel (HSV) 2 Swift prepares to conduct a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the mine warfare ship USS Avenger (MCM 1) during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004. Swift is a wave-piercing aluminum-hulled catamaran that can move at speeds greater than 45 knots. With a draft allowing it to navigate in only 12 feet of water it can easily maneuver in and out of littoral environments. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This year’s exercise includes seven participating nations; Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom and United States. RIMPAC is intended to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Michelle R. Hammond (RELEASED) For more information go to: http://www.cpf.navy.mil/RIMPAC2004/

040707-N-1512S-131 Arabian Gulf (July 7, 2004) – The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) transfers personnel and equipment ashore, during Landing Cushion Air Craft (LCAC) operations off the coast of Kuwait. Kearsarge is surge deployed to transport elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Central Command Area of Responsibility in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Airman Kenny Swartout (RELEASED)

040710-N-6213R-002 Pacific Ocean (July 10, 2004) - USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) launches the first of two RIM-7 Nato Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles during a training exercise in the Hawaiian operating area. During the exercise, the missile intercepted a remote controlled test drone. Stennis and ships from the South Korean Navy participated in the missile firing exercise conducted to test the ships defensive capability. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are taking part in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004, during her scheduled deployment supporting the Navy's new fleet response plan (FRP) Summer Pulse 2004. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This year’s exercise includes seven participating nations; Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom and United States. RIMPAC is intended to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Mark J. Rebilas (RELEASED) For more information go to: http://www.cpf.navy.mil/RIMPAC2004/

CONGRATULATIONS!

THE WINNER TO MONDAY MAYHEM IS.....

HIJINX!

He correctly answered all the questions!

A few things:

Thank you to everyone that played!
Um, tomkow and Bethy are just Canteen relatives. Not real relatives.

StarCMC and kjfine are actually brother and sister. (I'll have to call their Ma to make sure. LOL)

Queenie and bentfeather are the same person. (Don't ask tomkow about that. He'll tell you a "story" that just won't be true. Hehe!) And for the smarty pants that wanted to know what country she's Queen of. Well, wouldn't you like to know? WE AREN'T SHARING! Hehe!

Auntie Fawnn actually created the opening graphic. Not MoJo's driving instructor. (MoJo doesn't need one of those lame things anyways. Hehe!)

HiJinx is Piper's Poppa...not tomkow's. (This one had me rolling for awhile.)

Glock Rocks created the GROCKS system. Avenger System by NormsRevenge isn't truly a system. Unless Mojo missed it somewhere. Just made up to help you find the answer quickly.

The Canteener that has 2 grandchildren with one named Jacob is beachn4fun. Auntie Fawnn has a million (well 3 for now! Hehe!), but none are currently named Jacob.

VALIN is the Canteen History Dude. (Well, he has a more proper name, but MoJo is writing this. What do you expect?)

Also, MoJo would like to thank everyone that wished her Dad a Happy Birthday. (This is totally not meant to be here, but she's too lazy to formally do it. Sheesh!)

So? Watch out for another Monday Mayhem near you!

Ya never know when we come up with something stranger than usual!

Congratulations HiJinx!
MoJo has your address already. So? No need to write it to her. Hehe!

Greetings, Canteeners, Troops,
and All the Ships at Sea!

Well, Demon Cat has joined Sarge in ushering in Hell Week at Fort McCoy - the final phase of the training that Sarge has been on since May. And what a deal! Twenty-four hour operations, constant computer work, briefings in front of VIP's - all designed to see how much ankle-biting pressure you can handle.

And insult to injury, Internet access is now down to almost nothing - which is why Sarge is making a late-night, drive-by post to the Canteen this early Tuesday. But hey, the gang over in the Sandbox has it far worse than Sarge, so just suck it up, right?

So, on to a few Personals before sign-off:

TONKIN/DIVALOCA: Just yet another fantastic thread for all of us to see and share! The lights are on for another day...

MOJO/HIJINX: Monday Mayhem sees the first prize go out to Jinx this time. We'll see what happens NEXT week...

BEACH/BETSY/RADU: I don't see you ladies except in passing, so I wanted to include you in at least one day, when I say HI!! to just y'all...

STAR/BETSY/KATHY/SPOTSY/MS. B./AND THE REST OF THE GALZ: Sorry that dancing is pretty much out for a few nights, but as we all see now, there's a few more eligible fellas to pick up the tune, so CARRY ON!

BENTFEATHER: Speaking of dancing, the Poets' Dance was WONDERFUL Sunday night. I always look forward to the time when we shall spin once more, so let's make it soon!

Sarge will be back tomorrow, so in the meantime, Y'all Have Fun!

SARGE

SALUTE!

Good morning, LaDiva! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!

Me for PREZ! VOTE !!!

Today's FEEBLE

YOKE :

A new, young MD doing his residency in OB was quite embarrassed performing female pelvic exams. To cover his
embarrassment he had unconsciously formed a habit of whistling softly as he went about doing the examinations.

One morning, the young lady upon whom he was performing this exam suddenly burst out laughing and further embarrassed him.

He looked up from his work and sheepishly said, "I'm sorry. Was I tickling you?"

She replied, "No Doc, but the song you were whistling was, 'I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Weiner'."

Chicagoland Weather

July 13, 2004
Chicago, IL
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very interesting, Thanks for researching the topic

Photograph, Medal of Honor and Flags

GARY, DONALD ARTHUR
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Junior Grade, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Franklin.
Place and date: Japanese Home Islands near Kobe, Japan, 19 March 1945.
Entered service at: Ohio.
Born: 23 July 1903, Findlay, Ohio.
Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as an engineering officer attached to the U.S.S. Franklin when that vessel was fiercely attacked by enemy aircraft during the operations against the Japanese Home Islands near Kobe, Japan, 19 March 1945.
Stationed on the third deck when the ship was rocked by a series of violent explosions set off in her own ready bombs, rockets, and ammunition by the hostile attack, Lt. (j.g.) Gary unhesitatingly risked his life to assist several hundred men trapped in a messing compartment filled with smoke, and with no apparent egress. As the imperiled men below decks became increasingly panic stricken under the raging fury of incessant explosions, he confidently assured them he would find a means of effecting their release and, groping through the dark, debris-filled corridors, ultimately discovered an escapeway. Stanchly determined, he struggled back to the messing compartment 3 times despite menacing flames, flooding water, and the ominous threat of sudden additional explosions, on each occasion calmly leading his men through the blanketing pall of smoke until the last one had been saved. Selfless in his concern for his ship and his fellows, he constantly rallied others about him, repeatedly organized and led fire-fighting parties into the blazing inferno on the flight deck and, when firerooms 1 and 2 were found to be inoperable, entered the No. 3 fireroom and directed the raising of steam in 1 boiler in the face of extreme difficulty and hazard. An inspiring and courageous leader, Lt. (j.g.) Gary rendered self-sacrificing service under the most perilous conditions and, by his heroic initiative, fortitude, and valor, was responsible for the saving of several hundred lives. His conduct throughout reflects the highest credit upon himself and upon the U.S. Naval Service.

GERSTUNG, ROBERT E.
Rank and organization: Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company H, 313th Infantry, 79th Infantry Division.
Place and date: Siegfried Line near Berg, Germany, 19 December 1944.
Entered service at: Chicago, Ill.
Born: 6 August 1915, Chicago, Ill.
G.O. No.: 75, 5 September 1945.
Citation: On 19 December 1944 he was ordered with his heavy machinegun squad to the support of an infantry company attacking the outer defense of the Siegfried Line near Berg, Germany.
For 8 hours he maintained a position made almost untenable by the density of artillery and mortar fire concentrated upon it and the proximity of enemy troops who threw hand grenades into the emplacement. While all other members of his squad became casualties, he remained at his gun. When he ran out of ammunition, he fearlessly dashed across bullet-swept, open terrain to secure a new supply from a disabled friendly tank. A fierce barrage pierced the water jacket of his gun, but he continued to fire until the weapon overheated and jammed. Instead of withdrawing, he crawled 50 yards across coverless ground to another of his company's machineguns which had been silenced when its entire crew was killed. He continued to man this gun, giving support vitally needed by the infantry. At one time he came under direct fire from a hostile tank, which shot the glove from his hand with an armor-piercing shell but could not drive him from his position or stop his shooting. W hen the American forces were ordered to retire to their original positions, he remained at his gun, giving the only covering fire. Finally withdrawing, he cradled the heavy weapon in his left arm, slung a belt of ammunition over his shoulder, and walked to the rear, loosing small bursts at the enemy as he went. One hundred yards from safety, he was struck in the leg by a mortar shell; but, with a supreme effort, he crawled the remaining distance, dragging along the gun which had served him and his comrades so well. By his remarkable perseverance, indomitable courage, and heroic devotion to his task in the face of devastating fire, T/Sgt. Gerstung gave his fellow soldiers powerful support in their encounter with formidable enemy forces.

"If there be any glory in war, let it rest on the shoulders of men like these." -- Audie Murphy

Thank you to every soldier, sailor, airman, marine and coast guardsman who has ensured that I have the freedoms I have today. You are my heroes.
You will not be forgotten.

Graphics and information from the MOH website.

Good Morning troops!! Good Morning everyone! Here is today's humor attempt!

"Do you believe in life after death?" the boss asked one of his employees.

"Yes, Sir." the new recruit replied.

"Well, then, that makes everything just fine," the boss went on. "After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother's funeral, she stopped in to see you."

On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on July 13:
1396 Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy
1527 John Dee London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician
1608 Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57)
1793 John Clare Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar)
1815 James Alexander Seddon, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1880
1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest Tennessee, brilliant cavalry leader, Lt Gen
1863 Emma Mary Wooley educator (Mary Anna Wells)
1901 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker welterweight boxing champ (1922-26)
1913 Dave Garroway Schnectady NY, TV host (Today Show)
1928 Bob Crane Waterbury Ct, actor (Hogan's Heroes)
1934 Alexei S Yeliseyev cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10)
1935 Jack Kemp (Rep-R-NY)/QB Buffalo Bills/US Secretary of Housing (1989- )
1940 Patrick Stewart actor (Capt Picard-Star Trek Next Generation)
1940 Paul Prudhomme cajun chef
1942 Harrison Ford actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner)
1942 Roger McGuinn rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man)
1946 Richard "Cheech" Marin comedian (Cheech & Chong-Up in Smoke)
1950 George D "Pinky" Nelson Iowa, PhD/astro (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26)
1954 Louise Mandrell Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
1975 Danielle Boatwright, Kansas, Miss USA (Kansas-2nd-1996)

Deaths which occurred on July 13:
0574 John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies
0939 Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies
1024 Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies
1105 Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies
1762 James Bradley 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies
1785 Stephen Hopkins, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 78
1793 Jean Paul Marat French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday
1890 John C Fremont declared Republic of California, dies at 76
1946 Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82
1988 Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104
1989 Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered
1993 Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32

Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1963 SAM TRINH A---VIETNAM
[COMMANDO RELEASED 03/27/83 ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1965 GALLANT HENRY J.---TAMPA FL.
[AIR GND SEARCH NEG]
1965 TAYLOR FRED---CASTLEWOOD VA.
[ARVN AIR GND SEARCH NEG]
1968 HURST JOHN CLARK---LUFKIN TX.

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

On this day...
0432 -BC- Origin of Metonic Cycle
0574 John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1568 Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer

1643 Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies
1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)
1793 Pierre Dupont de Nemours is ordered arrested in Paris on charges of plotting with rebels against the French Revolutionary National Assembly
1794 Robespierre boycotts the Committee of Public Safety and the National Convention after being denounced as a dictator
1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)
1836 US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels
1854 US forces shell & burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua
1861 Battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53
1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid)
1863 Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die
1865 Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"
1865 PT Barnum's museum burns down
1868 Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana
1878 The Treaty of Berlin amended the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano, which had ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.
1898 Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
1917 Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal
1919 Chic White Sox pitcher Carl Mays walks off mound blaming teammates for lack of support afield
1919 Race riots in Longview & Gregg counties Texas
1930 Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home"
1934 Babe Ruth hits HR #700 against Detroit
1936 112ø F (44ø C), Mio, Michigan (state record)
1936 114ø F (46ø C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisc. (state record)
1942 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by nazis
1942 German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages
1942 SS shoots 1,500 Jews in Josefov Poland

1943 Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany

1949 Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics
1960 Democratic Natl convention nominates Sen John F Kennedy for president
1966 Richard Speck, murders 8 nurses in Chicago
1967 Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die
1972 LA Rams (Irsay) & Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners
1975 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record)
1978 Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years
1985 Yankees retire Roger Maris (#9) & Elston Howard (#32) uniforms
1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
2000 Fiji's coup leaders released their remaining 18 captives, ending a 2-month-old parliamentary hostage crisis.

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

France : La Retraite aux Flambeaux/Night Watch day
Japan : Bon Festival or Feast of Lanterns starts
Rhodesia : Founder's Day/Rhode's Day
International Puzzle Day
National Peach Month

Religious Observances
Christian : Festival of Our Lady of Fatima
RC : Commemoration of St Anacletus I, pope (c 76-c 88), martyr
RC : Feast of St Eugenius, bishop of Carthage, confessor
RC : Memorial of St Henry II (the Pious), emperor (opt)

Religious History
1105 Death of Rashi (b.1040), medieval Jewish Bible scholar. His name is a Hebrewacrostic for Rabbi Shelomoh ben Isaac. Rashi was the leading rabbinic commentator in hisday on the Old Testament and Talmud.
1769 Birth of Thomas Kelly, Irish Episcopal clergyman and author of 765 hymns,including 'Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him.'
1778 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'It is perhapsthe highest triumph we can obtain over bigotry when we are able to bear with bigotsthemselves.'
1815 President John Adams wrote in a letter: 'The Hebrews have done more to civilizemen than any other nation. If I were an atheist,... I should still believe fate had ordainedthe Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.'
1886 Birth of Father Edward Flanagan, American Catholic parish priest. Believing therewas 'no such thing as a bad boy,' in 1922 he organized Boys Town near Omaha, Nebraska.

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

Thought for the day :
"Learning music by reading about it, Is like making love by mail."

Things To Do If You Ever Became An Evil Overlord...
No matter how well it would perform, NEVER construct any sort of machinery which is completely indestructible except for one small and virtually inaccessible vulnerable spot.

PUNishment of the the day...
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

Dumb Laws...
Guelph Ontario Canada...
The city is classified as a no-pee zone.

Fifty Ways To Annoy Osama bin Laden If You're Invited To A Dinner Party At His Secret Afghan Lair...
1. Point out the lice in his beard to make him feel self-conscious.

War In Ancient India ~ Bump!

Good Morning Canteen FReepers! Thanks for the history lesson. PT'd and just got back from the Dentist, no cavities...

Hi LaDivaLoca! Thank you for the fascinating thread.

Good Morning FReeper Canteen!!!!

Sorry but this is impossible for me to read. Too bad too since I would like to.