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Marine Cpl Jeffery Burgess Fund
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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners . . . enjoy your week-end everyone.

[Valin]

I MUST SHARE!
BLACKFIVE
http://www.blackfive.net/main/

Marine - "...100% Against Kerry"
Frank A. sends this article about the Kerry-Edwards Campaign swinging into high gear:

Newly crowned Kerry storms back on the campaign trail
SCRANTON, United States (AFP) - Riding the wave of his four-day presidential nomination gala, John Kerry hit the campaign trail again, challenging Republicans on their home turf issues of values and national security.

Kerry and his vice presidential running mate, John Edwards, were accompanied by both their families, as well as Hollywood heart throb Ben Affleck -- doing a bit of goodwill stumping.
Earlier, their bus convoy pulled over at a Wendy's fast food restaurant for a photo opportunity lunch that provided an awkward moment.

Spotting a group of US Marines, Kerry, who has made his Vietnam War service a cornerstone of his campaign, went over to chat. The Marines, who all turned out to be staunch Bush reporters, were not impressed.

"He imposed on us and I disagree with him coming over here shaking our hands," one of them told reporters afterwards. "I'm 100 percent against" Kerry, he said. "We support our commander-in-chief 100 percent."...

Of course, they weren't impressed.


And now a teaser..
1620 Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America
1972 Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

040729-N-0000X-001 Point Mugu, Calif. (July 29, 2004) - An Arrow anti-ballistic missile is launched as part of the on going United States/Israel Arrow System Improvement Program (ASIP). The missile successfully intercepted a short-range target during tests at the Point Mugu Sea Range in Calif. This was the twelfth Arrow intercept test and the seventh test of the complete Arrow system. The objective of the test was to demonstrate the Arrow system’s improved performance against a target that represents a threat to Israel. The test represented a realistic scenario that could not have been tested in Israel due to test-field safety restrictions. U.S. Navy photo (RELEASED)

040729-N-6939M-008 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (July 29, 2004) - The facility where the Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) will take place for detained enemy combatants. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Christopher Mobley (RELEASED)

OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (AFPN) -- One of two pararescuemen from 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., follows an inflatable boat out the back of an HC-130 during a rescue mission 350 miles northeast of the Caribbean island of St. Maarten on July 23. They provided medical support to a Chinese fisherman who sustained a life-threatening chest injury the day before.

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on July 31:
1527 Maximilian II, German King/Emperor (1564-76)
1704 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)
1803 John Ericsson US, invented screw propeller, built USS Monitor
1816 George Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870
1817 Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1825 Thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1837 William Clarke Quantrill Col (Confederate Army)
1841 George Melville polar explorer, naval engineer
1900 Elmo Roper pollster (Roper Poll)
1901 Jean Dubuffet France, painter (Landscape with 2 Personages)
1912 Irv Kupcinet Chicago Ill, TV host (Tonight! America After Dark)
1912 Milton Friedman economist (Nobel 1976)
1919 Curt Gowdy Green River Wyo, sportscaster (ABC)
1919 Primo Levi Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Aushchwitz)
1921 Whitney M Young Jr civil rights leader, head of Urban League
1928 Bill Frenzel, (Rep-R-MN,1971-91)
1923 Ahmet Ertegun CEO (Atlantic Records)
1932 Ted Cassidy, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Lurch-Addams Family)
1929 Don Murray Calif, actor (Bus Stop, Advise & Consent, Endless Love)
1939 France Nuyen Marselles France, actress (St Elsewhere, Diamond Head)
1943 William Bennett US Secretary of Education (1985-88)/drug czar/radoi talk show
1944 Geraldine Chaplin Santa Monica Ca, actress (Dr Zhivago, 3 Musketeers)
1946 Bob Welch rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well)
1946 Gary Lewis Jerry's son, singer, (& The Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
1951 Barry Van Dyke Atlanta Ga, actor (Lt Dillon-Battlestar Galactica)
1951 Evonne Goolagong Cawley Australia, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1971)
1957 Dirk Blocker LA Calif, actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ryan's Four)
1962 Sandra "Sweetness" Hodge basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)

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Deaths which occurred on July 31:
1556 St Ignatius of Loyola founder of Society of Jesus, dies in Rome
1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish
1875 Andrew Johnson 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66
1886 Franz von Liszt, [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74
1942 Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79
1953 Robert Taft (Sen-R-Oh) (Mr Republican), dies in NY at 63
1964 Jim Reeves Country singer.(He'll Have to Go, Four Walls) Plane crash
1977 Stacy Moskowitz shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20
1981 Gen Omar Torrijos leader of Panama, dies in plane crash
1984 Bill Raisch one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79
1986 Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73
1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72
1997 Bo Dai, Last emporer of Vietnam, dies at 85

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1966 BURROUGHS WILLIAM D. INDIANHEAD MD.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, DECEASED 03/21/99]
1967 ALLEN THOMAS R. WOODWARD OK.
[REMAINS RETURNED 11/03/97]
1967 PACKARD RONALD L. CANON CITY CO.
[REMAINS RETURNED 11/03/97]
1967 ZUHOSKI CHARLES P. JAMESPORT NY.
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1969 BURNS MICHAEL P. EL PASO TX.
1969 NEAL DENNIS P. TARPON SPRINGS FL.

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

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On this day...
0432 St Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0768 [Philip] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0904 Arabs capture Thessalonica.
1291 Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine
1498 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad
1620 Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America
1658 Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor
1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish
1774 Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen
1760 Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, drives the French army back to the Rhine River.
1777 Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army
1790 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process
1809 1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila
1813 British invade Plattsburgh, NY
1861 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record
1872 C H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda & #123 Brunhild
1874 Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as pres of Georgetown U

1876 US Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA)

1912 US government prohibits movies & photos of prize fights
1914 German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize
1917 The third Battle of Ypres commences as the British attack the German lines.
1919 Germany accepts Weimar Constitution
1922 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn)
1925 Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England
1932 George Washington quarter goes into circulation
1932 German Election (NSDAP gets 37.3%)
1932 Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Phila A's beat Indians 1-0
1938 NY Yanks suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over the head with a club"
1942 German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
1948 Pres Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), NY
1949 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman
1953 Dept of Health, Education & Welfare created
1960 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state
1961 2nd All Star Game of 1961 ends 1-1 due to rain at Fenway Park
1962 Federation of Malaysia formed
1964 Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor
1964 US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon
1966 Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark
1966 Charles Whitman wounds 46 & kills 5 at University of Texas
1969 National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, La
1970 Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report"
1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon
1972 Chic White Sox Dick Allen hits 2 inside-the-park-homers in Minn
1972 Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate
1972 Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate because he once was treated for "mental illness" (depression)
1973 ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to the NY Nets
1973 Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later
1977 Son of Sam shot to death 20-year-old Stacy Moskowitz
1978 Gunman shoots his way into the Iraqi Embassy in Paris
1979 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2402 Satpaev & #2416 Sharonov
1980 John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas is arrested on drug charges
1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends
1981 Arnette Hubbard installed as 1st woman president of the Natl Bar Assn
1982 46 kids & 7 adults die as 2 buses & several cars collide in France
1983 B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame
1984 US men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics
1987 Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle
1987 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed
1988 Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame
1990 Nolan Ryan becomes the 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games
1990 Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence
1991 President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow.
1996 After President Clinton's announcement that he would sign it, 98 Democrats joined the House's Republican majority to pass a historic welfare overhaul bill.

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

Mexico : Day of National Mourning (1811-Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla)
Gilroy, California : Garlic Festival ( Friday )
Make a Budget Day
National Picnic Month (Last chance!)

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Religious Observances
Ang, RC : Feast of Joseph of Arimathaea
Buddhist-Thailand : Buddhist Lent
Witch : Lughnasadh, sabbat
Ang, RC : Memorial of St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits

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Religious History
1773 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'Duty is ourpart; the care is His.'
1776 Francis Salvador, a plantation owner from South Carolina, became the first Jewto die for American independence, when he was killed in a skirmish with the British.
1874 Patrick Francis Healy was inaugurated president of Georgetown University, theoldest Catholic university in America. Healy at the same time became the first African-American to head a predominantly white university.
1889 Death of Horatius Bonar, 81, Scottish preacher and author of the hymn, 'I Heardthe Voice of Jesus Say.'
1970 The complete New American Standard Version of the Bible (NASB) was firstpublished. (The completed NASB New Testament had been released earlier, in 1963.)

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

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Thought for the day :
"Conceit is God's gift to little men."

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Things To Do If You Ever Became An Evil Overlord...
When you talk to the hero on the phone, DO NOT taunt him. Instead you WILL say this his dogged perseverance has given you new insight on the futility of your evil ways and that if he leaves you alone for a few months of quiet contemplation you will likely return to the path of righteousness.
(Heroes are incredibly gullible in this regard.)

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Letters To God From The Dog...
Dear God,
When we get to the Pearly Gates, do we have to do that stupid shake hands trick to get in?

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Dumb Laws...
University City Missouri:
One may not honk another's horn.
(Hey get your mind out of the gutter!)

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How To Annoy Osama bin Laden If You're Invited To A Dinner Party At His Secret Afghan Lair...
They have to wait a few years to see current television shows in Afghanistan, so give away the secret of who's having a baby on "Friends."

[tomkow6]

 

SALUTE!

 

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Canteen DJ's! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD  

MORNING

TROOPS!

Me for PREZ! VOTE !!!

[tomkow6]

 

Today's FEEBLE

YOKE :

I know my sexuality, but I get so confused by other people's. I don't even know the difference between transvestites and transsexuals.

As I understand it, transvestites are the ones that grow down from the ceiling and transsexuals are the ones that grow up.
 

[tomkow6]

FINAL

CUBS 10

Phillies 7 

 

TODAY

JULY 31 @ 12:15 p.m. CT
 Radio: WGN 720

  VS
 

 

FINAL

CUBS 10

Phillies 7 

 

TODAY

JULY 31 @ 12:15 p.m. CT
 Radio: WGN 720

  VS
 

[tomkow6]

 

Chicagoland Weather

July 31, 2004
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[unojook]

Just a correction for you.....Crystal Gayle did *NOT* do the song you have on here "Angel in the Morning"... It was by "Marylee Rush"

[Radix]

DEM'S MARINE MISFIRE

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/25935.htm

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1182471/posts?page=1,50

 

This from the NY Post

July 31, 2004 -- SCRANTON, Pa.

— John Kerry's heavily hyped cross-country bus tour stumbled out of the blocks yesterday, as a group of Marines publicly dissed the Vietnam War hero in the middle of a crowded restaurant. Kerry was treating running mate Sen. John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, to a Wendy's lunch in Newburgh, N.Y., for their 27th wedding anniversary — an Edwards family tradition — when the candidate approached four Marines and asked them questions.

The Marines — two in uniform and two off-duty — were polite but curt while chatting with Kerry, answering most of his questions with a "yes, sir" or "no, sir."

But they turned downright nasty after the Massachusetts senator thanked them "for their service" and left.

"He imposed on us and I disagree with him coming over here shaking our hands," one Marine said, adding, "I'm 100 percent against [him]."

A sergeant with 10 years of service under his belt said, "I speak for all of us. We think that we are doing the right thing in Iraq," before saying he is to be deployed there in a few weeks and is "eager" to go and serve.

The Marines — all of whom serve at nearby Stewart Air Force Base — wouldn't give their names.

 

This from the NY Post

July 31, 2004 -- SCRANTON, Pa.

— John Kerry's heavily hyped cross-country bus tour stumbled out of the blocks yesterday, as a group of Marines publicly dissed the Vietnam War hero in the middle of a crowded restaurant. Kerry was treating running mate Sen. John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, to a Wendy's lunch in Newburgh, N.Y., for their 27th wedding anniversary — an Edwards family tradition — when the candidate approached four Marines and asked them questions.

The Marines — two in uniform and two off-duty — were polite but curt while chatting with Kerry, answering most of his questions with a "yes, sir" or "no, sir."

But they turned downright nasty after the Massachusetts senator thanked them "for their service" and left.

"He imposed on us and I disagree with him coming over here shaking our hands," one Marine said, adding, "I'm 100 percent against [him]."

A sergeant with 10 years of service under his belt said, "I speak for all of us. We think that we are doing the right thing in Iraq," before saying he is to be deployed there in a few weeks and is "eager" to go and serve.

The Marines — all of whom serve at nearby Stewart Air Force Base — wouldn't give their names.

[treeclimber]

Thanks for the music...good stuff today

[StarCMC]

	LEMON, PETER C. Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company E, 2d Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. Place and date: Tay Ninh province, Republic of Vietnam, 1 April 1970. Entered service at: Tawas City, Mich. Born: 5 June 1950, Toronto, Canada. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sgt. Lemon (then Sp4c.), Company E, distinguished himself while serving as an assistant machine gunner during the defense of Fire Support Base Illingworth. When the base came under heavy enemy attack, Sgt. Lemon engaged a numerically superior enemy with machine gun and rifle fire from his defensive position until both weapons malfunctioned. He then used hand grenades to fend off the intensified enemy attack launched in his direction. After eliminating all but 1 of the enemy soldiers in the immediate vicinity, he pursued and disposed of the remaining soldier in hand-to-hand combat. Despite fragment wounds from an exploding grenade, Sgt. Lemon regained his position, carried a more seriously wounded comrade to an aid station, and, as he returned, was wounded a second time by enemy fire. Disregarding his personal injuries, he moved to his position through a hail of small arms and grenade fire. Sgt. Lemon immediately realized that the defensive sector was in danger of being overrun by the enemy and unhesitatingly assaulted the enemy soldiers by throwing hand grenades and engaging in hand-to-hand combat. He was wounded yet a third time, but his determined efforts successfully drove the enemy from the position. Securing an operable machine gun, Sgt. Lemon stood atop an embankment fully exposed to enemy fire, and placed effective fire upon the enemy until he collapsed from his multiple wounds and exhaustion. After regaining consciousness at the aid station, he refused medical evacuation until his more seriously wounded comrades had been evacuated. Sgt. Lemon's gallantry and extraordinary heroism, are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the U.S. Army.   *LEONARD, MATTHEW Rank and organization: platoon Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company B, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Suoi Da, Republic of Vietnam, 28 February 1967. Entered service at: Birmingham, Ala. Born: 26 November 1929, Eutaw, Ala. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. His platoon was suddenly attacked by a large enemy force employing small arms, automatic weapons, and hand grenades. Although the platoon leader and several other key leaders were among the first wounded, P/Sgt. Leonard quickly rallied his men to throw back the initial enemy assaults. During the short pause that followed, he organized a defensive perimeter, redistributed ammunition, and inspired his comrades through his forceful leadership and words of encouragement. Noticing a wounded companion outside the perimeter, he dragged the man to safety but was struck by a sniper's bullet which shattered his left hand. Refusing medical attention and continuously exposing himself to the increasing fire as the enemy again assaulted the perimeter, P/Sgt. Leonard moved from position to position to direct the fire of his men against the well camouflaged foe. Under the cover of the main attack, the enemy moved a machine gun into a location where it could sweep the entire perimeter. This threat was magnified when the platoon machine gun in this area malfunctioned. P/Sgt. Leonard quickly crawled to the gun position and was helping to clear the malfunction when the gunner and other men in the vicinity were wounded by fire from the enemy machine gun. P/Sgt. Leonard rose to his feet, charged the enemy gun and destroyed the hostile crew despite being hit several times by enemy fire. He moved to a tree, propped himself against it, and continued to engage the enemy until he succumbed to his many wounds. His fighting spirit, heroic leadership, and valiant acts inspired the remaining members of his platoon to hold back the enemy until assistance arrived. P/Sgt. Leonard's profound courage and devotion to his men are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service, and his gallant actions reflect great credit upon himself and the U.S. Army.   "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.

[CDHart]

One of local ladies' clubs has gathered together shampoo, soap, snacks, etc. to be sent to an APO for the soldiers in a hospital in Iraq. My problem is that I foolishly said I would take care of the shipping. Now I find out that even a small box is $8.50 and I figure I've got $50-$75 to come up with to ship the rest, which is extremely difficult for me right now. Are there any organizations that I could just drop them off with, and maybe they could take care of the shipping cost? Thanks for any help.

Carolyn