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FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ September 22, 2004
Guest Chef Spotsybelle

Posted on 09/21/2004 8:01:28 PM PDT by Spotsy

 
 
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!
 
 

Good Morning Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends!
Welcome to the mocha-java-cappuccino-espresso-skim latte edition of Pancakes.
Looking for a Chocolate Espresso Pancake recipe? click here, scroll down

Born on this Date
1791 - 1867 Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist
discovered principle of electric motor

Happy Birthday
1927 Tommy Lasorda, MLB Hall of Famer
LA Dodgers Manager for 20 years

A Little Latin to Start Your Day

festina lente \fe-ste-na len-ta\ make haste slowly

On this Date in History

1862 President Lincoln announced his intent to emancipate slaves in rebel states, effective January 1, 1863; the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on that date


1911 Legendary baseball pitcher Cy Young
won his 511th and final game at age 44


1950 Omar Nelson Bradley was promoted to the rank of 5-star General of the Army; Bradley's distinguished career included commanding the 1st US Army in the WWII D-Day invasion and serving as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; he was known to his troops as the "soldier's general"
Field Trip
click here to go to Cooperstown, New York

Don't forget the syrup -





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To: E.G.C.

Morning EGC! Hey -I went to download critical updates for WinXP yesterday and the ONLY think it offered was the new XP2 (?) -- which of course I declined. Did I do something wrong? I honestly haven't checked since the new junk came out but I would have thought there would be SOME patchers for regular XP. Any clues??


301 posted on 09/22/2004 8:51:16 AM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden, it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: Valin

KUHLMANN, CHARLES FREDERIC
REMAINS IDENTIFIED 01 SEPT 95
Name: Charles Frederic Kuhlmann
Rank/Branch: O4/US Air Force
Unit: 602nd Special Operations Squadron, Nakhon Phanom AF TH
Date of Birth: 07 February 1930
Home City of Record: New Britain CT
Date of Loss: 22 September 1968
Country of Loss: Laos
Loss Coordinates: 195500N 1034158E (UH642029)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A1H
REFNO: 1284
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 May 1990 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. Updated by the P.O.W.
NETWORK 1998.
REMARKS:
Source: Compiled from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S.
Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published
sources, interviews. Updated by the P.O.W. NETWORK.

SYNOPSIS: In violation of, yet somewhat protected by the neutrality of Laos
accorded at Geneva in a 14-nation protocol conference July 23, 1962, the
North Vietnamese and supporting communist insurgent group, the Pathet Lao,
lost no time in building strategic strongholds of defense in Northern Laos
and establishing a steady flow of manpower and material to their
revolutionary forces in South Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh Trail on the
eastern border of the Laotian panhandle.
As a result, the Royal Lao sought help from the U.S. in stopping both
initiatives. It was strategically important to do so, although every
initiative had to be cleared through the U.S. Ambassador at Vientiane, so
that the delicate balance of "look-the-other-way-neutrality" engaged in by
the nations involved (including China) could be preserved.
Defense of non-communist activity in Laos generally fell into three
categories: 1) U.S. Army and CIA's bolstering of the Meo (Hmong) army led by
General Vang Pao; 2) Strategic U.S. Air Force bombing initiatives on the Ho
Chi Minh Trail (Operations Commando Hunt, Steel Tiger, etc.); 3) U.S. Air
Force bombing initiatives in northern Laos (Operation Barrell Roll, etc.)
both against communist strongholds there, and in support of the Royal Lao
and Gen. Vang Pao's army.
Major Charles F. Kuhlmann was a pilot assigned to the 602nd Special
Operations Squadron at Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. He was the pilot of a
Douglas A1 Skyraider ("Spad"). The Spad is a highly maneuverable, propeller
driven aircraft designed as a multipurpose attack bomber or utility aircraft
variously assigned rescue escort or counterinsurgency operations.
Kuhlmann was assigned a mission over northern Laos on September 22, 1968.
His aircraft was struck by hostile fire and seen to crash and explode on
impact. It was felt that there was opportunity for Kuhlmann to eject the
aircraft, however, and he was placed in missing in action status. His
location was in Xiangkhoang Province about 40 miles southwest of the city of
Sam Neua. The Sam Neua area was noted for its extensive cave systems, where
American prisoners of war were reportedly held in large numbers.
On October 14, 1968, the Department of the Air Force reports that
unspecified "evidence of death" was received which indicated that Kuhlmann
died at the time his aircraft crashed. His status was changed at that time
to killed in action.
Because Laos was "neutral", and because the U.S. continued to state they
were not at war with Laos (although we were regularly bombing North
Vietnamese traffic along the border and conducted assaults against communist
strongholds thoughout the country at the behest of the anti-communist
government of Laos), and did not recognize the Pathet Lao as a government
entity, the nearly 600 Americans lost in Laos were never recovered.
The Pathet Lao stated that they would release the "tens of tens" of American
prisoners they held only from Laos. At war's end, no American held in Laos
was released - or negotiated for.
Mounting evidence indicates that hundreds of Americans are still alive in
captivity in Southeast Asia - Americans who were abandoned by the country
they proudly served.









302 posted on 09/22/2004 8:54:01 AM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden, it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: StarCMC

Good morning, OH PREGNANT ONE!

 


303 posted on 09/22/2004 8:54:30 AM PDT by tomkow6 (Canteen CooCoo Consultant, and CookingWithLARD.com person Lard greases the way for tomorrow)
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To: StarCMC; All

 

There Goes My Baby

 

304 posted on 09/22/2004 8:55:28 AM PDT by tomkow6 (Canteen CooCoo Consultant, and CookingWithLARD.com person Lard greases the way for tomorrow)
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To: commish

ROFL!!


305 posted on 09/22/2004 8:55:47 AM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden, it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: beachn4fun
Still enought time to get this in?

Sure is. Thanks. Just another day at the office, and not ready to get much done. Too much weekend work and I have sore arms. The garden did me in.

306 posted on 09/22/2004 8:58:31 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Charter member of the VRWC - and proud of it. - - - Hear BS on See BS.)
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To: MoJo2001

WAHOO! Sis is going to a Toby Keith concert! Go Girl! Now, isn't that nice of The Sailor?

Be a nice, thoughtful sis and blow kisses to Toby for me, will ya?


307 posted on 09/22/2004 8:59:31 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Being American means being free. That's why they're proud." Tony Blair 7/17/03)
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To: USVet6792Retired

AWWWWW!!! THanks for sharing....


308 posted on 09/22/2004 8:59:34 AM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden, it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska
See.......see..............you only wanna talk to me when you are making a run for the 50s. I'm gonna tell Ma!


309 posted on 09/22/2004 9:01:21 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Being American means being free. That's why they're proud." Tony Blair 7/17/03)
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To: tiamat

Ah! No thanks.


310 posted on 09/22/2004 9:02:36 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Being American means being free. That's why they're proud." Tony Blair 7/17/03)
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To: tomkow6

GREAT tune Tom, thanks!!!


311 posted on 09/22/2004 9:03:00 AM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: StarCMC
Well, I don't know what happened there. I think they offer these updates on the second Tuesday of every month and that was last week.

If you downloaded the updates last Tuesday, than all you'd get offered now is XP SP 2. The next set of updates isn't due until October.

312 posted on 09/22/2004 9:03:32 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: beachn4fun

Thank you Beachy, have a good day!


313 posted on 09/22/2004 9:05:47 AM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: tomkow6
Good morning, OH SILLY ONE!


314 posted on 09/22/2004 9:06:05 AM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden, it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: E.G.C.

Hmmmm. Ok ~ I knew you were just the guru to ask! LOL!!!


315 posted on 09/22/2004 9:07:04 AM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden, it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: Radix
Howdy Radix. Kudos to Home Depot..........

The hardware chain is recruiting military personnel — the latest partnership between the company and the Bush administration.

Now when we shop at Home Depot more often we need to search out those military people and say thank you.

P.s. Tom Clancy doesn't look like his really interested in the project!!!

316 posted on 09/22/2004 9:07:48 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Being American means being free. That's why they're proud." Tony Blair 7/17/03)
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To: beachn4fun; All

Mr. Lonely

317 posted on 09/22/2004 9:08:25 AM PDT by tomkow6 (Canteen CooCoo Consultant, and CookingWithLARD.com person Lard greases the way for tomorrow)
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To: beachn4fun

I will make the Sailor blow kisses for you. LOL! I don't personally think Toby Keith as a sexy man, but I think he is awesome for supporting our Troops.

(Psst...tomkow is trying to ruin my anniversary this weekend. He's trying to "advise" the Sailor about what we should do. HELP!)


318 posted on 09/22/2004 9:09:30 AM PDT by MoJo2001 (I never add to the confusion, I just enhance it.)
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To: tomkow6

You're Mr.Lonely? How can that be? You have so many voices. What's wrong with you?


319 posted on 09/22/2004 9:09:59 AM PDT by MoJo2001 (I never add to the confusion, I just enhance it.)
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To: beachn4fun

(waving back)


320 posted on 09/22/2004 9:10:03 AM PDT by NRA1995 (Kerry was for using superscript before he was against it)
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