Posted on 10/15/2004 8:18:01 PM PDT by MoJo2001
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On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on October 16:
0042BC Tiberius Claudius Nero Roman emperor (14-37)
1758 Noah Webster lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary)
1816 William Preston Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
1825 Thomas Turpin Crittenden Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1851 James Ten Eyck champion rower/coach (Ten Eyck Trophy namesake)
1851 William Preston "Wild Bill" Longley a Psychopathic gunfighter is born in Texas
1854 Oscar Wilde [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, (Pic of Dorian Gray)
1863 Sir Austen Chamberlain British Foreign Secretary (Nobel 1925)
1886 David Ben-Gurion Plonsk Poland, 1st PM of Israel (1948-53, 55)
1888 Eugene O'Neill NYC, dramatist (Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936)
1890 Paul Strand NYC, photographer (Native Land-1942)
1898 Arthur H Dean lawyer/advisor to FDR
1898 William O Douglas Maine, US supreme court justice (1939-75)
1905 Rex Bell Chicago, cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns)
1908 Enver Hoxha post-war leader of Albania (1944-85)
1913 Alice Pearce NYC, comedienne/actress (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched)
1921 Linda Darnell Dallas, Tx, actress (Unfaithfully Yours, 2nd Chance)
1921 Michael Conrad Washington Hgts NY, actor (Delvecchio, Hill St Blues)
1925 Angela Lansbury London England, actress (Mrs. Iselin-The Manchurian Candidate,Jessica-Murder She Wrote)
1927 Gunter Grass Germany, novelist/poet (The Tin Drum)
1927 Lee Montague London England, actor (Uncle Sasha-Holocaust)
1931 Charles W Colson presidential adviser, Watergate figure
1937 Tony Anthony Clarksburg WV, actor (Treasure of 4 Crowns)
1940 Dave DeBusschere Detroit, NBA foward (NY Knick)/last ABA commissioner
1941 Tim McCarver baseball catcher (NY Mets)/sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
1944 Johnny Washbrook Toronto, actor (Ken-My Friend Flicka)
1946 Suzanne Somers San Bruno Calif, actress (3's Company, Step by Step)
1947 Bob Weir guitarist (Grateful Dead-Uncle John's Band)
1958 Tim Robbins actor/Moral Midget (Bull Durham, Cadillac Man)
1959 Gary Kemp rocker (Spandau Ballet-True)
1962 Manute Bol NBA center (Golden State Warriors)
1969 Wendy Wilson singer (Wilson-Philips-Hold On)
1978 Abel Talamantez Texas, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
I have Tivo and I searched the guide for it...what market are you in? You could call your local Sinclair station and ask!
Ah!! I am so glad there's another person in this world who knows the joys of scuppernongs! :o)
I can megaditto that. Some of the things I did! Sheesh!! I was one lucky person!
RIP Eric Miner. A true American hero.
HEY YOU!! LONG TIME NO SEE!
Good to see you Minor - even though you had to use the alias to get here! LOL!!! I am so proud of you with the Sea Cadet thing - I can't tell you how cool I think that is!!!
BELL, JAMES FRANKLIN Name: James Franklin Bell Rank/Branch: United States Navy/O4 Unit: RVAH 1 Date of Birth: 29 April 1931 Home City of Record: Cumberland MD Date of Loss: 16 October 1965 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 211700 North 1074200 East Status (in 1973): Returnee Category: Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: RA5C Missions: 35 Other Personnel in Incident: Capt. James Hutton, returnee Refno: 0166 Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. REMARKS: 730212 RELEASED BY DRV SOURCE: WE CAME HOME copyright 1977 Captain and Mrs. Frederic A Wyatt (USNR Ret), Barbara Powers Wyatt, Editor P.O.W. Publications, 10250 Moorpark St., Toluca Lake, CA 91602 Text is reproduced as found in the original publication (including date and spelling errors). JAMES F. BELL JR . Commander - United States Navy, pilot Shot Down: October 16, 1965 Released: February 12, 1973 I was born in Akron, Ohio in 1931 where my father was employed by Goodyear. During subsequent years we lived in several towns in New York State back to Akron for a spell and then to Cumberland Maryland where I graduated from high school in 1948. My parents still reside in Cumberland. My father retired from Goodyear in 1966 with over 10 years of service in that fine company. After two years of "prepping" at the University of Utah I entered the United States Naval Academy from where I graduated in 1954. I went immediately to flight training and won my wings of gold in November 1955. My next four years were spent in two F-4D Skyray squadrons in San Diego California and in 1959 it was back to school again at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California. Three years later I emerged with an MS in Aeronautical Engineering and proceeded to Sanford Florida with orders to VAH-1 flying the A3J-1 Vigilante. I found myself still in the same squadron three years later. The squadron was now designated RVAH-1 flying a reconnaissance version of the Vigilante designated the RA5C aboard the USS Independence in the Gulf of Tonkin. On 16 October 1965 my luck ran out and I fell victim to AAA fire on a low level reconnaissance mission north of Haiphong. I made it to the sea before ejecting but after 30 minutes in the water my crewman Lt. Cmdr. Duffy Hutton and I were picked up by local fishermen in sampans. I was tied to the mast of the sampan and as I recalled the movie I had watched in the wardroom the night before was "Two Years Before the Mast" with Dana Andrews I broke into a laugh. It was my last laugh for a long, long time. During the subsequent 89 months of detention in North Vietnam I never doubted for a minute that the day would come when I would return to the land of the free. Nor did I ever lose faith in myself and my abilities to withstand the physical and mental rigors of prison life. Now that the ordeal is over and I am reunited with my family and my three fine children and I look back at the long association with so many outstanding fighting men and the wonderful homecoming afforded me by me countrymen I can only say "Thank God I am an American." November 1996 James Bell retired from the United States Navy as a Captain. He and his wife Dora reside in Virginia. |
SALUTE!
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Graphics and information from the Medal of Honor website.
Canteen Crew Woo HOO!!!
Good morning, Canteen DJ's ! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!
TROOPS!
Me for PREZ! VOTE !!!
Today's FEEBLE
YOKE :
One day, Radix & Old Sarge went deer hunting in the woods.
They sit in the woods for hours, when suddenly this humongous buck comes into view.
With a nice clean shot, Old Sarge bangs the buck. They drag it back to camp by the butt, but the antlers keep getting stuck.
Another hunter says, "You guys should drag it by the antlers. It won't get stuck."
They do, and Radix yells, "Hey, he was right. He is not getting stuck."
Old Sarge replies, "Yeah, but we're getting farther away from camp."
Chicagoland Weather
October 16, 2004 | |
Chicago, IL | |
Sunrise | 7:04 AM (CDT) |
Sunset | 6:07 PM (CDT) |
Hrs. of Daylight | 11 Hrs., 3 Mins |
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