Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.
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Posted on 05/04/2005 8:06:40 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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Does this cover dropped 't's', too?
Yes it does! Hmmm....if it was a number, I'd suggest playing the lottery today!
My says my numerological number is 4.
"Ho black coffee with Kathy on a rainy Oregon Morning!"
BUMP!.....but I ain't so sho about the ho : )
Exerpts from MedalofHonor.com:
---RED CLOUD--- Entered service at: Merrilan Wis. Born: 2 July 1924, Hatfield, Wis. G.O. No.: 26, 25 April 1951. Citation: Cpl. Red Cloud, Company E, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. From his position on the point of a ridge immediately in front of the company command post he was the first to detect the approach of the Chinese Communist forces and give the alarm as the enemy charged from a brush-covered area less than 100 feet from him. Springing up he delivered devastating pointblank automatic rifle fire into the advancing enemy. His accurate and intense fire checked this assault and gained time for the company to consolidate its defense. With utter fearlessness he maintained his firing position until severely wounded by enemy fire. Refusing assistance he pulled himself to his feet and wrapping his arm around a tree continued his deadly fire again, until he was fatally wounded. This heroic act stopped the enemy from overrunning his company's position and gained time for reorganization and evacuation of the wounded. Cpl. Red Cloud's dauntless courage and gallant self-sacrifice reflects the highest credit upon himself and upholds the esteemed traditions of the U.S. Army.
Col Oliver North on Sgt Raphael Paredes:
---Raphael Paredes---On the morning of November 15, 2004, the men of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines awoke before sunrise and continued what they had been doing for seven days previously - cleansing the city of Fallujah of terrorists house by house.
At the fourth house they encountered that morning the Marines kicked in the door and “cleared” the front rooms, but then noticed a locked door off to the side that required inspection. Sgt. Rafael Peralta threw open the closed door, but behind it were three terrorists with AK-47s. Peralta was hit in the head and chest with multiple shots at close range.
Peralta’s fellow Marines had to step over his body to continue the shootout with the terrorists. As the firefight raged on, a “yellow, foreign-made, oval-shaped grenade,” as Lance Corporal Travis Kaemmerer described it, rolled into the room where they were all standing and came to a stop near Peralta’s body.
But Sgt. Rafael Peralta wasn’t dead - yet. This young immigrant of 25 years, who enlisted in the Marines when he received his green card, who volunteered for the front line duty in Fallujah, had one last act of heroism in him.
Peralta was proud to serve his adopted country. In his parent’s home, on his bedroom walls hung only three items - a copy of the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights and his boot camp graduation certificate. Before he set out for Fallujah, he wrote to his 14-year old brother, “be proud of me, bro...and be proud of being an American.”
Not only can Rafael’s family be proud of him, but his fellow Marines are alive because of him. As Sgt. Rafael Peralta lay near death on the floor of a Fallujah terrorist hideout, he spotted the yellow grenade that had rolled next to his near-lifeless body. Once detonated, it would take out the rest of Peralta’s squad. To save his fellow Marines, Peralta reached out, grabbed the grenade, and tucked it under his abdomen where it exploded.
“Most of the Marines in the house were in the immediate area of the grenade,” Cpl. Kaemmerer said. “We will never forget the second chance at life that Sgt. Peralta gave us.”
Damn ~ I dropped 'wife' out of that missile ~ wheeeeeeeeee. :):)
Here Cheshire kitty kitty kitty......
Who says 4? Let me at 'em! You're a 9.5 if I ever saw one!
OHHH TOO FUNNY rack it Beach being cat owner myself that true Cats are master of the house while dogs are slaves LOL!!!
Well report off FOx news reporting that some employee from Norway consluate plan a bomb next to UK consulate overnight in NY last night he sooo busted by NYPD I think that be six month down that be Law and Order episode LOL!
Also another report off BBC wire reporting Tomkow told me this story guess where they busted that Number 3 man of Al Quada
IN Burka dress shop
No word YET if certain Canteen member drop the dime on him
Comments Tomkow?????
"In a daring intellectual coup, you will translate a collection of Zen koans from Chinese directly into Jive, in an attempt to combine the best elements of philosophical thought and emotion. You will title the collection "Yo Mama By The River." "
Leave ma momma outa this!!
Besides I am far too busy translating all the works of Shakespeare into pig latin......
See post # 431.
I have the dropsie today. :)
Wow! Thank you for posting this. These were brave young men.
Good Thursday Afternoon pelikan!
: ) Watch out for Darksheare. He has Typo Fever, and is spreading it like wildfire!
My wife said it, she's into astrology and numerology.
It isn't a grade, it's a combination of dates, etc. :)
Wonderful link Tonk...forwarded it on to my e-mail list.
Well latest from Brit elecon today no word YET on who won Brit PM job but exit poll claim Tony Blair leading right now report is come around 5pm est here when they announced what I hear the polls close at 10pm Britain time
That late
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