FReeper Canteen ~ Honoring Military Women ~ 06 March 07~

Supporting the best Troops in the world. ^ | March 5, 2007 | Soaring Feather/FReeper Canteen

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Troops!
Thank You for your service.


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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.

Honoring Military Women. Click here.

Welcome to the home of the skeptical, irascible, doubting, iconoclastic Captain Critical, aka Captain Barb, whose pontificating will try to amuse, bemuse, irritate and generally annoy anyone bold enough to stay long enough to read the ramblings of a self appointed distaff critic who will continue to remind you that women are veterans too!
Did you know that there are almost two million women veterans? From the American Revolution to Panama, Bosnia, Kosovo,
Afghanistan and Iraq , women have served in some way in every conflict. Not that they were legal in the early days. History tells us that thirty three thousand women served in World War One and almost 500,000 took part in World War Two. During the Korean era 120,000 women were in uniform and seven thousand were deployed in theater during Viet Nam. During Desert Storm seven per cent of the total U.S. forces deployed were women - over forty thousand of them. On these pages you will find the history and accomplishments of those women who have served this country - voluntarily - since it's beginning.

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks for the freedom toast, NRA..((HUGS))..BTW...I didn't take the crust.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good almost evening, LE. Our troops sure do need our support. Thanks for yours.

[alarm rider]

On 18 December 2001, Katherine Baltzer Roth, known to
her many friends as "Pat", passed away quietly in
Columbia, S.C. She was in her late 80's and had been
in failing health for awhile. Mrs. Roth was a quiet,
kind and unassuming person who enjoyed a long life
filled with family and friends. Not so unusual you
say?

attacks became so frequent that they were almost
routine.

At Anzio, the 56th was one of several hospitals
located on a patch of terrain between the beach and
the front lines that became known as "Hell's Half
Acre". Equipped with 750 beds, the hospital swelled
in size to 1,200 beds. During one period of
especially intense fighting, the 56th admitted 1,129
patients during a single 36-hour period.

When the attacks came, everyone in the hospital was
ordered into shelters that were dug into the ground
and covered with thick wooden planks and sandbags.

On one particular day, the hospital surgery was filled
with wounded soldiers undergoing various procedures.
When the attack came, Lt. Baltzer was on duty as
nurse- anesthetist while surgery was performed on a
soldier that could not be moved. As the artillery
attack commenced, the surgeons and technicians bolted
for cover. Lt. Baltzer called out to them, "We can't
just leave him", so with the help of a couple of the
men, they laid the injured soldier gently on the floor
of the tent. "Just toss me two steel pots (helmets)
and I will stay". Lt. Baltzer put one of the helmets
on the head of the soldier and one on herself. With
her body, she covered the injured man while dozens of
large caliber shells rained down on the hospital.

This time, as in most attacks, considerble damage was
inflicted upon the medical unit, but no shells landed
on or near the surgical tent. And when the shelling
subsided, the soldier was lifted back onto the table
and the operation was completed without further
incident.

For her valor in the face of grave danger, she became
one of the few Army Nurses awarded the Bronze Star
medal.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Radix...((HUGS))...you gots global warming? It seems you do! We are supposed to get snow tomorrow night.

[SevenofNine]

Breaking news off BBC wire report that Indoenia jet has caught fire try land on Yoktairao Indoensia airport

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Lt Katherine (Pat) Baltzer Roth, for your service to our country.

"Just toss me two steel pots (helmets) and I will stay".

[Kathy in Alaska]

I just heard the radio guy say a possible plane crash in Indonesia. Prayers for all onboard.

[Radix]

Gosh, I sure could use that extra 3 degrees Celsius that you have.

LoL!

We're colder than you are.

[Kathy in Alaska]

KIRKUK PATROL — Senior Airman Chris Cabibi checks his gear before going out on patrol at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, March 2. Cabibi provides an armed response capability to limit, counteract, and neutralize hostile action directed against the installation. He is with the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bradley A. Lail

[Kathy in Alaska]

Lance Cpl. Corey A. Cativera kisses his infant daughter at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 7. She and hundreds of other Marines' family members came here to for the homecoming of the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. Cativera, 22, is from Dubois, Pa. He is also a squad automatic weapon gunner with Company K. The Marines' arrival marked the end of a seven-month deployment in Habbaniyah, Iraq, conducting combat operations under Regimental Combat Team 5. Photo by: Cpl. Ray Lewis Photo ID: 20073515747 Submitting Unit: 2nd Marine Division Photo Date:02/07/2007

[Kathy in Alaska]

Do you have snow?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Click on the pic and I'll guide you
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[Soaring Feather]

WOW Kathy, I was gonna ask you about the races. Fun stuff, thanks.

[Soaring Feather]

Thank You so much for this wonderful story of valor.