FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Watervliet Arsenal, New York ~ 04 JUNE 2013

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

[luvie]

....till they all come home....

Howdy, Conor! Hope your Monday wasn’t too Mondayish! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

It beat your peonies to death? That is heavy!

Good for you, I hope, that it continues thru the week. How is the drive?

[laplata]

Good evening, Conor; All!

Have a great rest of the evening.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Luv!

*HUGS*

I worked a full day yesterday - it was after lunch today before I realized it wasn't Tuesday!

I hope you had a great day today!



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Laplata!

Hand Salute! Two!

Great to see you this evening - I'm going to be hitting the rack in a few.



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[laplata]

And a smart Hand Salute to you, Conor!

Rest well, Brother.

[ConorMacNessa]

The drive in this morning was not so good - a little rain plus Monday morning makes things pretty ugly. The commute home was quite smooth - under 40 minutes.

Under our present work regime, I can get in 13 hours per day - we're capped at 60 per week. I'll reach that cap by Thursday. Then I thinks there's a bottle of 16 y/o Lagavulin calling to me!



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

I’m assuming you have a couple folk’s phone numbers on speed dial. d:o)

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!


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Must retire – the 0445 Reveille approaches relentlessly.

The Bugler, his grim visage replete with an evil sneer, already mounts the parapet.

My Uncle Jack Has The Watch Tonight!


Capt. John T. Dowd, USA
101st Airborne Division
Korea, 1952

"Do poor Tom some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes!"
(King Lear, Act III, Scene iv)



All Gave Some – Some Gave All!!!
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Good night, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe – especially those in harm’s way – by virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to live in Freedom!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[laplata]

And a smart salute to your uncle Jack!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[ConorMacNessa]

A great man, my Uncle Jack! Fought in the Boer War!



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Thanks, unique, for the chopper!!

laplata.....#50!!

[laplata]

A great man, my Uncle Jack! Fought in the Boer War!

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That’s something! Was he British?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless you good, Mac. Good night and rest well. Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present.
Thank you for your service to our country.

[ConorMacNessa]

Just kidding - that was one of our running jokes. That, and he would impart his wisdom to me saying that he had gotten it from a dying brave on the battlefield in the Indian Wars.

He started out in the Cavalry in the 30's - went Airborne in WWII. I first met him at Christmas, 1952 - he was home from Korea with a shattered arm. We were sitting at the table at my Great-Grandmother's for dinner, he looked across the table at me - with a glare that was reminiscent of Patton's - and said if I didn't eat my corn, I'd be court martialed. It all went uphill from there. Many great adventures.



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[laplata]

LOL! I can see where things went up hill from there!

Well, he and my Dad might have rubbed elbows. My Dad was a Company Commander in the 7th Cav. when they were still partially mounted in 1939.

Then Dad went to the Presidio and was ADC to Gen. De Witt.

Then he took mules and communication equipment to India and Burma.

Was your uncle Jack in China, Burma, India?

As you probably know, Kathy’s Dad was CBI.

[laplata]

Whoops, I shouldn’t have asked if he was in CBI. There was only one Airborne unit in the Pacific.

[ConorMacNessa]

My Uncle was ETO in WWII. Did not make it to CBI. Had boots on the ground in Nam in 60-61 just before he retired.

[laplata]

I think the 101st and 82nd were flagged to go to the Pacific for the big invasion of Japan. They’d gone through hell and didn’t even look forward to going to Japan....as you know.

God bless them all!