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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Donald Blakeslee ~ April 27, 2015
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Posted on 04/26/2015 4:59:53 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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04/26/2015 5:04:28 PM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Everybody!
((((HUGS))))
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:05:09 PM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
... the fleet of Boeing B-17s and Consolidated B-24s as they each dropped up to 4,000 pounds of bombs on Berlin.I'm fairly certain that should have been "4,000 tons.
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:05:15 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: The Mayor; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; mountainlion; HiJinx; Publius; Jet Jaguar; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
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04/26/2015 5:09:11 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:10:21 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: ConorMacNessa
Permission Granted!
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:11:28 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:12:25 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Kathy in Alaska
~ Good Evening! ~
(Actually it should say WW1 not WW2
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04/26/2015 5:12:38 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
Good evening, Kathy and Star!
***HUGS***
Thanks very much coming aboard! Rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck!
And thanks very much to you and Star for tonights Hall of Heroes thread! Col. Donald Blakeslee, USAF is most worthy of admission to our Hall of Heroes!
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:24:14 PM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: DuncanWaring
Good evening, DuncanWaring...I suspect you are right, that it should be tons rather than pounds. I guess the New York Times, October 3, 2008, article by Dennis Hevesi missed it.
I checked to make sure we didn’t mis-write it in case we needed to fix it. Thanks for catching it.
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04/26/2015 5:25:41 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!
Missing Man Setting
"The Empty Chair"
By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004
"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.
The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.
AS YOU REMEMBER.
The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.
We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each others company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:
The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.
The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.
The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.
The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate. The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them. The bible represents the faith that sustained them. The glass is inverted they cannot share in the toast. The chair is empty they are not here. They are missing.
And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.
We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.
But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER."
Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."
"Träumerei" Robert Schumann (Click)
Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:29:06 PM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
In first....Mac grabs the gold!!
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:33:42 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Recall that the OKC Murrah building was hit by a ton or two of ANFO, a relatively low-grade explosive.
In this particular attack on Berlin, it was hit by 4000 tons of high-grade explosive.
And that was only one of many attacks on Berlin.
To say nothing of the Russian artillery.
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:38:25 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring
Yeah, well Berlin was still in a lot better shape than Warsaw was in 1945.
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:40:12 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: left that other site
And in second....ML snags the silver!!
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:40:23 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:48:56 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: dfwgator
It’s been observed “When People of Color “do rage”, cities burn. When White people “do rage”, continents burn”.
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04/26/2015 5:49:50 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring
And rounding out the top three....DuncanWaring bags the bronze!!
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posted on
04/26/2015 5:59:34 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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Love And Light April 27, 2015
The land which you cross over to possess is a land . . . for which the
Lord your God cares.
Deuteronomy. 11:11-12
Friends are starting to plan their summer vegetable gardens. Some get an early start by planting seeds indoors where they can control the conditions and provide the best environment for sprouting. After the danger of frost has passed, they will transplant the seedlings outdoors. Once the garden is planted, the work of weeding, feeding, watering, and guarding against rodents and insects begins. Producing food is a lot of work.
Moses reminded the Israelites of this before they entered the promised land. While living in Egypt, they had to do the hard work of irrigating crops by hand (Deut. 11:10), but in the place where God was taking them He promised to ease their work by sending spring and autumn rains: I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains (v.14 niv). The only condition was that they faithfully obey the commands He gave themto love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul (v.13 niv). The Lord was taking His people to a place where their obedience and His blessing would make them a light to those around them.
God wants the same for us and from us: He wants our love to be displayed in our obedience so that we might be His light to people around us. The love and obedience we have to offer, though, is far less than He deserves. But He is our provider, blessing us and enabling us to be a light that the world will notice.
Loving God doesnt make life effortless, but having His strength makes it easier.
: The word deuteronomy means second law. This word describes the content of the book and its purpose. After the law was first given to Moses on Mount Sinai, the Israelites rebelled and wandered in the wilderness for 40 years. Now, 40 years later, they were about to enter the land of promise, and the laws given at Sinai were repeated in order to prepare them to be a people of God in their new home.
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posted on
04/26/2015 6:12:20 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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