FReeper Canteen ~ D-DAY, June 6, 1944 ~ 07 June 2018

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

I hope you’re able to catch your breath a bit by now. It sounded like the week got off to a rough start.

I’ve been digging through the pix I’ve taken of things at the museum in hopes of having a shot of a newspaper with a D-Day headline. Not yet, but I’ll guarantee there’s at least one on the collection from Tupelo. Just hasn’t been brought up here and unpacked yet. Maybe next year.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Cantee, FMBass. Thanks for sharing.

We thank your father for his service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

Never Forget.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I have a 17” too...love it!!

New hard drive should help...very cool that you have a techie brother.

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless those in the breech.

Too, too, true, my.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...I am off for home.

[SkyDancer]

He’s the best ... but then the whole family is. Each one has a specialty of something.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

GRRRRR, that meme raises the hackles. That sorry SOB doesn’t deserve to live here for what he started.

How was your day? Get your work done quickly so you could kick back early? :-)

[The Mayor]

Couple days to go..

[mylife]

https://www.bing.com/search?q=the+clarks+train&form=EDGTCT&qs=AS&cvid=e23b1863721144cdb1dcfe03cba8975e&refig=326eabbb8aca4f91a2b9d8697aebced2&cc=US&setlang=en-US

[LuvFreeRepublic]

https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/local/day-years-later-82nd-airborne-reflects-sacred-moments/elgIhhR0JzDJ4AeHt6Ji7K/

A few paragraphs below ‘Spirit of America’s Youth’ it mentions Lt. Gen. (ret.) Walter Woolwine and the Normandy Cemetery. I knew Walter very well and in fact was with him when he died. He told me that when he found out some of the graves were miss-marked, he ordered his men to check every field record against the Army’s death records for every person buried, or in the process of being moved to be buried, at Normandy. There were many miss-marked. He said that when there was a discrepancy, they used the field records. ‘The soldiers who were with them when they died were in a better position to accurately identify the dead’. ‘We owed it to those who died to make sure their headstone were accurate’.

The whole time Walter was at Normandy, he smelled death and he said well into his 90’s, it was a smell that never left him. Very few knew what Walter did at Normandy with the graves and with the design and construction of the cemetery. He left before it was completed and someone else got the credit. I told Walter that he needed to document what he did so he gets credit. He said, ‘I don’t need credit, I just wanted to make sure we got the names right. We owed that to our soldiers’. RIP Walter.

[mylife]

Amen

[PROCON]

Hiya radu!

Yeah, that A-hole doesn't even deserve to be noticed, as wealthy as he's become due to those who sacrificed for him and the American Way. Really pisses me off too!

Today, Wednesday was my 'Monday', so to speak, so I'm a bit tired and heading to Z-land soon.

How wuz your day?

[ConorMacNessa]

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CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides" remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!





Boston, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

[radu]

It was a typical Wed. here .... grocery shopping day. Gotta keep that cat food stocked. LOL

It was hotter and muggy today and will get worse as each day progresses through the weekend. We got a little spoiled the past few days with nice springtime weather. *sigh*

[radu]

Well howdy do, Conor! *HUGZ*

I hope all’s going well with you these days.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Radu!

*HUGS*

All is well at Castle MacNessa thanks to the acts of soldiers of the U.S. Army 74 years ago today. Those young men, and all who supported them, saved Western Civilization. We live in what Freedom we still have by dint of their service and sacrifice.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[luvie]

HT---LonePalm

74 years ago....
NEVER FORGET!!

Ray Stevens~The Fallen Ones

[radu]

Glad to hear all’s well.

We owe so much to those who fought then. The world would be a much different place today without their willingness to serve and their sacrifices.