MEMORIAL DAY MEMORIES
Nat King Cole~D-Day
HT...radu :)
Posted on 05/22/2020 6:06:29 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
I’ve done pickup a couple times, but our grocery stores have never closed. I liked pickup. Order from my own computer, tell them when I will be there, drive, park in a special place, call, and out they come with my stuff. Nice! And I don’t need to figure out what aisle I need. LOL!
My biggest problem this whole “hunker down” time is remembering I MUST drive the car, or the battery goes dead.
New vets to meet.
Glad you got to go to the Tavern for some fine eats.
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Jim Nabors ~ Battle Hymn of The Republic
That’s a great way to do it! I hear ya on driving the car. I try to drive mine to church every Sunday to keep it from freezing up or the battery going dead. Besides, that way i don’t have to rush. LOL!
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Limeliters ~ This Land Is Your Land
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Neil Diamond ~ America
For the 25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkpNZWf8lw0
US Marine snipers talking about their time in Afghanistan and the 25 men they lost there.
Some language. I don’t think Marines can speak for more than a few minutes without some o’ that NSFW language.
But it’s not a lot and in context of events they’re describing. Video is of them in the field inter-spaced with them in interview back home.
The First Medal of Honor Ever Recorded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKMjTqdTYo
March 4, 2002: John Chapman, an Air Force Combat Controller, along with a SEAL Team, are attempting to rescue their lost teammate. You’ll watch Chapman’s stunning and heroic actions as he saves the lives of his entire SEAL team, and another 18 members of a quick-reaction force, to earn America’s highest honor: The Medal of Honor.
No language warning. Clean.
HAWG - Exploits of an A-10 Fighter Squadron in Afghanistan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Yh1HjG2rI
Hawg pilots are a special breed. They choose to go for an airplane the USAF brass hats hate. They choose to go for an airplane that has as its job to get down and dirty where the anti-aircraft weaponry is often thickest, and support those guys on the ground.
Thanks, Grimmy...it’s going to take me some time to finish this “For the 25”. My screen gets blurry.
God Bless our military!!!
The Battle of Dai Do, also known as the Battle of Dong Ha
(this is the battle being described by the men that actually fought it.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-ZI1BGr3Mw
In this battle, 4th Marines fought a hugely outnumbering Vietnamese force and defeated them. Two medals of honor came out of this battle, one for James Livingston and one for Jay Vargas.
The battle took place near the mouth of the Cua Viet river in South Vietnam and was one of the most ferocious land battles fought by Battalion size Marine forces with supporting arms from the Navy and Marine Corps.
On 29 April 1968, the 2/4 Marine Battalion Landing Team of the 3rd Marine Division, locked horns with an NVA Division (304th) in the ‘ville” of Dai Do on the Cua Viet River ‘horseshoe’ just south of the DMZ (I Corp RVN). Intelligence had tipped our Forces that an entire NVA Division was in the first stage of a major march to seize and destroy the 3rd Marine Division Headquarters at Dong Ha. The Army’s grunt rifle battalion 3/21st Infantry, 196th LIB (out of the Americal) was attached to the 3rd Marine Division on May 1st to help quell the NVA’s intentions.
The stubbornness of the NVA was stunning (as was always the case), though they out-numbered the US troops three to one. And though the loss of American lives was staggering (one is too many), the courage and the stamina of the Marines and Army was valorous. The campaign was marked by constant bombing and shelling (aerial, land based and Naval Cruiser USS Boston). At several points the US Military powers used experimental 2000 lb bombs, when the village areas (Dai Do, Dinh To, Dong Huan, An Lac, Thuong Do and Nhi Ha) turned into a NVA hornet nest. The 3rd Marines officially list the series of actions as ended on May 15 1968 and labeled it (during Operation Night Owl) as the Battle of Dai Do. The Americal classifed it as a continuance of Operation Napoleon.
List of Casualties:
3d Marines Division- 233 KIA 821 WIA 1 MIA
3/21 Infantry 196th LIB- 29 KIA 130 WIA 1 MIA
Navy TF Clearwater- 15 KIA 22 WIA
ARVN- 42 KIA 124 MIA
NVA- 2945 KIA 47 POW
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Suntones ~ I Want To Hear A Yankee Doodle Tune
You’re welcome.
I realize it’s not music but it’s Memorial Day so...
Took a chance you wouldn’t get mad at me :)
Good morning, E...((HUGS))...Gizmo sure does loves his walks in the great outdoors. Hope yesterday’s weather was better and you got some sleep.
Hopefully everyone on here is doing OK. We just had a line of storms with lightning and rain and a little bit of wind move through. So far no loss of power but it's still thunder and lightning so we'll see what happens.
Pics from Comanche Lake yesterday.
Not for children.
The thing to keep in mind while watching these is that the USMC did not get to pick where it fought. The USMC was a minor service at that time and the USN called the shots for when, where and with how many the USMC would be committed to battle.
Veteran Interviews - Battle of Peleliu WW2 (Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AMg6oh7m0w
US Veteran Interviews - Battle of Peleliu WW2 (Part 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx5vs6WFfbg
US Veteran Interviews - Battle of Peleliu WW2 (Part 3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfaa3mqSINM
US Veteran Interviews - Battle of Peleliu WW2 (Part 4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0OLp2g_PQM
US Veteran Interviews - Battle of Peleliu WW2 (Part 5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfyUYWBoNR4
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