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FReeper Canteen ~ Memorial Day 2022 ~ 30 May 2022
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !!
| The Canteen Crew
Posted on 05/29/2022 5:02:02 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska
American troops of the 1st Infantry Division leaving the port of Weymouth, England
en route to Omaha Beach in Normandy in June 1944 
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; June 6th, 1944- Into the Jaws of Death
Tom Jensen, sergeant with the 626th Engineer Light Equipment Company, told the Chicago Tribune that many of the men he served with had no idea where they were going on that day:
They didn't tell us anything we didn't need to know. Heck, some of the guys on our ship thought we were headed to Japan, not Normandy. Just months earlier, we were either in high school or working odd jobs.
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To: Kathy in Alaska
To: lightman
To: Kathy in Alaska
We don't know them all,
but we owe them all.
To: Kathy in Alaska
Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it.
It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.
To: Kathy in Alaska
GEORGE S. PATTON "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.
Rather we should thank God such men lived."
To: Kathy in Alaska
To: E.G.C.
Howdy, EGC! ((hugs)) Looks like y'all had a very fun visit to the lake yesterday! I'll bet it will be crowded today! Gizmo is really thinking about all that lovely water!
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posted on
05/30/2022 10:53:54 AM PDT
by
luvie
(The bravery & dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American🇺🇸)
To: Kathy in Alaska; GodBlessUSA; radu; mylife; MS.BEHAVIN; ConorMacNessa; PROCON; laurenmarlowe; ...
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posted on
05/30/2022 11:06:18 AM PDT
by
luvie
(The bravery & dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American🇺🇸)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Kathy, today is observed Memorial Day and traditional Memorial Day. They both fall on the same day this year. My Dad was so proud that he was born on Memorial Day and was piqued about the law that changed the observed date. My Dad would have been 99 years old today. Although Dad didn't die in battle or even in service, Memorial Day holds extra significance for me.
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posted on
05/30/2022 1:56:19 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
To: E.G.C.
Good afternoon, E...((HUGS))...looks like a good time was had by all yesterday. Hope today didn’t have too many people so you and Gizmo had lots of fun.
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posted on
05/30/2022 2:38:42 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: radu
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posted on
05/30/2022 2:40:31 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: radu; bitt; Robert DeLong; Jet Jaguar; null and void; Jane Long; John S Mosby; LS; mosaicwolf; ...
To: higgmeister
Good afternoon, higgmeister...I’m really, really late, but thank you for sharing your story about your Dad being born on Memorial Day and being so proud.
Happy 99th birthday, Dad in heaven.
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posted on
06/05/2022 2:23:19 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: ExTexasRedhead
Late, but thank you, ETR, for the link to the Band of Brothers.
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posted on
06/05/2022 2:24:17 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thank you Kathy! Dad was a WWII Veteran, and was in the CCC Camps before that too.
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posted on
06/05/2022 11:26:12 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Kathy.
A Blessed and Respectful Memorial Day to you.
Without the Brave there is no Land of The Free.
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posted on
05/28/2023 11:57:14 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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