USO Canteen FReeper Style....Saturday....March 23,2002

Graphics and Layout by Billie and Written by Snow Bunny

[B4Ranch]

ROTFL !!!! So true, they all missed!

[Aquamarine]

Great place because it is alive and it changes daily with a deep breathe of fresh air.

"It is a living, breathing, thing."
That's what Justice Ginsberg said about our Constitution!
Thats true when applied to the USO Canteen, but FALSE when applied to our Constitution.

[SAMWolf]

U.S. Coast Guard Vietnam, Killed In Action

by: John R. Hawkins IV,
RDCS (E8) U.S. Coast Guard Retired,
USCGC RUSH (WHEC-723),
Operation Markettime,
1970 -1971

I request a Rose be placed alongside the names of the seven U.S. Coast Guard who are on the Wall, and a poem posted in their honor. While I know some don't view the Coast Guard as a military service, we are and have served as honorably as any member of the Big Four. In Vietnam, we served as ammo loading supervisors, loran station techs and watchstanders, established aids to navagiation in the bays and rivers, flew combat SAR missions, and served on ofshore patrol boats and oceangoing cutters in Operation Markettime (CTF115, which provided naval gunfire support to friendly forces when in range. Unsung, unknown, but nevertheless there and on The Wall.

The seven names are:

LTJG (O2) David Charles Brostrom, (Patrol Boat Commanding Officer) killed in a Friendly Fire incident when his Coast Guard Cutter was straffed by US Air Force aircraft on 11 August, 1966. Panel 09E Line 126.

EN2 (E5) Jerry Phillips, (Patrol Boat Crewman) killed in Friendly Fire incident alongside LTJG Brostrom, when his Coast Guard Cutter was straffed by US Air Force aircraft, 11 August, 1966. Panel 09E Line 128.

LT (O3) Jack Columbus Rittichier, (CG Exchange pilot with 37th ARRS Da Nang) killed when aircraft hit by A/A, crashed and burned 9 June, 1968. Body not recovered. Panel 58W Line 014.

FN (E3) Heriberto Sedgovia Hernandez, (Patrol Boat Crewman) killed when his cutter's small boat was attacked in a canal, on 5 December, 1968. Panel 37W Line 046.

ENC (E7) Morris Sampson Beeson, (Patrol Boat Engineering Officer) Assasinated on 22 March, 1969. Panel 28W Line 008.

LTJG (O2) Michael Ward Kirkpatrick, (Patrol Boat Commanding Officer) died of wound received when 81mm mortar/50cal main weapon exploded due to loading accident on 8 August 1969. Panel 20W Line 119.

EN1 (E6) Michael Harris Painter, (Patrol Boat Crewman) died of wounds received alongside LTJG Kirkpatrick, on 8 August, 1969. Panel 20W Line 115.

They were there, as were a great many other Coasties. You may not have seen us, but we too served.

Coasties On The Wall
© 1997, by: Dolly Juhlin

Could it be your brother there?
Or a sweetheart, or your friend?
All the years that have gone by
Still the memories never end -

Time stands still for seven of them
In memories they stand tall
Seven U.S. Coast Guard men who served
Shadowed names upon a wall -

On a mission far from home
Not knowing what would be
They sacrificed the ultimate
Heroes for you and me -

Ever ready to go forth
Who would know their end
Atta boy's are silent now
Let's not forget these men -

Long ago they sailed away
to a different port of call
Do salute them silently
Coasties one and all.

[NCEaglette]

Thats true when applied to the USO Canteen, but FALSE when applied to our Constitution.

Agreed! BTW, love the wildflower picture and the music you chose to accompany it today. Have a wonderful Saturday!

[Slam]

LOL.

Was raised in AZ. Coronado HS. '72. My father was a wonderful "enviromentalist"..that just so happened to be an avid hunter and fisherman. Used to be a wonderful uninhabitated expanse. Mom still lives there.

When you say upstairs do you mean above deck? Downstairs must mean below deck? :^)

[Slam]

Absolutely correct sir. It ain't broke, no need to fix it.

[lodwick]

Good morning and thank you for all the good CG info. Hat's off!

[daisyscarlett]

The SPAR division - an acronym for the Coast Guard motto, Semper Paratus / Always Ready, was created in 1942 when the Coast Guard, like other military branches, found itself in need of more men at sea and on foreign soil. Women were assigned to shore positions such as clerks, parachute riggers and storekeepers.

SPARs, like Army WACs and Navy WAVESs, were promoted as attractive, wholesome, high-spirited young women with impeccable grooming habits and no ambition beyond serving their country and, after the war, getting married.

Though the branches disbanded six months after the war ended, many said their existence during wartime helped pave the way for women to join the military as equals with men. Like the other units, the SPARs were a reserve branch, not given the same benefits accorded their male counterparts.

[Aquamarine]

That's M'am to you Sir! ;-)

[lodwick]

Every last one of them missed.

Post of the day for me. Great stuff! ;-)

[Howlin]

Bump!

[lodwick]

Excellent tribute - thank you, and Thank You Coasties, one and all!

[HiJinx]

Above deck? Below deck?
Aw, heck, who knows which deck, I'm just a sorry ground-pounder!

This corner of Arizona isn't as wide open as it used to be, but there are still lots of places to get out where you see nobody but your shadow. My son and I are headed to Parker Canyon Lake in an hour or so to wet a line. They have 3 nesting pairs of bald eagles there, and I'm taking the digital camera on the off chance that we get to see one.

There's a bond here in the Canteen that transcends what we traditionally think of as family, a bond that comes from shared service and values. You said your Mom still lives down here. Well, here's an offer I hope you never have to accept, but it's here anyway. If you ever need anything for your Mother, and I can help, call on me. I will do whatever I can...

HJ

[conserve-it]

ROTF !!

[Aquamarine]

Thank you so much for the kind words, I really enjoy doing it.
Fiddlstix did a good job of supplying music for the Canteen the first 6 months. Recently I told Billie that I would like to do more at the Canteen and she showed me how to post pictures and music. I always enjoyed Fiddlstix music so much here and know that he is a busy man so I'm just helping out in the music department. I hope that Fiddlstix will still supply us with his music choices. The more music the merrier!
I also like to post pictures of our beautiful country in case any of the soldier's out there are homesick.

[daisyscarlett]

I am lost here among the orchids, ferns and butterflies but Good Morning to you. Thank you for a good opening, once again.

[Slam]

A thousand "gomenasais" (I'm sorries) Ma'am.

[daisyscarlett]

Some of our troops in Kandahar like to start their day off with a jog. Just like some of you...but wait, how many of you have to tote a firearm while exercising? God Bless our Service Men and Women everywhere.

Two American soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division go for a run carrying there weapons inside the Kandahar military airbase in Afghanistan, Thursday, March 21, 2002. (AP Photo/Adam Butler)

[daisyscarlett]

Lunch on the run today, it being Sat. and all, and we being filled up with Granny's country breakfast. Just some tacos and stuff...Most of us do love Mexican. But for those who don't (or whose tummies don't) we also have burgers and fries cooked to order.

[NCEaglette]

The US Lighthouse Service can trace its beginnings to August 7, 1789 when President George Washington approved an act of Congerss which incorporated all esisting and future aids to navigation into a federal system. It was not until 1939 that the US Light Service was merged with the US Coast Guard. Lighthouses in the United States have come and gone over the past 300 years. A wide variety of styles and construction materials have been used. Today, the vast majority of operational lighthouses are no longer manned by "keepers" as they have been automated. Many have long since passed into history.

         

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