USO Canteen FReeper Style....Liberty R&R to Colorado Join Us....June 29,2002

Aquamarine and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

We arrive in the Mile High City of Denver,Colorado

Taking the train, can you imagine all of us together on this wonderful train through the mountains and pass.

All the beautiful flowers we see along the way.

Taking in the sports of your choice if you like.

Wonderful animals you might see if you are luky

Bridal Veil Falls

See the fish clearly in the Lake

We travel on to Breckenridge,Colorado

Breckenridge is a major international ski resort, set high (9600 feet above sea level) in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado

4th of July parade down Main Street

Small in size, but big on patriotism!

The Breckenridge Town Party is held every year around mid-June. It's our official start to the great summer season in Breckenridge!

Traveling over to Sawmill Creek

Then on to Lake Dillion

Colorado has a wonderful Hot Air Balloon Festival

Members of the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks, meet in the center of the infield to hold the American flag during the singing of "God Bless America" . And the national anthem to mark the first baseball game in Denver's Coors Field on Monday, Sept. 17, 2001, since the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.

[Snow Bunny]

Tribute To HEROES

Tribute to Vietnam Veterans....Please click on picture

The great intangible of America's wars beyond logistics, beyond strategy, beyond wonder weapons and Generals, is the spiritual force of its fighting men and women - and that is the force that the USO so serves.

Free Republic....Click for Donations

Thank you from all those that frequent the FReeper Canteen to Jim Robinson, Founder of FRee Republic and Navy Veteran.

[Snow Bunny]

[Snow Bunny]

[Snow Bunny]

On behalf of TF Rakkasan and myself let me thank you for your letter, your kind thoughts and most important you support. Your desire to send care packages to the soldiers of TF Rakkasan is wonderful in itself. We are lucky here because we have had the support of you great Americans every since we got here. As for the packages we will be deploying home soon after 7 months and I am afraid your packages would get lost in the system somewhere, but please know your letter and thoughts are more important to us than a package and for that we can't thank you enough!
Sincerely,
R. Herman
TASK FORCE RAKKASAN

SGM R A Herman
TF Rakkasan
HHC 3Bde
APO AE 09355

The receptionist at SAMWolf’s office has a Marine friend of hers that could use some morale building.
He's at Camp LeJeune right now waiting for a training deployment to a ship.
He's 29 has 2 daughters under age 3 and is missing his family.
SAMWolf told her he would pass the Marines’ name and address onto the Canteen.

His current snail mail address is:
Cpl Berger, Charles W.
II MEF MARFOR UNITAS
RECON DET
Bldg 10, Wing 3
PSC 20164
Camp LeJeune, NC 28542-0164
His email is:
charlesberger@hotmail.com

The USS George Washington carrier battle group left NAS Norfolk today for their 6 month .The USS George Washington has about 7,500 sailors and Marines with the carrier and its battle group left to head overseas and likely into combat. The Navy will not disclose the ships's destination.
Prayers for ALL our Troops

The USS McCampbell will be commissioned in August.
USS McCampbell (DDG 85)
FPO AP 96672-1275

[Snow Bunny]

Please click on the picture of Mama_Bear and JKPhoto to go to the FResno FReep Rally to Support our Troops.

They meet every Friday night and you can read their wonderful report.

[JohnHuang2]

A humongous GOOD MORNING to ya, my friend =^)

[JohnHuang2]

[Snow Bunny]

LindaSOG is out of town and I am posting this for her. She did the whole thing for us and all I had to do was post it. ( big smile) .......Thank you Linda so much.

Anniversary of the Start of the Second Balkan War. ________________________________

On this day in 1913

War

Second Balkan War

The Second Balkan War began when Serbia, Greece, and Romania quarreled with Bulgaria over the division of their joint conquests in Macedonia. On June 1, 1913, Serbia and Greece formed an alliance against Bulgaria, and the war began on the night of June 29/30, 1913, when King Ferdinand of Bulgaria ordered his troops to attack Serbian and Greek forces in Macedonia. The Bulgarians were defeated, however, and a peace treaty was signed between the combatants on Aug. 10, 1913. Under the terms of the treaty, Greece and Serbia divided up most of Macedonia between themselves, leaving Bulgaria with only a small part of the region.

As a result of the Balkan Wars, Greece gained southern Macedonia as well as the island of Crete. Serbia gained the Kosovo region and extended into northern and central Macedonia. Albania was made an independent state under a German prince. The political consequences of the wars were considerable. Bulgaria, frustrated in Macedonia, looked to Austria for support, while Serbia, which had been forced by Austria to give up its Albanian conquests, regarded Vienna with greater hostility than ever.

72,500 lives lost in 42 days of fighting

Participants	Combat Forces	Losses
Bulgaria	60000	18000
Greece	100000	12500
Montenegro	40000	2000
Romania	200000	1500
Serbia	80000	18500
Turkey	450000	20000

Romanian Victory Medal for Second Balkan War

This medal was awarded to members of the Romanian military for service during the second Balkan War. The inscription reads: Obverse: IN AMINTIREA INALTATORULUI AVANT 1913 PACE CAROL I REGE AL ROMANIEI Reverse: DIN CARPATI PESTE DUNARE LA BALGANI Translation: Obverse: In the name of the High (Heavanly) King, in the year 1913 Peace Carol I King of the Romanians Reverse: From the Carpathians, across the Danube to the Balkans

Today in History

Events
1236		Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon take Cordoba in Spain.
1652		Massachusetts declares itself an independent commonwealth.
1767		The British parliament passes the Townshend Revenue Act, levying taxes on America.
1776		Va state constitution adopted & Patrick Henry made governor
1854		Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million
1858		Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia
1862		Union forces, falling back from Richmond, fight at the Battle of Savage's Station.
1880		France annexes Tahiti.
1903		The British government officially protests Belgian atrocities in the Congo.
1905		Russian troops intervene as riots erupt in ports all over the country, leaving many ships looted.
1913		Beginning of the 2nd Balkan War
1917		The Ukraine proclaims independence from Russia.
1925		An earthquake ravages Santa Barbara, California.
1926		Fascists in Rome add an hour to the work day in an economic efficiency measure.
1932		Siam's army seizes Bangkok and announces an end to the absolute monarchy.
1938		Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, and Olympic National Park, Washington, are founded.
1940		US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register
1945		Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR
1946		British arrest 2,700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorists
1949		South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages
1949		US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
1950		President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
1951		The United States invites the Soviet Union to the Korean peace talks on a ship in Wonson Harbor.
1952		1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany
1955		The Soviet Union sends tanks to Pozan, Poland, to put down anti-Communist demonstrations.
1960		KYA-AM in San Francisco changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks)
1961		Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)
1964		Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate
1965		USAF Capt Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15
1966		The U.S. Air Force bombs fuel storage facilities near Hanoi, North Vietnam.
1967		Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem.
1969		1st Jewish worship service at White House
1970		US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia
1976		Seychelles gains independence from Britain
1978		VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East
1982		Israel invades Lebanon.
Born
1858		George Washington Goethals, engineer of the Panama Canal.
1861		William James Mayo, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
1865		William E. Borah, Republican senator from Idaho, proponent of the League of Nations.
1941		Stokey Carmichael, African-American civil rights leader.
Died
1923		General JC Gomez Venezuala's 1st VP, assassinated
1978		Bob Crane actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59

By the way... My father's family is Romanian.
LindaSOG

[exnavy]

Liberty Call !!!! Looking at the intro pictures reminds me of what a great country we live in.

[Snow Bunny]

Hi John, how can I ever thank you. I appreciate your pings so much and your friendship. Thank you !!!

(((((((( hug ))))))

[exnavy]

Isn't it great to be an American, living as one nation, under God, indivisable?

[Snow Bunny]

Hi my friend, I agree with you. America has it all! Each State is so special and unique.

Those in our military from each State that get to lurk here can get a smile for a day to see some photos of back home.

So good to see you.

[JohnHuang2]

Sure is, my friend -- and Good morning to you, too =^)

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you for doing this with me. I appreciate it so much.

(((( hug )))

[The Raven]

Silly question....why is this thread in News/Activism and others like it are in General Interst?

[JohnHuang2]

((((((((Hugsbackya))))))))))

[Snow Bunny]

Linda thank you for sending this to me so I could post it. I look forward to it each day. Have a safe trip my friend.
(((( hug ))))

[Snow Bunny]

The Raven ....this was your question to me ......" why is this thread in News/Activism and others like it are in General Interst?".....

That is an easy question to answer. Jim Robinson told me he wanted it this way.

I would suppose because it is more then General Interest.We post news here about our troops serving now.And news of their families as well. We are what you might say a running thread that brings many of the troops and their familes in contact with each other. As well as information that pertains to our military that is allowed and safe for all involved.

Our troops are news as well as Heros.

Also we are a support for the famililes of those serving that are FReepers . Also it is a place to thank our Veterans for serving our country and we have threads about how they can find information out about the VA and many other things that can help them. News items in many ways.

[Snow Bunny]

The USO Canteen FReeper Style has been an on going thread since October 7th, 2001.

[Northern Yankee]

Good Morning Snow Bunny!

As usual, your taste and style are only exceeded by your intelligence, and compassion!

Still cleaning up after torrential rains, that left our basement in a bit of a mess. (Its getting better though...)

The 82nd Army National Guard Band put on a wonderful concert here last week.

Fittingly, it was the best night of the week. You all would have loved it.

My family enjoyed it very much.

Hope your day is great!

Hugs!

NY