USO Canteen FReeper Style Liberty R&R to Arkansas .... October 26,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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The USO Canteen FReeper Style
Delivering a Touch of Home

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A Touch of Home

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This is how I think of the USO Canteen 
Freeper Style. It is like a cottage down a road,
a place where a weary veteran can spend the night. 

Since it opened, it is magical how so many
Freepers who post here, feel it too. 
It has been so dear how the Freepers
kept making it a cottage - a home-type of 
place that had a huge living room
for them to visit in and a dance floor, 
a library, etc. 

Many Veterans have written to me, 
saying that the Canteen is like home
to them for the first time since they 
served. 

This is your Canteen -
a respite from our busy 
and sometimes troubling world. 
Make yourself at home.

Snow Bunny

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If you know a Veteran, someone in your family, 
friend of the family, neighbor, who served their  
country, take a brief moment of your day to thank 
them. 

Thank them for the sacrifice they made
for the better good of their country.

We at Free Republic, and the USO Canteen FReeper 
Style, are thankful for every service member 
in our military, who has served our great nation.

So, to the men and women who answered the call,
In both times of war and peace, thank you.

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Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. 

John McCrae 

CASUAL SATURDAY AT THE CANTEEN

Liberty commences at the beginning of today's
FReeper USO Canteen thread
and, depending on your division assignment,
expires when the new thread for Sunday is posted.

***** A special invitation to our troops and Veterans
to join us in today's cyber trip. *****

Arkansas

Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

The State that brought us a President

Application to Live in Arkansas

Mt. Magazine

Falling Water Falls, Ozarks

Pumpkin Hollow, Piggot

Sam's Throne, Ozark National Forest

Toad Suck Daze

Long ago, steamboats traveled the
Arkansas River when the water was
at the right depth. When it wasn't, the
captains and their crew tied up to wait
where the Toad Suck Lock and Dam now
spans the river.

While they waited, they refreshed themselves
at the local tavern there, to the dismay of the
folks living nearby, who said: "They suck on
the bottle 'til they swell up like toads." Hence,
the name Toad Suck. The tavern is long gone,
but the legend and fun live on at Toad Suck Daze.

Conway Twitty brought fame to Arkansas

Wagon Wheel, Ozarks

State Flower Apple Blossom

Sugar Loaf Mountain as seen from the Little Red River

DeGray Lake Resort State Park

[RadioAstronomer]

Good Morning all! Hope this is a great Saturday for everyone here.

[grantswank]

and to you, likewise, brother. . .

chap grant

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Good Morning Brother!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Good Morning!
*HUG*

[zip]

The pic of Piggot Arkansas brouight back some great memories. I had good friends in Kennett MO and we would head south to Piggott to buy pumpkins and also "party" a bit. Also canoed/floated the river down by Yellville Arkansas many times when I was younger. My younger brother graduated from U of A in the 60's so our family has great affection for Arkansas in spite of the Klintoons.

HEY Military personnel, past and present, and your families AND our Canadian allies - GOOD MORNING!!!! Mid Missouri Patriots love you all. Hang in there, we will win.

[larryjohnson]

Good morning,Coastie, from the other coast. My wife and grandson are on the Humboldt coast for a week. Many ships lost there in days gone by. Now they need political rescue. (sorry,this is not a poitical thread)

[zip]

Thanks for your service brother. Glad to see you here this morning doing your thing for our troops

May God bless them and keep them safe.

[Radix]

What state is mentioned in the Bible?

Arkansas!


Noah looked out of the ark and saw (Arkansas) land....

(I know lame but I am in a hurry and on my way to work)

Have a great day!




Genesis 8:13
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
(Whole Chapter: Genesis 8 In context: Genesis 8:12-14)

[SAMWolf]

[SAMWolf]

State Seal

On the shield of our state seal are a steamboat, a plow, a beehive and a sheaf of wheat, symbols of Arkansas' industrial and agricultural wealth. The Angel of Mercy, the Sword of Justice and the Goddess of Liberty surround a bald eagle. The eagle holds in its beak a scroll inscribed with the Latin phrase "Regnat Populus", our state motto, which means "The People Rule". The seal was adopted in its basic form in 1864, and in its present form in 1907.

State Flower

The apple blossom was adopted as the Arkansas State Flower by the General Assembly of 1901. Apple blossoms have pink and white petals and green leaves. At one time Arkansas was a major apple-producing state. The town of Lincoln in Washington County hosts the annual Arkansas Apple Festival.

State Mammal

The white-tail deer was adopted as the Arkansas State Mammal by the General Assembly of 1993. The deer raises the white underside of its tail when frightened. Young white-tail deer have a white-spotted red coat which changes to brownish-gray before the end of its first year.

State Tree

The pine was adopted as the Arkansas State Tree by the General Assembly of 1939. The loblolly and short-leaf pine are varieties of southern yellow pine found in Arkansas. Both may grow to be 100 feet tall and can be found in the Ouachita National Forest and the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest

[Mr_Magoo]

Air Power

CONSOLIDATED OA-10 "CATALINA"

The OA-10 is the Army Air Forces version of the PBY series seaplanes and amphibians flown extensively by the Navy during WW II. It is a twin-engine, parasol-mounted monoplane equipped with a flying boat hull, retractable tricycle landing gear and retractable wing-tip floats. The OA-10 was used primarily for air-sea rescue work ("DUMBO" missions) with the AAF's Emergency Rescue Squadrons throughout WW II and for several years thereafter. During the war, OA-10 crews rescued hundreds of downed fliers.

The prototype Catalina first flew on March 28, 1935. It was produced by Consolidated Aircraft Corp. in both seaplane and amphibian versions. Catalinas were also produced by Canadian Vickers, Ltd. and the Naval Aircraft Factory. Eventually, nearly 2,500 Catalina derivatives were built for the Navy. Approximately 380 were transferred to the AAF as OA-10s, OA-10As, OA-10Bs or, in some cases, with their original Navy designations. Catalinas also were flown by a number of allied nations during and after WW II.

This aircraft was operated extensively by the Brazilian Air Force until 1981 in a variety of humanitarian roles in the Amazon Basin. The Catalina was flown to the Museum in 1984 and has been restored and painted as an OA-10A assigned to the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron which served in the Pacific Theater during WW II.

SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 104 ft.
Length: 63 ft. 10 in.
Height: 20 ft. 1 in.
Weight: 36,400 lbs. loaded
Armament: Two .50-cal. machine guns in the waist and two .30-cal. machine guns--one in the bow and another in a rear tunnel--plus 8,000 lbs. of bombs
Engines: Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92s of 1,200 hp ea.
Cost: $50,000

PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 184 mph.
Cruising speed: 120 mph.
Range: 2,325 miles
Service Ceiling: 22,400 ft.

[SAMWolf]

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