A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-22-03....A Few MORE of FR's Finest

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay, or a profile of another FReeper.

On Mondays please visit us to see photos of A FEW OF FR'S VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY

If you have a suggestion, or an idea, or if there's a FReeper you would like to see featured, please drop one of us a note in FR mail.

We're having fun and hope you are!
~ Billie, Mama_Bear, dansangel, dutchess, Aquamarine ~

Please join me as we salute Group 12 of a Few of FR's Finest Military. Some are serving now, some are veterans, some are no longer with us, but all are deserving of our thanks and appreciation.

Top: Mo1's dad; BuffyT's Uncle (right, w/ her dad & grandmother); Armymarinemom's 3 sons.
Middle: ru4Liberty's dad; SheLion's husband, MaineRebel; wirestripper.
Bottom: fivetoes; bigghurtt; hurricane; ladtx' dad; Pippin's brother.

Mo1's dad never liked to talk about his time in the war, but she does know he served with the Army in the 69th Infantry Division in WW II.

BuffyT's uncle, Richard H. Thoos, is still MIA from WWII; his B-17 was shot down over France. The photo below is the crew in front of their flying fortress. Uncle Richard is in the second row, second from left. Another B-17 was nearby when his was shot down. They saw the crew parachuting to safety, but Richard was never found, either dead or alive.

Armymarinemom has much to be proud of, with three sons actively serving in the U.S. Army and U.S.M.C. The photo above with two of her sons is about six years old, and several ranks behind. She is hoping they will all be home for Christmas, so she can have a new formal photo of all three.

Ru4Liberty's father was in the U.S. Army in WWII. The photo was taken at Ft. Crockett in Galveston, Texas.

SheLion's husband, FReeper MaineRebel, passed away last year. He was Active Duty Military for a total of 26 years. He was in the U.S. Army from 1964 - 1968, serving in VietNam from June '66 until July '67 (6BN 27th Artillary). He received two Purple Hearts for injuries sustained while serving in Viet Nam. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1970 and retired in 1992.

Wirestripper enlisted in the Army in November, 1969, on a 3-year commitment. After extensive training in Ft. Belvoir Virginia regarding a new mobile assault bridge that the Army developed for armored units, he landed in West Germany in the fall of 1970. He remained there until his enlistment was up in the fall of 1972. Wirestripper was a proficient marksman, and spent about a year and a half on the 3rd Armored Division Marksmanship team, shooting in National Match Competitions throughout Europe.

Fivetoes joined the US Marine Corps a week after graduation from high school in 1970. He left active duty as a sargeant in 1973, In his words.."One thing that I do not remember is being debriefed when I left the active service of the United States Marine Corps. I took an oath upon entering the service to defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. I believe that anyone who has taken that oath still has an obligation to live up to it."

Bigghurtt has been in the U.S. Army for the last 5 years, and will soon enter the special forces...he is currently stationed at Ft. Detrick, MD, and has served at Ft. Knox, Ft. Gordon, and in the Republic of Korea.

Hurricane enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1951. He advanced from E-1 to E-7 and then was commissioned in the Warrant Officer Program, where he rose through the ranks to CWO 4 in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps (Seabees). He stayed in the Reserve and retired in 1986. Hurricane's photo is circa 1982.

LadTX' father was in the U.S. Navy, WWII. A military family, Ladtx served in Vietnam, and two of his sons are currently Active Duty.

Pippin's brother served in the U.S.M.C. Pippin is one of our frequent guest writers, and we know how proud she is of her brother.

Today we salute you, one more group of FR's Finest! On Monday, your group will be added to our regular Military Monday tributes. Thank you for serving!

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 07-21-03 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

Thanks, Mixer!

1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me a FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

[Aquamarine]

Did you get John's essay in your mail this morning?

Sure did, I've already got to work on it.
Dutchess did you get your mail?

[Aquamarine]

Lelia Kay is adorable!

[Diver Dave]

Mornin' Billie. It's great to see these new additions to A Few of FR's Finest Military.

Welcome aboard, y'all. Proud to have you join us.

Salute!

[Aquamarine]

Good morning Calpernia! I can hear you plane but I can't see it. :)

[armymarinemom]

Thanks:) We're keeping our fingers crossed concerning getting them home all at once.

[Aquamarine]

I can hear your plane

[Fiddlstix]

Good Morning Everybody.

You Know The Drill
Click the Pics J

Coffee & Donuts J

[Calpernia]

Aquamarine! You mean to tell me you don't remember Wonder Woman's invisible flying jet????

[WVNan]

Good morning Ms Billie! As usual I can't stay around, but want to say hello and thank you for the new additions to our "Hall of Heros". I'm in a tizzy trying to get everything ready for my trip to meet my Sistah. 4 days and counting.....

A prayer for our troops

[WVNan]

A caption for Leila Kay (she is).

[Aquamarine]

LOL!

Need to go practice formatting a thread. Later...

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Tuesday !

88 degrees as I post this, headin' for around 97 before the Cold Front moves through! ONLY 95 for a high tomorrow, LOL !

[MeekOneGOP]

Here is a picture of my Mom and her sisters that my Dad recently sent me. It is, I believe, the last picture taken of all of the sisters together before my Mom passed away. Today would have been Mom's 72nd birthday.

Back row, from left to right: Dorsey, Blanche, Mom.
In front is the oldest sister, Johnnie (I think Grandad wanted a son first, lol!) Johnnie is the widow of my Uncle Ernest, who passed away recently. Y'all may remember me posting about that here at the time?

Rest in peace, Mom.

[The Thin Man]

Excellent additions to the Finest Military. We can be proud of them all.

Billie, ya done good. :)

[GailA]

We are having severe T-Storms in Memphis, I'll not be on much as more are expected. There is severe damage, Memphis looks like a war zone, 250,000 without power, damage to major bldgs I posted the thread on it.

[Billie]

What a beautiful graphic!

I know you're excited, Nan, and so is Maggie. I can hardly wait to do the 'report', so save pictures for us to use in the 'thread'. Don't give 'em all away beforehand! :)

[Billie]

If she takes after her mother and her sister she will be. Here's the latest picture of Leila Kay, a real ham.

Oh, Lloyd! She is adorable - so PRETTY!! But her dad is no slouch either - so she had to be a beauty!

[Pippin]

Hi, Everybody!

Know what I heard on Rush Limbaugh's show yesterday?

Y'all know how I feel about Canada and the Canadian people, but, this takes that cake!

These liberals, I think they include a couple from Minnesota, are in the proceess of renouncing thier American citizenship and moving to Canada and becming citizens there!

In otherworsd, they aren't getting thier way here, so they're running away!

What gives?

[LadyX]

On Saturday I posted a link to a wonderful short video entitled Military Prayer Point that many might have missed.

It is powerful indeed, and recommended for any and all military, veterans and those who are their loved ones or friends.

Please click on the link:

Military Prayer Point

As a further help, here is the URL to send to others who will not see it here:

http://www.faithflashes.com/military.html

[LadyX]

Aplogizing for not before commenting upon your wonderful mail from Jeff, getting ready for company (here yesterday through tomorrow), I do so now.

Thank you for sharing it with us, ladtx, and for this new picture of Miss Leila Kay !!
It is astonishing to see how she has blossomed from the one-year old birthday picture to Big Little Girl!

God bless you and your wife and all those in your presious family.
We here add our love and prayers for them all.

LadyX