The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Lt. Col. Matt Louis Urban - Feb 11th, 2004

Various | FReeper Michael121

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Good morning Valin.

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We know Colonel Kuklinski was a good friend to the US through his work with the CIA and a patriot to Poland. I'm sorry to hear of his passing and know your country mourns.

[SAMWolf]

Thank you, Michael121 for bringing Col Urban to our attention.

Real heroes don't need to remind everyone that they're heroes.

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Good morning Snippy. I'm at the University of Portland this morning. My daughter's car clunked out so I had to provide transportation. Nice Computer lab they have here. :-)

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Good Morning Aeronaut

X-15 and the XB-70 Valkyrie

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Morning E.G.C.

I saw the Update notice popup this morning. Didin't get a chance to perform the updates though.

I hope they get the problem solved at the games. Shame a few always manage to ruin it for the majority

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Morning Mayor.

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Morning Feather.

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1922 Leslie Nielsen Regina Sask, actor (Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun)

Ed: That's no way for a man to die.

Frank: No...you're right, Ed. A parachute not opening...that's a way to die. Getting caught in the gears of a combine...having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that's the way I wanna go.

Wilma: Oh....Frank. This is terrible.

Ed: Don't you worry Wilma. Your husband is going to be alright. Don't you worry about anything. Just think positive. Never let a doubt enter your mind.

Frank: He's right, Wilma. But I wouldn't wait until the last minute to fill out those organ donor cards.

Wilma: (crying again)

Ed: What I'm trying to say is that Wilma, as soon as Nordburg is better, he's welcome back at Police Squad.

Frank: Unless he's a drooling vegetable. But I think that's only common sense.

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I remember using the university computers, but I think we were in the main library on the campus at the time. Is this a different library than where we were?

I just knew you'd be resourceful and come up with a way to get back to your Foxhole. ;-)

[SAMWolf]

Polish-born Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, one of the United States' top Cold War spies, died in a Washington hospital Wednesday at the age of 74, local news agency PAP reported.

As a senior Polish military staff officer, Kuklinski passed some 35,000 top secret Warsaw Pact documents to the CIA between 1972 and 1981 before defecting with his family to the West.

"Kuklinski was an officer who devoted all his life to avoid a war in Europe," said former Polish defense minister Jan Parys.

A communist court sentenced Kuklinski to death in 1984 for passing intelligence to the United States which included communist authorities' plans to impose martial law in 1981 to crush Solidarity, the old Soviet bloc's first free trade union.

Poland overthrew communism in 1989, but the sentence on Kuklinski, who lived in Washington, was lifted only in 1995 and he was not fully rehabilitated until September 1997.

He visited Poland in April in 1998 and received a hero's welcome by the then right-wing government, which said that thanks to people like Kuklinski the country had regained independence after five decades of Soviet-imposed regimes.

Kuklinski was survived by his wife. While he lived in hiding under an assumed name for many years in the United States, his two sons died in unexplained circumstances.

According to Polish newspaper reports, one son disappeared from a yacht which was later found by the U.S. coast guard. The other reportedly died in a car crash.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Skeeter.

I've been working on threads about Matt Urban, Douglas Munro and Audie Murphy. What a difference between real heroes and a wanna be hero like John Kerry who has to constantly point out to anyone who'll listen that he's a "war hero". Kerry makes me wanna puke.

[SAMWolf]

Yep. Different Building, I'm in Franz Hall. The library has a time limit on guests. I sweet-talked the girl in the Computer Lab into using an unsued computer. :-)

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I sweet-talked the girl...

I'm sure you did! You're such a charmer. ;-)

[SAMWolf]

LOL! These college girls are easy. ;-)

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You're probably scaring them. LOL!!!

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The Poles have certainly contributed a lot. Today's example is an excellent one profiling Matt Urban of Polish immigrant parents and his outstanding heroism.

Polish ancestry is an excellent heritage to have as you and Sam are evidence of to this day.

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Polish ancestry is an excellent heritage to have as you and Sam are evidence of to this day.

AWWWWWWWWWW!

[SAMWolf]

Today, the Royal City of Cracow decided to give Kuklinski's name to one of its streets.

I hope it's one of the main streets in Cracow.