The FReeper Foxhole Profiles William "Buffalo Bill" Cody - Aug. 2nd, 2004

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[SAMWolf]

There is something terribly wrong when people hate everyone and everything.

Why? It works for me. ;-)

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks WaterDragon. btw- when are you do back in Oregon..I have been so busy I haven't picked the book up for over a week.

[PhilDragoo]

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Cody received the United States Medal of Honor in 1872 for gallantry as an army scout, but a congressional ruling in 1917, shortly after Cody's death, caused his medal to be revoked. The ruling stated that only enlisted men and officers could receive the medal and that army scouts, who were considered civilians, were ineligible. In the summer of 1989 the army returned Cody's name to the Medal of Honor list. The medal which reads "The Congress to William F.Cody, guide, for gallantry at Platte River, Neb., April 26, 1872," had been retained by the Cody family, because the army had not requested its return. The bronze, star-shaped medal may be seen at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center at Cody, Wyoming.

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America shall ever honor such heroes as above, and expose such zeroes as below:

This zero threw away the medals he never earned.

[GailA]

FNC just said hanoi john said he'd suspend his campaign and rush right back to DC to vote on fixing the intel mess.........if only GW would call a special session of congress! Duh his buds in the congress are out campaigning for reelection, and they won't want to go back to DC for a photo op for hanoi john.

[snippy_about_it]

This zero threw away the medals he never earned.

Before he decided against it and threw away someone else's medals.

flippity flop flop

[snippy_about_it]

Gee, what would this be, his third or fourth vote of the year?

[Valin]

As I recall he was President Reagans favorite president.

[Valin]

Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity,
Easter's on its way

[SAMWolf]

Evening Phil Dragoo.

LOL! Love the Girly-Manchurian Candidate graphic.

[SAMWolf]

[Light Speed]

Dropping in to say Hi...

Caught a great documentary on History Channel tonight... 2 Hours..on Jutland.

Admiral Beatty:....."There seems to be something wrong with our Bloody ships today"! : )

Hope you get to see this program..its really good.

Dive and ROV on some sunken British Warships.
An overview :..seems the concensus is that the British doubled up on shells and cordite...some Navy reg passed.
so ya.....way to much cordite and sloppy handling.
Brits lost 4 ships when they blew up internally from flash fires which ignited cordite..then travelled up to turrets and shell storage rooms.

The program covered some of the post battle politic-ing..other documentaries I have seen cover this more...Jellico..and Beatty..allong with Admiralty cover-up.

A bit of a vanity turn.....which involves the U.S. at a later date.

Their has been several Navy /Gov scandals involving WW-1 and post...Winston Churchill is in the mix..[The Great Gunnery Scandal]

After WW-1.....a guy named Arthur Pollen invented a first Gen computer targeting system ....part of its system was a range finder/calculus/computer thingy known as *The Argo clock.

Winston went to bat for Arthur ..yet he was blocked by the Admiralty.
Pollens system was superior to the existing Royal Navy targeting system.
The U.S. Navy was impressed with the gunnery accuracy which Pollens system netted...they negotiated after 1925? I believe to take the patent and incorp it into the U.S. fleet.

Eventually the U.S. devolped their own targeting computer.....lofted upon Pollens.

During the beginning of WW-2..The British Battleship *Rodney which still had the Argo clock.... scored successive hits in minutes on Bismarcks Turrets in the first action of the German BB's last day..

Pollens targeting system was engineered by a Family member....Harold Isherwood.

Hope Summer is finding you Happy : )

[WaterDragon]

I'll be home on Aug 21, and very much looking forward to it!!!!

[SAMWolf]

Evening Light Speed"There seems to be something wrong with our Bloody ships today"! : )

I always liked that quote. Typical Brit understatement.

Snippy and I watched the "Operation Downfall: The Invasion That Never Was" program this afternoon. Scary to think the US was actually planning massive Chemical attacks on Japan. Estimated casualties 5 million.

Pollens targeting system was engineered by a Family member....Harold Isherwood.

:-)

Hope your summer is going good too. We missed you around the Foxhole.

[snippy_about_it]

Hiya Light Speed. Summer has been busy but good. Hope yours has been good for you.

[snippy_about_it]

Yeah. I don't think the grass has grown for over a month now, no rain.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!