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Many people confuse Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Memorial Day is a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of their country, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of wounds sustained in battle.

While those who died are also remembered on Veterans Day, Veterans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor ALL those who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime.

In fact, Veterans Day is largely intended to thank LIVING veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to our national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact that all those who served - not only those who died - have sacrificed and done their duty.

While Veterans Day is typically a tribute to America's living veterans, it is always appropriate to include a moment of respect for those who gave their lives for their country.

The signing of the World War I Armistice took place in a railway coach near the battle zone in France. The bugles sounded "cease firing" and the hostilities ended, marking a most significant moment in world history.

Although 11 a.m. remains a traditional hour for this type of tribute, a moment of silence is appropriate at any time and may be followed by an instrumental or vocal rendition of "Taps."

Like other things of great value, the security this country enjoys did not come cheaply. Part of the cost has already been paid by Americans who answered the call to military duty when their country needed them. They served in 11 wars from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf, earning the special distinction "veteran."

But another part of freedom's cost must continue to be paid long after the guns have been silenced. This debt is owed America's veterans.

”In each of America's struggles, heroes in uniform emerged to inspire and spur us on to victory. Our veterans'steadfast resolve to stand and fight for the American way of life is a constant reminder that the righteousness of our destiny overarches the anguish of our losses.

America's servicemen and women, who became our Nation's veterans when they set their uniforms aside and resumed their civilian lives, distinguished themselves through their willingness to risk life and limb in defense of the freedoms we all cherish.

I am honored and privileged to lead the Cabinet Department that was charged by Abraham Lincoln to redeem our Nation's debt to liberty's defenders.

Those who have served our Nation in uniform are the best people our society has to offer. We owe them our full support, and our sincerest thanks.

America's veterans did not shrink from battle; they did not yield to fear; they did not abandon their cause. All too often they paid the ultimate price.

By their example of courage under fire, they raised up a new nation, inspired by the dignity of the common man -- a nation blessed with heroes and heroes' dreams. That is leadership of the highest quality. That is America's leadership legacy.”

Excerpt from VA Secretary Principi's speech on July 2, 2003 at the National Young Leaders conference in Washington, DC.

We welcome your well wishes to our veterans and please share any pictures or stories you might have of your own service or a friend or family member. If you'd like to post a picture and have no server just send me a freep mail and we can post it for you.

Thank you all and enjoy your Veterans Day!

America's Living Veterans

WWI
Living Veterans Less than 200
Total That Served 4,734,991

WWII
Living Veterans 3,526,000
Total That Served 16,112,566

Korean War
Living Veterans 3,257,000
Total That Served 5,720,000

Vietnam War
Living Veterans 8,055,000
Total That Served 9,200,000

Desert Shield/Desert Storm
Living Veterans 1,900,000
Total That Served 2,322,332

War on Terrorism*
Veterans** 194,700
Total That Served 1,428,383

Total Living Veterans - 24,737,500

*Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom
**Service members who have left the military
***As of 8/16/05

To The FReeper Foxhole

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Remembering the heroes first honored at the 11th day, the 11th hour, and the 11th month..... while our brave ALL VOLUNTEER military prosecutes the cause of freedom throughout the world, for others and by extension ... all of US.

In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

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.

On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on November 11:
1050 Henry IV Holy Roman emperor (1036-1106)
1636 Yen Jo-chu Chinese scholar of Ch'ing dynasty
1744 Abigail Smith Adams 2nd 1st lady
1748 Charles IV king of Spain (1788-1808)
1771 Ephraim McDowell surgeon (pioneered abdominal surgery)
1821 Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky Russia, novelist (Crime & Punishment)
1864 Alfred Hermann Fried Germany, pacifist (Nobel 1911)
1869 Victor Emmanuel III king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia
1883 Ernest Ansermet Vevey Switzerland, conductor (Ruilles de Printemps)

1885 George S Patton general "Old Blood & Guts"

1896 Charles "Lucky" Luciano Sicily, Mafia gangster
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/luciano/index_1.html
1899 Harold "Pie" Traynor baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates)
1899 Pat O'Brien Milwaukee, actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces)
1900 Helena Konopacka Poland, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1928)
1901 Sam Spiegel producer (On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai)
1904 Alger Hiss State Department official and spy
1909 Robert Ryan Chicago, actor (Billy Budd, Dirty Dozen, Longest Day)
1910 Franz Kemser Germany, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1952)
1911 King Hussein of Jordan.
1914 Howard Fast screenwriter (Rachel & the Stranger, Spartacus)
1915 William Proxmire (Sen-D-WI) (Golden Fleece Awards)
1918 Stubby Kaye NYC, actor (Guys & Dolls, Lil' Abner, Cat Ballou)
1922 Kurt Vonnegut Jr author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan)
1925 Jonathan Winters Dayton OH, comedian (J Winters Show, Mork & Mindy)
1927 Mose Allison Mississippi, blues artist (Black Country Suite)
1929 LaVern Baker Chicago, R&B vocalist (I Cried a Tear)
1934 Bibi Andersson Sweden, actress (Scenes From a Marriage)
1934 Paula Myers-Pope US, platform diver, 2 silver, 1 bronze (Oly 1952-60)
1938 Josef Odozil Czech, 1500m (Olympic-silver-1964)
1939 Claudia Boyarskikh USSR, 5K/10K cross country (Olympic-gold-1964)
1943 Jan Adamski Poland, International Chess Master (1976)
1944 Jesse Colin Young NY, rocker (The Youngbloods-Soul of a City Boy)
1945 Daniel Ortega Saavedra EX-President of Nicaragua
1945 Denise Alexander NYC, actress (General Hospital, Another World)
1951 Fuzzy Zoeller New Albany IN, PGA golfer (Masters 1981)
1955 Jigme Singye Wangchuk king of Bhutan (1972- )
1959 Vincent Irizarry Queens NY, actor (Guiding Light, Santa Barbara)
1962 Demi Moore [Guynes], Roswell NM, actress (7th Sign, Blame it on Rio)
1964 Philip McKeon Westbury NY, actor (Tommy-Alice, Return to Horror High)
1965 Brian Wilson NYC, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1974 Leonardo DiCaprio LA, actor (Luke-Growing Pains)

Deaths which occurred on November 11:
0307 Flavius Valerius Severus, compassionate emperor of Rome (306-07), dies
0397 Martinus, (St Martin), Roman bishop of Tours, dies at 81
0511 Clovis, king of Salische France/founder of Merovingians, dies at 45
1831 Nat Turner former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged in VA
1855 Soren A Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher/theologian, dies at 42
1962 Rene Coty President of France, dies at 80

1973 Stringbean [David Akeman], banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), dies at 58

1974 Jane Ace comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 74
1984 Rev Martin Luther King Sr dies in Atlanta at 84
1986 Roger C Carmel actor (Mudd-Star Trek, Mothers-in-Law), dies at 54
1987 L T Coggeshall medical scientist (Secretary of HEW 1956-58), dies at 86

Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties

Iraq
11-Nov-2003 3 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 1
UKR Junior Sergeant Sergiy Suslow Al Asisia Non-hostile - weapon discharge (accid.)
US Specialist Marlon P. Jackson Baghdad (Tampa MSR?) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Specialist Genaro Acosta Baghdad (Taji Airport?) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

11-Nov-2004 8 | US: 8 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Thomas K. Doerflinger Mosul - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire
US Staff Sergeant Sean P. Huey Habbaniyah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Corporal Peter J. Giannopoulos Babil Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Lance Corporal Justin D. Reppuhn Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Lance Corporal Kyle W. Burns Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US 2nd Lieutenant James P. "JP" Blecksmith Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - sniper
US Staff Sergeant Theodore S. "Sam" Holder II Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Corporal Theodore A. Bowling Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire

Afghanistan
A GOOD DAY

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Data research by Pat Kneisler
Designed and maintained by Michael White
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On this day...
0537 St Silverius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1158 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy
1215 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome

1620 41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact (just & equal laws)

1647 Massachusetts passes 1st US compulsory school attendance law
1648 Dutch & French agree to divide St Maarten, Leeward Islands
1714 A highway in the Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street
1778 Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre
1790 Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China
1860 1st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina
1864 Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia
1865 Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor
1868 1st American amateur track & field meet (NYC)
1889 Washington admitted as 42nd state
1895 Bechuanaland becomes part of the Cape Colony
1909 J M Synge's "Tinker's Wedding," premieres in London

1918 Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front)
WWI Casuslty and Death Tables
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/resources/casdeath_pop.html

1921 President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier
1922 Canada's Vernon McKenzie urges to fight U.S. propaganda with taxes on U.S. magazines.
1922 Largest US flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded in 1939 (270' X 90')
1924 Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (San Francisco)
1925 Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five & Hot Seven recordings
1925 Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays
1931 Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veterans Building
1933 "Great Black Blizzard" 1st great dust storm in the Great Plains
1934 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful
1935 Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD
1939 Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"
1940 Blizzard strikes midwestern US killing over 100
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200011/10_steilm_blizzard-m/
1940 Willys unveiled its General Purpose vehicle ("Jeep")
1942 Germany completes their occupation of France
1944 NY Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4)
1957 Demolition begins on cable car barn at California & Hyde (San Francisco)

1959 1st episode of "Rocky & His Friends" airs

1959 Seals Stadium in San Francisco, demolished
1963 Brian Epstein & Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for the Beatles
1963 Gordie Howe ties Rocket Richard's lifetime 544 goal record
1965 Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by PM Ian D Smith
1966 Gemini 12 launched on 4-day flight
1968 Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic
1968 Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England
1969 Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in the UK
1969 Jim Morrison arrested on an airplane by the FBI for drunkenness

1970 U.S. Army Special Forces raid the Son Tay prison camp in North Vietnam but find no prisoners

1972 US Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army
1975 Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1975 Australian PM removed by crown (1st elected PM removed in 200 years)
1980 Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37
(and all I got was this lousy T-shirt)
1980 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against North Stars
1982 30th time Islanders shut-out-2-0 vs North Stars
1982 5th space shuttle mission-Columbia 5-launched 1st commercial flight
1982 Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland
1983 President Reagan became 1st US President to address Japan's legislature
1985 Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools & housing
1987 Judge Anthony M Kennedy nominated to the Supreme Court
1987 Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 M at auction
1988 Oldest known insect fossils (390 million years) reported in Science
1992 General Synod votes for Ordination of women in the UK
2001 In Afghanistan Northern Alliance forces with help from US warplanes and advisers captured Taloqan and some 200 Taliban were reported killed.
2004 Yasser Arafat still dead
2004 US and Iraqi forces, backed by an air and artillery barrage, launched a major attack into the southern half of Fallujah squeezing Sunni fighters into a smaller and smaller cordon. The military estimated 600 insurgents killed thus far in the offensive.

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Angola : Independence Day (1975)
Belgium, France, French countries : Armistice Day
Bhutan : King's Birthday
Canada : Remembrance Day-Veterans Day, 11th Hr-11th Day-11th Month
Colombia : Cartagena Day (1811)
Maldives : Republic Day (1968)
Rhodesia : Independence Day (1965)
St Maarten : Concordia Day
US : Armistice Day/Veterans Day
Washington : Admission Day (1889)
West Germany : Repentance Day
England : Lord Mayor's Day
US : Split Pea Soup Week (Day 5)
Ireland : Day of the Faerie Sidhe
Native American Heritage Month

Religious Observances
Ang, RC : Martinmas, term day in Scotland (Mem of St Martin of Tours)
Luth : Commemoration of Síren Kierkegaard, teacher

Religious History
1215 The Fourth Lateran Council was convened by Pope Innocent III. It was the council which first defined "transubstantiation," the Catholic belief that the bread and wine of the Eucharist change invisibly into the body and blood of Christ.
1620 The "Mayflower Compact" was signed by the 41 Separatists among the passengers of the "Mayflower," serving as the basis for combining themselves "into a civil body politic." Democratic in form, the Compact comprised the first written American constitution, and remained in force until 1691.
1760 English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'You cannot live on what He did yesterday. Therefore He comes today.'
1793 Five months after setting sail for India, English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta. (Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.)
1966 The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren voted to merge into one denomination in the U.S., afterward to be called the United Methodist Church. (The "declaration of union" took place officially on April 23, 1968.)

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Murphy's Military Laws
1 Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.
2 No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.
3 Friendly fire ain't.
4 The most dangerous thing in the combat zone is an officer with a map.
5 The problem with taking the easy way out is that the enemy has already mined it.
6 The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at.
7 The further you are in advance of your own positions, the more likely your artillery will shoot short.
8 Incoming fire has the right of way.
9 If your advance is going well, you are walking into an ambush.
10 The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.
11 If at first you don't succeed, call in an air strike.
12 The only time suppressive fire works is when it is used on abandoned positions.
13 The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
14 Five second fuses always burn three seconds.
15 Don't be conspicuous. In the combat zone, it draws fire. Out of the combat zone, it draws sergeants.
16 If your sergeant can see you, so can the enemy.
17 You are not Superman; Marines and fighter pilots take note.
18 Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
19 Never draw fire; it irritates everyone around you.
20 Anything you do can get you killed, including nothing.
21 Military Intelligence is a contradiction.
22 If you can't remember, the Claymore is pointed toward you.
23 Tracers work both ways.
24 Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support.
25 When you have secured the area, make sure the enemy knows it too.

Thought for the day :
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
George S. Patton

Some truth is getting out of Iraq. First class material in no way to be compared to the Big Media Big Lie.

I am the most extreme tightwad in the world, I believe. I am going to send Michael Yon money.

Strongly suggested.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1520005/posts

http://www.michaelyon.blogspot.com/

Thanks to all our veterans for their service. May God keep and bless those who gave their lives for our freedom.

Today was a very special day for Veterans everywhere. Today the commanders from our local American Legion and VFW posts accepted, on behalf of Veterans, an emblem that was created especially for the Veterans. To date, there has never been an "official" emblem for Veterans. Veterans clubs each have their own, but Veterans as a whole do not have one. By these two organizations accepting this presentation it moves us closer to making it an "official" Veterans emblem.

This I think is long overdue to many Veterans who deserve this kind of recognition. We decided to forego waiting for Congressional approval, which will take months or years, and make it a part of todays Veterans Day Ceremonies. It was only a local ceremony, but through the VFW and the American Legion we hope this finds its way into other posts across the country. We are also planning on a similar presentation to a Chapter of the VVA in another part of the state, after the first of the year.

We would like to be able to make this same kind of presentation to Veterans through other similar organizations throughout the upcoming year. Anyone who can help, please let me know.

I don't know how to post images here so cannot show you the emblem....any help would be appreciated.

Our thanks to all Veterans everywhere for their service in protecting our freedoms.

On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on November 20:
1602 Otto von Guericke inventor (air pump)
1620 Peregrine White son of William & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower
1726 Oliver Wolcott (Ct-Gov), signed Declaration of Independence
1761 Pius VIII 253rd Roman Catholic pope (1829-30)
1830 Patrick Henry Jones Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1836 John Thomas Croxton Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
1866 Kenesaw Mountain Landis judge/1st commissioner of baseball
1869 Clark Griffith Missouri, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)
1884 Norman Thomas Marion Ohio, socialist (presidential candidate 1928-48)
1886 Karl von Frisch zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)
1889 Edwin Hubble astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)
1891 Leon Cadore pitcher (pitched all of 26 inning game)
1900 Chester Gould cartoonist (gave Dick Tracy a job)
1907 Fran Allison LaPorte City Iowa, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)
1908 Alistair Cooke Manchester England, actor (Masterpiece Theatre, Letters from America)
Letters From America
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/letter_from_america/default.stm
1911 Jean Shiley US, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1932)
1914 Emilio Pucci Naples, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954)
1915 Kon Ichikawa Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks)
1916 Robert A Bruce MD, pioneer (exercise cardiology)
1917 Robert Byrd (D-Sen-WV)
1918 Dora Ratjen Germany, man posing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936)
1919 Evelyn Keyes actress (Adventure of Martin Eden)
1920 Gene Tierney Brooklyn, actress (Laura, Razor's Edge, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
1923 Nadine Gordimer South Africa, actress/writer (Lying Days)
1924 Benoit Mandelbrot Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law)
1925 Maya Plisetkaya prima ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet)
1925 Robert Francis Kennedy Brookline MA (D-Sen-NY) AG; assassinated
1926 Kaye Ballard Cleveland Ohio, actress/comedienne (Kaye-Mothers-in-Law)
1927 Estelle Parsons Lynn MA, actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie & Clyde)
1928 Franklin Cover Cleveland, actor (Tom-The Jeffersons)
1929 Dick Clark Mt Vernon NY, TV host (American Bandstand)
1929 Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn Schenectady NY, conductor (American Ballet)
1932 Richard Dawson Hampshire England, actor (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud)
1934 Valentine J Peter Omaha NB, priest (Boy's Town 1985- )
1937 Eero Muntyranta Finland, nordic ski relay (Olympic-gold-1960)
1937 Jack Linkletter San Francisco CA, TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny)
1939 Dick Smothers NYC, comedian (Smother Brothers' Show)
1940 Bob Einstein Los Angeles CA, comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne)
1941 Gary Karr Los Angeles CA, double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic)
1942 Joseph R Biden Jr (D-Sen-Del)
1942 Norman Greenbaum Massachusetts, folk singer (Spirit in the Sky)
1943 Veronica Hamel Philadelphia PA, actress (Joyce-Hill St Blues)
1946 Duane Allman rocker (Allman Brothers-Jessica, Ramblin' Man)
1946 Judy Woodruff newscaster (McNeil Lehrer Report)
1947 Joe Walsh Wichita KS, guitarist/rocker (The James Gang, Eagles)
1948 Richard Masur NYC, actor (David-One Day at a Time)
1949 Juha Mieto Finland, 15KM skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
1954 Steve Dahl California, Chicago's anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM)
1956 Bo Derek Long Beach Cal, actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man)
1956 Mark Gastineau NFL end (NY Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85)
1959 Sean Young Louisville KY, actress (Dune, Young Doctor in Love)
1974 Marisa Ryan actress (Major Dad)

Deaths which occurred on November 20:
0967 Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies
1527 Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic
1903 Tom Horn (Scout, Indian Fighter) hung
1910 Leo Tolstoy Russia, author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82
1962 Jasper McLevy socialist mayor of Bridgeport CT, dies
1968 Cathy Lewis actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies at 50
1973 Allan Sherman songwriter ("Camp Granada"), dies
1975 Gen Francisco Franco Spain's dictator, Still dead
1983 Marcel Dalio actor (Casablanca), dies at 83
1983 Richard Loo actor, dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
1985 Bill Scott cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65

Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties

Iraq
20-Nov-2003 3 | US: 3 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private Scott Matthew Tyrrell Brooke Army Med Center, TX Non-hostile - ordnance accident
US Captain George A. Wood Al Ghalibiyah (nr. Ba’qubah) - Diyala Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Specialist Joseph L. Lister Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

26-Nov-2004 5 | US: 5 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Lance Corporal David B. Houck Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Lance Corporal Bradley M. Faircloth Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - grenade
US Lance Corporal Jordan D. Winkler Camp Fallujah - Anbar Non-hostile - unspecified cause
US Private 1st Class Harrison J. Meyer Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Private Brian K. Grant Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire

Afghanistan
A GOOD DAY

http://icasualties.org/oif/
Data research by Pat Kneisler
Designed and maintained by Michael White
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Go here and I'll stop nagging.
http://soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php

On this day...
0269 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor of Numerian in Asia Minor by his soldiers. He had been the commander of the emperor's bodyguard.
1272 Edward I proclaimed King of England
1521 Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine
1616 Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War
1637 Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden(Peter later purchased Manhattan Island for 60 guilders)
1780 Britain declares war on Holland

1789 New Jersey becomes 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights

1829 Jews are expelled from Russia's Nikolayev & Sevastopol
1862 Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg
1866 1st national convention of Grand Army of the Republic (veterans' organization)
1866 Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
1873 Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary
1888 William Bundy patents the timecard clock
(So next time you're late for work, you know who to blame)
1890 Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in the missions
1894 US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
1903 In Cheyenne, Wyoming, 42-year-old hired gunman Tom Horn is hanged for the murder of 14-year-old Willie Nickell.
Tom Horn - The Legends, The Truth
http://www.tom-horn.com/story.htm
1910 Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1914 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1917 Ukrainian Republic declared
1919 1st municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az
1928 WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
1931 Commercial teletype service begins
1938 1st documented anti-Semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
1941 Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
1942 NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over

1943 US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Island
Tarawa on the Web
http://www.tarawaontheweb.org/
1945 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1947 "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
1947 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (The New Jersey)
1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten
1947 UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH)
1959 UN adopts the declaration of children's rights
1962 US lifts blockade of Cuba
1966 Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times
1967 At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million
1969 Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal
1970 UN General Assembly accepts membership of China PR
1974 The United States files an antitrust suit to break up ATT.
1975 Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for the 1976 Republican presidential nomination. He lost to incumbent Gerald Ford.
1976 George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live

1977 Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset

1977 Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards, against Minn Vikings
1980 Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (Oakland A's)
1980 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
1980 UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting
1981 Anatoly Karpov, USSR retains world chess championship
1981 Ringo releases "Stop & Smell the Roses" album
1983 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "The Day After," about nuclear war (Reagan's gonna kill us all!!!)
1983 Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
1983 NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
1985 Yankee Don Mattingly named AL MVP
1986 UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
1990 Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership
1990 US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space
1991 California Democrat Alan Cranston accepted a Senate reprimand for his dealings with former savings-and-loan chief Charles H. Keating Jr., but then denied he was guilty of many of the allegations, prompting an angry rebuttal by New Hampshire Republican Warren B. Rudman.
2000 Lawyers for Al Gore and George W. Bush battled before the Florida Supreme Court over whether the presidential election recount should be allowed to continue.
2001 Portland police refuse to cooperate with FBI efforts to interview some 5,000 Middle Eastern men because the questioning violated state laws
2002 On the eve of a NATO summit in the Czech Republic, President Bush, recalling Europe's grim history of "excusing aggression," challenged skeptical allies to stand firm against Saddam Hussein.
2003 Islamic terrorists attack HSBC London-based bank and the British consulate in Turkey
2004 Germany and the United States agree on a proposal to write off as much as 80 percent of Iraq's debt.

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Mexico : Revolution Day (1910)
World : Rights of the Child Day
US : National Children's Book Week Begins (Monday)
US : Bible Sunday
US : Holidays Are Pickle Days (thru 12-31)
Absurdity Day
Religion and Philosophy Month

Religious Observances
Ang : Commemoration of Edmund
RC : Commemoration of St Felix of Valois, confessor

Religious History
1541 In Switzerland, French reformer John Calvin, 32, established a theocratic government at Geneva, thereby creating a home base for emergent Protestantism throughout Europe.
1572 The first Presbyterian meeting house in England was established at Wandsworth, Surrey.
1850 Blind Fanny Crosby underwent a dramatic spiritual conversion at age 30. Fifteen years later, she began writing her first of over 8,000 hymns texts. Many of these remain popular today, including "Rescue the Perishing," "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross," "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" and "Tell Me the Story of Jesus."
1872 The hymn penned by Annie Sherwood Hawks, 36 __ "I Need Thee Every Hour" __ was first sung at a National Baptist Sunday School Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1961 The Russian Orthodox Church joined the World Council of Churches.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Elderly Ga. Man on Oxygen Foils Robbers

Nov 20, 9:43 AM (ET)

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Despite being 83 years old and reliant on oxygen tubes for a lung ailment, Harry Carpenter wouldn't let his wife of 57 years be robbed by knife-wielding intruders in his own home.
Two would-be robbers forced their way into the home of Carpenter and his wife, Jackie, Wednesday evening while the two were having dinner, according to a police report.

One of them made Harry Carpenter sit down in the sun room, while the other went with Jackie Carpenter, 80, to get money from her bedroom.
Carpenter tried to come to his wife's rescue but was threatened with the knife.

Then he got his break - his wife pretended to faint and the intruder who was holding him went into the other room to see what was happening.
Carpenter shuffled to the laundry room, where he kept an old, unloaded rifle that he used to shoot squirrels, he said.

When one of the intruders came back, he found Carpenter aiming the rifle at him and yelled at his companion to flee. Police were unable to locate the two suspects, who didn't get any money.

Thought for the day :
"People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster."
Alistair Cooke

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