The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Typhoon Cobra - Disaster at Sea - Dec. 18th, 2002

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[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks Sam.

[SAMWolf]

I knew that'd bring the Cheerleader graphic out. LOL

[Jen]

GOOD News!!! I passed the stinkin', square-filler math class and my CGI-Perl class. Yippee! I'm FREE now for a couple weeks until school starts again. :-(

BAD News -- I'm exhausted! My brain is hurting from all the numbers I had to crunch today and the Perl scripts I had to debug and finish. So... I am off to bed.

I'm so glad I'll get to hang out more from now on. I've missed y'all!!

[SAMWolf]

Congrats Jen. Now take it easy and rest for a while.

[Jen]

I'm tempted to get out the blender and mix some Margaritas and enjoy them in the hot tub. I don't have to get up early tomorrow - except to post the ping list and the graphics. Hmmmmm... decisions, decisions.

[SAMWolf]

Bet the Margaritas and hot tub wins.

[Jen]

You know me so well, don't you Sam? hehehehe

Jump on in. Missy and Victoria - you too!

Ohhhhhh, Fintan.... The Margaritas are extra yummy tonight...

[Dubya]

Thanks for the bump. She sure impressed me.

[Jen]

I was impressed too, and hopeful for the next generation. Thanks for linking to that thread here.

[Peaches]

Thanks again for the Thread.
Thank You, SamWolf for posting this story.
Thank you for remembering our veterans during the holidays and eveyday.

[MistyCA]

dittos! Thanks, Dubya!

[MistyCA]

You are very welcome! :)

[MistyCA]

Fantastic, Jen! Good Job! Get some rest. :)

[MistyCA]

LOL! I should have known! :)

[farmfriend]

My Uncle Buddy was injured on a navel ship during WWII. I'll have to ask him more about it.

[MistyCA]

Thank you for coming by, Peaches! Love seeing you here. :)

[MistyCA]

Tell your uncle Buddy thanks for his service and sacrifice. It is appreciated. I would love to hear more about his experiences. :)

[farmfriend]

I really need to document them before it is too late. He is in his mid eighties after all. He was my grandfather's brother. Didn't really know his real name until I started associating with him and his new wife. They have been married for 4 or 5 years. Really cute couple. He was widowed something like 18 years before they met and married. Anyway, his real name is Milton Young. My grandfather, didn't know his real name 'till I saw it in stone. Herman. He always went by Slim.

'Bout all I know about uncle Buddy's service is that he was serving on a ship and metal of somesort injured his leg cutting nerves etc. He has had little feeling and a hard time walking ever since. He also has a bad back, I believe was associated with the injury but I don't know. Nor do I know which ship he served on. Sad. Still pulls out a chair for a lady etc.

[JLO]

Hello Misty, don't be surprised if the whole TC area is at a standstill tomorrow. Roads up here - schools, etc. were closed all day - we're 200 or so miles north - glazed over. And from what I hear, all that rain will put another inch or so of ice when it freezes tonight - and (?) I heard snow on top over that.

If you absolutely HAVE to drive, I still wouldn't do it. But, then again, I'm a bit nervous - getting a little older. (If I were a novice driving on ice/snow - no way!)

JLO

[Light Speed]

During my first read on USS Isherwoods action report log from 1944 when their destroyer division was in the Aluetians learned that a large portion of their logistics was to sail in paralell routes to the bombing runs being sent from the US Bases in the Aleutians to faraway Paramashiro and Matsuwa in Japans home waters.
survival in the frigid arctic waters for aircrews was leathal... one occassion the Isherwood found 3 U.S. airmen frozen stiff in a dingy.[the men sharing with me at a reunion mentioned they had to thaw the bodies out before they could put them in the freezer for transit back to Dutch Harbor].
subs and tin cans tried to be there for them..but as the weather was continually violent..it was more luck than manuever.

The U.S. airmen who flew in these bombing ops in the Aleutians were exceedingly brave.