The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Apr-1961)

To: SAMWolf; Johnny Gage; HiJinx

Whew! Glad we got that straightened out. My brains were getting scrambled for awhile. hahahaha

81 posted on 04/17/2003 3:39:10 PM PDT by Jen (Housework can't kill you, but why take the chance?)

To: SAMWolf; AntiJen; Luis Gonzalez; Cincinatus' Wife

Thank you for the flag! Very interesting. Every once in a while, I'll listen to the surviving members of the Brigada 2506 and their wives speaking on Miami Cuban radio. One member spoke of going ashore and hiding out until a young boy who appeared to be from a Cuban farm family found him. Knowing that Fidel's Communist Party had already had much success in creating hostility against the middle class and upper socioeconomic classes on the part of the rural Cuban community, he was sure that he would be turned in to the Cuban police, but that child and his family and almost the whole little country town hid him for days until he could be rescued. He said the family and the town were searched and questioned, but they would not turn him in!

82 posted on 04/17/2003 3:42:50 PM PDT by Prodigal Daughter

My shovel? I had it surgically attached to myself last night so I won't forget, didn't you know, ROFL! (I hope the shovel thing isn't a joke that I don't get right, haha). I don't know if he had time to look yet (we both have our own computers, isn't it great, hehe). He will be online tonight for sure though, I will remind him, thanks :)

83 posted on 04/17/2003 3:46:07 PM PDT by Mon

84 posted on 04/17/2003 4:06:01 PM PDT by SAMWolf (CNN: We knew about Saddam for 12 years, but Republicans are worse, so we didn't say anything.)

Hi Sam! This is some great stuff you guys are posting! I try and read more tonight, I have class later and tomorrow we are driving to see my father-in-law until Sunday, incase you guys don't hear from me until then - happy easter everybody :)

85 posted on 04/17/2003 4:09:36 PM PDT by Mon

To: weldgophardline; AntiJen

Put me on your ping list please the history that is on this thread is awesome and I need my teenage son to learn why history is important.

weldgophardline

Will do, thanks and welcome.

86 posted on 04/17/2003 4:09:54 PM PDT by SAMWolf (CNN: We knew about Saddam for 12 years, but Republicans are worse, so we didn't say anything.)

More than a secretary and very well appreciated for taking some of the workload over and leaving me to concentrate on the fun stuff.

87 posted on 04/17/2003 4:11:59 PM PDT by SAMWolf (CNN: We knew about Saddam for 12 years, but Republicans are worse, so we didn't say anything.)

To: Prodigal Daughter

Thanks Prodigal Daughter. I love hearing about historical events from someone who participated in it. A lot different perspective than what's in the books.

88 posted on 04/17/2003 4:14:33 PM PDT by SAMWolf (CNN: We knew about Saddam for 12 years, but Republicans are worse, so we didn't say anything.)

To: Vets_Husband_and_Wife

Thanks for the map. It didn't show at work for some reason

89 posted on 04/17/2003 4:15:17 PM PDT by SAMWolf (CNN: We knew about Saddam for 12 years, but Republicans are worse, so we didn't say anything.)

To: radu; snippy_about_it; LaDivaLoca; TEXOKIE; cherry_bomb88; Bethbg79

Current Military News
Welcome Homes
and
Final Farewells

Washington Redskins (news) player Rock Cartwright, left, visits with Marine Cpl. James W. Carl, from Long Island, New York, at Walter Reed Medical Center Thursday, April 17, 2003, in Washington. Walter Reed is currently treating about 40 men and women who've recently returned from Kuwait and Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/ Lawrence Jackson)

Washington Redskins (news) players Tre Johnson (news), right, and Rock Cartwright, center, visit with Marine Spc. Jason Poudrier, of Klamath Falls, Ore. at Walter Reed Medical Center Thursday, April 17, 2003, in Washington. Walter Reed is currently treating about 40 men and women who have recently returned from Kuwait and Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

F-16 pilot Maj. Kevin Jens of the 419th Fighter Wing from Hill Air Force Base greets his 18-month-old son Eric, right, wearing his hat, as daughter Lexi, 4, waves upon his arrival at Salt Lake International Airport on Thursday, April 17, 2003, in Salt Lake City. Jens was one of more than a hundred reservists who returned home from deployment in the war on Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Kent C. Horner)

Machinist Mate 3rd Class Brian Walker plays TAPS on his trumpet during a Burial at Sea on the fast combat support ship USS Sacramento April 15, 2003. Burial at sea is a means of final disposition of remains that is performed on United States Navy vessels. The Sacramento is currently on deployment with the USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Force in the western Pacific Ocean. REUTERS/Handout/Martin S. Fuentes

Residents hold a U.S. flag and a sign to honor U.S. Army Specialist James Kiehl as they wait for his funeral procession to arrive for graveside services in Center Point, Texas, April 14, 2003. Kiehl, who was a member of the 507th Maintenance Company, was killed when his supply detail was ambushed by Iraqi forces in the early stages of the war with Iraq. Kiehl's body was receovered by U.S. Special Forces when they rescued fellow soldier Jessica Lynch from an Iraqi hospital. REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell

90 posted on 04/17/2003 4:50:31 PM PDT by SAMWolf (CNN: We knew about Saddam for 12 years, but Republicans are worse, so we didn't say anything.)

To: Prodigal Daughter

Thanks for sharing that story. These type of posts flesh out the thread and add so much of a personal touch to each topic. You are VERY welcome for the ping/flag.

91 posted on 04/17/2003 4:55:09 PM PDT by Jen (Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun once a year.)

I'm keeping the picture of the sailor playing taps, it's a beautiful and moving shot.

92 posted on 04/17/2003 5:04:30 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our Troops)

Surgically attached? I'm afraid to ask where... hahahaha

No, I'm wasn't playing a newbie joke on you about the shovel, just being my goofy self.

But, hey can you do me a favor and tomorrow before you dive into the Foxhole can you pick up a yard of flight line and two gallons of prop wash? Thanks in advance. ;-)

93 posted on 04/17/2003 5:04:36 PM PDT by Jen (Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun once a year.)

Sorry about causing that confusion I got the posts by Johnny and Hijinx mixed up.

94 posted on 04/17/2003 5:06:16 PM PDT by SAMWolf (We two of Saddam's half-brother btothers, does that mean we have one whole brother now?)

Have a great visit with your family and a happy Easter if I don't see you before then!

95 posted on 04/17/2003 5:09:18 PM PDT by Jen (Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun once a year.)

To: AntiJen; Mon

Hey I need some Grid Squares too. Don't forget we're running low.

96 posted on 04/17/2003 5:15:37 PM PDT by SAMWolf (We two of Saddam's half-brother btothers, does that mean we have one whole brother now?)

To: snippy_about_it

Help yourself, that's one of the other reasons they get posted. Feel free to post any good ones you have, we don't necessarily stay with the theme of the day all day long.

97 posted on 04/17/2003 5:18:33 PM PDT by SAMWolf (We two of Saddam's half-brother btothers, does that mean we have one whole brother now?)

You have a Happy Easter too and I hope your FIL is a lot better than my MIL.

98 posted on 04/17/2003 5:20:01 PM PDT by SAMWolf (We two of Saddam's half-brother btothers, does that mean we have one whole brother now?)

99 posted on 04/17/2003 5:32:23 PM PDT by Jen (Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun once a year.)

I am glad I found your picture posts!! I was afraid that because of the 'other threads' issues, I would never see you wonderful pictures. I look forward to your pictures every day.

Thanks for all you do.

100 posted on 04/17/2003 5:46:10 PM PDT by Do the Dew

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