The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Battle of Lake Erie (9/10/1813)- April 21st, 2003

http://www.mywebman.com/tour/war/TheBattleofLakeErie.htm ^ | Douglas Large

[SAMWolf]

I'm getting so used to seeing your "Present!". Thanks

[SAMWolf]

"Work" is a 4-letter word! I hate when work inferfers with Freeping.

[snippy_about_it]

A view of the Perry Monument from on the lake

DID YOU KNOW...?

Excerpt;

When President Thomas Jefferson decreased the size of the Navy in 1801, Oliver Hazard Perry was one of only 150 midshipmen retained.

[Soaring Feather]

Good afternoon SAM, everyone.

[Darksheare]

But.. but...
Wandering spacetime is fun!

[SAMWolf]

Current Military News
Journey Home

Six of the seven former prisoners of war step from a medical bus and wave to supporters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany before boarding the C-17 aircraft that will return them home on April 19. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Maria L.


Former prisoner of war Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young, Jr., speaks with Major David Kenton, 300th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, in the cockpit of the C-17 aircraft that will take him and six other former prisoners of war home from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Maria L. Taylor


Former prisoner of war U.S. Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson tries out her crutches with help from medical personnel, aboard the C-17 aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, that will take her and the six other prisoners of war home to the United States. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Maria L. Taylor


Former prisoners of war Chief Warrant Officer, Ronald D. Young, Jr. (left) and Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams speak with crewmembers of the 300th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, in the cockpit of the C-17 aircraft that will take them and five other former prisoners of war home to the United States. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Maria L. Taylor


Former prisoner of war, U.S. Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson is prepared for the long flight home. Shoshana, along with the other six former prisoners of wa. will be flown from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, aboard a C-17 aircraft to the United States. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Maria L. Taylor

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Feather! SO nice to see your "Good Morning" again.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the Links Snippy.

Seems like Jefferson made a very wise choice.

It's the men and women who stick with the military through the lean times that seem to end up being the best.

[HiJinx]

Another tribute to Commodore Perry on the shores of Lake Erie!

[SAMWolf]

Morning HiJinx. Looks like a good day there today. 55 degress and partly cloudy.

[HiJinx]

Great shooting weather.

You mentioned the guys who made it through the lean times turn out to be some of our best. Commodore Perry, Gen'l Pershing...

We actually have an untold number of military men whose stories have stirred our imaginations. I almost put Carlos Hathcock's picture in the post this morning...he came up in the google search for Camp Perry...but it didn't seem quite appropriate.

Maybe another day, eh?

[SAMWolf]

Sounds like a plan.

Yu can add Patton to the list to as a matter of fact a lot of the WWII people who stuck it out in the 30's where the great leaders of WWII.

[JustAmy]

Thanks for the ping, Jen.

Great job with today's thread, Sam.

God Bless Our Military, Past and Present.

[SAMWolf]

Current Military News
American in His Heart
and his Actions

Staff Sgt. Riayan Tejeda

Staff Sgt. Riayan Tejeda, of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, is shown in this photo posted on the door of his family's apartment building in the Washington Heights section of New York, Monday, April 14, 2003. The 26-year-old Marine, a native of the Dominican Republic who wanted to become a U.S. citizen, was killed in the war in Iraq during a firefight in Baghdad according to officials and family . (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)


Andre Tejeda, 22, brother of slain Staff Sgt. Riayan Tejeda of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, leaves his family's apartment building in the Washington Heights section of New York, Monday, April 14, 2003.


Relatives surround Rafaella del Carmen Tejeda Lora, the mother of Riayan A. Tejeda, U.S. Marine and a Dominican citizen killed in Iraq, at the conclusion of a funeral mass Monday, April 21, 2003, in the Washington Heights section of New York. From left, Tejeda's father Julio Cesar Tejeda, and above, Tejeda's brother Angel. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)


An unidentified relative of U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Riayan A. Tejeda holds his portrait and a white rose during a funeral mass for the slain Marine, Monday, April 21, 2003, in the Washington Heights section of New York. Tejeda was a Dominican citizen. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Just Amy. Been getting some good help.

[JustAmy]

Good Morning, All.

[weldgophardline]

Good afternoon SAMWolf and all.

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon, weldgophardline.

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL ! Reminds me of some of the kids nowadays imitating some of the stunts they've seen played out on that show "JackAss".

[Darksheare]

Naaah, that's par for the course for Artillery types.
Difference is, they'd be firing someone else out the tube.

Then again, Artillery types are just grown up(?) kids and pranksters anywhoos.