The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Task Unit Taffy 3 - (10/25/1944) - May 30th, 2003

http://www.foreigncorrespondent.com/archive/taffy-3.html ^ | 12 Nov 1998 | Eric Margolis

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Johnny.

Those stubby wings sure made the Wildcat look strange. In the hands of a good pilot, she still held her own against the Zero.

[snippy_about_it]

lol.

[SAMWolf]

Haven't thought about that song in a long time.

Thanks for the memories.

[snippy_about_it]

HA! I just got your tag line. lol. I know, I'm a little slow today. :)

[SAMWolf]

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[SAMWolf]

:-). It's Friday, minds are on things othet than taglines.

[snippy_about_it]

Yes. More than even I imagined. lol. Good pictures.

[SAMWolf]

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We Grieve with our Allies

The Spanish flag-draped coffins of 62 Spanish peacekeepers stand on the tarmac before a funeral service at Torrejon's air base, near Madrid, May 28, 2003. A Ukranian Yak-42 plane which was carrying the 62 Spanish peacekeepers and 13 crew returning from Afghanistancrashed near Turkey's Black Sea city of Trabzon early May 26, as it tried to land in dense fog, killing all aboard. REUTERS/Sergio Perez


International peacekeepers with gather during a service at an air base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 30, 2003 to pay tribute to dozens of Spanish soldiers who died in a plane crash on their way home the country. The 62 Spanish soldiers died Monday when their airplane hit a mountain slope near the Turkish town of Macka as they headed home after completing tours of duty in Afghanistan. Some 5,000 peacekeepers are in Kabul to ensure law and order, and to protect the government. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)


A soldier from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) weeps during a memorial ceremony for victims of a plane crash that killed many of their Spanish (ISAF) counterparts, in Kabul May 30, 2003. Following the completion of their mission in Kabul, the 62 Spanish soldiers were killed when their plane crashed in Turkey on Monday while they were heading home. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood


Spain's Queen Sofia consoles some of the relatives of the 62 Spanish peacekeepers during a mass at the Torrejon military airbase in Madrid, Spain Wednesday May 28, 2003. The Spanish troops were flying home to Spain after a four-month mission in Afghanistan when the Russian-made Yak-42D crashed last Monday on a mountain slope near the Turkish Black Sea port city of Trabzon. The crash was Spain's worst military accident ever. (AP Photo/Paul White)


Spain's King Juan Carlos, right consoles relatives of the killed 62 Spanish peacekeepers during a mass at the Torrejon military airbase in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, May 28, 2003. The Spanish troops were flying home to Spain after a four-month mission in Afghanistan when the Russian-made Yak-42D crashed last Monday on a mountain slope near the Turkish Black Sea port city of Trabzon. The crash was Spain's worst military accident ever. (AP Photo/Paul White)


Archbishop Estepa blesses some of the coffins of the 62 Spanish peacekeepers killed in a plane crash during a mass at the Torrejon military airbase in Madrid, Spain Wednesday May 28, 2003. The Spanish troops were flying home to Spain after a four-month mission in Afghanistan (news - web sites) when the Russian-made Yak-42D crashed last Monday on a mountain slope near the Turkish Black Sea port city of Trabzon. The crash was Spain's worst military accident ever. (AP Photo/Paul White)


Soldiers carry the coffins of their colleagues May 29, 2003, from the Brunete engineers regiment during their burial in Burgos May 29, 2003. Some 62 Spanish peacekeeping soldiers died while returning from Afghanistan (news - web sites) when their plane crashed in heavy fog near the Turkish town of Trabzon early May 26, killing all aboard, including 12 crew members. REUTERS/Felix Ordonez

[Soaring Feather]

Wonderful happy pictures!

Thanks SAM!

[Soaring Feather]

(Hummingbirds never remember the words to songs.)
ROTFLOL!!!!

[snippy_about_it]

Very sad.

[SAMWolf]

Love watching the hummingbirds at my feeder. WE get them all year round here.

[SAMWolf]

Yes. There's never a good time or way to die, but this is especially heartbreaking.

[SAMWolf]

St. Lo and Taffy 3 making smoke

[Soaring Feather]

Say what??? All year???? Oh are'nt you lucky?
Hummers and Barn Swallows are the first birds to leave here. I have trouble attracting them here, I don't know why, maybe to much traffic?? I have a nice back yard and flowers to attract them. They like red. Rarely do I see them. :-(

[SAMWolf]

:-( I haven't seen any Barn swallows but whe have a flock of swallows that hang around the house most of th espring and summer. Besides the flowers I have a hummingbird feeder off the deck that they seem to like.

[beachn4fun]

Oh, boy... my heart goes out to our Spanish friends at their loss. SALUTE!!!! We surely can understand this.....

[SAMWolf]

Yeah, this sure fits the decription of tragedy.

[HiJinx]

You mean, like this little guy? Catching a hummingbird at rest isn't really as hard as it may seem...but you really really really have to be in the right place at the right time and very observant. The diminutive size of this smallest of North American birds makes it difficult to spot at rest. It's distinctive call is what usually helps me spot them.

Broad-billed Hummingbird ~ Cynanthus latriostris
~ Arizona Highways Online Wildlife Portfolio - Birds

[SCDogPapa]

Very sad.

So is this!!! I have deleated all cookies and rebooted this computer enough to melt her down. If this posts 3 times the problem MUST BE AT FR!!! It works great everwhere else. Any help from FR would be appreciated.

Thanks