"It's a great day for hockey!"
Posted on 06/19/2006 1:14:27 PM PDT by fanfan
We had to go grocery shopping tonight. We were just flinging stuff in the cart. "C'mon! Let's go!! We have to get home in time for the game!!" LOL
HEADQUARTERS
EIGHTH UNITED STATES ARMY ( KOREA )
Office of the Commanding General
APO 301
GENERAL ORDER
number 453
23rd June 1951
Section 1
AWARD OF DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION
BATTLE HONOURS – By direction of the President, under the provisions of Executive Order 9396 (Sec I, WD Bul. 22, 1943) Superseding Executive Order 9075 (Sec III, WD Bul. 16, 1942) and pursuant to authority in AR 260-15, the following units are cited as public evidence of deserved honour and distinction.
3RD BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
2ND BATTALION, PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY COMPANY A
72ND HEAVY TANK BATTALION (UNITED STATES)
are cited for extraordinary heroism and outstanding performance of combat duties in action against the armed enemy near Kapyong, Korea, on the 24 and 25 April 1951. The enemy had broken through the main line of resistance and penetrated to the area north of Kapyong. The units listed above were deployed to stem the assault. The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, moved to the right flank of the sector and took up defensive positions north of the Pukham River. The 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, defended in the vicinity of Hill 677 on the left flank. Company A, 72nd Heavy Tank Battalion, supported all units to the full extent of its capacity and, in addition, kept the main roads open and assisted in evacuating the wounded. Troops from a retreating division passed through the sector which enabled enemy troops to infiltrate with the withdrawing forces. The enemy attacked savagely under the clangor of bugles and trumpets. The forward elements were completely surrounded going through the first day and into the second. Again and again the enemy threw waves of troops at the gallant defenders, and many times succeeded in penetrating the outer defences, but each time the courageous, indomitable, and determined soldiers repulsed the fanatical attacks. Ammunition ran low and there was no time for food. Critical supplies were dropped by air to the encircled troops, and they stood their ground in resolute defiance of the enemy. With serene and indefatigable persistence, the gallant soldiers held their defensive positions and took heavy tolls of the enemy. In some instances when the enemy penetrated the defences, the commanders directed friendly artillery fire on their own positions in repelling the thrusts. Toward the close of 25 April, the enemy break-through had been stopped. The seriousness of the break-through on the central front had been changed from defeat to victory by the gallant stand of these heroic and courageous soldiers. The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment; 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry; and Company A, 72nd Heavy Tank Battalion, displayed such gallantry, determination, and espirit de corps in accomplishing their missions under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions as to set them apart and above other units participating in the campaign, and by their achievements they brought distinguished credit on themselves, their homelands, and all freedom-loving nations
BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL VAN FLEET:
Leven C. Allen
Major General US Army
Chief of Staff
Source
"It's a great day for hockey!"
Don't write off those Blue Jays this season. As a member of Red Sox Nation, they scare me more than the Damn Yankees this year...
Yes. Good job. They were brave men. Brave men fought from many countries.
I stand by the earlier points I made.
"But man oh man, who in their right mind would name an infantry division
"Princess" anything? "
Yeah, it doesn't sound right to our ears here south of the border. Especially
when we've grown up hearing about "Screamin' Eagles", "Thunderbirds"
and the like.
But I'd be careful of saying anything about The Patricias.
And be well over 1.5 miles away, if you must say something other than
"those guys are d-mned good shots!".
OK, this is from Wikipedia, but a good condensate:
"In March 2002 during Operation Anaconda, a five-man sniper team from
the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry set two new world records
for farthest combat kill with a rifle. First, Master Cpl. Arron Perry broke
the old record by hitting an al-Qaeda forward observer from a distance
of 2,310 metres (over 1.43 miles). Days later, Perry's sniper teammate
Cpl. Rob Furlong set the current world record by firing a shot from a .50
cal McMillan Tac-50 sniper rifle that killed an al-Qaeda soldier at an
estimated distance of 2,430 metres (over 1.5 miles).[1] Both shots surpassed
the long-standing previous world record of 2,250 metres (over 1.39 miles)
set by U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock during the Vietnam War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Patricia%E2%80%99s_Canadian_Light_Infantry
Same here.
My 'Canes are up 1-0!
Helluva great start!
But I fully admit that the Red Wings are NO slouches when it comes to hoisting the cup either.
Edmonton dodged a bullet there!
No goal and no penalty shot!
Technically, that Cup belongs to Tampa until the game ends tonight.
Detroit hasn't won it since 2002 and even then, Montreal has the all-time record, by a LOT.
I've given up any hope of seeing Lord Stanley in Chicago during my lifetime.
Go Oil eh?
was a guest at Cold Lake AFB in a previous lifetime (aptly named).
LOL
yeah I want to see the Oil take it home.
I mean, they DID beat my Wings :)
hawk fans (whoever is left) spell detriot De toilet
What a game They are letting them play and it is great...
yeah...
and, as usual, I am death on teams....
When I want them to win, they lose :)
I should just keep them to myself
Would it be possible to change/add to the title of this thread to (NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 7 - Live Thread) ??
2-0
Carolina is playing better. Ward mus have a horshoe up his butt.
What a shot by Kaberle He drilled it
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