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| July 19, 2015
| Jim Robinson
Posted on 07/19/2015 11:12:42 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: onyx
Work tomorrow for me. Sleep well my dear friend.
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posted on
07/19/2015 7:30:24 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(Support Free Republic and Keep freedom ALIVE!)
To: onyx
The heat is abating. I'm going to go lay in front of a fan. LOL
Goodnight.
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posted on
07/19/2015 7:30:46 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: onyx
I'm a big fan of cookies.
DONATE
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posted on
07/19/2015 7:34:34 PM PDT
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Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society)
To: onyx
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posted on
07/19/2015 7:37:45 PM PDT
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Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society)
To: FReepers; FRiends; Patriots
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posted on
07/19/2015 7:39:36 PM PDT
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Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society)
To: FReepers; FRiends; Patriots
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posted on
07/19/2015 7:43:24 PM PDT
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Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society)
To: FReepers; FRiends; Patriots
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posted on
07/19/2015 7:46:18 PM PDT
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Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society)
To: FReepers; FRiends; Patriots
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posted on
07/19/2015 7:46:51 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society)
To: Lady Jag
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posted on
07/19/2015 8:05:14 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: All
"Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music."Ronald Reagan
please click the pic
donate today!
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posted on
07/19/2015 8:07:08 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: onyx; RedMDer; DJ MacWoW; Lady Jag; All
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posted on
07/19/2015 8:12:19 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham; onyx; JustAmy; DJ MacWoW; RedMDer; musicman; Lady Jag; TheOldLady; STARWISE; Alamo-Girl; ..
Thank you very much, trisham!!
Woo hoo!!
And this just in:
$10.00 monthly from Illinois
$150.00 from Maryland
$10.00 from Illinois
$50.00 from Massachusetts
Thank you all very much!!
FReepers are the absolute greatest!!
God bless.
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posted on
07/19/2015 8:46:11 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: trisham; FReepers; All
Jim Robinson wrote:
Thank you very much, trisham!!
Woo hoo!!
And this just in:
$10.00 monthly from Illinois $150.00 from Maryland $10.00 from Illinois $50.00 from Massachusetts
Thank you all very much!!
FReepers are the absolute greatest!!
God bless.
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posted on
07/19/2015 11:02:55 PM PDT
by
bd476
To: FReepers; All
Regarding a donation from a Freeper from Georgia, which was noted on an earlier thread.
Thank you, Georgia! Georgia ~ Where Heroes Are Forged *
Georgia's Stone Mountain
Georgia's Stone Mountain has its lights on at night...
Jacks River Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Georgia
Dockery-Lake Chattahoochee National Forest Georgia
Red Top Mountain Cartersville, Georgia
* Georgia ~ Where Heroes Are Forged
Close-up out of respect for a National Hero
The Col. Robert Sink Memorial Trail Currahee Mountain Toccoa, Georgia
Lieutenant General Robert Frederick Sink
aka Bob, Five-Oh-Sink
Born April 3, 1905 Lexington, North Carolina Died December 13, 1965 (aged 60) Fort Bragg, North Carolina Place of burial Arlington National Cemetery
Education:
Trinity College which is now known as Duke University West Point Class of 1927 United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia
Commands Held:
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 7th Armored Division 44th Infantry Division XVIII Airborne Corps Strategic Army Corps (STRAC) Caribbean Command, Panama Canal Zone
World War II:
Operation Overlord (Battle of Normandy D-Day) Operation Market Garden Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne
Korean War:
Asst. Div. Cdr. 7th Infantry Division
Awards:
3 Silver Stars 2 Legions of Merit 2 Bronze Stars 2 Air Medals
World War II
In 1940, he was assigned to the 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion at Fort Benning. Sink became one of the four percent of the Army's paratroopers qualified as a master parachutist and celebrated his birthday each year by making another jump.
He later commanded the 503rd Parachute Infantry Battalion and (later) Regiment. In July 1942 he was named Commander of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Toccoa, Georgia; Fort Benning, Georgia; and Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Sink commanded the 506th throughout World War II, turning down two promotions during the war to remain with the unit (the regiment sometimes being referred to as the "Five-Oh-Sink").
Sink was also a close personal friend of Major Richard Winters.
"When I first met Sink I was in awe. He was sitting behind his desk smoking a cigarette. He came across as having this West Point attitude. You know, 'You are not any big deal.' But I learned pretty quickly that my first impression was wrong. Sink was a terrific leader, and he stuck with the regiment from the beginning to the very end of the war.
... This was his first regiment. And if you look at it through his eyes, and you see these troops coming from civilian life, direct from school, from work, maybe a few of them with a little college, and he is supposed to make a regiment out of this group?
It makes it even tougher when you look at the officers he was assigned and I include myself here. Here I am, a year out of college. I go through basic training as a volunteer. I signed up for Officer Candidate School.
So a 90-day wonder, and now I am a second lieutenant. And this is the kind of stuff he was assigned and told to turn into a crack airborne unit. He had a heck of a job.
To make it worse, he had nothing there at the camp. There were no buildings when he first reported in. He had to build an obstacle course. He had to beg, borrow and steal what he needed.
He had to search for men who knew even the basics of their job. Of the cadre that he started with in Toccoa, not one of them was around by the time we got into combat. They were all good enough men, they were just not fit enough to be in the airborne.
They came in and were there to teach us, give us basic training and construct the camp, put it together, but not one of them was around by the time we were ready to go to France.
Sink did a terrific job from start to finish. He stuck with us throughout the entire war." Major Dick Winters
Sink made two combat jumps in command of the 506th during D-Day and in Operation Market Garden, and commanded the Regiment at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
Lt. General Sink Stories
A Bridge Too Far (1977): The character of "Colonel Robert Stout" in the film A Bridge Too Far (1977), played by Elliott Gould, is based on Sink.
Band of Brothers (2001): Lt. Gen. Robert Sink was portrayed in the HBO/BBC miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) by Vietnam veteran and retired U.S. Marine Corps Captain Dale Dye (also the military advisor on the series).
Lt. General Robert Sink
"Three Miles Up and Three Miles Down" Currahee Mountain Toccoa, Georgia
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posted on
07/20/2015 3:18:42 AM PDT
by
bd476
To: FReepers; All
Thank you, Maryland!
Annapolis, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
A misty morning in Annapolis, Maryland
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, near Annapolis, Maryland
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posted on
07/20/2015 4:34:07 AM PDT
by
bd476
To: bd476
A sentiment from the Eastern Shore
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posted on
07/20/2015 4:36:40 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
To: bert
Hi Bert, I like that one. Thanks! I’ve never been to Maryland but after years of looking at many photos of Maryland, including the symbols representing life in Maryland, I really want to visit and go on a tour of Maryland.
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posted on
07/20/2015 4:44:45 AM PDT
by
bd476
To: bd476
When you cross that big bridge, you are in a different world. That world has wonderfully delicious crab cakes. Yummm..... I can taste them now
Then there are the soft shell crabs and one lady makes fried soft shelled crab stuffed with crab
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posted on
07/20/2015 4:55:32 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
To: onyx; JustAmy; RedMDer; deoetdoctrinae; Lady Jag; DJ MacWoW; TheOldLady; trisham; musicman; ...
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posted on
07/20/2015 5:00:05 AM PDT
by
bd476
To: bert
Sounds delicious! The scenery is spectacular. I also like the mist which sort of reminds me of the fog you see in San Francisco, yet in the photos of Maryland, the mist has a more dreamy old world sort of look. Of course I’m just enjoying photos which makes my impressions all rather subjective. :)
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posted on
07/20/2015 5:09:19 AM PDT
by
bd476
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