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FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 26 Sept 2015
Our Troops Rock!
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Posted on 09/25/2015 5:58:42 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; soldiers; troops
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To: AZamericonnie; LUV W; mylife; Drumbo; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:08:33 PM PDT
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Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: Publius
Good evening, Maestro - Thanks very much for this one - I remember it well, although I have not heard it for over four decades.
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"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre / mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." "Will shall be the sterner, heart the keener, Spirit shall be the greater as our might lessens."
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:10:23 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in batle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
It was a fascinating era, the calm before the storm.
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:11:58 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Publius
1958....a very good year! What an awesome Rockumentary!
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:12:20 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Cruz or Lose!)
To: LUV W
Aw shucks, you're making me blush.
(BLUSH BLUSH)
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:13:23 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: AZamericonnie
Liberty Time...so sing a happy tune.
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:14:23 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
ROCKUMENTARY: SEPTEMBER 26, 1958
#8: Robin Luke: Susie Darlin
Robin Luke (1942-) was living in Honolulu in 1958 when he wrote and recorded Susie Darlin, a song named after his five year old sister. The record sold over one million copies, earning him a Gold Record. He continued to record but was unable to repeat his success.
But there is life after showbiz. Until his retirement, he was professor and head of the Marketing Department at Missouri State University in Springfield. Today he looks like Jon Voight.
Robin Luke: Susie Darlin
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:16:48 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:17:08 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: AZamericonnie
Angelic Upstarts started solidarity kicking in The Communists teeth in sitting around the campfire..
Solidarity Brotherhood has it's purpose
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:28:54 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!
Missing Man Setting
"The Empty Chair"
By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004
"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.
The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.
AS YOU REMEMBER.
The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.
We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each others company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:
The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.
The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.
The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.
The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate. The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them. The bible represents the faith that sustained them. The glass is inverted they cannot share in the toast. The chair is empty they are not here. They are missing.
And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.
We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.
But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER."
Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."
"Träumerei" Robert Schumann (Click)
Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:31:27 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in batle!)
To: mylife; LUV W; Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:32:10 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
ROCKUMENTARY: SEPTEMBER 26, 1958
#46: The Moonglows: The Ten Commandments of Love
Fresh off a stint in the Army, friends Harvey Fuqua and Bobby Lester formed a duo in 1949 in Louisville. In 1951, Fuqua moved to Cleveland and formed the Crazy Sounds with vocalists Danny Coggins and Prentiss Barnes. Lester joined them later.
In 1952, while performing in Cleveland, the Crazy Sounds auditioned for the clubs management. They in turn got in touch with DJ Alan Freed, who upon hearing them, became their manager. In 1953, Freed renamed the group the Moonglows. They signed with Freeds Champagne label, but their recordings failed, and Coggins left the group, replaced by Alexander Walton.
In September 1953, Freed moved to WINS in New York. His success led the Moonglows to a deal with Chess Records, a much more successful label. Their first Chess single, Sincerely, led by Lester, hit #1 on the R&B charts and made the Top 20 of the pop charts.
Freed was unashamed of the wealth he generated from payola, which ended up being his downfall. He gave the rooms in his mansion names like the Decca Room and the Columbia Room. Its questionable just how much money Harvey Fuqua and the boys got for themselves under Freeds management.
This particular song was intended for really slow dancing, the kind that Henry Miller characterized as sex with your clothes on.
This last single marked the end of the group. Harvey Fuqua went to Detroit to work with a fellow named Berry Gordy. The rest was history.
The Moonglows: The Ten Commandments of Love
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:35:27 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: AZamericonnie
To: AZamericonnie
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:42:28 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: SandRat
Wagging to the right! Wagging to the left. LOL!
Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...time for puppy teeth to fall out, huh? He’s growing up...not a baby anymore.
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:42:46 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
ROCKUMENTARY: SEPTEMBER 26, 1958
#7: Little Anthony & the Imperials: Tears on My Pillow/Two People in the World
In 1957, they were known as the Chesters: Clarence Collins, Tracy Lord, Nathaniel Rodgers and Ronald Ross. Anthony Gourdine, a former member of the Duponts, joined up as lead vocalist. Ernest Wright took over from Ross, and the group became the Imperials because R&B groups named after cars were hot at the time remember the Edsels and the Cadillacs?
Alan Freed, the DJ who inserted his fingers into everything in the early days of rock and roll, named Gourdine Little Anthony. The microphones of the era hid the fact that Gourdine spoke with a pronounced lisp.
Little Anthony & the Imperials: Tears on My Pillow
This was a two-sided hit. The other side was Two People in the World, a celebration of male and female, a view that is considered old fashioned and politically incorrect today. It was co-written by Richie Barrett, who would later become one of the great producers in the business for decades, playing a role well into the Disco Era.
Little Anthony & the Imperials: Two People in the World
The band was to surprise everyone six years later when they recast themselves with a new producer and new sound to record hits all over again.
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:47:35 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: AZamericonnie
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:48:00 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: SandRat
What if they’re left-tailed doggies? :D
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:49:33 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Cruz or Lose!)
To: Publius
“Tears on my pillow”, what a great song!
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:50:55 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: Kathy in Alaska
Good evening, Kathy...((HUGS))...so far only one puppy tooth to fall out.
Yep, Hes growing up.
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posted on
09/25/2015 7:50:57 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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