Posted on 05/31/2024 3:10:14 PM PDT by CottonBall
ALL ABOARD THE TRUMP FAMILY TRAIN, EST. 2017 BY DOLLYCALI!
Survived everything thrown at it over the years, just like President Trump....including trolls, moles and saboteurs.
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Am I The Only One – Aaron Lewis
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Amen!
1971 Green Beret Captain Richard Flaherty stands next to 6’6” Pfc. Nipps.(I’ll send pix to cotton - if her hands can handle posting)
Richard J. Flaherty due to complications at his birth only grew to 4-Foot-9-inches tall 97-Pounds. Coming from a family of military heroes Richard also wanted to do his part and serve his country.
People laughed at the idea of a man his size in the military and all the branches turned him down. But that didn’t deter Richard, he spent the next 3 years writing letters until he finally received a medical waiver. With the waiver the Army allowed him to join... but no one ever believed he would make it through basic training.
His uniforms didn’t fit, the equipment was too big, and he was required to carry a back pack during long marches that was almost the same weight as he was. Because of his leg length marching in step with the rest of his company was incredibly difficult but Richard kept up. All the obstacle courses were built for average size men but Richard conquered them all. No rules were ever changed for Richard... Either he would sink or swim.
Richard didn’t just make it through basic training he volunteered and become an elite paratrooper, with the 101st Airborne. When he would jump out of planes the instructors would have to strap machine gun parts to his body to help his descent so he wouldn’t “float away.”
He graduated Officer Candidate School in 1968 as a 2nd Lieutenant and deployed to Vietnam. Within weeks he would lead his platoon in some of the bloodiest battles during the, “Tet Offensive.” In that week he was wounded twice by grenade fragmentation and a grazing bullet wound to the head but as soon as he was patched up he jumped right back into the battle.
After several months of fighting on the front lines many officers would accept assignments in the rear away from the action but not Richard. He would request to be transferred to Echo Company to lead a RECON unit which engaged in dangerous search and destroy missions deep into enemy territory. By the time his first tour in Vietnam was finished, Richard would receive the Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars with Valor, & 2 Purple Hearts.
If you think that’s where Richard’s story ends think again. Richard would become an elite Green Beret with the 3rd Special Forces Group and be promoted to Captain. He served with the 46th Company based in Thailand where some of their clandestine missions sent them into Pink Zones “across the fence” fighting Malaysian and Burmese guerrillas.
As incredible as all his accomplishments seem that’s just the first half of his life story as his next chapters of undercover operations around the world seem closer to something out of a Tom Clancy book.
Richard had one last surprise when it came to his final wishes. Even though he knew he was qualified for the highest military burial in Arlington National Cemetery he instead chose to be buried in a small anonymous cemetery in W. Virginia so he could be next to the women he loved for eternity.
To learn more about the unbelievable life of America’s smallest war hero please check out, “The Giant Killer” Book, Audiobook and Documentary available worldwide.
Flaherty Military Bio:
Special Forces Capt. Richard J. Flaherty AKA The Giant Killer - In December of 1967, was sent to Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division. He served as a Platoon Leader with companies B, C, and D and as a Recon Platoon Leader with Echo company.
In January of 1969, he returned to CONUS and attended the Special Forces School at Fort Bragg and was then assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group. Later that year he returned to South East Asia with the 46th Special Forces Company A-110 in Camp Pawai, Lopburi Thailand.
Captain Flaherty earned The Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, 2 Purple Hearts, the Air Medal, Gallantry Cross W/Silver Star, Army Commendation Medal, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, 3 Overseas Bars, Sharpshooter Badge W/Rifle Bar, Air Medal, Parachutist Badge, Vietnam Service badge.
#Military #Richardflaherty
Wow. Amazing story. Thanks for sharing.
President Trump is UP!!!!
Live from Virginia!
OAN is carrying it!
You got post 3000!
YAY!!
WOO HOO!
CONGRATS!
(and so on and so forth)
*evil grin*
last night was defeat not only for Joe
but all of the lying Democrat media!
There will be a 5 month transition period..
I will tell our enemies right now
DON”T PLAY AROUND during that transition period!
President Trump
When the crowd was chanting TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP
The captions showed it as CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK
This was on One America News!
They are destroying Social security, because they are putting ILLEGAL ALIENS on Social security!
Donald Trump
DC_Draino
@DC_Draino
In case you missed it:
Trump demolished Biden in the debate
Leftist media ripping Biden to shreds
Biden’s polls tanked
SCOTUS overturned hundreds of J6 felonies
SCOTUS neutered Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump
SCOTUS neutered Deep State by overturning Chevron
All in the past 24 hours!!
We are taking this country back
11:14 AM · Jun 28, 2024
Gotta link?
I get OAN from my Roku.
I will look and see if I can find a link for it!
That was the quickest win!
Thanks, Honey!
*SMOOCH*
“When he would jump out of planes the instructors would have to strap machine gun parts to his body to help his descent so he wouldn’t “float away.”
What a hero!
Darn I saw this too late. I looked up how to bathe a kitten on the kitten lady’s site. Pretty much exactly what you said. But I didn’t see a single flea running around. Winter has a thin layer of white fur but blizzard has pretty much none. So anyway both of them dried really fast. I put them on a heating blanket.
I’m turning the AC off in a little bathroom, since those babies are missing fur they probably are colder than even most kittens.
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