A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....10-18-02

Billie

[Billie]

[Billie]

Good morning. It's cloudy and a bit of drizzle here - good sleeping weather! LOL! OK, I just woke up about an hour ago. :)

[ru4liberty]

Hi Billie! Let's start the day with a few yuks!

[anniegetyourgun]

For the longest time I would see that handle "ladtx" and think "ladytx" for some reason. (Dyslexic or just my over 40 eyes!) So I thought ladtx was female for a time. I got over that silly notion eventually. Now that I can see his handsome face, I wonder how I ever thought such a thing!

Have a super day LADTX!

[ladtx]

In memory of my fellow Vietnam helicopter pilots who were killed in that war the following were lost on todays date. God bless them all.

1966 WO1 Bobbie J. Dennis -- 1 CAV, Age 36, Fayetteville, North Carolina
1966 CW2 James W. Hargrove -- 121 AHC, Age 37, Rotan, Texas
1968 WO1 Timothy Cole Jr. -- 54 MED DET, Age 21, Newnan, Georgia
1968 WO1 Gary W. Doolittle -- 571 MED DET, Age 28, Cincinnati, Ohio
1970 WO1 William J. Cahill -- C/1/9 CAV 1 CAV, Age 21, Haverhill, Massachusetts
1970 WO1 Gregory M. Kutkowski -- 1 AVN BDE, Age 22, Irvington, New Jersey
1971 1LT Robert J. Barton -- 176 AHC, Age 23, Miami, Florida

A comment about CW2 Hargrove from a crewchief in his unit.

"We were pulling out of a target attack once and you could feel the pressure on the rotor head and I said,"Salty, (He was a former Navy jet pilot) one of these days you're going to pull the rotor head off this S.O.B.,What are you going to do then?" He looked at me, grinned, winked, and said,"It starts with Our Father who art in heaven." I thought the world of him."

IN THE SHADOW OF THE BLADE

SCOUTS OUT!

[deadhead]

THANK YOU LADTX!

Excellent read and pictures ladtx. Leila is adorable!

[ru4liberty]

Wow! That poem is powerful. Thanks, more than I can say, for your service to our country.

I hope you don't mind, but I thought this pic should be be right out front!

[ladtx]

Thanks for the kind words all. And thanks to ru4liberty for posting the pic of Leila Kay, her Dad is stationed at Ellsworth AFB, SD, a long way from Texas.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Black's DAWG!!"
(To be sung to Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog")

Hey, Slick Willie, yer a TREAS'NOUS FOOL!!
Gon' make Bill sweat...Slick's Mudboy's Tool!!
Medyuh's VILE, way they ignore Left's stink...
Gon' make Slick burn, gon' make Left sting.
Hey, Slick Willie, didja think you'd git away?!!
Boy, yer such a trip...still, Prison's yer Fate!!

Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah~ah.
Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah~ah.

Right's gotta roll...we shan't stand still,
Once Justice starts...next, we'll git Bill!!
"If ya do the crimes", Ashcroft said,
"We'll catch you, 'cuz Truth ain't dead!!"

Ah-ah. Ah-ah. Ah-ah.
Ah-ah. Ah-ah. Ah-ah. Ahhh__.

Heh Terry, "PUNK" McAuliffe...Slick's petty "lady".
Lib'rals, watch US do it now!!
Slick Willie, yer a Traitor, you Evil Rapist,
Fear yer Fate...Right's Rollin' Now!!

Folks, won't take too long 'fore Slick finds out
What FReepers mean by "Take Slick Out!!"
Takes my money, scratched my car,
Started tellin' MUD's FRiends, Slim's just gone too far!!
Yes, I know, Right must be Bold...
RATS' red-necked Lib'rals ain't got no soul.

Oh yeah, oh yeah hah, ah, hah~ah.
Oh yeah, oh yeah hah, ah, hah~ah.
Oh yeah, oh yeah hah, ah, hah~ah.
Oh yeah, oh yeah hah, ah, yeah.

All I ask for...all I pray,
Dubyuh's Rollin' Justice gon' come Slick's way!!
Need no Lib'rals...no Feds to hold my hand,
Git Left outta my Life, make me a happy man!!

Ah-ah. Ah-ah. Ah-ah.
Ah-ah. Ah-ah. Ah-ah. Ahhh__.

Ohhh ye-ah.
Justice makes US do it now.
Yeah-yeah. Yeah-yeah. Yeah-yeah.
FReepers shake 'em do it now.
Babe! Babe!
Wooh, keep doin' it babe.

[ Busted. ] Hey.
[ Busted. ] Hey.
[ Busted. ] Hey.
[ Busted. ] Hey.

[ Busted. ] Hey~yeah.
[ Busted. ] Hey~yeah.
[ Busted. ] Hey~yeah. Oooh~yeah.

Oooh~ahh. [( Well done. )]

Justice makes US do it now.
FReedom lets US do it now.

Work in progress...Mudboy Slim

[lodwick]

Gulf Coast Sunrise - Salute ladtx

[Mudboy Slim]

Whatta cutey-pie!!

FReegards...MUD

[Flyer]

Thank you, Ladtx For your outstanding service to our Nation

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God Bless America, land of the free, home of the brave. . .

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HG Taking on the Al Clayda

 

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[Mudboy Slim]

"Ladtx flew UH-1's in Vietnam, OH-58's in Germany, and the CH-47 Chinook in Korea and Texas. He served 20 years in the United States Army. He retired as a Chief Warrant Officer (CW4)."

Thank you fer yer service to this Country, sir...and Conrats fer being named one of FReeper's Finest!!

FReegards...MUD

[eureka!]

Bump for ladtx and all our fine military Freepers and their supporters...

[dansangel]

What a warm and wonderful tribute to a courageous war hero! We are so fortunate to have you, ladtx, as part of "A Few of FR's Finest."

May God Bless you and your beautiful family! Thank-you for the daily heroes posting...we must NEVER forget!!!

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[xJones]

Your homepage is most impressive. Thanks for your service and congratulations on your family. Ya done good. And I'll vote for Leila Kay (I'll bet she's got you wrapped) (:D:

[dansangel]

Good AFTERNOON, Billie-blue!

o~<);-)

{{{{{{{{{{BILLIE}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

[ladtx]

I appreciate all the kind words, good thing you can't see me thru the computer, I'm blushing behind this white beard.

[FreeTheHostages]

That truly is one blessedly cute grandchild. I read your chopper posts religiously.

[lodwick]

The Huey became a symbol of U.S. combat forces in Vietnam and millions of people worldwide watched it fly in TV news reports. At its peak in March 1970, the U.S. military operated more than 3,900 helicopters in the war in Vietnam and two thirds of them were Hueys. Their impact was profound, not only in the new tactics and strategies of airmobile operations, but on the survival rate of battlefield casualties. U.S. Army patients made up 390,000 of the total number of people transported by medevac helicopters in Southeast Asia. Almost a third of this total (120,000) were combat casualties. The Huey airlifted ninety percent of these casualties directly to medical facilities.