USO Canteen FReeper Style ....High Flight .... October 30,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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The USO Canteen FReeper Style
Delivering a Touch of Home

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A Touch of Home

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This is how I think of the USO Canteen 
Freeper Style. It is like a cottage down a road,
a place where a weary veteran can spend the night. 

Since it opened, it is magical how so many
Freepers who post here, feel it too. 
It has been so dear how the Freepers
kept making it a cottage - a home-type of 
place that had a huge living room
for them to visit in and a dance floor, 
a library, etc. 

Many Veterans have written to me, 
saying that the Canteen is like home
to them for the first time since they 
served. 

This is your Canteen -
a respite from our busy 
and sometimes troubling world. 
Make yourself at home.

Snow Bunny

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If you know a Veteran, someone in your family, 
friend of the family, neighbor, who served their  
country, take a brief moment of your day to thank 
them. 

Thank them for the sacrifice they made
for the better good of their country.

We at Free Republic, and the USO Canteen FReeper 
Style, are thankful for every service member 
in our military, who has served our great nation.

So, to the men and women who answered the call,
In both times of war and peace, thank you.

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Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. 

John McCrae 

High Flight

High Flight was composed by
Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr.,
an American serving with the
Royal Canadian Air Force.

He was born in Shanghai, China
in 1922, the son of missionary
parents, Reverend and Mrs. John
Gillespie Magee; his father was an
American and his mother was
originally a British citizen.

He came to the U.S. in 1939
and earned a scholarship to Yale,
but in September 1940 he enlisted
in the RCAF and was graduated as
a pilot. He was sent to England for
combat duty in July 1941.

In August or September 1941,
Pilot Officer Magee composed
High Flight

He then sent a copy to his parents.
Several months later, on
December 11, 1941 his Spitfire
collided with another plane over
England and Magee, only 19 years
of age, crashed to his death.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc

His remains are buried in the
churchyard cemetery at Scopwick, Lincolnshire.

The poem, High Flight, has over
the years become a mantra to pilots.
It is a tribute to, and in memory of
pilots of all generations.

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high unsurpassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee
No 412 squadron, RCAF
Killed 11 December 1941

[MoJo2001]

ERYKAH BADU CLICK

[tomkow6]

...tomkow taking a BATH!!

Awwwwwwwwww, man, WHY do you have to use four-letter words, here at the Canteen?

Mr/Ms Moderator, PLEASE make note of the abusive language! Pleaze keep your eyes on this person!

[Kathy in Alaska]

HIP HIP HURRAH! HIP HIP HURRAH! HIP HIP HURRAH! Way to stick it to the peaceniks blue. We are so proud of you! Check out blues stealth report at post #189

[MoJo2001]

ALICIA KEYS AND FRIENDS!!

[PhilDragoo]

Snow Bunny

Thank you for posting the picture of Ted Maher at 14.

Ted's other home on Free Republic is at the current Ted Maher thread.

Northrup Grumman Newport News tested the number one catapult of the Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), which will be the ninth ship of the Nimitz (CVN-68) class. The catapults are tested by launching deadloads off the flight deck equal in weight to the planes that will be launched when the ship is delivered next year.

The ship's namesake ought to have received the Peace Prize for having led America's righteous might in defeating the Soviet Union.

God Speed the finest fighting force on earth in the war against terror.

[southerngrit]

No problem - your kittykatz can't smell any worse than my son's running shoes!

I'll even fill 'er up for you. What kind of fuel do these babies run on, anyway?

[Kathy in Alaska]

*HUG* You're probably still Friday night Coast Guarding, but I'm outta here.

[Kathy in Alaska]

On my way home, but gotta stop at the store. Back in an hour or so.

[MoJo2001]

IN SUPPORT OF OUR TROOPS, PRESIDENT, ALLIES, AND THE MISSOURI FREEPERS CLICK!! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!

Good night, Ma!! Thanks for all your help!! Good night everyone!!

[MoJo2001]

IN SUPPORT OF OUR TROOPS, PRESIDENT, ALLIES, AND THE MISSOURI FREEPERS CLICK!! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!

Good night, Ma!! Thanks for all your help!! Good night everyone!!

[MoJo2001]

IN SUPPORT OF OUR TROOPS, PRESIDENT, ALLIES, AND THE MISSOURI FREEPERS CLICK!! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!

Good night, Ma!! Thanks for all your help!! Good night everyone!!

[Snow Bunny]

Zoom......Zoom.....I am zooming but FR keeps telling me ERROR messages.....BOO HOO

LOVE you all.

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Phil, I agree! Thank you for your post.

[Snow Bunny]

Great Songs MOJO.....I LOVE the pictures with them too. Thank you sooo much.GREAT to see you.

[Snow Bunny]

Hi good to see you. I hope this post shows up. waaaaaa

I did a few posts and they are not showing up. ugh.

[Snow Bunny]

Love it Kathy.......

[BeachBelle]

"The burka I offer has been lovenly worn for about 4 months; it kinda has a "manly" aroma, but it can stand up to any kind of abuse you might encounter!"

Hey Tom!
Just curious... do your socks stand up too?

Fondly,
Belle

[BeachBelle]

What a lovely poem, Bentfeather.

I think I need a tissue now....(I hope our troops, both past and present, know how much they're appreciated)

[Radix]

Where was the barf alert?

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

LOL! Thanks, MoJo!! How are you doing tonight, woman??