[Billie]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One Nation, Under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All.

[ladtx]

In memory of my fellow Vietnam helicopter pilots who were killed in that war the following were lost on NOV 5. God bless them all.

1969 WO1 Ken A. McCartney -- A/227 AHB 1 CAV, Age 25, Corpus Christi, Texas
1969 WO1 Gerould M. Rumble III -- A/227 AHB 1 CAV, Age 24, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
1970 WO1 Gordon B. Sears -- 176 AHC, Age 20, Los Molinos, California
1972 CW2 William L. Miller III -- D/17 CAV, Age 23, Detroit, Michigan

In memory of WO1 Gordon B. Sears: KIA, Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Your my HERO "California"
Gordon and I first met when we jumped off the bus at basic training - Fort Polk, La. A pack of grouchy Drill Sgt's barking at our heels. We bonded, had adjacent bunks, were both platoon leaders and coached and coaxed each other on in the tough times with the ultimate goal of making it to Flt School. We both went on to Ft. Wolters Tx and Graduated after soloing. I always called him "California".I was "Oregon" to him. We laughed, struggled thru academics/flt training together and reached our goal finally becoming Army Aviators. We were seperated after our graduation from Primary Helicopter School, but did keep in touch at Ft. Rucker, Al. We last saw each other during our last day's at Flt School prior to us both shipping over to RVN. I didn't learn of his death until I had been home from Vietnam for a yr. or so. We were young, in our early 20's .indestructable and were going to live forever! 32 yrs later, my wife and I have been blessed with 3 children and a grand daughter. Eventhough I am getting old I still think back on our times in Flt School. You DID GOOD "California" and I'll never forget you."Oregon" WilliaM Dean -- Basic Training/Flight School classmate

Unit patch of the 176th Assault Helicopter Company "Minutemen"

A 176th Minuteman enroute to the fight.

IN THE SHADOW OF THE BLADE

SCOUTS OUT!

[lodwick]

Let's Roll Today

[Billie]

Tomorrow

It must be 'tomorrow' because the SUN IS SHINING!!

[BlessedAmerican]

Thank you for your posts each day. I have read the pledge this morning and am on my way to vote and to ask every person I meet if they have voted today. Pray and vote!!! and pray some more...God Bless...

[lodwick]

Thanks for bringing your excellent work here. It's very good to get to meet you today.

[lodwick]

Great to see ya here, fundraising friend. ;-)

[Aquamarine]

Good morning everyone! This is the big day so make it count!

[lodwick]

Your links make me want to visit Kemah - thanks. ;-)

[ohioWfan]

Good election morning, all!

An invitation to all the FR's Finest crowd to join us in celebrating our First Couple's 25th Anniversary today!

GEORGE AND LAURA: A 25th ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE

[Billie]

Yea! TWO FR anniversaries today!

Happy Anniversary, Lodwick!

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Happy Anniversary,.45MAN!

[Billie]

Good morning, Fine FReepers, with Fine Profile Pages! Wake up and come see us! We're looking at you today! :)

[lodwick]

Excellent job with your homepage!
Salute for your Desert Storm service.

Great to meet'cha and
Let's Roll

[lodwick]

LOL - outstanding homepage. ;-)

[deadhead]

Good Morning All!!! Voted early this morning, polls opened at 6 a.m. and I was there. Will check out all these profile pages today, thanks for sharing them with us. Have a great day!!

Colleen

[Diver Dave]

Mornin' Billie. Great looking profile pages selected for today's FR's Finest...

Congratulations one and all.

[FreeTheHostages]

Wow, that was TOTALLY DIFFERENT from any other profile page I've seen! Congrats & lots of work in it.

[Mixer]

The FR Anniversary Calendar URL has changed. Calendars.net did not inform me of this but I did some looking around and found out the new URL...Sorry for any confusion...here is the new URL.....

http://www.calsnet.net/fr_aniver

[rdb3]

Good morning, Billie. I see you have called me out! ;-)

No mercy.
Coming soon: Tha SYNDICATE.

[Jen]

Congratulations to the FReepers whose profiles are featured today. They are a terrific group and very interesting.

Very nice thread today Billie.