USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ USS DECATUR DDG 73 ~ November 21 2002

68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and FRiends of the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Members of the USS DECATUR DDG 73 come here often to lurk.
In fact they "know" many of us in here.
So I thought it would be nice to "dock" their ship in the USO Canteen today.
There is a lot of info about the crew, the ship and pics on their site.
Just Click on any Pic to visit their site.


The First Lady visits USS Decatur DDG 73 on 23 Mar 2001



Here are the INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIANS
that connect the ship to the internet.



ATTN USS DECATUR CREW: Thank You for your service to our country.

[Dubya]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Diva, it's already wonderful. I'm at my bestest friends house and trying to learn how to work her brand new computer and she has DSL. Woohoo!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you the daily blessing. It is always a wonderful way to start the day for our troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Bahbah. Thanks for stopping in to honor our troops. We sure do need to be praying for their safety, especially now.

[LaDivaLoca]

Tasmanian Devil is such a cutie!!! LOL!

Don't forget to wear this when we take over the boat....I mean when we borrow the boat....

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Aeronaut and Otto, for your daily flyover of protection.

[Dubya]

Col. Kelly Cook, pictured here as a captain, was shot down over North Vietnam in October of 1967. He is currently missing in action.
This picture of Cook was incorporated into the National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day poster. (Courtesy photo)

[LaDivaLoca]

It always burns me every time I read about people in Israel especially children being blown up by these cowards! Why don't they pick somebody their own size? I agree with Mojo, they will not stop until all the Jews AND Christians have been eliminated. It's us or them.....I say let's help them meet their Allah and their 72 virgins

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, aomagrat, for today's history of the USS Decatur.

HI CREW OF THE USS DECATUR!!

[LaDivaLoca]

Did you say food, madam?

[tomkow6]

GOOD NEWS, EVERYBODY!

Just got off the phone with Mr Magoo

He's doing fine, at home, recuperating from his heart surgery. He send his love & best wishes to all!

He's having problems with his computer, tho, & that's why he hasn't been posting. He's working on a thread that he'll post when his computer deceides to cooperate!

He thanks everybody for their prayers!

Tom

[Soaring Feather]

Oh thank you for telling us the news. Our prayers have been answered! Mr Magoo is back!

YAHOOOOOOO

[Eastbound]

Go Navy! Commodore Decatur short bio.

[LaDivaLoca]

Hi, Kathy! Hope you had a good trip.

OK, so who will be the captain of our boat? I'm just here for the ride and the company.

[LaDivaLoca]

Hello, Radix!

[LaDivaLoca]

Hello, there! Cute graphics!

[MeekOneGOP]

Howdy, and thanks for asking. Dad will be having his second skin graft on his hand tomorrow. We saw the doctor today and they set it up right away. Hopefully, this will take care of the grafting process. After that, "mobility" rehab...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers answered, tom, thanks for letting us all know. God bless you good Mr_M, and prayers continue for your speedy recovery.

[Dutchgirl]

Hey guys! I had something pretty amazing happen on-line the other night and I wanted to share it with you.A few days ago I posted a picture of the Itchutucknee River. I wnet looking online for another picture of the beautiful Sun Moon Lake near Taichung, my old "hometown".
I came across a vanity web site, of a man who was in Taiwan in 1968. At the bottom of his page was a picture of some of the people he had struck up a friendship with while investigating a crash... and there was a picture of Dad. My Dad died in 1984, and due to the bitterness of my parents divorce, I have very few pictures of him, and none in uniform.

I feel as though I have received this amazing gift because my Dad served. He did something important with his life, and this record of him exists because it was important enough to be recorded and remembered...just like our military today.

So, my thanks go out to all of our troops, serving in far away places with strange sounding names. And to the people who take a casual picture of a fellow soldier...my deepest and most heartfelt thanks.
Jack Strange is the tallest one standing.

[LaDivaLoca]

Thanks for sharing the good news about Mr. Magoo, Tom! Please tell him, he has been missed and we will continue to pray for him.