USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ More Canteen Thanksgiving Messages to the Military ~ November 28 2002

68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and FRiends of the Canteen

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, ms feather, for the daily blessing for our troops.

[Dubya]

South Korea Doesn't Like Americans

Maybe they don't remember how many Americans and other friendly solders died to save them from this.

[Dubya]

Kim Il-sung of North Korea, with the approval of Stalin,commenced a surprise attack against Korea at dawn on June25, 1950. Kim Il-sung began war preparations in June 1949, whenthe U.S. pulled out its troops from Korea, and declared the"Acheson Line," which excluded Korea from its Pacificdefense perimeter.

The U.N. Security Council, convened immediately after theoutbreak of the war, defined the North Korean act of war as anact of invasion, and demanded North Korea to return to itsoriginal position. North Korea refused the U.N.'s demand. TheU.N. organized the U.N. Allied Forces comprising 21 membernations (16 nations sending troops and 5 nations providingmedical support), including the United States, the Great Britain,and Australia, among others.

In the early stage of the war, the North Korean army, with 4times stronger troops than Korea, was able to occupy threequarters of Korean territory in a month. But NorthKorean troops began to suffer from defeat and retreatednorthward, from September 15 the same year, when, the U.N. forceswere successful in landing on the coast of Inchon.

In October, North Korean troops were driven back to the farnorth, and the war appeared to come to an end. Then ChineseCommunist Forces intervened in the war, sending about 100,000troops across the border into Korea. U.N. forces began to retreatsouthward again, and the war came to a stalemate along the 38thparallel. The war came to a truce on July 27, 1953, after the twosides signed the Armistice Agreement.

The war resulted in killing and wounding about 6.6 millionpeople, destroying 900 factories and 600,000 houses, thusdevastating three quarters of the entire land of the Koreanpeninsula.

[Dubya]

Maybe they don't remember how many Americans and other friendly solders died to save them from this.

I'm sure some of them remember. They just don't care. They like for us to die for them and they like our money. They just don't like us and want us to leave their country. If it was up to me we would.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving, Tonk.

God's blessings for our service women/men always.

Much success to you and the Canteen.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Well, Girlz, this is pretty fancy for our Thanksgiving transportation. We all get to sit back and just relax. I wonder who's driving? I'll bet tomkow and his voices will volunteer. Thanks, Tonk, for the limo.

[Dutchgirl]

I got up early to start cooking,turned on the TV for company and the first thing I saw was the report on the attacks in Africa. I waited to see if the alert status here in the US would be raised, and it wasn't.

As the morning went on, interviews and taped greetings with service men and women from all over the world were being broadcast to us here in the states...from Ramstein, and Bagram, from the decks of air craft carriers.It was better than the parade!

Our security and our joy of being with family, travelling freely, of just going about our lives, is a gift to us bought at great cost, not just to the men and women of the service, but the families that love them and miss them, and the parents who raised their children to love our country and serve. It is truly humbling to receive such a gift. We thank God for you. Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

[Dubya]

Happy Thanksgiving you Calif. vets. Yes you did your time in hell. See you in Heaven.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, JVB, for stopping in this Thanksgiving day to help honor our troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you for helping to thank our troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, dansangel, for stopping into the Canteen to help honor our military, past and present.

[freeland]

The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven
by Jack Prelutsky

The turkey shot out of the oven
and rocketed into the air,
it knocked every plate off the table
and partly demolished a chair.

It ricocheted into a corner
and burst with a deafening boom,
then splattered all over the kitchen,
completely obscuring the room.

It stuck to the walls and the windows,
it totally coated the floor,
there was turkey attached to the ceiling,
where there'd never been turkey before.

It blanketed every appliance,
It smeared every saucer and bowl,
there wasn't a way I could stop it,
that turkey was out of control.

I scraped and I scrubbed with displeasure,
and thought with chagrin as I mopped,
that I'd never again stuff a turkey
with popcorn that hadn't been popped

Happy Thanksgiving Troops!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Chap Grant, thank you for stopping in this day of Thanksgiving. Enjoy your day with family and friends and thank you for the prayers. See you at Sunday Chapel.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Meekie, I'm saving my hot chocolate for this evening. Happy Thanksgiving to you, your family and your Dad. Prayers continue for his healing.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, knighthawk, for the thanksgiving greetings. Have a good day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Southerngrit, have a wonderful Thanksgiving at Grandma's house. Thank you for your continued support of our military. We all owe them so much for the sacrifices they have made and continue to make so we can enjoy our freedoms.

[Kathy in Alaska]

    National Geographic Television Spotlights USS Tarawa
Story Number: NNS021125-04
Release Date: 11/25/2002 12:35:00 PM

  By Journalist 2nd Class Crystal King, USS Tarawa Public Affairs

ABOARD USS TARAWA, At Sea (NNS) -- Heads turned and eyes darted towards a film crew aboard USS Tarawa (LHA 1) recently, as the amphibious assault ship's Sailors and Marines became the major focus for the video cameras of a National Geographic television documentary team.

The four-member film crew came aboard Tarawa from Nov. 14-21 during Fleet Exercise operations, the second-to-last phase of the Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group’s training exercises in conjunction with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, off the Southern California coast.

“We’re making a documentary about the Sailors and Marines preparing for deployment, potentially towards the Arabian Gulf,” said production correspondent Michael Davie. “We want to paint a television portrait of these people, particularly the young adults, about their feelings and the lifestyle aboard ship, and what they think about the possibility of going to war.”

Throughout the week, various crew members allowed the National Geographic team to look at their daily lifestyle, as well as their roles in a variety of training exercises, including a mass casualty drill, well deck and flight deck operations, and a search-and-rescue drill.

“We do this because we want to, not because we have to,” said Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Michael Garcia, one of Tarawa’s search-and-rescue swimmers.

“I think this will make citizens of the United States of America realize how hard the American Sailor and Marine work during a normal work day, and how well trained and prepared they are in case they have to go to war,” said Capt. Jay Bowling, the ship’s commanding officer.

The documentary does not have a scheduled air date yet.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) takes off during an exercise in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility. USMC photo by JO3 Michael Misfeldt

[Kathy in Alaska]

And a Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Duchess. If you are out driving today, stay safe.