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  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Col Walker Melville "Bud" Mahurin ~ 22 May 2023

    05/21/2023 5:06:38 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 45 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Col. Bud Mahurin (Info found here.) Thank you to alfa6 for his suggestion of this hero! What an incredible story this man had! He is home now, guarding the streets of heaven. God rest his soul.Colonel Walker Melville "Bud" Mahurin (December 5, 1918 - May 11, 2010) was a retired officer of the United States Air Force...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Irena Sendler ~ 15 May 2023

    05/14/2023 5:06:13 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 42 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Irena Sendler Info from this website and this website. Today's hero is a little different in that she was neither in the military nor an American - but she is a hero nonetheless. She performed a labor of love that was extraordinary. I hope you are as moved by her story as I am. Irena Sendlernee Krzyanowska,...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Jack H Jacobs ~ 08 May 2023

    05/07/2023 5:00:54 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 57 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Jack H. Jacobs All info from this website. Jack H. Jacobs (born August 2, 1945) is a retired Colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War. He currently serves as a military analyst for MSNBC and previously worked as an investment manager.Born in Brooklyn,...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Thomas R Norris ~ 01 May 2023

    04/30/2023 5:03:19 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 38 replies
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    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Thomas R Norris Info from here. Thomas Rolland Norris (born January 14, 1944) is a retired United States Navy SEAL who received the Medal of Honor for his ground rescue with the assistance of Petty Officer Third Class Nguyen Van Kiet of two downed pilots in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam on April 10, 1972 – April 13, 1972. At the time of the action, Lieutenant...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: William D Halyburton, Jr ~ 24-April 2023

    04/23/2023 5:00:48 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 38 replies
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    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ William D. Halyburton, Jr. Info from here. William David Halyburton, Jr., (October 2, 1924 – May 10, 1945) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II. He earned the medal while serving as a corpsman attached to a U.S. Marine Corps unit in the Battle of Okinawa.Born...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Leroy Petry ~ 17 April 2023

    04/16/2023 5:07:59 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 37 replies
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    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Leroy Petry Info from here. WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 12, 2011) -- "There was a little bit of a meat skirt, for lack of better words, hanging around the edges. It was oozing. I could see the radius and ulna bone sticking up maybe about half an inch." Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, who had the Medal of Honor placed around his neck July...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez ~ 10 April 2023

    04/09/2023 5:03:58 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 49 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Master Sergeant Roy BenavidezInfo and photos from this website. As the medevac chopper landed the wounded were examined one by one. Staff Sergeant Benavidez could only hear what was going on around him. He had over thirty seven puncture wounds. His intestines were exposed. He could not see as his eyes were caked in blood and unable...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: James E Swett ~ 03-April 2023

    04/02/2023 5:02:49 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 41 replies
    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ James E. SwettInfo from this website. James Elms Swett (June 15, 1920 – January 18, 2009) was a United States Marine Corps fighter pilot and ace[1] during World War II. He was awarded the United States' highest military decoration— the Medal of Honor — for actions while a division flight leader in VMF-221 over Guadalcanal on...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: CPL Frank Buckles ~ 27 March 2023

    03/26/2023 5:00:20 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 38 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ CPL Frank Buckles All info and photos from this website. Frank Woodruff Buckles (February 1, 1901 - February 27, 2011) was a United States Army soldier, the last living American veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Bernard C Webber ~ 20 March 2023

    03/19/2023 5:00:47 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 54 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Bernard C. Webber All info and photos from this website. One of the Coast Guard's legendary heroes, Senior Chief Petty Officer Bernard C. Webber (USCG Ret) died at his home in Melbourne, Florida Saturday, January 24, 2009. He is survived by his widow, Miriam (Pentinen) Webber, a daughter, Patricia Hamilton and her husband Bruce, two granddaughters, Leah and...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Donald Sloat ~ 13 March 2023

    03/12/2023 5:00:18 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 41 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Donald Sloat Info from here. Donald P. Sloat (February 6, 1949 - January 17, 1970) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, United States military's highest decoration. His award was made posthumously in 2014 for his actions in the Vietnam War. Rank and organization: Specialist Four, United States Army,...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Paul J Wiedorfer ~ 06 March 2023

    03/05/2023 5:00:24 PM PST · by Kathy in Alaska · 50 replies
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    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Paul Wiedorfer Info from here. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, raised in the 2400 block of McElderry Street, he attended St. Andrew's School, and graduated in 1940 from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. On November 11, 2008, a plaque honoring him was placed in Poly's Memorial Hall.Married to his bride, Alice Stauffer, for just six months when Wiedorfer enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943, he was working...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Herschel F Briles ~ 27 February 2023

    02/26/2023 5:01:36 PM PST · by Kathy in Alaska · 53 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Herschel F. BrilesStory from this website. Herschel F. Briles (February 7, 1914 – July 17, 1994) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. Briles joined the Army from Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and by November 20, 1944 was serving...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Lt Cdr Edward "Butch" O'Hare ~ 20 February 2023

    02/19/2023 5:00:56 PM PST · by Kathy in Alaska · 58 replies
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    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Lt. Cdr. Edward "Butch" O'Hare Info from here. Edward Henry Butch O'Hare (March 13, 1914 – November 26, 1943) was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Edward Joseph O'Hare and Selma O'Hare. Butch had two sisters, Patricia and Marilyn. When their parents divorced in 1927, Butch and his sisters stayed with their mother Selma in St. Louis while their father Edward moved to Chicago. Butch's father...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Troy Scott ~ 13 February 2023

    02/12/2023 5:04:52 PM PST · by Kathy in Alaska · 42 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Troy Scott "We have the world's largest, baddest army," said Major Troy Scott of the Army National Guard, while explaining how easily stereotypes against other nations' militaries can often arise. "But when you're building a coalition, you have to get past those obstacles." MAJ Scott's deployment to eastern Afghanistan in 2008- his first and for which...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: CWO Frederick Ferguson ~ 06 February 2023

    02/05/2023 5:05:45 PM PST · by Kathy in Alaska · 55 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~CWO Frederick Ferguson Info from here and here and here. Frederick Edgar Ferguson (born August 18, 1939) is a former United States Army warrant officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was the first Army aviator to receive the Medal of...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Robert E Galer ~ 30 January 2023

    01/29/2023 5:03:14 PM PST · by Kathy in Alaska · 68 replies
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    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Robert E. Galer Info from here. We recently visited the Naval Air Station and museum in Pensacola, Florida, and I saw a story there that I just had to share! First, the background on our hero....Robert E. Galer was born on 23 October 1913 in Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington in June 1935, and joined the Naval Reserve Aviation Base Seattle for...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Joseph Jacob Foss ~ 23 January 2023

    01/22/2023 5:01:25 PM PST · by Kathy in Alaska · 42 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Joseph Jacob Foss Info from here. Joseph Jacob "Joe" Foss (April 17, 1915–January 1, 2003) was the leading fighter ace of the United States Marine Corps during World War II and a 1943 recipient of the Medal of Honor, recognizing his role in the air combat during the Guadalcanal Campaign. In postwar years, he achieved fame...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Lewis L Millett ~ 16 January 2023

    01/15/2023 5:01:17 PM PST · by Kathy in Alaska · 66 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Lewis L. MillettStory from this website. Lewis Lee Millett, Sr. (December 15, 1920 – November 14, 2009) was a United States Army officer who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading the last major American bayonet charge. Early life Millett was born on December 15, 1920, in Mechanic Falls, Maine. He grew...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Alexander Bonnyman, Jr ~ 09 January 2023

    01/08/2023 5:00:54 PM PST · by Kathy in Alaska · 50 replies
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    Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Alexander Bonnyman, Jr.Story from this website. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Bonnyman (May 2, 1910 - November 22, 1943) grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee and attended Princeton University where he studied engineering and established himself as a football star in his sophomore year, in part for his ferocity on the field. Dropping out of college, he worked first...