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Showing posts with label Homefront. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

"Our History Would Not Come To An End" Winston Churchill on How He Felt Knowing the United States Had Joined WWII

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When British Prime Minister Winston  Churchill heard that Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor, he immediately called American President Fran...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

US Embassy in Baghdad Surrounded: "Too Late Alamo"; Obama Golfs, Takes Selfies with Costumed American Indians

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06/17/14 UPDATE:  Susy Raybon reports " Special Forces troops at U.S. Embassy in Baghdad " but notes that, even though her sour...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Victory! A World War American Homefront Collection

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Well I had planned to blog about starting the garden, but Pat's latest antiquing "Take A Trip" got me thinking it has been a ...
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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Display Ideas For Vintage Recipe Booklets

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A lot of my collections are made of paper. Vintage advertising recipe booklets are one such, and I have a few I just couldn't part with....
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Remembering Our Fallen Warriors: Sgt Christian B Williams, the Polk County Florida Fallen, and the Traveling Tribute Wall

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My Marine, Ethan Arguello (now a civilian again), asked me to share this post he wrote, to reach out to all Marines and Veterans with ties t...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

In Grateful Appreciation for our Veterans

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God love you all. You are our best, and we owe it all to you. Thank you for your service. 11/12/10 Update: I didn't realize it when I po...
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Monday, May 31, 2010

Mettle of Honor: Part I Heroes of the 3rd LAR Co. D 2nd Platoon 2006

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A mother of sons sees them as heroes from their babyhood. We want our boys to grow to be men, to be brave, sincere, faithful, to have the st...
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Mettle of Honor: Part II Heroes of the 3rd LAR Co. D 2nd Platoon 2006

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As they rounded out their second deployment, Company D was seeing some results of Operation Iraqi Freedom, although the situation was still...
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Mettle of Honor: Part III Heroes of the 3rd LAR Co. D 2nd Platoon 2006

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On July 29th 2006 in Rawah, the platoon was at their base-of-the-moment, a joint Iraqi/US vehicle checkpoint, and those off duty were taking...
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Mettle of Honor: Part IV Heroes of the 3rd LAR Co. D 2nd Platoon 2006

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August 20, 2006 : Company D, 2nd Platoon, set out in a convoy of three LAVs on a routine patrol in Rawah with their six man crews. Both Cpl ...
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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Mettle of Honor: Part V Heroes of the 3rd LAR Co. D 2nd Platoon 2006

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Appendix: This post is number 5 (posted first, to read first to last.). It links articles about the Marines killed in action, and about the ...

One More Request Of The Brave: Veterans, Please Run For Office

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" ... there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot ." ...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Marine Lt. Alan Kroboth's POW Experience, and Pat Conroy's Man In The Mirror Realization

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While I struggle to write a fitting Memorial Day post for the sacrifices and valor of the Marines 3rd LAR, Delta Company, White Platoon , th...
Sunday, May 9, 2010

Ordinary Heroes : The Once and Future Greatest Generation

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Being true to ourselves is part and parcel with being true to our conscience. The brave are those who act instinctively on their conscience....
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