FReeper Canteen ~ Part IV of Women Warriors: Africa ~ February 10, 2004

GenderGap.com ^ | February 10, 2004 | LaDivaLoca

[tiamat]

My husband was raised on Gross Isle

I've been to South Haven!

Friend of mine has a place on Lake Michigan that she rents for cheap to her buddies. ( I'm lucky enough to be a buddy! ) I take Caitie there for a few days every summer and we stuff ourselves on Traverse City cherries and play on the dunes....

[tiamat]

Good morning!

I DID warn people that I am biased about Ann Arbor! Bit of a hot-button with me, but I have had to live near it for over 22 years!

Hope you and the "kitty-katz" are warm and happy this morning!

;-)

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Well you hubby went to the rival high school to mine. Tell him Hello from a Trenton girl! I have friends and relatives on the island.

[tiamat]

Yes!

He had friends in Trenton.

I will be sure to pass it on!

He doesn't have any family left on the island, ( in-laws decided WARMER is better! LOL! ) but I am sure he would still know his way around.

[StarCMC]

Today's Medal of Honor Recipients

BOYINGTON, GREGORY

Rank and organization: Major, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Marine Squadron 214. 

Place and date: Central Solomons area, from 12 September 1943 to 3 January 1944. 

Entered service at: Washington. 

Born: 4 December 1912, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Other Navy award: Navy Cross. 

Citation: For extraordinary heroism and valiant devotion to duty as commanding officer of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Central Solomons area from 12 September 1943 to 3 January 1944. 

Consistently outnumbered throughout successive hazardous flights over heavily defended hostile territory, Maj. Boyington struck at the enemy with daring and courageous persistence, leading his squadron into combat with devastating results to Japanese shipping, shore installations, and aerial forces. Resolute in his efforts to inflict crippling damage on the enemy, Maj. Boyington led a formation of 24 fighters over Kahili on 17 October and, persistently circling the airdrome where 60 hostile aircraft were grounded, boldly challenged the Japanese to send up planes. Under his brilliant command, our fighters shot down 20 enemy craft in the ensuing action without the loss of a single ship. A superb airman and determined fighter against overwhelming odds, Maj. Boyington personally destroyed 26 of the many Japanese planes shot down by his squadron and, by his forceful leadership, developed the combat readiness in his command which was a distinctive factor in the Allied aerial achievements in this vitally strategic area.

BRILES, HERSCHEL F.

Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Co. C, 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion. 

Place and date: Near Scherpenseel, Germany, 20 November 1944. 

Entered service at: Fort Des Moines, lowa. Birth: Colfax, lowa. 

G.O. No.: 77, 10 September 1945. 

Citation: He was leading a platoon of destroyers across an exposed slope near Scherpenseel, Germany, on 20 November 1944, when they came under heavy enemy artillery fire. 

A direct hit was scored on 1 of the vehicles, killing 1 man, seriously wounding 2 others, and setting the destroyer afire. With a comrade, S/Sgt. Briles left the cover of his own armor and raced across ground raked by artillery and small-arms fire to the rescue of the men in the shattered destroyer. Without hesitation, he lowered himself into the burning turret, removed the wounded and then extinguished the fire. From a position he assumed the next morning, he observed hostile infantrymen advancing. With his machinegun, he poured such deadly fire into the enemy ranks that an entire pocket of 55 Germans surrendered, clearing the way for a junction between American units which had been held up for 2 days. Later that day, when another of his destroyers was hit by a concealed enemy tank, he again left protection to give assistance. With the help of another soldier, he evacuated two wounded under heavy fire and, returning to the burning vehicle, braved death from exploding ammunition to put out the flames. By his heroic initiative and complete disregard for personal safety, S/Sgt. Briles was largely responsible for causing heavy enemy casualties, forcing the surrender of 55 Germans, making possible the salvage of our vehicles, and saving the lives of wounded comrades.

"If there be any glory in war, let it rest on the shoulders of men like these." -- Audie Murphy

Thank you to every soldier, sailor, airman, marine and coast guardsman who has given me the freedoms I have today.  You will not be forgotten.

[tomkow6]

I've got relatives in Detroit, Grand Rapids, & Cross Village (at one time, about half the population of Cross Village was my relative). Spent a couple of weeks working on my uncle's farm in Cross Village one summer a few centuries ago.

[StarCMC]

Off to PE Classes for the kiddos -- see you al later -- hugs all around!

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Star.(HUGS)How's it going?

[Fawnn]

LindaSOG!!! #50!!!

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Star!
Thank You for posting our MOH heros each day.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

What year did he graduate?

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to all of you!!!

[tiamat]

I think it was 1978. I'll ask when he gets home!

[tiamat]

That can't be right.

He was born in 1958!

I doubt he was 20 when he graduated!

Must have been 1976 .

I'll ask!

[tiamat]

Farm country in Michigan is BEAUTIFUL!

[HiJinx]

BOYINGTON, GREGORY

Pappy and his Black Sheep...God Bless.

[Valin]

On This Day in History


Birthdates which occurred on February 10:
1670 William Congreve England, restoration writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)
1728 Peter III Feodorovich German/Russian czar of Russia (1761-62)
1775 Charles Lamb London England, critic/poet/essayist
1807 Abner Clark Harding Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
1818 Isham Green Harris Governor(Confederacy), died in 1897
1819 Richard Storrs Willis composer
1821 William Read Scurry (Confederate Army Brigadier General, died in 1864)
1824 Samuel Plimsoll Bristol England, inventor (Plimsoll line for ships)
1880 Jesse G Vincent Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine
1890 Boris L Pasternak Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958)
1892 Alan Hale [Rufus Alan Mackahan], Washington DC, actor (Little John-Adventures of Robin Hood)
1893 Jimmy Durante New York NY, long-nosed comedian (and good-night Mrs Calabash)
1897 John Franklin Enders Connecticut, micro-biologist (polio-Nobel 1954)
1898 Dame Judith Anderson Adelaide Australia, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon)
1898 Bertolt Brecht Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer
1898 Robert Keith Fowler IN, actor (Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One)
1902 Walter H Brattain Amoy China, US physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor)
1906 Lon Chaney Jr Oklahoma City OK, actor (Dracula vs. Frankenstein, The Phantom, Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
1914 Larry Adler Baltimore MD, harmonica player (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer)
1929 Jerry Goldsmith pianist/composer (Twilight Zone)
1929 Jim Whittacker mountain climber (1st American to climb Mt Everest)
1937 Don Wilson rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme)
1939 Roberta Flack Black Mountain (Asheville) NC, vocalist (The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face)
1950 Mark Spitz Modesto CA, swimmer (Olympics-9 gold/silver/bronze-68, 72)
1953 John Shirley US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona)
1955 Gregory John Norman Queensland Australia, PGA golfer "The White Shark" (1984 Kemper)
1958 Sharon Stone Meadville PA, actress (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
1961 George Stephanopoulos presidential adviser/slimy little toad (Clinton)
1967 Laura Dern Los Angeles CA, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Small Talk)
1971 Marty Nothstein Allentown PA, sprint cyclist Olympics-silver-96)
1977 Stephanie Ann Foisy Concord NH, Miss New Hampshire-America (1995)

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Deaths which occurred on February 10:
1134 Robert III/II Curthouse Duke of Normandy, dies
1495 Sir William Stanley English lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy
1567 Lord Darnley Stuart husband of English queen Mary, murdered
1837 Alexander S Pushkin writer, dies at 37
1879 Wolter R baron van Hoëvell Dutch vicar/abolitionist, dies at 66
1912 Joseph Lister 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies
1939 Pius XI [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81
1948 Sergei Eisenstein Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50
1957 Laura Ingalls Wilder US author (Little House on Prarie), dies at 90
1992 Alex Haley US writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at 70
1997 Brian McManus Connolly musician, dies at 47
1998 Buddy the Wonder Dog dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1966 HUNTER RUSSELL P. JR.---GLASTONBURY CT. 1966 HOPPS GARY DOUGLAS---CORAL GABLES FL.
1966 KIEFEL ERNEST P. JR.---HARRISBURG PA.
1971 BURROWS LARRY---BRITAIN
[PHOTOGRAPHER LIFE MAG]
1971 HUET HENRI---FRANCE
[AP PHOTOGRAPHER]
1971 PIETRZAK JOSEPH R.---ROSEVILLE OH.
1971 POTTER KENT B.---PHILADELPHIA PA.
[UPI CORRES DOB]
1971 ROBERTSON MARK J.---DETROIT MI.
1971 SHIMAMOTO KEIZABURO---JAPAN
[NEWSWEEK PHOTOGRAPHER]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
0060 St Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta
1098 Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch
1535 12 nude Anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
1635 Académie Française is founded in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu)
1676 Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster MA
1713 Netherlands & England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier
1716 Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
1720 Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
1749 10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published
1763 Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrenders Canada to England
1807 US Coast Survey authorized by Congress
1824 Simon Bolívar named dictator by the Congress of Perú
1840 British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg
1846 British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India
1846 Beginning of Mormon march to west US
1855 US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship
1859 General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
1860 John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres
1863 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
1863 PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb & Mercy Lavinia Warren (New York NY)
1870 City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time)
1870 YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) is founded (New York NY)
1879 1st electric arc light used (California Theater)
1879 Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo
1880 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage
1883 Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee WI, kills 71
1890 Around 11 million acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement
1897 New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"
1899 -39ºF (-39ºC), Milligan OH (state lowest temperature record)
1899 US-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley; US gets Puerto Rico & Guam
1904 Japan & Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships
1906 Britain's 1st modern & largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1916 Conscription begins in Britain
1923 Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard Ink Company
1925 AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year
1931 New Delhi becomes capital of India
1933 -54ºF (-48ºC), Seneca OR (state record)
1933 Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Company NYC)
1933 Hitler proclaims end of Marxism
1934 Byrd souvenir sheet issued, NYC; 1st unperforated ungummed US stamp
1934 1st Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine
1940 "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits #1
1940 Tom & Jerry created by Hanna & Barbera debut by MGM
1943 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia
1943 Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau
1944 U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland
1945 "Rum & Coca Cola" by Andrews Sisters hits #1
1949 Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC
1951 Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari
1954 Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
1956 "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
1961 AFL's Los Angeles Chargers move to San Diego
1961 Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power
1962 USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel
1964 Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne
1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths (Val d'Isere, France)
1971 Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa
1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
1977 Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebbe Raid (1976)
1982 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont Québec
1985 -61ºF (-52ºC), Maybell CO (state record)
1988 3-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)
1989 To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a New Jersey court
1989 Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major US party (Democrats)
1990 Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 to become heavyweight boxing champion
1990 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)
1992 Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for the USA
1992 Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana
1996 IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champion Gary Kasparov
1997 Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU)
1997 Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991
1997 O J Simpson jury reaches decision on $25 million in punitive damages
1998 AOL raises monthly flat rate Internet access from $19.95 to $21.95
1998 Monica Lewinsky's mother began two days of testimony before a grand jury investigating allegations that President Clinton had an affair with the former White House intern.

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

US : Tinhorn Politician Day
US : Celebration of Love Week (Day 3)
US : Child Car Safety Week (Day 3)
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month

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Religious Observances
Malta : St Paul's Shipwreck
Methodist : Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February)
Roman Catholic : Memorial of St Scholastica, virgin

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Religious History
1495 King's College was founded under Roman Catholic sponsorship in Aberdeen, Scotland. In 1860 it merged with the Protestant Marischal College (established in 1593) to become the University of Aberdeen.
1546 German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter to his wife Kate: 'Pray, and let God worry.'
1899 The Church of England first authorized use of the 1885 English Revised (RV or ERV) Version of the Bible in Anglican liturgy and worship.
1947 U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall prayed: 'Save Thy servants from the tyranny of the nonessential. Give them the courage to say "No" to everything that makes it more difficult to say "Yes" to Thee.'
1929 In London, renowned Baptist clergyman and devotional author F. B. Meyer, 81, preached his last sermon. He soon entered a nursing home where his health failed rapidly, and he died March 28.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature."

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Question of the day...
What do sheep count when they can't get to sleep?

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Murphys Law of the day...(Harrison's Postulate)
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism

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Astounding Fact #67...
1831 Edward Smith 1st indicted bank robber in the US. He was sentenced to five years hard labor.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Arrow!!

Now that's some breakfast. Thanks.

[tomkow6]

Learned how to milk a cow that summer! My aunt had milking machines, but she wouldn't let me use one UNTIL I learned by hand! I can still hear here cracking up at my first attempts!

Also got chased by a bull, got stung by a bunch of yellow-jackets, painted my aunt's chicken claws GREEN.....

Best two weeks of my life.... hard work, good fresh food...

[Diva Betsy Ross]

1976, Oh the bicentennial year. I remember that year well! .

I was in second grade then... I doubt we knew each other?!?!? But pass a hello on to him from me.