FReeper Canteen - Valentines For Our Troops - 15 Feb 2014

Our Troops Rock!!!!! | The Canteen DJ's

[Drumbo]

Dandy
~ The Kinks ~

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[AZamericonnie]

Not feeling to “springish” today sweetie.

Woke up a couple of days ago & my hip is messed up.

Had a real hard time walking but made it to work.

I wonder what in the world I was doing in my sleep! LOL

[yarddog]

Not so much chocolate as chocolate chip cookies. There is a supermarket in a nearby town which sells a lot of slightly damaged, close dated items etc.

The last time I was in they had these really large bags of Famous Amos cookies for $3.50. I actually like the regular brands just as well but they are more expensive. The only reason I buy them is my stomach sometimes bothers me in the evening. Putting a little snack in me seems to help.

[luvie]

LOVE IS IN THE AIR!!

Herb Alpert~My Funny Valentine

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[Publius]

The Romantics: "Talking in Your Sleep"

The song is bi-tonal, being in both D minor and F Major at the same time.

[AZamericonnie]

Oh, I forgot where you were! LOL

Same type temps here today. So loverly but I worry about summer coming too quickly!

I don’t want a hard summer. We don’t get “Sun Days” off do we? ROFL

[Drumbo]

Come Dancing
~ The Kinks ~

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[Publius]

Rodgers and Hart, from “Babes in Arms”.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks Very Much, Connie!

***HUGS***



And thank you very much for opening the doors to
MUSIC MAYHEM!!!!
Rockin' Rebels – "Wild Weekend"
1963
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"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[AZamericonnie]

Would you believe I’m a woman who is not chocolate crazy? Weird right! LOL

I actually like chocolate chip cookie’s without the chocolate.

It’s outrageous how expensive store bought cookies are these days.

[Drumbo]

Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
~ The Kinks ~

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[luvie]

I wondered if it was a show tune. Love Alpert’s rendition. :)

[luvie]

LOVE IS IN THE AIR!!

Jim Brickman/Martina McBride~My Valentine

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[Publius]

In the movie version from MGM, it’s Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.

[ConorMacNessa]

WT/2 Elmer Charles Bigelow, USNR (MOH)
USS Fletcher – DD-445

From Today in U.S. Military History:

14 February 1945 – Corregidor, Phillippines

Citation: " For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving on board the U.S.S. Fletcher during action against enemy Japanese forces off Corregidor Island in the Philippines, 14 February 1945. Standing topside when an enemy shell struck the Fletcher, Bigelow, acting instantly as the deadly projectile exploded into fragments which penetrated the No. 1 gun magazine and set fire to several powder cases, picked up a pair of fire extinguishers and rushed below in a resolute attempt to quell the raging flames. Refusing to waste the precious time required to don rescue-breathing apparatus, he plunged through the blinding smoke billowing out of the magazine hatch and dropped into the blazing compartment. Despite the acrid, burning powder smoke which seared his lungs with every agonizing breath, he worked rapidly and with instinctive sureness and succeeded in quickly extinguishing the fires and in cooling the cases and bulkheads, thereby preventing further damage to the stricken ship. Although he succumbed to his injuries on the following day, Bigelow, by his dauntless valor, unfaltering skill and prompt action in the critical emergency, had averted a magazine explosion which undoubtedly would have left his ship wallowing at the mercy of the furiously pounding Japanese guns on Corregidor, and his heroic spirit of self-sacrifice in the face of almost certain death enhanced and sustained the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country."

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[luvie]

Howdy, Connie Lou! (((hugs)))

I did get my heart back! There are only a few things still
missing now.

Boy!! Did we sell jewelry! Men stampeded us when we opened
the door this morning and we never stopped the registers
from then on! I was happy to be off at 3! LOL!

[yarddog]

These are something like 3 pounds which makes the price pretty good. The last time I bought some there was a small notice which said: “not to be sold outside Canada”.

The store is in extreme South Alabama.

[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!



Missing Man Setting

"The Empty Chair"

By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004

"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat – it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.

The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.

AS YOU REMEMBER.

The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.

We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each other’s company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room – we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:

The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.

The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.

The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.

The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.

The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate.
The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them.
The bible represents the faith that sustained them.
The glass is inverted — they cannot share in the toast.
The chair is empty — they are not here. They are missing.

And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.

We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.

But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.

WE SHOULD REMEMBER."

Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Publius, for Rachmaninov’s “The Star Spangled Banner”. ((HUGS))

Are you buried in snow? You must have power.

[Publius]

ROCKUMENTARY: FEBRUARY 15, 1962

#7 – Barbara George: “I Know”

She was born Barbara Ann Smith (1942-2006) and was a one-hit wonder.

Barbara George: “I Know”