FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: SSgt Henry "Red" Erwin ~ July 14, 2014

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[SandRat]

[SkyDancer]

Hai - offishully done - off the job - kicking back - relaxing. A bit chilly here - below freezing, worst in 103 years it is said.

I'll be leaving Sunday the 3d. of August at 6:30pm. Arrive LAX before I left the previous day or sometin' they say. Taking the 9pm flight out to Seatac, home by 2 or 3am. Will be dragging for the next week or so for the body clock to adjust.

[ConorMacNessa]

I Hate Mondays!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

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]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...how were the “Terrific Trio”?

Did the weather cooperate?

It’s starting to rain here. Big drops on the skylight over my desk. Love it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...hope your legs are feeling better and you are ready to take on Monday.

Any new plantings today?

[luvie]

Well, I had something cute to post, but Fotki’s messed up right now!

Oh, well.....I’m off tomorrow so it isn’t as awful as it could have been. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ms feather...((HUGS))...lazy days are nice. It has just started raining here. I love listening to it beat on my skylight.

A tornado warning? Do you have a safe room just in case?

[luvie]

Thanks, galz, for another wonderful military hero to read about! There are so many, we can never run out! God bless them all!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening again, Kathy!

Today I rested - yesterday's escapades in the garden have left me barely able to stand up. We slept in today - went to the 5:00 p.m. Mass. Afterwards, we went out to dinner - had a good meal and a welcome time out.

Tomorrow, I'll resume the midday walking regimen.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

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)

[SandRat]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...he was a hero for sure.

[yarddog]

When we lived in Dothan, Alabama in the 70s there was a wealthy businessman named Charles Woods. He was a bomber pilot in WWII and he was ferrying fuel to China from India when his co-pilot crashed the plane.

Everyone but Charles was burned to death but he somehow survived. He was horribly burned and it was said he had the worst burns of anyone to survive, ever.

He was so disfigured that he looked like a monster. His entire face was burned off and he only had one eye.

One day I happened to be driving on the North side of Dothan and happened on a small fleet of B-17 bombers which had been converted to tankers. Woods flew them occasionally and he used them to spray fire ants in an ill conceived project.

You had to admire someone who overcame such injuries to become a very wealthy man.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac, for the Missing Man Setting as we remember those who have given their all that we may gather safe and secure.

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY BASTILLE DAY!



"LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE"
Eugène Delacroix

"La Marseillaise"
Placido Domingo
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Allons enfants de la Patrie
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
Contre nous de la tyrannie
L'étendard sanglant est levé
L'étendard sanglant est levé
Entendez-vous dans nos campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras.
Egorger vos fils, vos compagnes !

Aux armes citoyens
Formez vos bataillons
Marchons, marchons
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons

Que veut cette horde d'esclaves
De traîtres, de rois conjurés ?
Pour qui ces ignobles entraves
Ces fers dès longtemps préparés ?
Français, pour nous, ah! quel outrage
Quels transports il doit exciter ?
C'est nous qu'on ose méditer
De rendre à l'antique esclavage !

Aux armes citoyens. . .

Quoi ces cohortes étrangères !
Feraient la loi dans nos foyers !
Quoi ! ces phalanges mercenaires
Terrasseraient nos fils guerriers !
Grand Dieu! par des mains enchaînées
Nos fronts sous le joug se ploieraient
De vils despotes deviendraient
Les maîtres des destinées.

Aux armes citoyens . . .

L'opprobre de tous les partis
Tremblez ! vos projets parricides
Vont enfin recevoir leurs prix !
Tout est soldat pour vous combattre
S'ils tombent, nos jeunes héros
La France en produit de nouveaux,
Contre vous tout prêts à se battre

Aux armes citoyens . . .

Français, en guerriers magnanimes
Portez ou retenez vos coups !
Épargnez ces tristes victimes
A regret s'armant contre nous
Mais ces despotes sanguinaires
Mais ces complices de Bouillé
Tous ces tigres qui, sans pitié
Déchirent le sein de leur mère !

Aux armes citoyens . . .

Amour sacré de la Patrie
Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs
Liberté, Liberté chérie
Combats avec tes défenseurs ! (bis)
Sous nos drapeaux, que la victoire
Accoure à tes mâles accents
Que tes ennemis expirants
Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire !

Aux armes citoyens . . .

VIVE LA FRANCE!

VIVE LA LIBERTÉ!

LAFAYETTE, NOUS SOMMES ICI!!

"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)

[The Mayor]

Thanks, pretty busy weekend tho.

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



TATTOO
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Must retire for the evening –



The Bugler, his grim visage replete with an evil sneer,
already mounts the parapet.

Soldiers of the Greatest Generation
Stand The Watch Tonight!





Standing With Them:
Lafayette!



TAPS
U.S. Marine Band
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"Do poor Tom some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes!"

(King Lear, Act III, Scene iv)



All Gave Some – Some Gave All!!!
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Good night, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe – especially those in harm’s way – by virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to live in Freedom!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

" Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

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)

[yarddog]

Charles Woods nearly gave all but something in him helped him to overcome much and to end up with a beautiful wife and a large number of beautiful children.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy. Wow, what a guy! Thanks!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mooch...he was quite a hero.

How is your summer coming along?

We just had a heavy rain of about an hour.

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! I smell Monday too, thru the rain right now.

I saw you had quite a bit of rain, too. Everything good at the Sand abode?