FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Ola L Mize ~ 03 August 2020

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[The Mayor]

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August 3

The Battle’s Over. Really.

Bible in a Year:

• Psalms 63–65
• Romans 6

We were . . . buried with him.

Romans 6:4

For twenty-nine years after World War II ended, Hiroo Onoda hid in the jungle, refusing to believe his country had surrendered. Japanese military leaders had dispatched Onoda to a remote island in the Philippines (Lubang) with orders to spy on the Allied forces. Long after a peace treaty had been signed and hostilities ceased, Onoda remained in the wilderness. In 1974, Onoda’s commanding officer traveled to the island to find him and convince him the war was over.

For three decades, Onoda lived a meager, isolated existence, because he refused to surrender—refused to believe the conflict was done. We can make a similar mistake. Paul proclaims the stunning truth that “all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death” (Romans 6:3). On the cross, in a powerful, mysterious way, Jesus put to death Satan’s lies, death’s terror, and sin’s tenacious grip. Though we’re “dead to sin” and “alive to God” (v. 11), we often live as though evil still holds the power. We yield to temptation, succumbing to sin’s seduction. We listen to lies, failing to trust Jesus. But we don’t have to yield. We don’t have to live in a false narrative. By God’s grace we can embrace the true story of Christ’s victory.

While we’ll still wrestle with sin, liberation comes as we recognize that Jesus has already won the battle. May we live out that truth in His power.

By:  Winn Collier Reflect & Pray

How are you tempted to believe that death and sin still hold power over your life? Where can you see Christ’s victory already present in the world?

Jesus, I know You’ve won the battle over evil and darkness. Would You help me to live this out?

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Ready to take on the new week?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...did you and Blue get out and explore today?

Penny up for a walk?

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Hall of Heroes: Ola L Mise ~

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[wjcsux]

A friend of my dad’s was “ too light” to make the Army’s weight requirement during WWII. He spent two weeks gorging himself with fattening food and water prior to going in for his physical. He made the weight requirement by two pounds. He spent the next couple of days crapping and peeing according to his account.

[PROCON]

Incredible heroism by Col. Mise, thanks Kathy!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy! How was your weekend?

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Has the wind changed direction and given y’all a break from Siberia’s smoke? It doesn’t look all that hazy today.

[luvie]

Ola Lee Mize
August 28, 1931 – March 12, 2014
United States Army Officer
Medal of Honor Recipient
for Actions in the Korean War.

Saluting this hero! RIP....

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...uncredible indeed.

Cooling off yet?

[Kathy in Alaska]

I've heard more than one story like this. We thank your Dad for his service to our country.

[Grimmy]

Dang. This guy, M/Sgt. Mize, cheated.

I mean, come on. Medal of Honor bravery *and* look at that list of schools he helped stand up and develop.

That’s just too much awesome to cram into one body and brain set.

[Grimmy]

Here’s one.

PFC DOUGLAS T. JACOBSON
3rd Bn, 23rd Marines

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DOUGLAS T. JACOBSON
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE

for service as set forth in the following

CITATION:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the Third Battalion, Twenty-Third Marines, Fourth Marine Division, in combat against enemy Japanese forces during the seizure of Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands, 26 February 1945. Promptly destroying a stubborn 20-mm. antiaircraft gun and its crew after assuming the duties of a bazooka man who had been killed, Private First Class Jacobson waged a relentless battle as his unit fought desperately toward the summit of Hill 382 in an effort to penetrate the heart of Japanese cross-island defenses. Employing his weapon with ready accuracy when his platoon was halted by overwhelming enemy fire on 26 February, he first destroyed two hostile machine-gun positions, then attacked a large blockhouse, completely neutralizing the fortification before dispatching the five-man crew of a pillbox and exploding the installation with a terrific demolitions blast. Moving steadily forward, he wiped out an earth-covered rifle emplacement and, confronted by a cluster of similar emplacements which constituted the perimeter of enemy defenses in his assigned sector, fearlessly advanced, quickly reduced all six positions to a shambles, killed ten of the enemy and enabled our forces to occupy the strong point. Determined to widen the breach thus forced, he volunteered his services to an adjacent assault company, neutralized a pillbox holding up its advance, opened fire on a Japanese tank pouring a steady stream of bullets on one of our supporting tanks and smashed the enemy tank’s gun turret in a brief but furious action culminating in a single-handed assault against still another blockhouse and the subsequent neutralization of its firepower. By his dauntless skill and valor, Private First Class Jacobson destroyed a total of sixteen enemy positions and annihilated approximately seventy-five Japanese, thereby contributing essentially to the success of his division’s operations against the fanatically defended outpost of the Japanese Empire. His gallant conduct in the face of tremendous odds enhanced and sustained the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

/S/ HARRY S. TRUMAN

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Hope your day was a good one.
Pretty quiet here. The highlight was watching the astronauts return, and what a highlight it was!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...still unbearably hot?

We got a total of 3/10ths of rain over the past 3 days.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mooch...most of the weekend catching up on work. I don’t like starting the week in a hole.

How about you? A good weekend and ready for a new week?