A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day 08-05-02

Just Amy, Mama_Bear, daisyscarlett, ST.LOUIE1, and Billie

[Pippin]

Hmmmm?

Ben Franklyn at a computer!

there's a thought!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Morning, TMan!

Hope you're not planning to be nice to 'who' today....

....just because JimRob is lurking. : )

Morning, sweet 'who'. : )

[Billie]

Good morning, dutchess! Awesome, isn't it, what FR's become in these 6 years!

[Billie]

I am loving these pictures, Amy. What a beautiful couple Jim and Sheila are! You are letting us glimpse a part of their life that none of us has ever seen. Thank you!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Thank you

You're very welcome, but....

..what IS that? LOL

[Aquamarine]

Hmmmm?

Ben Franklin at a computer!

there's a thought!

Don't you know he would have loved Freerepublic.com?

[Mama_Bear]

I love it! I can just picture a marching band with the Colors flying high. :-)

[Billie]

That's all I get....a 'thanks'? : )

Read on....you got more. :)

[Pippin]

I think he would!

[Billie]

:) Loved seeing the different ways the four of you expressed yourselves. (you and Amy and Louie and Daisy) ;)

[ST.LOUIE1]

Just popped in to take a peek at today's Finest!

Jim is that, for sure!

Hi, cutie. I always smile when I know you're around. : )

[Pippin]

I looked at Louie's profile page.

I thought it was cool!

[Billie]

That's a beautiful Table for Two for breakfast. I'll have a little OJ and champagne and drink to the two of them. :)

[Militiaman7]

Memo to self: It's Sheila not Shelia Robinson. Somedays I'm all thumbs.

[Billie]

I second that emotion, Carolina! Great graphic for today's theme, too! (as we've come to expect from you!)

[Pippin]

I wouldn't worry about it.

Look at how I spelled Victoria's name oon the canteen one day.

giggle!

[sweetliberty]

Thanks Billie. I appreciate the invite.

[Billie]

It's going to take some getting used to this new T Man! You're so nice!

[ST.LOUIE1]

YEP! I'm having a good time too!

how are you doing?

Just great!

Where's your 'sig'?

I enjoy ogling....ooops!....I mean, looking at cute women. : )

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Jim Robinson's Military Service:

US Navy: Enlisted 1965 - 1969, Honorable Discharge

Rating: Third Class Petty Officer, Interior Communications Electrician. Was eligible for promotion to Second Class Petty Officer, but elected not to extend enlistment.

Sea Duty: USS Higbee (DD806), USS Hull (DD945), USS Wiltsie (DD716). Home ports: Long Beach; San Diego; Mare Island; Yokosuka, Japan; Subic Bay, Philippines. Other Ports of call: Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Chilung (Keelung), Midway, Guam, Pearl Harbor, Bremerton, WA

Action: Cruised to WestPac, in 1965 - 1966, and 1967 - 1968, aboard the destroyers Higbee and Hull, engaged enemy off the coast of Vietnam while delivering Naval gunfire support to forces ashore.

Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation

"On 19 January 1968 the veteran destroyer [USS Hull DD945] began her third and most recent Vietnam deployment. Conducting shore bombardment missions along the south coast and in the Demilitarized Zone, Hull poured over 25,000 rounds of five-inch ammunition into enemy strongholds and destroyed or damaged over 220 structures and bunkers. On seven occasions North Vietnamese gunners in the DMZ took her under fire, but in each instance she managed to escape damage while directing a barrage of her own fire at the attacking batteries. As a result of her performance during this deployment, the ship was awarded the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation."