The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN - Dec. 13th, 2002

http://www.cbhma.org/history.shtml ^ | Joe Sills, Jr.

[SAMWolf]

Those aren't "left over" parts, those are "spare parts". LOL

[SAMWolf]

OK. We will take you off. Thank you.

[the_doc]

I notice that all of these except for one involved valor in securing and distributing supplies, especially water. As I recall the story, the heroism involving the waterbearers and their sniper cover was incredible.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET

...For more on the 1st Battalion, U.S. 7th Cavalry's 2nd Battle of the LITTLE BIG HORN...

...the Battle of the IA DRANG VALLEY in November 1965...

...only this time WE won...

...go to our .."WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE and YOUNG".. website:

.. http://www.lzxray.com ..

...Photos of that week in that Valley of Death can be seen by...

...accessing the ..'IA DRANG - Interest'.. Section...

...at the Bottom Right Corner of the Home Page for my:

..'RONNIE GUYER PHOTO COLLECTION'..


...See also my Bookmarked Thread List of Battle of IA DRANG - "WE WERE SOLDIERS" Threads simply by hitting the ..'ALOHA RONNIE'.. on this Post.

.."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. MEL GIBSON/RANDALL WALLACE's...

...Braveheart in 'Nam Motion Picture is now available for...

...Christmas gift-giving in a supurb DVD/Video Tape Edition...

...while we here enjoy our hard won FREEDOMS in our Beloved Country this Holiday Season.


Signed:..ALOHA RONNIE Guyer / Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 / Landing Zone Falcon / http://www.lzxray.com

NEVER FORGET

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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...Uh, Over.

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[Aura Of The Blade]

Hi SAM - I recently started watching TV again after a long hiatus and caught a interesting documentry that reconstructed the entire battle using forensic science. It seemed pretty convincing.

[WSGilcrest]

Fascinating. KEEP me on your ping list.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Fanatical is fine by me LOL - fight to win, or don't bother fighting at all, ya know?

Well then, as a white person, I just want to go on record as saying how absolutely terrified of you I truly am, your being so wild-eyed, fanatical, and all that. In fact, I'm jittery just being on this thread with you.

So please, don't make any sudden moves.

(Good morning, Chad "Look at them bushes over there... and there's a wild injun behind every one..." Fairbanks. It's great to see you.)

(A/M, should there be any doubt, I am SO joking.)

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Aloha Ronnie. It's on my list along with "Band of Brothers."

Thank for you service in the IA DRANG VALLEY.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Neat stuff. Does anyone know where I can order prints of famous battle paintings?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Hmmm... think your hubby would mind if I circled your house on horseback for a few hours while letting out War Cries??? ;0)

[SAMWolf]

Military Art Gallery

Military Art Print Company

Military Art Shop

[JohnGalt]

Little Big Horn is an impressive battlefield and I was lucky enough to have visited it. When I was there, the staff were remarkably non-political and told an even-handed story of a clash of civilizations.

Having seen several of the Northeast Revolutionary War, Virginia and Pennsylvania Civil War, and World War One battlefields, Little Big Horn, perhaps because it was one battle, was one of the most informative battlefields I have visited.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Thanks!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Hmmm... think your hubby would mind if I circled your house on horseback for a few hours while letting out War Cries??? ;0)

Depends on whether or not he's trying to sleep...so, like, what time were you thinking? ; )

[Chad Fairbanks]

Dawn is always good... ;0)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Dawn is always good... ;0)

Okay, well, I'm usually going out to run about that time these days, so it'll just be you and him. But, how do you take your coffee? I'll bring you out a cup on my way out the door.

[SAMWolf]

"Circle the wagons!!"

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

"Circle the wagons!!"

Indeed. : ) (LOL)

[MistyCA]

Crazy Horse Memorial

Black Hills, South Dakota

In the beginning, he was just a man. A Sioux Indian. A warrior. A mystic. Today, he is becoming a mountain.

Korczak and Chief Henry Standing Bear

His sculptor, Korczak, was born in Boston, Sept 6, 1908, the same day thirty one years earlier, that Crazy Horse had died from stab wounds. Korzczak Ziolkowski came to the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1947 at the request of the Sioux Indian Chiefs to build a memorial. He came alone at 38 years of age, carrying only $137 dollars in his pocket and his vision of what the memorial would be. He built a 741 wooden staircase to the mountain top (6,740 ft above sea level) and strategically inserted four sticks of dynamite and blasted off 10 tons. The first of millions of tons lay in front of him. He took then the equivalent of a paint brush, his gas powered jackhammer, and he began carving a mountain, telling the story of the spirit of Crazy Horse in granite, the warrior's left arm thrown out, pointing precisely to "my lands, where my dead lie buried."

Korczak died in 1982 at the age of 74, his life's work undone. Crazy Horse died in 1877 at the approximate age of 35. Their work goes on. Korczack's widow, sons and daughters, grandchildren, and extended family have carried on the project that the artist knew would take much longer than one man's lifetime to complete. Visitors welcome. Inspiration available.