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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God
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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.
Prayers going up.
Wonderful thread Noosie & thank you for it!
The Duke was a treasure. *Hugs*
I once heard interviews with survivors from World War II. The soldiers recalled how they spent a particular day. One sat in a foxhole; once or twice, a German tank drove by and he shot at it. Others played cards and frittered away the time. A few got involved in furious firefights. Mostly, the day passed like any other. Later, they learned they had just participated in one of the largest, most decisive engagements of the war, the Battle of the Bulge. It didn’t feel decisive at the time because none had the big picture.
Great victories are won when ordinary people execute their assigned tasks.
When followers of Ignatius (1491–1556) endured periods of futility, he always prescribed the same cure: “In times of desolation we must never make a change, but stand firm and constant in the resolutions and determination in which we were the day before the desolations.” Spiritual battles must be fought with the very weapons hardest to wield at the time: prayer, meditation, self-examination, and repentance.
Perhaps you sense you’re in a spiritual rut. Stay at your assigned task! Obedience to God—and only obedience—offers the way out of our futility.
John Wayne was a real american icon!
I wish you were here today Duke!
Good evening, everyone!
Thanks! I needed to change my computer wallpaper. I replaced General Chesty Puller with John Wayne. Chesty, of course, did all of the stuff John did in his movies, in REAL life. :)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Lorie Jewell, Multinational Force Iraq photographer, helps an Iraqi boy practice his English phone etiquette in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, June 4, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young
The 1st Cavalry Division's Horse Detachment charges across Cooper Field following the 4th Brigade Combat Team's casing ceremony, Fort Hood, Texas, June 4, 2008. The Long Knife Brigade is scheduled to deploy in June. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Creighton Holub
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jerry Anderson walks through the streets of Muthana in east Baghdad with Iraqi army soldiers during a combined search mission, June 5, 2008. Anderson is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Arrmy by Spc. Grant Okubo
"Why, thank 'ee, Mama Noosie!"
Evening Mrs. Nooseman! *HUGS*
Fantastic tribute to The Duke, thank ya!
One thing for certain- If the Duke were alive today, he’d be pretty pissed off. My favorite actor of all time and a Real American Hero. Wish there were more like him.
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Bump to the Duke.
Cuthbert H. Humphrey, Governor of our territory, is a cull. Do you know what a cull is, ma'am? A cull is a specimen that is so worthless that you have to cut him out of the herd. Now if all the people in the world were put in one herd, Cuthbert is the one I would throw a rope at.
