FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Eddie Rickenbacker ~ April 23,2012

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[ConorMacNessa]

"Traumerie" in German translates to "Reveries" in English. It is a precious air and very likely the most famous of Schumann's shorter works. I thought it appropriate to this post as a work both soothing and contemplative.



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

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]

Amazing how there's always a bright side to everything that happens, isn't it?

d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Amazing how there's always a bright side to everything that happens, isn't it?

d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...((HUGS))...always nice to read about our heroes...and nice reading in depth about one we think we know.

Hope you had a great weekend. I’ve been fighting computers.

[tang-soo]

Lockbourne, Ohio is a few miles south of Columbus, and just west of Groveport. This is actually were Rickenbacker was born. I think the house is still there as a memorial.

Lockbourne Air Force Base was established in the 1940s as a SAC installation. In 1974, it was renamed Eddie Rickenbacker Air Force Base, and now called Rickenbacker Air Field since the base closed.

[Kathy in Alaska]

The movie “Lifeboat”: “Several American and British civilians are stuck in a lifeboat in the North Atlantic after their ship and a U-boat sink each other in combat.”

[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.

Nice music....

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless you good, Mac. Good night and rest well. Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present. Thank you for your service to our country.

[luvie]

Hi, Kathy! It is indeed a good thing to learn more about one
of our heroes!

Computer problems...ugh! I hope you get it worked out before
you pull your hair out! It can sure ruin a day!

See ya tomorrow...need to get to sleep! :)

((((hugs))))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, tang-soo, and thanks for sharing your informaton.

Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base (1942–present) is an Air National Guard facility of the Ohio Air National Guard. The base was named for the famous early aviator and Columbus native Eddie Rickenbacker. It is the home of the United States Air Force's 121st Air Refueling Wing (121 ARW), which serves as the host wing and is an Air National Guard (ANG) unit operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC).

Rickenbacker ANGB is part of a joint airfield operation as a tenant activity of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority in a joint civil-military airfield with commercial airlines and other civilian aircraft operators utilizing the colocated Rickenbacker International Airport. Rickenbacker ANGB is also a joint military facility, with tenant activities of the Ohio Army National Guard, as well as Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve units and associated facilities.

Rickenbacker ANGB is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) base previously named Lockbourne AFB and later Rickenbacker AFB. During World War II, it was a U.S. Army Air Forces training base. The facility was transferred from SAC and the Air Force on April 1, 1980 and turned over to the Air National Guard.

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, Luv. ((HUGS))

[wjcsux]

Hi Kathy, Thank you for this wonderful post. My Grandfather (mom’s dad) served in WW I with Eddie Rickenbacker. My mother remembers meeting him when she was little. My grandfather graduated from Cornell Military Institute (now Cornell University) in 1916 and received pilot training there. My mother passed away last July. I found a picture of my Grandfather among her things. From what my uncle (her younger brother) told me, it is a 50th Aniversary picture of WW I aviators. I also found my grandfathers original Army Aviator’s Certificate dated May 10, 1916. I am currently trying to identify the guys in the picture.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, wjcsux...((HUGS))...prayers of peace for your Mom and you and your family.

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Some pretty special memories. Glad you are following up.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, beachy...((HUGS))...hope you had a wonderful weekend.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Star. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

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