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  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: COL Gregory "Pappy" Boyington ~ 18 July 2016

    07/17/2016 4:59:49 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 122 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | StarCMC and The Canteen Crew
    Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington             "Months of preparation, one of those few opportunities, and the judgement of a split second are what makes some pilots an ace, while others think back on what they could have done." Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, USMC  "Pappy" was born in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho on...
  • A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 3.2.05

    03/02/2005 5:09:11 PM PST · by GretchenM · 339 replies · 5,415+ views
    yahoo.com, whitehouse.gov ^ | Wednesday March 2, 2005 | GretchenM
    President Bush had some strong words to Syria to get out of Lebanon, noted here. He and Vice President Cheney welcomed and congratulated the World Series Cham-peens, the Boston Red Sox, who ended a drought of Biblical proportions with their first World Series win in 86 years. With Speaker Hastert and Senator Stevens, he presented the Congressional Gold Medal to Jackie Robinson's widow, Rachel Robinson, in the name of her husband. In Arnold, Maryland, the president participated in a job training and education dialogue, linked here. Secretary of State Condi Rice attended a one-day London meeting, info here, to discuss...
  • Guard, Reserve and Employers Named 'Citizen of Year'

    03/26/2004 12:37:42 PM PST · by Calpernia · 5 replies · 105+ views
    The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation named Reserve and Guard forces and their employers as the "Citizen of the Year" earlier this week during its annual Circle of Honor dinner at the New York Stock Exchange. "We are privileged to honor as our citizen of the year America's citizen-soldiers and their employers, for their sacrifices on behalf of the nation and for being ready when the nation calls," said retired Col. Jack Jacobs, Medal of Honor recipient and foundation board member at the March 23 dinner. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Thomas F. Hall and Dr. Henry McKinnell,...
  • A fight for honor

    11/21/2002 7:52:30 AM PST · by Valin · 6 replies · 269+ views
    <p>Last month, Ray Albert traveled from Ohio to a cemetery in Chattanooga, Tenn. to make a promise at the graves of two men 140 years dead. "I told them that I wouldn't forget them and that I would get the medal for them," he recalled.</p>