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The Stars thou meetst
Are even as Thyself --
For what are Stars but Asterisks
To point a human Life?
~Emily Dickinson
Posted on 06/05/2004 12:19:50 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
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Thanks Victoria. We lost a great American today. it's a shame that due to the Press, President Reagan has been very underrated, but the American people remember him for the great man he was despite the best efforst of the Press and the Liberals to erase his deeds from our history.
I agree with you, Sam. Even today, I've heard subtle and not too subtle unfavorable comments about him. Some in the media won't give him a break, even today!
I went to CNN to see what they were covering and it was the Iran/Contra Scnadal of course.
Evening Victoria, thank you for the Reagan tribute.
CNN is disgusting. I can't stand it.
Hi Snippy, thank you.
To emend the record, Sam Clymerson, it was traitorrapist42 who taxed Social Security.
The measure of the smallness of the so-called "journalists" is their Pygmy cheapshot vendetta--
Reading of the Nazi sinking of an Allied hospital ship I am reminded of ABCNNBCBS, the fifth column working ceaselessly for the enemy du jour, be it world Communism or world terrorism.
President Reagan destroyed the Evil Empire and set free millions.
I don't think a copy of The Black Book of Communism would fit in, say, Dan Rather's mouth--but I've got an all-steel sledge hammer, and I never leave home without it.
The Medal of Honor is awarded in the name of the congress to each person who, while an officer, noncommissioned officer, or private of the Army, in action involving actual conflict with an enemy, distinguishes himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
In order to justify an award of the Medal of Honor, the individual must perform in action a deed of personal bravery or self-sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty, so conspicuous as clearly to distinguish him for gallantry and intrepidity above his comrades, involving risk of life or the performance of more than ordinarily hazardous service, the omission of which would not justly subject him to censure as for shortcoming or failure in the performance of his duty. The recommendations for the decoration will be judged by this standard of extraordinary merit and incontestable proof of the performance of the service will be exacted. (Act of 9 July 1918, 40 Stat. 870; 10 U.S.C.1430; M.L. 1939, sec 903).
280mm German "Leopold" K5 railroad gun
Anzio from Fifth Army Antiaircraft WWII Unit History
James "Red" Dunn Jr., MM1/c. Served on Mayo:27 December 1940 to 24 January 1944. Dunn was killed in action in the After Engineroom when Mayo was damaged during the Anzio Invasion, presumably from a mine. He was at his station in the After Engineroom maintaining the "heart" of the ship.
And that's about all I have to say tonight, except for one thing. The past few days when I've been at that window upstairs, I've thought a bit of the `shining city upon a hill.' The phrase comes from John Winthrop, who wrote it to describe the America he imagined. What he imagined was important because he was an early Pilgrim, an early freedom man. He journeyed here on what today we'd call a little wooden boat; and like the other Pilgrims, he was looking for a home that would be free. I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That's how I saw it, and see it still.
And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.
We've done our part. And as I walk off into the city streets, a final word to the men and women of the Reagan revolution, the men and women across America who for 8 years did the work that brought America back. My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger, we made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all.
And so, goodbye, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.
Regarding the MOH recipients, I like what Stephen Ambrose said in an interview about D-Day. He said in order to receive the MOH, your action must have been witnessed by six people. There were a lot of individual acts of heroism on D-Day and beyond that no one saw or lived to tell but they were all heroes.
That makes 2 of us.
Evening Phil Dragoo.
Thanks for listing the Medal Of Honor Winners during the Anzio Campaign.
I noticed that Kerry was going to halt his campaign "to Honor Ronald Reagan". More likely that his handlers are trying to prevent him from saying something stupid.
The Germans sure had a "thing" for big guns, seemed like in the long run they were a waste of resources.
BTTT!!!!!!!
Lemme know when yer planning on undertaking this noble endeavor and I'll hold him down while you take a few swings...MUD
We lost a great one. I hope my dad finally gets to meet the man he admired most.
Good post.
Many years ago, one of my WW2 Uncles said he wanted to live long enough to see Ronald Reagan in the White House. My Uncle said, "Reagan is the first politician he had seen in years that does what he says he's going to do."
There weren't too many people in this world my Uncle had any respect for, but Reagan was one of them. My Uncle passed two years before Reagan was elected to office the first time. I am sure if they get a chance to meet in the hereafter, they will have a lot to talk about.
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