The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Lt. John Powers and Coral Sea (7-8 May,1942) - May, 8th, 2003

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/battles/coral_sea.htm ^

[SAMWolf]

Tolands "Battle: The Story of the Bulge" is also an excellent read.

His book on World War I was "No Man's Land: The Story of 1918"

[SAMWolf]

You and me both Colorado Tanker.

[Jen]

You're daughter is moving up to Yankee Country??

Yep. It's true. She considers Indianapolis "home" since she lived there the longest time of all the places we lived. Military family ya know. So, all her high school and college friends (and boyfriend!!!) are there. She will go back to Indiana University and has decided to major in Nursing. So, she'll be on the Indianapolis campus, which is good because we lived in Indy and she likes it better than Bloomington. I'll miss her so much. *sniffle*

[hardhead]

Gone, but not forgotten...........new to G. I. MEMORIES - The History of Ardmore Army Air Field/Air Force Base, Oklahoma.  Interesting site!

[SAMWolf]

Thanks HardHead. Another piece of history disappering.

[SAMWolf]

Well it's not too bad of a drive from Indianoplis to Georgia.

[SCDogPapa]

A little late getting here today, but Thanks!

[SAMWolf]

Current Military News
Honoring the Dead
Past and Present

American soldiers secure a British flag to a flagpole using plastic handcuffs after a ceremony marked the reclamation of a World War I British Army cemetery, in Al Kut, south central Iraq, Thursday, May 8, 2003. Hundreds of British soldiers who died during the campaign for Mesopotamia were buried in the cemetery, but the site fell into disprepair and obscurity under the Saddam Hussein regime, becoming a makeshift trash dump. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley).


Lance Corporal Andy Wright, from the Scottish regiment Blackwatch, plays the bagpipes at a small gathering of British and U.S. troops to rededicate a war cemetery to 420 soldiers from British forces killed during the 1916 siege of Kut, south of Baghdad, May 8, 2003


A U.S. officer addresses a small gathering of British and U.S. troops at the rededication of a war cemetery to 420 soldiers from British forces killed during the 1916 siege of Kut, south of Baghdad, May 8, 2003.


A U.S. officer looks at a headstone after a gathering of British and U.S. troops at the rededication of a war cemetery to 420 soldiers from British forces killed during the 1916 seige of Kut, south of Baghdad May 8, 2003.


British Army Chaplain Maj. Gen. John Blackburn, left, and Queen's Bishop David O'Connor, Duke of Windsor, lead a memorial service during ceremonies marking the reclamation of a World War I British Army cemetery, in Al Kut, south central Iraq, Thursday, May 8, 2003


British Army Lance Cpl Andy Wright plays a song during a memorial ceremony which marked the reclamation of a World War I British Army cemetery, in Al Kut, south central Iraq, Thursday, May 8, 2003.


British commander, Maj. Gen. Robin Brims shakes hands with an Iraqi official invited to attend ceremonies marking the reclamation of a World War I British Army cemetery, in Al Kut, south central Iraq, Thursday, May 8, 2003. U.S. Marine Gen. Rich Natonski, looks on in the center.


British commander, Maj. Gen. Robin Brims, takes a close look at a British Army headstone, after he attended ceremonies marking the reclamation of a World War I British Army cemetery, in Al Kut, south central Iraq, Thursday, May 8, 2003.


British Bishop David Conner, Dean of Windsor, walks through the Kut war cemetery after a small gathering of British and U.S. troops rededicated it to the 420 soldiers from British forces killed during the 1916 siege of Kut, south of Baghdad, May 8, 2003.

[snippy_about_it]

Good afternoon all.

[snippy_about_it]

Great pics and story about reclaiming the cemetery.

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon Snippy.

[GailA]

[Soaring Feather]

Afternoon snippy!!

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon GailA. Nice find today.

[Soaring Feather]

Nice to see this cemetery cleaned up and given the respect for the dead it deserves.

Thanks for posting this SAM.

[SAMWolf]

You're welcome Feather.

[Soaring Feather]

Here's a nice graphic snippy!
You could robably use it for email.

[Soaring Feather]

ooops robably = probably

[snippy_about_it]

Thank you ms. feather. That is nice.

[snippy_about_it]

How about this feather for feather. :)