04-19-2007, 13:58
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Happy Patriot's Day, America!
We don't hear much about it anymore, in the middle of all of the important holidays recognizing diverse groups of us, and with our internationalism, pacificism, socialism, and self-loathing.
The term "Patriot" is the subject of humor and derision to many and is not in vogue now, but I think this just might be the right place to remember that today is Patriot's Day in America, the day we fired the shot, "heard 'round the world" at Lexington and Concord 232 years ago, beginning a long war that looked grim throughout, till finally the enemy boarded their ships and left.
Thanks to all partiots, past, present, and future.
When the last one falls, this dream will end, and the nightmare begin.
Thanks for standing with me, brothers.
TR
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04-19-2007, 14:33
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TR:
Second generation military. Dad was in Korea and Vietnam, I enlisted when I was 17, my kid brother following me. Dad retired after 24 years, my bro after 21. I'm still in the fight.
Thanks for your sacrifice. Thanks everyone for making the Stand.
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So let me fill my children's hearts
With heroes tales and hope it starts
A fire in them so deeds are done
With no vain sighs for moments gone
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04-19-2007, 14:35
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Both my folks were AF Officers, older brother a Marine, me SF.
Thanks everyone for standing up and defending America.
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In the business of war, there is no invariable stategic advantage (shih) which can be relied upon at all times.
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Hearing, I forget. Seeing, I remember. Writing (doing), I understand. Chinese Proverb
Too many people are looking for a magic bullet. As always, shot placement is the key. ~TR
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04-19-2007, 14:45
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great grandfather, grandfather (ret), father (ret), myself (ret) and now my son (active) - Army.
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04-19-2007, 14:54
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When I was born, Civil War vets were still alive, my next door neighbor was a WW I vet, almost all of my grandfathers' brothers were WW II vets, and my Dad's friends were all Korean War vets (he just missed it and went to Germany). Vietnam was on the TV every day I can remember from age 7 till 17.
Some interesting numbers:
Last Living Veterans of America's Wars
American Revolution (1775–1783)
Last veteran, Daniel F. Bakeman, died 4/5/1869, age 109
Last widow, Catherine S. Damon, died 11/11/1906, age 92
Last dependent, Phoebe M. Palmeter, died 4/25/1911, age 90
War of 1812 (1812–1815)
Last veteran, Hiram Cronk, died 5/13/1905, age 105
Last widow, Carolina King, died 6/28/1936, age unknown
Last dependent, Esther A. H. Morgan, died 3/12/1946, age 89
Indian Wars (c. 1861–1898)
Last veteran, Fredrak Fraske, died 6/18/1973, age 101
Mexican War (1846–1848)
Last veteran, Owen Thomas Edgar, died 9/3/1929, age 98
Last widow, Lena James Theobald, died 6/20/1963, age 89
Last dependent, Jesse G. Bivens, died 11/1/1962, age 94
Civil War (1861–1865)
Last Union veteran, Albert Woolson, died 8/2/1956, age 109
Last Confederate veteran, John Salling*, died 3/16/1958, age 112
Spanish-American War (1898)
Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook, died 9/10/1992, age 106
I cannot believe that the widow of a Revolutionary War soldier was alive just a half-century before I was born, and the last Civil War widow is still alive today(perhaps more than one).
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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04-19-2007, 15:32
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Pats on the back all around, thanks.
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04-19-2007, 14:48
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My father spent 26 years serving in both the Army Air Corps and the USAF. One brother made a career of the Army. A second brother did 12 years in the USAF and a third brother was a career officer in the USAF. Every generation has had a soldier serving since Stonewall Jackson.
For all who have served, God bless ya!
Jim
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Jim
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