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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. -- General George Patton Jr |
Arrow, January 2002(392 total words in this text)(4766 Reads)  DMZ-LT writes; To me Arrow is the glue that has held together this cyber family of Vets as we wander through the desert - from one site to another - from one moment of learning together to another of senseless fun together. She has shown compassion and real caring to many of us here. Her words of welcome, acceptance and hope have kept US connected. This is my "group" since I don't do well in "real" groups. I have been learning, listening, sometimes contributing my 2 cents but mostly healing for over a year now. Thanks to all the brothers and sister vets. ALL the vets from them that carried ammo on ships, drove tanks and trucks, flew choppers, became bullet launchers for Uncle Sam typed morning reports OR all the vets who watched the evening news every night, hoping for a glimpse of their son or husband, and put another pin in the map that was hanging on the wall, or watched us die when we got home. WE have all served our country we are all vets. Welcome home. From my heart I thank Arrow for keeping us connected - I am blessed. Sp4LittleJohn writes; Arrow? Sis? You bet, but the one she prefers is ?Sis.? She?s the ?heart? of the PatriotFiles. Heck, if it weren?t for her most of us wouldn?t be here. When we were lost, she came and found us. When we?re down, she sings to us. When we need it, she ministers to us, sometimes we don?t even know that we need it, but Sis does. When we can?t find something, she surfs and finds it for us. When we don?t understand, she explains it to us. And, when we need a good swift kick, she ?kicks ass.? ?Bout the only thing bad that I can say about her is that she needs to loose that damn baseball cap. Her husband dies from Agent Orange related cancer. Does she resent the Armed Forces because of it? Nope. She digs in and helps as many of ?em as she possibly can. She raises two great kids on her own, sends ?em off to school, makes ?em able to stand on their own, stand tall, just like Mom, proud of their Mom. We?re proud of her too, Sis, ?Patriot of the Month.? |
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1775:
In Massachusetts, British troops march out of Boston on a mission to confiscate the Patriot arsenal at Concord and to capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington. As the British departed, Boston Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from the city to warn Adams and Hancock and rouse the Patriot minutemen.
1847: U.S. forces defeat Mexicans at Cerro Gordo in one of the bloodiest battle of the war. 1864: At Poison Springs, Arkansas, Confederate soldiers under the command of General Samuel Maxey capture a Union forage train and slaughter black troops escorting the expedition. 1885: The Sino-Japanese war ends. 1943: Traveling in a bomber, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the attack on Pearl Harbor, is shot down by American P-38 fighters. 1983: A suicide bomber kills U.S. Marines at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon. |
