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Two star promotion with Patton’s stars

| August 23, 2022 | 9 Comments
Two star promotion with Patton’s stars

BG Paul Stanton had no idea what was awaiting him at promotion to Major General.  The night before his promotion, his father, retired LGEN Edgar Stanton III, gave him a letter with silver two-star insignia pinned to it, and a letter (what in my world we would describe as a letter of provenance) describing how […]

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Flag Officers 4 America Demand Resignations

| August 31, 2021 | 129 Comments
Flag Officers 4 America Demand Resignations

Austin-Milley Dog and Pony Show Flag Officers 4 America are retired military leaders who pledged to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Although retired from active service, each feels bound by that oath to do what they can, in their present capacity, to protect our nation […]

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The Festival of John Moses Browning

| January 23, 2021 | 22 Comments
The Festival of John Moses Browning

Today we celebrate the birthday of John Moses Browning, and his Gospel. Sit you down and harken. The Holy Gospel of JMB As translated from the original ancient manuscripts by Fr. Frog. 1) In the beginning was the 1911, and the 1911 was THE pistol, and it was good. And behold the Lord said, “Thou […]

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USS Essex Carries Load Of World War II Warbirds To Hawaii

| August 15, 2020 | 14 Comments
USS Essex Carries Load Of World War II Warbirds To Hawaii

USS Essex carrying vintage World War II warplanes into Hawaii.  Cranes began hoisting the 14 World War II-era warbirds from the amphibious assault ship USS Essex Tuesday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. In two weeks they will take part in a series of aerial parades over Oahu to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the war’s […]

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Gladys Mae West and The GPS

| March 4, 2020 | 13 Comments
Gladys Mae West and The GPS

She was the person behind the development of the GPS system, something that we take for granted now. Yes, there were other people involved in it, and she was involved from the start of it as a code writer and programmer. (You try doing all that coding that way. Go ahead.  I dare you.)  Her […]

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Another Warrior Leaves Us

| February 5, 2020 | 8 Comments
Another Warrior Leaves Us

Another Codetalker has left us https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/02/01/navajo-code-talker-dies-at-96-less-than-a-handful-remain/ From the article:  One of the few remaining Navajo Code Talkers who used their native language to confound the Japanese in World War II has died. Joe Vandever Sr. died of health complications Friday in Haystack, New Mexico, according to his family. He was 96. Tribal leaders called Vandever a “great warrior” and a […]

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We Few… We Happy Few….

| October 25, 2019 | 13 Comments
We Few… We Happy Few….

October 25th is St. Crispin’s Day. This video excerpt of the Band of Brothers speech, from Kenneth Branagh’s “Henry V” movie is the possibly best of the many versions by many, many actors.   Following the battle, the King asked for the Non Nobis and Te Deum.      

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Another One Has Left Us

| September 9, 2019 | 11 Comments
Another One Has Left Us

  Herny Ochsner, who landed on the beach at Normandy and was also a member of the World War II 101st Airborne Division/”Screaming Eagles”, has passed at the tender age of 96. Family friend Dennis Anderson says Ochsner died Saturday at his home in California City of complications from cancer and old age. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/09/08/wwii-screaming-eagle-veteran-henry-ochsner-dies-at-96/ God […]

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