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Funerals for PFC William J. Winchester and CPL Arthur C. Ramirez (Korean War)

| March 12, 2020 | 10 Comments
Funerals for PFC William J. Winchester and CPL Arthur C. Ramirez (Korean War)

In September 2019, DPAA announced that it had accounted for CPL Arthur C. Ramirez, US Army. CPL Ramirez was lost in North Korea on 6 December 1950. CPL Ramirez will be buried next week in Marana, Arizona – on Thursday, 19 March 2020. Unfortunately, DPAA does not list the precise location of either his funeral […]

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Jane Fonda Endorses ‘Climate Candidate’ Bernie Sanders at Global Warming Rally

| March 7, 2020 | 41 Comments
Jane Fonda Endorses ‘Climate Candidate’ Bernie Sanders at Global Warming Rally

“Hanoi Jane” Fonda In case you were wondering, “Hanoi Jane” Fonda is a Bernie-backer. Surprised? Yeah, me neither. Here she’s endorsing Bernie while spouting the usual Climate Change gospel- evil rich White Men, coal, fracking, refining, wash, rinse, repeat. This should play well in West Virginia. Poetrooper sends. By: DAVID NG Actress and climate activist […]

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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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Funerals for TSgt Charles G. Ruble and PVT Harry W. Wilder (World War II)

| February 27, 2020 | 7 Comments
Funerals for TSgt Charles G. Ruble and PVT Harry W. Wilder (World War II)

Funerals will be held next week for the following previously missing individuals recently accounted for by DPAA. . . . Last June, DPAA announced that it had accounted for TSgt. Charles G. Ruble, US Army. TSgt. Ruble was lost in the Netherlands on 17 September 1944. TSgt. Ruble will be buried next week – on […]

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Funerals for MSG Harold F. Drews (Korea) and S1c Edward Wasielewski (World War II)

| February 13, 2020 | 6 Comments
Funerals for MSG Harold F. Drews (Korea) and S1c Edward Wasielewski (World War II)

Funerals will be held next week for the following previously missing individuals recently accounted for by DPAA. . . . Last December, DPAA announced that it had accounted for MSG Harold F. Drews, US Army. MSG Drews was lost in North Korea on 12 December 1950. MSG Drews will be buried next week – on […]

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Today’s Weird Science

| February 13, 2020 | 22 Comments
Today’s Weird Science

Titan as seen through Saturn’s Rings Yeah, I’m a part-time geek. Love the Science Channel’s How the Universe Works, CERN experiments and the like. Even have sort of a grasp on string theory and quantum mechanics, up to a point anyway. Albert E. was right as far as he went, but, never mind. Came across […]

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Funerals for Pfc Edward A. Nalazek (World War II) and Pfc Billy E. Johnson (Korea)

| February 6, 2020 | 9 Comments
Funerals for Pfc Edward A. Nalazek (World War II) and Pfc Billy E. Johnson (Korea)

Funerals will be held next week for the following previously missing individuals recently accounted for by DPAA. . . . Last November, DPAA announced that it had accounted for Pfc Edward A. Nalazek, USMC. Pfc Nalazek was lost on Tarawa on 21 November 1943. PFC Nalazek will be buried next week – on Monday, 10 […]

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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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