Archive for September 22nd, 2019

Greek Police Arrest Wrong Man in 1985 Hijacking of TWA Flight 847

| September 22, 2019 | 14 Comments
Greek Police Arrest Wrong Man in 1985 Hijacking of TWA Flight 847

In this June 19, 1985 photo, a hijacker points a weapon toward an ABC news media crew from the window of the cockpit of the Trans World Airlines jet at Beirut International Airport. (Herve Merliac/AP) Steelworker 2nd Class Robert D. Stethem (Navy) I well remember this atrocity, and the fury when Germany released him to […]

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Thirteen Marines Charged with Smuggling Illegals

| September 22, 2019 | 14 Comments
Thirteen Marines Charged with Smuggling Illegals

According to Business & Politics Review, thirteen (13) U.S. Marines from Camp Pendleton, California have been charged with smuggling illegal immigrants. Thirteen Marines stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps’ West Coast base, Camp Pendleton, have been charged with allegedly smuggling illegal aliens into the United States. Two months ago, on July 3, U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted […]

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Boomer’s Sunday

| September 22, 2019 | 20 Comments
Boomer’s Sunday

It’s time once again, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes, for Boomer’s Sunday, where I cull through his weekly offering of ‘toons, and pick the best ten twenty forty fifty or so. Honorable Mention goes to my pal AW1 Scott, and our own Jeff LPH 3 63-66, who also provided some entertainment. These are from the right, […]

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Another Seven Return

| September 22, 2019 | 4 Comments
Another Seven Return

DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US personnel. From World War II LTJG Thomas J. E. Crotty, US Coast Guard, assigned to the crew of the USS Quail, was lost in the Philippines on 19 July 1942. He was accounted for on 12 September 2019. From Korea CPL Henry L. Phillips, US […]

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Sunday Feel Good Stories

| September 22, 2019 | 9 Comments
Sunday Feel Good Stories

Burglary suspect shot after telling homeowner: ‘Give me that gun before you hurt yourself, old man’ MANILA, Ark. (KAIT) – When a Mississippi County man awoke to find a burglar in his house, he told him to leave. Then the suspect told him to hand over his gun. Sheriff’s deputies say that’s when the homeowner […]

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