October 2009 - Argghhh!

There have only been two Medals awarded thus far on this day in our military history. And both recipients lived to receive their Medals, making this a pretty good day, indeed!Civl WarLONSWAY, JOSEPH Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 20th New York Cavalry. Place and date: At Murfrees Station, Va., 16 October 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Clayton, N.Y. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation: Volunteered to swim Blackwater River to get a large flat used as a ferry on other side; succeeded...

And he isn't in the caption... our very own rotorhead Bill is in this picture. No, he's not on board - but the product of his labor sits in the front seats. Air Force instructors assigned to the 721st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron fly on a training mission here with their Iraqi students, Oct. 8, as the Iraqi pilots perform aerial formation flying procedures. The U.S. Airmen train them on approaches, take-offs, landings and remote operations consisting of landing in unfamiliar landing...

Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. ******************* Oh - and Sanger... they are *too* Halloween lights . Speaking of SWWBO (you'll have to click that link above for that reference to make sense) she's looking for household robots (rogue or not) to deal with splodey-goats and other household pains, and I've got guard...

In keeping with the theme of the day ( Dayum SangerM, there are some very talented artists down in the South West ), I'd like to post this little piece of art...

For something a little different, but mildly applicable here, I've recently posted two essays on my websites you may find interesting. The first is about the cemetery at Ft Huachuca, AZ , the second is about an Art Festival in Gruene, TX . The applicability of the first to this site needs no explanation, I think. That of the second will make sense if you scroll down a bit. Bent guns. Lots of them. Take a look at the sculptor's site. And BTW, everything shown in the four sculpture displays...

Last month I pointed out on a program of forced unionization of babysitters in the State of Michigan ...

As is to be expected as we move into the winter months, the number of Medals will drop off, day by day, and will trend to the 20th Century and beyond, as campaigning slowed immensely during the winter months as it's the fully-industrialized societies that find it easier to maintain a full military effort during the winter.There are three Medals awarded for actions on this day in history. One during the Civil War and two during WWII.We open with the Civil War and a fight at the very American-sounding...