September 2012 - Argghhh!

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I wondered how airplanes knew their crew...

I hope to God we're about to see one .

Edwin Lee Dean Edwin Lee Dean, age 92 of Hurley, Missouri, passed away Thursday, September 13, 2012, at the Ozark Regional Healthcare Center in Crane, Missouri. He was born on August 12, 1920, to Albert and Elsie Barnett Dean in Spring Creek Valley, north of Hurley where he resided his entire life. A 1938 graduate of Hurley High School, Edwin volunteered for the U.S. Army in 1941. In June, 1942, when then Major William O. Darby called for volunteers to man the newly authorized First Ranger Battalion...

So, yesterday, there was this discussion on a Facebook post (where I posted the "Keep Calm and Fix Bayonets" picture)... Leslie Applegate ‎"Fix" bayonets???? Were they broken?.... 16 hours ago · Like John Donovan Comedy Central on line two. "Fix bayonets" is shorthand for "Affix Bayonets." We're into brevity. 16 hours ago · Like · 1 Leslie Applegate Sorry, my shotgun doesn't have a lug to attach anything except a flashlight...

In a half-hearted attempt to show the world that The Democrat Party is all for the troops and our military, their convention featured a tribute to our US Navy. Small detail though, their backdrop graphics featured: a) Turkish Fighters Flying In Formation, b) A Column Of Ruskie Ships. We appreciate your sincerity. Article HERE BOQ

San Antonio has been fun and too much food. More on what went on here for you who don't follow on Facebook later this week, and more detail for those who do follow. Just about to pull pitch for the long road march back, with a diversion in Austin to pick up a PIAT, and some 4.2" mortar rounds (Aussie, WWII). Here's some plane *** to tide you over this Labor Day. A heritage flight that included two F-86 Sabres flanking an A-10 Thunderbolt II demonstrated the proud heritage of military...

My Mom was a Blue Star wife and mother. Thankfully, Dad and I managed to not burnish up that star for her. There have been a lot of Blue Star Mother's and wives in my family since the first Meriwether soldiered with Roger's Rangers back in the French and Indian War. But we've never had a Gold Star mom.