Мерры Чристмас !
Or for those who cannot read Russian Cyrillic -
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Darrell “Shifty” Powers
12 December 2009 – It was “Wreaths Across America day on Saturday and 15,000 wreaths were placed on several sections of Arlington National Cemetery. I spent a few hours at Arlington National Cemetery after all the crowds were gone from the morning’s event.
And as I reflected walking among those tribute bedecked stones of the contribution of these who have served, I thought of something that was recently sent to me by one of my Special Forces friends… I thought I’d share it with you.
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68 Years Ago…
07 DEC 1941 – “… A Day that will live in infamy… ” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt
His reaction to the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii – “Why we fight…”
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Sometimes we forget the sacrifices..
Today 11 NOV is Veterans’ Day – I thank all who have given of themselves for their service.
There are nearly 125,000 Americans who are buried on foreign soil among 24 cemeteries in places such as Tunisia in North Africa, Flanders Field in Belgium… Continue Reading…
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Geronimo!
was one word inscription that now graces my copy of the book “AIRBORNE” It’s also a very meaningful word to those thousands and thousands of Soldiers who have jumped and will jump out of a perfectly good airplane flying in the sky.
Recently, I was fortunate to spend some precious time with two distinguished authors and retired US Army officers on my research trip to the Southeast… Both officers have had very outstanding careers and great service to the United States of America. It was an honor to have them both share small glimpses of over fifty years combined military service in the short time we spent… Continue Reading…
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A place to reflect…
USMC Quantico Band
Triangle, VA – The newly built “Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel” was dedicated on 22 OCT 2009 with hundreds of people attending the glorious event on the grounds of the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
Someone in my growing network of friends extended an invitation to attend and capture this historic moment in time. It was a special invite and I was honored & humbled by it.
It had been nearly two years since a good friend, who’s a Marine and I went to spend what turned out to be a day at the museum. Likewise, I also “spent the day” mingling among the noted attendees, from the Commandant of the Marine Corps: GEN James Conway, and President & CEO of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation:LTG Ron Christmas USMC (Ret.) and many US Marine Corps Generals…
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Here they come again…
On Saturday 10 OCT, Honor Air Louisiana will be transporting another group of “the Greatest Generation” for a day in Washington DC to see the WW II Memorial among others and pay a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. The group sponsoring this wonderful visit has been in operation for a while and this will be their 19th trip since inception.
Their escort for the day is a Sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers…
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Operation Dragoon 15 AUG 1944
THE FORGOTTEN – OTHER D-DAY….
At the Rhone American Cemetery north of St. Tropez, in the little city of Draguignan, above all the graves, a stone wall is inscribed:
“We who lie here died that future generations might live in peace.”
In all, 250,000 Allied soldiers stormed France’s Mediterranean shores on Aug. 15, 1944, just 70 days after the D-Day landings at Normandy, catching German troops in a pincer so tight that Hitler muttered to aides, “This is the darkest day of my life.”
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D DAY – 6 JUN 1944 = A remembrance…
“Time will not dim the glory of their deeds.”
- General of the Armies, John J. Pershing
Below in the photo are only 9,387 reasons why Freedom is not Free… Here in France, the Normandy Cemetery just near the shore where the D-Day landings occurred…
Photos Courtesy American Battle Monuments Commission
“Count your blessings
that they were willing to give, so you can be.”
- John Michael
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US Army – 66 Years of Modern Computing
During WW II, MG G. M. Barnes was the chief of research and development of the US Army’s Ordnance Branch. In that capacity, his unit produced many many weapons to help the United States & the Allies win WW II – from artillery, to armor to hand held weapons, Ordnance delivered.
Another development that has changed the world is that today 17 MAY 1943, some 66 years ago, US Army & the University of Pennsylvania developed the ENIAC, a computer containing 17,468 vacuum tubes.
