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Remembering Our Forgotten Dead from Vietnam
The Vietnam War claimed over 58,000 American men and women in uniform (the officially-recognized total today is 58,220). It claimed a far greater number of Vietnamese. This much we all know. Those US military personnel who died as a result of the “official” Vietnam War are permanently memorialized in Washington, DC, at the Vietnam Veterans […]
Sgt. Reckless, Revisited
Jonn got an e-mail from one of our TAH readers recently, and forwarded it to me. It was the story of “Sgt Reckless” – the equine Marine. I guess the reader must have missed the story I wrote and posted at TAH about Sgt Reckless some months back. Still, it’s worth repeating. ——————— Yesterday (author’s […]
About that Kennedy-Bisping Bout . . .
Well, he didn’t knock him out, or even get him to completely shut up. But Tim Kennedy did defeat Michael Bisping in their UFC bout earlier this week. The bout went the distance. The Army Times has further details. I’ll leave it at that, since I’m sure TSO will want to weigh in with additional […]
Weekend open thread
So, I’m out for the next couple of days taking my son to his grandmother’s house. So here’s a lunar eclipse weekend open thread, the picture sent to us by Ex-PH2. Knock yourselves out.
Fake Ranger in Texas
The Houston Chronicle reports that a fake Ranger, Daniel Lee Marshall Jr., insinuated himself into the circle of friends around Marcus Luttrell, and now Marshall’s circle of friends includes Bubba and Tiny; Marshall first got close to Luttrell’s family back in 2005 when the sailor was temporarily missing as the only survivor among a group […]
Mr. Rogers’ Message to Military Fakes
Through the magic of videotape and YouTube, regular TAH reader ChipNASA has discovered a historical artifact of great importance. He has located the late Mr. Fred Rogers’ – of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood fame – message to military fakes and valor thieves of all eras. Let’s just say it looks like Mr. Rogers, an ordained minister, […]
OK, everyone has PTS now
A couple of you folks have sent this link from the UK’s Daily News which reports that a woman, Melody Hensley, has been diagnosed by a doctor with PTS from her Twitter activity; Ms Hensley, head of an organisation promoting secular ideas, has suffered from PTSD for more than a year, according to her Twitter […]
Friday morning feel good story
This morning’s feel good story comes from Detroit where a family playing video games in their basement when they heard a ruckus upstairs and went to investigate; Family members, who were playing video games in the basement, heard a ruckus upstairs, prompting shots to be fired and the suspects to flee. The homeowner shot at […]
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