Hundreds of thousands of bikers rumble into D.C. for Rolling Thunder
The debt we owe our servicemen and women
US Observes Memorial Day to Honor War Dead
Daughter of WWII vet comes forward to claim father’s long-lost medals
Doherty and Woods, killed at Benghazi, honored with plaques at California veteran’s memorial
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/27/2-victims-benghazi-attack-to-be-honored-with-plaques-at-california-veteran/#ixzz2UWSphCRB
The best National Anthem version EVER–Whitney Houston, Super Bowl XXV 1991
America’s female soldiers: Bravely serving and dying in the line of duty http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/27/america-female-soldiers-bravely-serving-and-dying-in-line-duty/
“She was my only child,” she added, fighting back tears. “The hardest part is when you put everything into one child and it’s all gone.”
Gordon was one of 44 U.S. servicewomen killed in Afghanistan since the conflict began there in 2001. Another 335 female soldiers have been wounded.
The number of female casualties has risen as more women, like Gordon, join the U.S. military in combat roles alongside their male counterparts.
According to the U.S. government, 110 female U.S. soldiers died in Iraq and another 636 were wounded. Fifteen were killed in the Persian Gulf War, which began in 1990.
Eight women were killed in the Vietnam War, two in the Korean War, 543 in World War II and 359 in World War I – although all those women served in non-combat roles, mostly as nurses assisting soldiers in battlefields.
While it took centuries for the U.S. government to formally approve women in combat roles, females have served unofficially on the battlefield since the American Revolution.
Margaret Corbin assisted her husband, artilleryman John Corbin, and 600 American troops in defending Fort Washington in Northern Manhattan from a fleet of British soldiers on Nov. 16, 1776.
When her husband was fatally wounded, Corbin took over and fired his cannon from the top of a ridge, today known as Fort Tryon. Corbin, who was severely wounded in the battle, later became the first woman in American history to receive a pension from Congress for her service in the military.
Patricia,
Thank you for the excellent link and comments. It’s time women were recognized for their brave roles in war.
The Nation’s Dead: This Shall Be Liberty’s Home Forever http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/26/The-Nation-s-Dead-This-Shall-Be-Liberty-s-Home-Forever This is a really great article reminding us why there is a Memorial Day and why it is so important.
Never forget those who gave their lives so that we have the freedom to fight against those who would take our liberty away – home and abroad.
While so many are enjoying backyard BBQ and good deals on mattresses this weekend it’s so important we remember the true meaning if Decoration Day. At times I’m afraid we forget just what it takes for these brave men and women to do so we can continue to enjoy the freedoms that we too often take for granted. Please take some time out today as well as every day to remember the sacrifices of all of those that have served, are serving, and have yet to serve.
And also. Once again Google seems to have forgotten what today is. Bing has not. Next time you need to find something you know who to use.
Meandering off Memorial Day, but this is what’s on my mind. I’m old enough to remember Watergate, and some odd similarities jump out…
The Watergate break-in itself was in pursuit of spying on the opposition party, which isn’t an issue here. Yeah, McConnell’s office was bugged, but I don’t think that’s yet become a Watergate-class offense.
But the Nixon era was remembered for tax audits of Nixon’s “Enemies List” and harassment of the press in response to leaks. That’s how the term “White House Plumbers” became notorious. (Get it? “Plumbers” fix “leaks”.) The difference is that the Plumbers used criminal methods to follow up on leakers, and also segued into purely political tasks. Which is not to say Nixon’s Justice Department was uninvolved; Nixon’s AG John Mitchell was one of Nixon’s people that ended up in jail.
So with Obama we’ve got the Benghazi cover-up which was perpetrated and obviously orchestrated by Obama and Hillary and Rice. People should be upset about being blatantly lied to for the purpose of misleading the nation in the run-up to a close election, although I’m not sure that’s a criminal act. Then there’s the corruption of the IRS, which obviously goes fairly high up the food chain, and some of Obama’s people will almost certainly go to jail. We’ve got the Justice Department going after the press using dubiously legal procedures; it’s not clear whether this will send anyone to jail, but we might reasonably expect Eric Holder will be asked to resign. They say the Washington press corps is loving Obama a bit less these days; we’ll see where that goes.
That’s what it looks like at this moment; however investigations are still ongoing. If we knew all there was to know, I can’t help but think Obama would follow in Nixon’s footsteps, out of a job and only saved from jail by a pardon. But Nixon only fell when his own party got sick of him. It could happen to Nixon because he never had the sort of love that Obama’s base has for him, and the press was always gunning for Nixon. I can’t imagine Obama being abandoned to the extent Nixon was.
I’d like to take a moment to remember Lt. Daniel V. Borah, Jr. He was a Naval aviator shot down over Vietnam on September 24, 1972 and very soon after declared MIA and then changed to a POW. When my family moved to Olney, IL in 1967 the Borah family became our next door neighbors. His parents Dan Sr. and Betty, daughter Kathy, and younger son Chris were a great family. Chris, who went to jr. high and a year of high school with my older brother, wore the copper ID bracelet with Dan’s name, rank and serial number every minute of the seven years we lived in Olney. The story of the recovery of his remains I won’t go into here. I’ll just say it includes the classic government stonewalling, on both sides, that has typified Vietnam era MIA/POW recovery efforts. I just wanted to put this in here for Danny. Although I never met him, he is the first person I think of every Memorial Day. Rest in peace Danny.