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  Lindy1962 wrote a new blog entry:

  Why are We Here?

   Like my Father before me, I tend to practice political independence (I have actively participated too; on active duty in the USAF, as a city & county official, a School Board member, and volunteered to serve on various groups & committees). It helps...

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  retcolusa A gathering of war heroes.......

  

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    JuJu They truly are heroes, and should be treated as such.

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    Wolf <> Yes !!!

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    Sargesbrat Reminds me of my last five dates. They ate all my food and just sat around chewing the fat. Well done, guys and gals.

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  retcolusa wrote a new blog entry:

  Suicide

  OK, climbing up on my soapbox.  JuJu and I went to a contract post office today to mail some items.  For anyone who is not familiar with a contract post office, it is a privately owned predominantly small business that has a contract with the US...

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    Sargesbrat You didn't have to put up your mean picture to do this. By the looks of the starch on the blouse, no wonder you were mean. Were your shorts the same? Was the mamasan that did them well compensated? Did she have a med plan? I ask because it seems ...  moreYou didn't have to put up your mean picture to do this. By the looks of the starch on the blouse, no wonder you were mean. Were your shorts the same? Was the mamasan that did them well compensated? Did she have a med plan? I ask because it seems like an overseas picture. Anyway, I think unions are great. Have been active in unionisation on a couple of jobs. Got fired from one for doing it. I was a kid, had lofty ideals till I went down to the union hall to tell them I got fired for trying to unionise the workers. It was a great bite out of the ol' reality sandwich when I was told "Can't help ya, you don't belong to da union."  less

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    kurtrbtt The post office is in real trouble and they will try anything to make a buck. Up here the're trying to close over 70 small post offfices. I get my mail delivered by a contract worker. If this was a real USPS worker I could complain and get some results...  moreThe post office is in real trouble and they will try anything to make a buck. Up here the're trying to close over 70 small post offfices. I get my mail delivered by a contract worker. If this was a real USPS worker I could complain and get some results. Wrong mail, tossing packages under the mail box (on the side of the road) are just some of the prob lems. Talk to the USPS and they say they will concider the information when the contract comes up. I'v got my own soapbox, what we need is Speaker's Corrner, like in Hyde Park. Have soapbox will travel.  less

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    retcolusa Rest assured, Mamasan was well taken care of:>) When I got my very first pair of blue jeans my mom starched them! Took two weeks before the rash between my legs went away- true story.

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    Sargesbrat Terry, You are still blaming that rash on your jeans? Regardless, does anyone in DC realize that the demand for the postal service has radically changed? Why have they not cut back the staff? We don't need daily deliveries any more and no one will ...  moreTerry, You are still blaming that rash on your jeans? Regardless, does anyone in DC realize that the demand for the postal service has radically changed? Why have they not cut back the staff? We don't need daily deliveries any more and no one will miss not getting mail on Saturday at all. Emergency messages are sent on computers, major industries have grown out of the need for package deliveries. Why aren't they cutting back the Postal Service faster? Our lives are centered around television and computers and not the time each day the mail man comes. The cost of sending a letter has gone up 2,500%. Nothing else in our lives has gone up that much. Why has this happened when everything moves so much faster than before? The question answers itself. Everything ELSE moves faster so we are using those alternatives instead of the post office. One way to look at it is that the cost of supporting a family has increased postal wages so high, it is no longer practical to hand deliver letters a...    less

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    retcolusa No, no that was a totally different rash, John.

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    retcolusa Lean, green fighting machine! OOOHHHRAAAHH!

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    Wolf <> Lookin STRAC troop/

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    Sargesbrat Who's the skinny guy with all the hair?

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  kurtrbtt

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  kurtrbtt I was 19 in this photo

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    retcolusa Another lean, green fighting machine!

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    retcolusa This is my rifle, this is my gun ......

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    Wolf There's a youthfull memory or two...

    • January 29
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    RickyT This is my rifle, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without my rifle I am nothing, without me my rifle is nothing.....

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  retcolusa has added a new profile photo.

  

  • January 27

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    kurtrbtt Terry, I like this photo but I normally see numbers under the mugshot, oops, I mean photo. You were a great looking LT.;

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    retcolusa Kurt, 'Nam, 1972. I was 26.

    • January 27
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  fleekitch19752 this day in 1967 the apollo 1 fire claimed the lives of three American Astronauts.

  • January 27
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  Sargesbrat We may have left our hearts in San Francisco but Clyde left more than that

  

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    retcolusa I'm still trying to find out where he found shoes and undies that match.

    • Mon at 6:18 AM
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    Sargesbrat He probably has a matching purse in the other hand, too. Maybe Nordstroms. They have everything. I adore his tan.

    • Mon at 9:28 AM
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    retcolusa He certainly didn't get the tan by being in the closet.

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    Wolf <> Lotta dues paid for this ahhh "fellas" right of privledge... Life's a head scratcher at times/

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    Sargesbrat Right, Wolf, 'tis a bummer

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    JuJu Awwwww, how cute...

    • January 26
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    Wolf <> Thumbs Up !!!, Ricky T/

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    retcolusa Let the buying and spoiling begin!

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  Don Ya know, they say a dog is man's best friend & it's amazing how well they take to training. This one appears to be better than some humans.

  

  • January 25

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    Wolf <> Body paint, Victoria Secret and a canine with the manners to stop well beyond the crosswalk... A day to be appreciated/

    • January 26
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    retcolusa The thread that's holding her pants together is stronger than the fishing line I use.

    • January 26
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    Sargesbrat Believe this was taken in a foreign country where the cars are right hand drive. This is why it appears to us that the dog is driving. Pretty sure it is a country below the equator. Don't know why I am thinking below the equator but that's the bottom line.

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    Wolf <> "thinking below the equator" , haaa, go figure >> Thanks for the heads up on dogs not driving John.... For a child of the "50's-60's" and all the grey matter destruction that comes with the territory i'm thinking i might have still been o...  more <> "thinking below the equator" , haaa, go figure >> Thanks for the heads up on dogs not driving John.... For a child of the "50's-60's" and all the grey matter destruction that comes with the territory i'm thinking i might have still been on top of that angle/  

    • January 27
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    retcolusa Dog? What dog?

    • January 27
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  bonbongrant What do you think about a military brat making a bid for president?

  • January 24

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    Don I fully agree & would like to nominate Terry (retcolusa) above.

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    retcolusa Don, DC doesn't allow that many guns in the White House.

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    bratdawn I second the nomination!....if guns weren't allowed in the white house, we wouldn't have had all the presidents who are famous hunters! Hey...even the VP (Cheney) had guns, or he wouldn't have had that hunting accident! Presidents are allowed to have thei...  moreI second the nomination!....if guns weren't allowed in the white house, we wouldn't have had all the presidents who are famous hunters! Hey...even the VP (Cheney) had guns, or he wouldn't have had that hunting accident! Presidents are allowed to have their Constitutional rights protected!  

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    Wolf <> Not sure if the question's in general or 2012 specific but in many ways i don't see Newt Gingrich as the idyllic Military Brat... However should and seemingly it will ultimately come down to reaching into the asp nest with a wish & a prayer, i'...  more <> Not sure if the question's in general or 2012 specific but in many ways i don't see Newt Gingrich as the idyllic Military Brat... However should and seemingly it will ultimately come down to reaching into the asp nest with a wish & a prayer, i'd hope to come up with a change in snakes//  

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    retcolusa Wolf, I'd vote for a ham sandwich considering the alternative.

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  JuJu No Don, that was not Steven Tyler......  it was Kristen  Chenowith...  She did a beautiful rendition of the national anthem....  The 49er fans were not booing the singer... they were booing the Giants.... it doesn't matter who they were booing....  it was...  moreNo Don, that was not Steven Tyler......  it was Kristen  Chenowith...  She did a beautiful rendition of the national anthem....  The 49er fans were not booing the singer... they were booing the Giants.... it doesn't matter who they were booing....  it was disrespectful and unpatriotic....  

  • January 24

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    Don I totally agree lil sis brat.

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    Wolf <> Bingo JuJu, The diff. between the Nat'l Anthem reditions in games 1 vs. 2 was pretty night and dayish... In fact i commented while being made miserable by Steven Tyler that i'd thought the trend was to get away from Roseanne Barr like deliverie...  more <> Bingo JuJu, The diff. between the Nat'l Anthem reditions in games 1 vs. 2 was pretty night and dayish... In fact i commented while being made miserable by Steven Tyler that i'd thought the trend was to get away from Roseanne Barr like deliveries and someone truly soiled the bed on this particular decision/  

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  Sargesbrat wrote a new blog entry:

  Voters' Primer

  Mark Twain is special to me.  My family had a collection of his books as long as I can remember.  My father began reading them to me every night after his return from the Korean War. I was eight years old.  I would fall to sleep with Tom an...

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    threeer 26. Everybody talks about term limits...we have them. They're called elections (just that precious few people actually exercise that privilege in a smart manner)!

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    bratdawn Never forget when I was married in MA I worked on Romneys campaign against Kennedy. The people of MA voted for term limits, but reelected Ted Kennedy! Only in Massachusetts...another reason I moved to FL!

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    Sargesbrat Hey, Dawn, did they have turtles in MA? Us bikini spotters would have migrated right along with you anyway.

    • January 25
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    Wolf <> I enjoy poignant & timeless words of wisdom John: "Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it." // " I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew ...  more <> I enjoy poignant & timeless words of wisdom John: "Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it." // " I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving. Robert E. Lee  

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  retcolusa wrote a new blog entry:

  Dustin and Lex

  I have a very close friend and "Battle Buddy" from Vietnam.  Jim Frost was the Platoon Leader of the Working Dog Platoon in my company in 'Nam.  After he retired in the Phoenix area he started a group to recognize the service of working dogs and...

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    JuJu What a nice story.... I am sorry that Dustin died, but so pleased that Lex made it. He is a herol

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    threeer The bond of unconditional love between dog and owner/handler is simply staggering...

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    retcolusa What I find equally amazing is that the first law of nature, self-preservation, doesn't seem to apply in these relationships. Rather than crawl off and lick his own wounds, Lex covered Dustin's body with his own to protect him from further harm. I have ...  moreWhat I find equally amazing is that the first law of nature, self-preservation, doesn't seem to apply in these relationships. Rather than crawl off and lick his own wounds, Lex covered Dustin's body with his own to protect him from further harm. I have heard of similar incidents where the dog handler covered his dog to protect him - not many humans would do this.  

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    Wolf <> Hell of a share Terry, thanks... Snarfed to pass on for well deserved ritious use/

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    Sargesbrat Thank you

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  Don I remember those days when I was the Army Brat kid who was anxiously awaiting Dad's homecoming arrival & I was then beside myself being overjoyed at having him back home when he actually did arrive. This still brings tears of joy to my eyes as I see p...  moreI remember those days when I was the Army Brat kid who was anxiously awaiting Dad's homecoming arrival & I was then beside myself being overjoyed at having him back home when he actually did arrive. This still brings tears of joy to my eyes as I see people welcoming troops home.  

  

  I Support Our Veterans | US Military Homecoming Tribute (Daughtry- Im coming home)

  I Support Our Veterans | US Military Homecoming Tribute (Daughtry- Im coming home)

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    Lindy1962 I have similar memories too. I don't remember Dad's return from WWII; but I'm old enough to remember Dad's return from the Korean War (he flew night intruder missions in a B26). And for us there were many "mini" homecomings when Dad was coming home from o...  moreI have similar memories too. I don't remember Dad's return from WWII; but I'm old enough to remember Dad's return from the Korean War (he flew night intruder missions in a B26). And for us there were many "mini" homecomings when Dad was coming home from one of his remote tours, or just coming home from another one of his MATS flights from Travis AFB out over the Pacific. Several times, I remember him returning from Hickam AFB, HI with fresh tropical flowers for Mom and pieces of real sugar cane for we kids! But sadly, I also remember cases when the father of a friend, or later, one of my friends did not come home.  less

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  RickyT I'm a grandpa again!  A bouncing beautiful baby girl!!!  Ooh-Rah

  • January 23

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    retcolusa Where's the PIC??

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    Don CONGRATULATIONS to you & her parents big brother!!!

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    kurtrbtt wonderful,. Wish I had one or two for myself

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    retcolusa Kurt, I'll rent mine out.

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    bratdawn Congratulations! I too, just became a Nana again to a granddaughter 4 days before Christmas. There is no joy like the joy of being a grandparent! When they cry, you can give them back! lol

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  JuJu Did you all see the Giants/Forty Niners game last night?  The Forty Niners fans booed during the singing of the National Anthem.  I just could not believe the disrespect....  I won't be watching any  more of their games... I am glad, after that, that they...  moreDid you all see the Giants/Forty Niners game last night?  The Forty Niners fans booed during the singing of the National Anthem.  I just could not believe the disrespect....  I won't be watching any  more of their games... I am glad, after that, that they lost last night.  

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    Debadams That was totally uncalled for

    • January 23
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    Don Is that true? If it is true, I know exactly where they need to go if they are that unhappy with America that they don't like it here. I'll even be happy to help them leave, now. Too many of my relatives & friends have risked & sacrificed everything to kee...  moreIs that true? If it is true, I know exactly where they need to go if they are that unhappy with America that they don't like it here. I'll even be happy to help them leave, now. Too many of my relatives & friends have risked & sacrificed everything to keep Americans & other people safe & free. In fact, I'm certain that we could find several oppressed people from around the world who would love to become Americans & live here for every one of those ungrateful fools who don't appreciate it.  

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    kurtrbtt I didn't watch the game but I ALWAYS mute the TV during the singing because the clowns singing it hacve no clue how to "honor" America bu singing it

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    Don I think that may have been the game that Steven Tyler sang the national anthem at & they may have been booing him screeching through it. I didn't see it either, but I have seen & heard some people do a wonderful job at singing it.

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  JuJu → Sargesbrat: John, The Japs may have paid the Japanese women, but they took Korean and Chinese women as sex slaves....That is a fact.  I am not aware of the US ever taking sex slaves....  we are more civilized than that.  I agree that the native Americans were treated...  moreJohn, The Japs may have paid the Japanese women, but they took Korean and Chinese women as sex slaves....That is a fact.  I am not aware of the US ever taking sex slaves....  we are more civilized than that.  I agree that the native Americans were treated horribly and it upsets me...  It also upsets me the way blacks were treated in this country....  

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  JuJu → Sargesbrat: John, The Japs may have paid the Japanese women, but they took Korean and Chinese women as sex slaves....That is a fact.  I am not aware of the US ever taking sex slaves....  we are more civilized than that.  I agree that the native Americans were treated...  moreJohn, The Japs may have paid the Japanese women, but they took Korean and Chinese women as sex slaves....That is a fact.  I am not aware of the US ever taking sex slaves....  we are more civilized than that.  I agree that the native Americans were treated horribly and it upsets me...  It also upsets me the way blacks were treated in this country....  

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    Lindy1962 Nice fish! I 'm waiting for Spring so I can get out for some fishing too!

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  fleekitch19752 on this day in 1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons hundreds of thousands of draft evaders'

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    JuJu That infuriated me when he did that.. Unfortunately we have Jimmy Jr in the White House right now.....

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  Sargesbrat wrote a new blog entry:

  Beginning of Atomic Age Now Viewable

  World War II was basically over.   The Axis in Europe had surrendered unconditionally.   Japan had no navy, its armies were stranded all over the South Pacific and South East Asia.   Uniforms tattered, weapons falling apart a...

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    JuJu Germany and Japan got exactly what they deserved... they started the war, they were brutal..... especially the Japanese, who made their captives into slaves. I love watching the footage of them surrendering on the USS Missouri... watching them "lose face...  moreGermany and Japan got exactly what they deserved... they started the war, they were brutal..... especially the Japanese, who made their captives into slaves. I love watching the footage of them surrendering on the USS Missouri... watching them "lose face".... that's cool, I believe if they could that both they and Germany would do it again.... thankfully they can't, thanks to us.  

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    Sargesbrat JuJu, Peace. The Japanese punished their leaders far worse than the Germans who enslaved and sytematically murdered the most prisoners. Seem to recall 7 million jews alone.

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    Wolf <> War & conflict, I cannot help but reflect: Primarilly on the non-combatant pawns allowed little to no real decision making process, yet such a centralized recipient of end results >> Then the knights, forever physically & psychologically a...  more <> War & conflict, I cannot help but reflect: Primarilly on the non-combatant pawns allowed little to no real decision making process, yet such a centralized recipient of end results >> Then the knights, forever physically & psychologically altered... Itsa ugly business to which even the angelic are contrarily fouled by degrees - Long range wholesale brutality quite possibly modern technology in its worst conceivable element/  

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    Sargesbrat Wolf, Amen.

    • January 22
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    retcolusa As Wolf and others well know, the faster you can end a war the better for all concerned. Had we had the bomb at the beginning of WWII and used it on both the German and Japanese millions of lives could have been saved. Innocents pay the price for madmen...  moreAs Wolf and others well know, the faster you can end a war the better for all concerned. Had we had the bomb at the beginning of WWII and used it on both the German and Japanese millions of lives could have been saved. Innocents pay the price for madmen leaders, kind of like what is happening in our country right now.  

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  Sargesbrat wrote a new blog entry:

  70 years old and fondly remembered

          Versatile, durable, and an important aircraft of World War II, the L-5 flew a wide variety of missions: photo reconnaissance, resupply, evacuation of wounded, message courier, VIP transport, and artillery spotting. Its de...

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    Lindy1962 During the 1950s, dozens of L-5s were turned over to the Civil Air Patrol for search missions, cadet orientations, etc. I remember one flight that I had from a practice Search & Rescue exercise in Northern California back to Sacramento. We were "navigati...  moreDuring the 1950s, dozens of L-5s were turned over to the Civil Air Patrol for search missions, cadet orientations, etc. I remember one flight that I had from a practice Search & Rescue exercise in Northern California back to Sacramento. We were "navigating" down I-5 at about 2,000 ft. into a strong head wind. I remember seeing the cars below passing us!  

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    Sargesbrat Lindy, That was Me! Thought you were Highway Patrol till you made that very unpolice type gesture out the window.

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    retcolusa Wouldn't be surprised if there are some bush pilots still flying these in Alaska. Hey, the DC-3/C-47 "Gooney Bird" is over 70 and still flying around the world.

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  • January 19

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    Roberta She is such a pretty dog. Looks like she is smiling:)

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  scottsmith → You Know You're a Military Brat If . . .: You don't visit your retired father on Armed Forces Day because you know he will be at the nearest military base for the festivities.

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    Wolf I <> If the question "where are you from?" is answered with "I'm kinda from all over the place. >> If you have ever bagged groceries at the commissary on payday. >>> If you graduated from 12th grade and it was your 13th school...

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  scottsmith → You Know You're a Military Brat If . . .: You know you are a military brat when you purposely look for a duffle bag/sea bag to go on an overnight camping trip. 

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  • January 18

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  carolekoth posted a new classified listing:

  St Bernard Academy

  Went to high school at St. Bernard Academy in Nashville TN from 1963 to 1967. Trying to find other air force brats that attended during those years

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