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Floyd | Thursday, 13th of June 2013 at 09:22:27 AM Congress is going to honor Frederick Douglass with a statue.
I think a more fitting tribute would be to impeach the first Black President. Barack Obama shits on Frederick Douglass’ memory and legacy every day. Hey, I have a dream too.
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Floyd | Tuesday, 11th of June 2013 at 06:31:53 PM Well wadda ya know? Folks are beginning to miss ole George W. Bush according to a recent Gallop Poll:
Bush has maintained a fairly low profile in the four years since he left office. However, he returned to the public eye this year with the April opening of his presidential library at Southern Methodist [...]
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Floyd | Saturday, 8th of June 2013 at 12:01:06 AM Charles Nelson Reilly’s one man show The Life of Reilly is incredible. Here he relates his experience at the Hartford Circus Fire of 1944
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Floyd | Thursday, 6th of June 2013 at 05:31:48 PM Tonight for the last discussion in my Spring International Law seminar we will be discussing Jus in bello or the law regulating conduct by combatants (earnestly called Humanitarian Law)… in that we will discuss weapons like the use of gas during WW1 (and by the Egyptians in Yemen during the mid 1960s)… It always [...]
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Eric | Wednesday, 5th of June 2013 at 10:22:02 PM In addition to reading Larry Elder’s 10 Things You Can’t Say in America in the late 90s, I cite my turning point to leave the Democrats in my rearview as the moment I finally realized they no longer were the party of John F. Kennedy and his “Ask not what your country can do for [...]
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Eric | Wednesday, 5th of June 2013 at 08:15:26 AM Please continue to rest in peace as best as possible, Gipper. We’re doing the best we can to keep your spirit alive down here. Nine years ago today, we lost one of the greatest Presidents (and men) this country will ever see. Take it away, Sammy …
WARNING: Language not suitable for work, small [...]
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Floyd | Saturday, 1st of June 2013 at 10:44:49 PM And that’s really unfair to Richard Nixon.
h/t Powerline
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Floyd | Friday, 31st of May 2013 at 12:01:00 AM
*BENFOLD, EDWARD C.
Rank and organization: Hospital Corpsman Third Class, U.S. Navy, attached to a company in the 1st Marine Division. Place and date: Korea, 5 September 1952. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa.
Citation: For gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while [...]
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Floyd | Thursday, 30th of May 2013 at 08:10:51 AM
MARM, WALTER JOSEPH, JR.
Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant (then 2d Lt.), U.S. Army, Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Place and Date: Vicinity of la Drang Valley, Republic of Vietnam, 14 November 1965 Date of Issue: 12/19/1966
Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above [...]
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Floyd | Tuesday, 28th of May 2013 at 12:01:57 AM
*MUNEMORI, SADAO S.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company A,
100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Combat Team. Place and date: Near Seravezza, Italy, 5 April 1945. Entered service at: Los Angeles, Calif Birth: Los Angeles, Calif. G.O. No.. 24, 7 March 1946. Citation: He fought with great gallantry and intrepidity near Seravezza, [...]
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Floyd | Monday, 27th of May 2013 at 12:01:36 AM
DEWERT, RICHARD DAVID
Rank and organization: Hospital Corpsman, U.S. Navy. Hospital Corpsman attached to Marine infantry company, 1st Marine Division. Place and date: Korea, 5 April 1951. Entered service at: Taunton, Mass.
Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving [...]
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Kenn Christenson | Saturday, 25th of May 2013 at 09:42:28 PM
The full-length Threedonia Production is finally here!
The Threedonia Cast of Characters, involved were:
• Outlaw13 (Producer/Photography/Historical Consultant)
• Eric (Talent Coordinator/Location Sound)
• Floyd (Location Teleprompter/Production Assistant)
• Kenn C (Director/Editor)
Please also remember the fine folks at Air Warrior Courage Foundation when considering donations to worthy causes.
ED. Bumped for Memorial Day [...]
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Floyd | Saturday, 25th of May 2013 at 12:35:49 PM With Memorial Day Weekend upon us and in Wanks’ absence… the Five will honor our war vets by highlighting their stories. What are your favorite military books or just even make suggestions for books about American military history, memoirs, etc.?
In no particular order…
1. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by [...]
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Floyd | Saturday, 25th of May 2013 at 12:01:00 AM
Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy
Date of Issue: 10/22/2007 Organization: U.S. Navy, ALFA Platoon, SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1
Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as the leader of a special reconnaissance element with Naval Special Warfare Task Unit Afghanistan on [...]
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Floyd | Friday, 24th of May 2013 at 12:01:26 AM
Private First Class Ross A. McGinnis
Date of Issue: 06/05/2008 Organization: U.S. Army, Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Division Date Entered Service: June 14, 2004
Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Private First Class Ross A. McGinnis distinguished himself [...]
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Floyd | Thursday, 23rd of May 2013 at 12:01:18 AM
CRILLEY, FRANK WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Chief Gunner’s Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 13 September 1883, Trenton, N.J. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. (19 November 1928). Citation: For display of extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession above and beyond the call of duty during the diving operations in connection with the sinking in a depth [...]
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Floyd | Wednesday, 22nd of May 2013 at 10:54:52 AM
The book is billed as the definitive oral history of metal music with a foreword by Scott Ian of Anthrax and an Afterword by Rob Halford of Judas Priest.
Excerpt of the book at The Village Voice:
New York is a music mecca—the Brill Building, Broadway, street performers, subway buskers, the Metropolitan opera—but it’s [...]
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Floyd | Wednesday, 22nd of May 2013 at 02:23:41 AM
MUNRO, DOUGLAS ALBERT
Rank and organization: Signalman First Class, U.S. Coast Guard Born: 11 October 1919, Vancouver, British Columbia. Accredited to Washington. Citation: For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry m action above and beyond the call of duty as Petty Officer in Charge of a group of 24 Higgins boats, engaged in the evacuation [...]
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Floyd | Monday, 20th of May 2013 at 12:01:46 AM
SPRAYBERRY, JAMES M .
Rank and Organization: Captain (then 1st Lt.), U.S. Army, Company D, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry , 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Place and Date: Republic of Vietnam, 25 April 1968 Date of Issue: 10/09/1969
Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and [...]
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Floyd | Sunday, 19th of May 2013 at 12:05:45 AM
KANE, JOHN R. (Air Mission)
Rank and organization: Colonel, U.S. Army Air Corps, 9th Air Force. Place and date: Ploetsi Raid, Rumania, 1 August 1943. Entered service at: Shreveport, La. Birth: McGregor, Tex. G.O. No.: 54, 9 August 1943. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry in action and intrepidity at the risk of his life above [...]
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