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Frederick Douglass — Still the Man

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.

Honoring Ronald Reagan, Kinison-style (BUMPED)

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 …

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Wednesday Open Thread

REEM, ROBERT DALE

Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, Company H, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Vicinity Chinhung-ni, Korea, 6 November 1950. Entered service at: Elizabethtown, Pa.

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of [...]

Tuesday Open Thread

*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, [...]

West Coast Thunder

Today was the annual West Coast Thunder rally — the SoCal version of Rolling Thunder… a couple of short videos here…

The first one is me driving by the initial stages… and the video features one of the stars of Kenn and Outlaw’s doc First Attack! — the Huey from the Wings and Motors Air [...]

Behind The Music, Memorial Day Edition

From The National Review On-Line via Ace of Spades

It happens now and then. You hear a story so sad, so beautiful, so filled with loss and pain and grief and love, that it makes you cry. Really cry.

Two years ago, I was making a grocery run for my family on Memorial Day when [...]

Memorial Day Open Thread

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 [...]

First Attack: The Video!

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.

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Memorial Weekend Five

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 [...]

Saturday with Floyd

Zach and I spent the morning with a thousand or so of our closest friends placing flags at the graves in Riverside National Cemetery. Over 200,000 graves are there about half of which won’t get flags. In steps locals to fill in the gap somewhat. Maybe next year we can get ‘em all like [...]

Wednesday Open Thread

DOOLITTLE, JAMES H. (Air Mission)

Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Army. Air Corps. Place and date: Over Japan. Entered service at: Berkeley, Calif. Birth: Alameda, Calif. G.O. No.: 29, 9 June 1942. Citation: For conspicuous leadership above the call of duty, involving personal valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to life. With [...]

What I Learned In A Year-And-A-Half

In putting together the brief version of the 1-227th Aviation Regiment’s history, you can’t help but learn a few things, so, in my debut post on Threedonia, I’d like to share what I learned:

The Spur Ride: The leadership usually disliked it and would sometimes chew out the pilots who did it. There were guys, [...]

Saturday Open Thread

Sergeant First Class Jared C. Monti

Date of Issue: 09/17/2009 Organization: U.S. Army, Headquarters Company, 10th Mountain Division

Citation: Staff Sergeant Jared C. Monti distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a team leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d Squadron, 71st [...]

From the Trailer Park --

Trailer to the documentary produced by our very own commenter and friend Kenn Christenson. A lot of the still photography was taken by Outlaw 13 aka Dan McClinton.

As a reminder we will be hosting a premiere and get together at the AMC 16 in Burbank on Thursday May 9. Doors open at 7:00 [...]

First Attack!

Whatever else we accomplish with this blog I will always be proud of helping to facilitate, in some small way, the meeting of filmmaker Kenn Christenson and now retired Army aviator Outlaw 13 aka Dan McClinton resulting in Kenn’s soon to be released historical documentary about Dan’s unit. Peabody Award winning International film and [...]

Oh, say can you shred?

Metallica rocks. That is all.

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The pair’s version was respectful, but it definitely retained that Metallica spirit and energy. The crowd certainly ate it up, which hopefully gave James and Kirk an added boost of confidence as they return to the studio to complete their long-awaited follow-up to 2008?s [...]

Monday Open Thread

*Master Sergeant Gary I. Gordon

Organization: U.S. Army Place and Date: 3 October 1993, Mogadishu, Somalia

Citation: Master Sergeant Gordon, United States Army, distinguished himself by actions above and beyond the call of duty on 3 October 1993, while serving as Sniper Team Leader, United States Army Special Operations Command with Task Force [...]

Hurry, hurry. Here comes our stop ...

Sorry for the late heads-up, 3D Nation, but battling a massive flu relapse today. Ugh. Regardless, be sure to tune in to Jack Marino’s Warrior Filmmaker Show tonight on LA Talk Radio’s Channel 2 because I know you know some of the folks. Here’s all the vitals:

Friday, April 26 2013 at 8PM PST & [...]

Schoolhouse Rocked

Having trouble understanding the Bill of Rights? Well, as only they can, the fine folks at Ranger Up are here to help with their latest shirt, currently available for pre-order.

The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These limitations serve to protect the [...]

I Went to a Hockey Game and Patriotism Broke Out

From last night’s Boston Bruins/Buffalo Sabres game… Hockey fans are notoriously disrespectful during the anthem… awesome.