After Fifty Seven years under Fidel Castro's rule, a small country embarks on the new beginning and we have a new opportunity.
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2016 @ 8:14 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Today, I pay my greatest respects and deep appreciation, as I celebrate the life of a wonderful patriot, and a Democrat at that ... When was the last time I had this opportunity?
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2016 @ 8:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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For many civilians, the memories of a military event are an abstract memory. However, for the participants it is the faces, names, and specific events that mark the event. Here are some of their stories.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 @ 4:56 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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An average day in the life of a grunt in the II Corp area Northeast of Saigon in 1968 consisted of Eagle Flights. We would form groups of six in two columns. The Huey helicopters would come in to pick us up. Usually three men from each side would upload on the Hueys.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 8:36 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Behind every successful man is a woman, or perhaps many women. Here is one who made quite a bit of difference in our successful landing on the moon.
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2016 @ 5:15 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A visit from an old combat buddy rekindles the guilt and angst again.
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 2:54 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I recently had a chance to reconnect with a fellow Combat Brother after 48 years.
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 12:50 am
By: Bobby Tony
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To some the nom de plume "Cracker " is a pejorative term reflecting on the character of the person. I will leave it up to you to research the origin and pick your preference on the meaning. Like everything else in this current world, words can be redefined and appropriated based on the prejudice o
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 12:33 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Read on if you think this is not possible.
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 @ 6:55 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Located only a few minutes' drive from Statesville is Fort Dobbs - North Carolina's only frontier fort during the French and Indian War
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A reporter for the Western Carolinian of Salisbury in 1825 wrote, "The mining interest of the state is now only second to the farming interest."
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2016 @ 5:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bath, North Carolina a long and cherished history
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2016 @ 1:50 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Back when "stop the presses!" had some real meaning.
Published: Friday, September 23rd, 2016 @ 6:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Survival techniques that are not so useful back in "The World."
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 3:01 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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In history books, Anti-Federalists often are depicted as losers during the constitutional ratification debates. But in many ways, they were victorious
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 @ 8:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Below are some pictures from the Charlie Company Website. This was the field meals as delivered by helicopter in case quantity. Usually the case was opened (sometimes using the old M16 prong flash suppressor as shown on left below – put over wire and twist until broken) and then turned upside down
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 2:40 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The US Army can train an infantry man in 10 weeks after a 10 week boot camp.
Published: Saturday, August 6th, 2016 @ 4:09 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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My memory is cloudy on this exact dates but sometime around March or April 1968 we made an incursion into Cambodia.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 @ 1:47 am
By: Bobby Tony
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His birth name was not how most people knew him. He cast off the shackles of his heritage and forged a new future under the name Muhammad Ali. In doing so, he became the most recognizable person on earth. He was often vain, sometimes outrageous, but always with a mischievous smile.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2016 @ 4:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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They were true "life savers" - and that ain't no lie.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2016 @ 9:01 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The photo was taken in 1968 Saigon in area III Corp.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2016 @ 11:22 am
By: Ted McDonald
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I arrived in Great Lakes Navy Boot Camp in 1966; soon standing naked shoulder to shoulder in a line of 50 guys as one corpsman walked in front checking my private parts and one in back administering a gigantic penicillin shot to the buttocks.
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 4:30 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Look at the pictures carefully and you see 6 guys. Add the teenager in a separate photo and you have a squad of infantrymen. The Sarge, Machine gunner, two ammo bearers, One rifleman and one who might have been a medic. This may have been the whole squad which was normally 7-12 guys.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 2:04 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Sometimes events create memories that mark time on a calendar even if you were not part of the history.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2016 @ 1:17 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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As with many of his other compositions, Leroy Anderson wrote the Typewriter for orchestra, completing his work on October 9, 1950. Various ensembles have covered it many times.
Published: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016 @ 11:08 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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A project to preserve and reconstruct the original Tara Facade House from Gone with The Wind in Georgia
Published: Monday, April 25th, 2016 @ 4:54 am
By: Bobby Tony
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My family's obsession with signs, is it a genetic problem?
Published: Friday, April 15th, 2016 @ 12:33 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I discovered what my mother knew all along. The peace of mind you seek is not your location, money, or station in life It is within your soul and has always been there waiting for you to discover it.
Published: Friday, April 15th, 2016 @ 9:02 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Restoring cars is not an investment; it is a hobby. Chasing a dream car is not for the poor or faint of heart.
Published: Thursday, April 14th, 2016 @ 12:08 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Don't laugh, The army trained for combat using Daisy BB Guns.
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 11:20 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Engineering and Math go hand in hand in discouraging your college major
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 @ 2:34 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Two pictures of the same car make the circle almost complete nine-two years later.
Published: Monday, April 4th, 2016 @ 1:56 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Knowing where you are is very important when you need fire support, but it is more important that the fire support crew know where you are.
Published: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 @ 12:22 am
By: Bobby Tony
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My son said that saying use to make him so mad he could scream.
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 @ 11:06 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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