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ken brydson wrote: »Ironic....
I don't see the irony.....I see a mobile dumpster hauling garbage.....Marantz AV10-Emotiva ERC3-Denafrips Venus-Panasonic UB820-AudioQuest Power Quest 707-Emotiva DR3, DR2, XPA2, XPA6-Focal Kanta No2, Sopra Center-PolkAudio RTiA9, RTiA3, LSiM 702F/X-Epik Empire-SVS SB5000-11.3 -
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Nearly 60 Years After Vietnam, James Capers' Medal of Honor Confirms What Marines Already Knew
On March 31, 1967, then-2nd Lt. James Capers led a nine-man Force Reconnaissance patrol deep into enemy-controlled territory near Phu Loc, South Vietnam.
The mission was straightforward: gather intelligence on enemy troop movements. Instead, the team found itself surrounded by a much larger North Vietnamese force.
For four days, the Marines fought while attempting to evade encirclement.
Capers was shot twice. He suffered multiple shrapnel wounds and a broken leg. Despite his injuries, he continued directing the defense, coordinating supporting fires and encouraging his Marines as they fought toward extraction.
When a rescue helicopter finally reached the team, the aircraft struggled under the weight of the wounded Marines. According to accounts of the battle, Capers twice tried to leave the helicopter so the others could survive the flight out. His fellow Marines refused to let him go.
Even then, the team would not leave behind King, the military working dog that had accompanied them throughout the mission. Years later, Capers said King shielded him from part of the blast of a claymore mine, likely saving his life.
The actions earned Capers the Medal of Honor nearly 60 years later. But Marines had been telling that story long before the citation changed.
He became one of the Marine Corps' pioneering reconnaissance officers during the Vietnam War and later became the first Black Marine to command a reconnaissance company. He continued serving after recovering from wounds that could easily have ended his military career, mentoring Marines and building the reconnaissance community that followed."Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA
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The Smothers Brothers in space!
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »The Smothers Brothers in space!
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"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
Nice weather!
"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
--Mark Twain.
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C2 - best for going into battle.
D2 - best for going into battle when you think the back of your neck might get chopped.
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C2 - best for going into battle.
D2 - best for going into battle when you think the back of your neck might get chopped.
C1 and D3 = Both were killed in battle. -
A2 was taken as a war bride.
A3 started a software company.
B2 was beaten up by the nuns for hanging around the orphanage in his dirty white carriage.
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"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
Still going after all these years!
On August 23rd, 1954; the Four Engine WhisperProp, HerkyBird, The Proud Bird With The Camouflaged Tail, A Glorified Garbage Truck, The Herky Cannonball, and a few others we can't list, also known as Lockheed C-130 Hercules first took flight in Burbank, California. While the prototypes were built there, the ongoing, historic production of the C-130 was moved in 1955 to Lockheed's plant in Marietta, Georgia.!
A four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft. The Georgia line has built and delivered more than 2,700 C-130 aircraft to over 70 operators worldwide.
It is now the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. Over forty variants and versions of the Hercules, including a civilian one marketed as the Lockheed L-100, operate in more than 70 nations.
Beyond the C-130, this facility manufactured other legendary military icons, including the massive C-5 Galaxy transport and the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter. It also constructs the critical center-wing assemblies for the F-35 Lightning II.
The Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia—historically known as Air Force Plant No. 6—is famous because it holds the undisputed world record for the longest continuously running military aircraft production line in history. It's history includes the time during World War II when it was operated by the Bell Aircraft Corporation to build B-29 bombers.
"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
Fresh-picked from the verdant memefields at hifihaven.org...
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Cat bag clip seen on FB...
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^^^ Gonna get our son & his wife one of those for Christmas, I think...
So... a little slice of life here in northern New England. Mrs. H and I were down in the basement doing some clean-up kind of stuff (nice and cool in the basement) this afternoon for an hour or so. When I went back upstairs, I noticed that several, though not all, of our birdfeeders had been ransacked. Little to no damage to any of them, though. We were kind of perplexed. Who mighta dunnit?
We do have a gamecam set up out back, although not by the feeders. It's a bit further down the hill, by the holding tank or whatever you call it (septic tank?
) for the septic system. Two days in a row a couple of weeks ago there was a pile of medium-sized scat on one of the access hatches, and I was curious who the scatter was. I figured it wasn't likely, but also not impossible, that the feeder-raider might've ambled past it as they vacated the scene of the crime.
At any rate, after dinner I pulled the memory card out of the gamecam to see if there might be a glimpse of the perp.
I mean... strictly circumstantial evidence, but the timing's about right.
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My TN neighbor, who is basically across the street from me 😳, caught this one on his camera a couple weeks ago.
Brian -
@Tony M recently contributed a poster showing what to do if confronted by a bear.....
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My TN neighbor, who is basically across the street from me 😳, caught this one on his camera a couple weeks ago.
that one's built similarly to the one who ambled through here today -- kinda lean-looking.
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the ones we see here in the early summer are usually chunkier. :-o
They're usually less dainty eaters, too.
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I saw a video clip recently about a couple of hikers who were on a trail, and a couple of young bears came barreling down.
Two things struck me - first, how fast they were, even just looping past. Second, imagining for a minute how much damage they'd do if one were to crash into you at that speed. Even without an attack, just the bulk at such speed would likely very easily break bones, not to mention potential for internal injuries.
These people just happened to be off to the side of the trail, maybe 10-20ft away from each of the bears as they ran past. Pretty awesome, bears.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »kinda lean-looking.a.k.a., HUNGRY!
Lean? Hungry?
Are you guys saying that bear is Muhammad Ali?
"Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look." -Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2 -
"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
