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Forgotten Heroes Of 9/11
The 9/11 rescue dogs: Portraits of the last surviving animals who scoured Ground Zero one decade on
Moxie Tara 
Kaiser Bretagne 
‘They were there for the first few weeks, they were trained to find people alive, although that is ultimately not what happened,’ said Charlotte, who will hold a fundraiser for the First Responder Alliance at Clic Bookstore in New York on September 29.
As we pause on 9/11 to honor those we lost, and those who worked 24 hours a day, let’s also remember the four legged heroes who also did their best to find people alive in the rubble.
See the other heroes and the story here.
Copter downing in Afghanistan kills 30 Americans
Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite unit as the Navy SEALs who killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war against the Taliban.
One large nuke. One large field of glass. Problem solved. There are no innocents. There are no civilians. There is a cesspool that needs to be cleaned in the most extreme manner possible.
They can kill our heroes, but they aren’t going to bring back that piece of garbage Osama bin Ladin! That particular piece of sh*t is burning in hell. Many others need to join him.
I honor our men and women of the military, and those who have given their lives to keep us safe.
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Metal Markers Stolen From Abington Veterans’ Graves
Police are looking for some vandals who stole metal rods from a veterans’ cemetery, most likely for cash.
The thieves took at least 18 markers made of copper, bronze and brass from the graves of war heroes at Mount Vernon Cemetery.
Cemetery superintendent John Burnett said the staff that holds the marker together with the American flag is what the grave robbers are looking to fence, not the medallions that come with them.
“What they do, they leave the medallion on the ground because they can’t turn them in because scrap metal people won’t take them because it’s a veteran marker,” Burnett said.
There have always been people who aren’t worth much more than trash. Stealing from the graves of our heroes doesn’t even rank as high as trash.
6 June 1944
(Repost from last year.)
What does the ‘D’ in D-Day stand for?
The short answer: nothing.
In military terms, D-Day and H-Hour are sometimes used for the day and hour on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. They are used when the day and hour have not yet been determined, or when secrecy is important.
When used in combination with plus or minus signs, these terms indicate the length of time preceding or following a specific action. Thus, H-3 means 3 hours before H-Hour, and D+3 means 3 days after D-Day. H+75 minutes means H-Hour plus 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Heroes
Swiped from The Blaze.
Remembering
The Final Voyage For Endeavor
Just in case you missed it.
In Case You Haven’t Listened To This Man….
….pay close attention!
A man of integrity! Yep….there are still a few around.
Another Hero Gone
Chattanooga officer shot, killed
A source close to the officer killed in this morning’s shootout has confirmed that Sgt. James Timothy Chapin, 51, died in the gun battle while responding to an armed robbery at 5952 Brainerd Road.
Chapin, a 27-year veteran of the department worked in Delta patrol zone, which covers the U.S. Money Store at 5952 Brainerd Road.
The source also confirmed the officer wounded in the incident is Officer Lorin D. Johnston Sr., 45. Johnston, an 11-year Chattanooga police veteran also works patrol in Delta zone.
Police officials said Johnston was treated and released from a local hospital.
Many prayers with the Sgt. Chapin’s family and friends. More prayers for a speedy recovery to Officer Johnston.
I Call Them Heroes
Fukushima 50 Stay Behind to Prevent Nuclear Meltdown
They are known as the Fukushima 50, the workers who stayed behind at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in order to prevent a meltdown in Japan.
Between 50 and 70 plant engineers — who have not been identified and are being hailed as heroes — continue to work around the clock in dangerous conditions, as hundreds of thousands have evacuated the area, fearing a meltdown.
We may, or may not ever know their names, but we will surely know them as heroes. I pray for them, and their families. May God watch over them!
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13
Let Us Not Forget
Glenn Beck 12/27/10 – History of Civil Rights (Refresher)
Little “Hero”
Last week, I mentioned a young man, in a link (last one), whose feckless administrators of his school, treated him like a second class citizen, just for flying an AMERICAN flag on his bike, at an AMERICAN school, paid for by the AMERICAN taxpayers. The response was overwhelming in support for this young fella! Wisely, the school backed down!
MUST! READ!
A True Story; my return home from Gulf War I
By Christopher S. Watson
It was sometime in late May of 1991 and I was headed home after my first trip to the “Sand Box” as it was first coined then. The war was over and we had kicked Saddam out of Kuwait. America felt strong again after years of hanging its head low in the wake of Vietnam. Movies like Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Apocalypse Now, and The Deer Hunter had cast a terrible light on the silver screen of my early childhood. Somehow America had begun to blame the soldiers for the failures of its politicians. I knew little about the world at the time, but I did know that this was somehow wrong.
Veterans Day Parade – Nashville
When I was a kid, I LOVED parades. My family went to them on a regular basis. In my teens years, I was actually in more than I can remember, so I kind of lost my love for them. 
In recent years, I walked in quite a few for a variety of candidates, and that was a lot of fun, but I never actually got to watch any of them. And just why do so many parades start before the chickens are even up? Pfft! Ok, slight exaggeration, but we all know, I’m not much of a morning person, so it feels like it. 
So, when we realized that we had a bird’s eye view for today’s Veterans Day Parade, the Mr talked to the front desk at the motel and got us a late check out. 
It’s good to be a ‘platinum member’! Heh.
Chris from Racine said “Take a lot of pictures!” So, I did! Be glad I’m not posting all of ‘em.
