Tuesday, May 29, 2018

2018—HEAD ON COLLISION Part 4c Memorial Day Postscript

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The fact of the matter is this:  After many futile attempts, I could not figure out how to add my thoughts to yesterday's post, which offered up a famous photo of victorious Marines planting The Red, White and Blue, suggesting why today's postscript expresses a heartfelt salute to all veterans, who, having called the USA home, heeded the call of duty by mustering the courage to run head on into battle, giving up life or limb or inner peace in hopes of maintaining their loved ones’ right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and imperfect as human beings are known to be, countless Americans look to emulate the compassionate attitude of the lady in the harbor, whose flaming torch reminds our nation’s citizenry (of whom leadership is a part) to continue to welcome the downtrodden who long to live and thrive in peace as did our forefathers whose hopes to better their families' lives provided current generations with reason to feel grateful upon awakening, day in and day out, to inhale an expansive sense of personal freedom so as to inspire today's troops to serve the greater good of children and adults, here at home and around the world, as well.  And thus do we, who rise, day after day, feeling safe and sound having slept in the comfort of our own beds, acknowledge heartfelt need to revere all of you, who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that our children continue to reap the rewards of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and for those priceless gifts do we appreciate your sacrifice of life or limb or inner peace reverentially—not only on Memorial Day but every day throughout the year.  (As you scroll down through the photos below, please continue to scroll PAST ALL of the bookshelves that make up the entire BOOKCASE so as to view additional photos, which will continue to appear until you can’t scroll down, anymore, at all.  If you pause momentarily upon each photo, a brief memorial will also appear, though that will not be true of the first photo showing a train, filled with children, whose parents had mustered the courage to evacuate their precious offspring in hopes of heightening their chances of surviving the unspeakable horrors that befall those who remain to fight for freedom at any cost ...)


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Nearly two million children were evacuated from their homes at the start of World WarTwo; children had to endure rationing, gas mask lessons, living with strangers etc. Children accounted for one in ten of the deaths during the Blitz of London from 1940 to 1941. ... 'Operation Pied Piper' was a huge undertaking ...
Kurdish boy injured by an Iraqi napalm bomb at the end of the Gulf War. Near Isikveren, Turkey, 1991. © Peter Turnley / Corbis 1991.

Kurdish boy injured by an Iraqi napalm bomb at the end of the Gulf War. Near Isikveren, Turkey, © Peter Turnley / Corbis ~ A awful sight.

US Army soldiers assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division, say farewell during a memorial service for six fallen comrades at FOB Joyce in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province, 9 April 2012.

Soldiers from the Brigade Combat Team, Airborne Division, mourn for their fallen comrades during a memorial service at Forward Operating Base Joyce in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar Province. (US Army photo by SFC Mark Burrell)

Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf  (1934 – December 27, 2012) US Army general served as Commander of U.S. Central Command coalition forces in the Gulf War - With his passing, America lost a great patriot and a great soldier. The highlight of his career was the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm. 'Stormin' Norman' led the coalition forces to victory, ejecting the Iraqi Army from Kuwait and restoring the government. His leadership inspired his troops and the nation. - "Requiescant in Pace"

Norman Schwarzkopf: 10 Quotes on Leadership and War

( 22 August 1934 – 27 December also known as H. Norman Schwarzkopf, was a United States Army general. While serving as Commander-in-Chief, United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War.
Gulf War.  In August 1990 Iraq invaded the Gulf state of Kuwait, setting off a chain of events that led to a war with the West.

How real is Gulf War syndrome?

it has been calculated that in the last 3500 years, there have only been 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world
An american soldier helps this other soldier after an attack in Kabul, Afganistan. The real world people!!

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Top US Commander In Afghanistan: "I Am Short A Few Thousand Troops" / ME: It's working just fine the streets of the world are flooded with cheap heroin!
Leigh Ann Hester (born 1982) is a US Army soldier. While assigned to the 617th Military Police Company, a Kentucky Army National Guard unit out of Richmond, Kentucky, Hester received the Silver Star for her actions on March 20, 2005 during an enemy ambush. Hester enlisted in the U.S. Army in April 2001 and is the first female U.S. Army soldier to receive the award for exceptional valor since WW2 and the first ever to be cited for valor in close quarters combat.

SGT Leigh Ann Hester: Hester enlisted in the U. Army in April & is the first female Army soldier to receive the Silver Star for exceptional valor since World War II. She repelled at least 30 insurgents when her convoy was ambushed.

US Soldiers Scanning Desert Horizon in Desert Storm Gulf War

US Soldiers Scanning Desert Horizon in Desert Storm Gulf War

25 years ago today, Operation Desert Storm commenced, ushering in a wave of new technologies and weapon systems that have significantly.
Readers remember the Gulf War.

soldier flashes the "V" sign from his position on top of a Humvee guarding the U. 1991 in Kuwait City.

US Combat Casualty, Hooked to IV, in Tent Hospital, Operation Desert Storm Gulf War. By: Dennis Brack

US Combat Casualty, Hooked to IV, in Tent Hospital, Operation Desert Storm Gulf War

US Combat Casualty, Hooked to IV, in Tent Hospital, Operation Desert Storm Gulf War. By: Dennis Brack
Operation Desert Storm

- fighter planes the U. Air Force Fighting Falcon, Eagle and Strike Eagle flying over burning oil fields in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

Vintage 1991, Gulf War General Schwarzkopf in the Gulf War Ticker Tape Parade, NYC, www.RevWill.com

What's to be ashamed of? No homecoming parade for troops from Iraq

Vintage Gulf War General Schwarzkopf in the Gulf War Ticker Tape Parade, NYC

PS
Hopefully you scrolled down yesterday's post until the photo I’d googled appeared.  You see, just as I’d worked creatively to no avail to add my thoughts to that post, in no way was I able to change the layout for the better.  On the other hand, once hearts connect so as to embrace the concept of Tikan Olam (join hands to repair the world) we will actively encourage each other to absorb the open-minded, far-sighted attitude that creates this change for the better as the future unfolds :   Let's make love not war, thus transforming surviving into thriving  .
U.S. Army soldiers waste deep in mud hole...Iraq

"I solemnly swear to uphold the ." Our heroes respect the flag that they serve no matter where or what the conditions! God bless our soldiers!

Army Spec. Monica Brown~ was an 18 yr. old medic in Afgahnastan when she earned the  Silver Star for repeatedly risking her life on April 25, 2007, to shield and treat her wounded comrades & displaying bravery and grit. She is the second woman since World War II to receive the nation's third-highest combat medal.

Woman Gains Silver Star -- And Removal From Combat

Monica Brown was an 18 yr. old medic in Afghanistan when she earned the Silver Star for repeatedly risking her life on April to shield and treat wounded soldiers.
Afghanistan

As a concussion rocks the ground a ball of smoke and flame and debris erupts into the air after a mine-clearing line charge detonates as Army combat engineers clear a section of road in the Gor Tepa region of the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz.

GULF OF OMAN (July 13, 2013) -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) pulls away after completing a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), as Shepard continues a replenishment with the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110).

GULF OF OMAN (July 13, 2013) -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) pulls away after completing a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), as Shepard continues a replenishment with the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110).

Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith, Medal of Honor Recipient 2005

In recognition of Memorial Day, here are several stories of valor about service members who posthumously received the Medal of Honor.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Pearce sits next to a young boy during a visit to Shiek Burhan Al Asee's house during a patrol of the Riyahd village in Iraq March 8, 2007.

Iraq Solidarity News (Al-Thawra): Iraqi refugees in Sacramento struggle to find mental health care

Iraq Soldier

Navy Hospital Corpsman Richard Barnett, assigned to the Marine Division, holds an Iraqi child in central Iraq in this March 2003 file photo.

Operation Desert Storm: Iraqi T-55 MBT lies charred in the desert, victim of allied air dominance.

Operation Desert Storm: Iraqi MBT lies charred in the desert, victim of allied air dominance.

Maj. Megan McClung // I Marine Expeditionary Force // KIA December 2006 // Ramadi, Iraq. // She was the first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War. // She was also the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy to be killed in action since the school was founded in 1845.

Megan McClung – KIA Dec 2006 Ramadi, Iraq – first female USMC officer killed in combat during Iraq War – also first female graduate of the U. Naval Academy KIA since school was founded in

Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell and the Sin-Eaters via @Matt Valk Chuah Black Sphere with Kevin Jackson

LONE SURVIVOR action biography drama military seal soldier weapon gun g wallpaper

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Evan Frickey, a dog handler with 3rd Marine Regiment, plays with Cookie, an improvised explosive device detection dog, while providing security at the Safar School compound, Garmsir district, Afghanistan, on March 18, 2012.   DoD photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

Evan Frickey, a improvised explosive device detection dog handler with Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion, .

U.S. Army Soldiers in Iraq (U.S. Army photo)

military helicopter, soldiers x 2000 px] - Technology/Military - Pictures and wallpapers

Private First Class Kristina Batty, a medic with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, dons a head scarf before meeting with Afghan women in Ghanzi province earlier this month. (Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. Macleod.)

Hearts and Minds…and Head Scarf

Army PFC, Kristina Batty dons a headscarf to meet with female villagers. PFC Batty, a medic for a female engagement team with the Airborne Division, Brigade Combat Team. (Photo by SGT, Michael.
US Air Force Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron members monitor patients during a C-17 aero-medical evacuation mission from Balad Air Base, Iraq, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany in 2007. MEDEVAC has completed huge strides since 1944, when the first helos were used to transport casualties to the rear.

Medevac mission, Balad Air Base, Iraq - Boeing Globemaster III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iraq War

Al Taqadum (TQ) Iraq Tom Mc Guire and army heavy transport unit haul hidden jets from burial hidding place.Saddam hid Scud missiles and poison gas, jet anywhere he thought he could get away with it.we pulled artillery out of the Euphrates river also

A 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew repairs an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on April 6, 2012. The 455th EAMXS is responsible for repairing and maintaining military aircraft at Bagram Airfield as well as performing preventative maintenance inspections.   DoD photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

United States Air Force added 11 new photos to the album: Week in Photos, April

U.S. Army soldiers waste deep in mud hole...Iraq

"I solemnly swear to uphold the ." Our heroes respect the flag that they serve no matter where or what the conditions! God bless our soldiers!

Army Spec. Monica Brown~ was an 18 yr. old medic in Afgahnastan when she earned the  Silver Star for repeatedly risking her life on April 25, 2007, to shield and treat her wounded comrades & displaying bravery and grit. She is the second woman since World War II to receive the nation's third-highest combat medal.

Woman Gains Silver Star -- And Removal From Combat

Monica Brown was an 18 yr. old medic in Afghanistan when she earned the Silver Star for repeatedly risking her life on April to shield and treat wounded soldiers.
Afghanistan

As a concussion rocks the ground a ball of smoke and flame and debris erupts into the air after a mine-clearing line charge detonates as Army combat engineers clear a section of road in the Gor Tepa region of the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz.

GULF OF OMAN (July 13, 2013) -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) pulls away after completing a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), as Shepard continues a replenishment with the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110).

GULF OF OMAN (July 13, 2013) -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) pulls away after completing a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), as Shepard continues a replenishment with the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110).

Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith, Medal of Honor Recipient 2005

In recognition of Memorial Day, here are several stories of valor about service members who posthumously received the Medal of Honor.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Pearce sits next to a young boy during a visit to Shiek Burhan Al Asee's house during a patrol of the Riyahd village in Iraq March 8, 2007.

Iraq Solidarity News (Al-Thawra): Iraqi refugees in Sacramento struggle to find mental health care

Iraq Soldier

Navy Hospital Corpsman Richard Barnett, assigned to the Marine Division, holds an Iraqi child in central Iraq in this March 2003 file photo.

Operation Desert Storm: Iraqi T-55 MBT lies charred in the desert, victim of allied air dominance.

Operation Desert Storm: Iraqi MBT lies charred in the desert, victim of allied air dominance.

Maj. Megan McClung // I Marine Expeditionary Force // KIA December 2006 // Ramadi, Iraq. // She was the first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War. // She was also the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy to be killed in action since the school was founded in 1845.

Megan McClung – KIA Dec 2006 Ramadi, Iraq – first female USMC officer killed in combat during Iraq War – also first female graduate of the U. Naval Academy KIA since school was founded in

Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell and the Sin-Eaters via @Matt Valk Chuah Black Sphere with Kevin Jackson

LONE SURVIVOR action biography drama military seal soldier weapon gun g wallpaper

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Evan Frickey, a dog handler with 3rd Marine Regiment, plays with Cookie, an improvised explosive device detection dog, while providing security at the Safar School compound, Garmsir district, Afghanistan, on March 18, 2012.   DoD photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

Evan Frickey, a improvised explosive device detection dog handler with Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion, .

U.S. Army Soldiers in Iraq (U.S. Army photo)

military helicopter, soldiers x 2000 px] - Technology/Military - Pictures and wallpapers

Private First Class Kristina Batty, a medic with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, dons a head scarf before meeting with Afghan women in Ghanzi province earlier this month. (Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. Macleod.)

Hearts and Minds…and Head Scarf

Army PFC, Kristina Batty dons a headscarf to meet with female villagers. PFC Batty, a medic for a female engagement team with the Airborne Division, Brigade Combat Team. (Photo by SGT, Michael.
US Air Force Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron members monitor patients during a C-17 aero-medical evacuation mission from Balad Air Base, Iraq, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany in 2007. MEDEVAC has completed huge strides since 1944, when the first helos were used to transport casualties to the rear.

Medevac mission, Balad Air Base, Iraq - Boeing Globemaster III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iraq War

Al Taqadum (TQ) Iraq Tom Mc Guire and army heavy transport unit haul hidden jets from burial hidding place.Saddam hid Scud missiles and poison gas, jet anywhere he thought he could get away with it.we pulled artillery out of the Euphrates river also

A 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew repairs an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on April 6, 2012. The 455th EAMXS is responsible for repairing and maintaining military aircraft at Bagram Airfield as well as performing preventative maintenance inspections.   DoD photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

United States Air Force added 11 new photos to the album: Week in Photos, April

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