[ourplace] Dennis O's.., Saturday Stuff from the Vets!

From: "Marty Rimpau" <mrimpau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "our place list" <ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 12:32:08 -0700

On this date in history, August 29th:

In 1533, Atahualpa, last of the Inca rulers, was strangled under orders
of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro. The Inca Empire died with him.

On August 29th, 1756, the Seven Years' War began.

In 1949, the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb at a remote
test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan.

In 1965, U.S. astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad landed safely
to end the eight-day orbital flight of Gemini 5.

In 1973, U.S. District Judge John Sirica ordered U.S. President Richard
Nixon to turn over secret Watergate tapes. (Nixon refused and appealed
the order.)

In 1994, Israel and the PLO signed an agreement to shift West Bank
administrative functions to the Palestinian National Authority.

In 2004, the Summer Olympics came to a close in Athens, Greece. The
United States won the most medals, 103, 35 of them gold, led by swimmer
Michael Phelps who took home six gold and two bronze medals.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed ashore on the Gulf Coast. It
inflicted severe damage in New Orleans and along the coastlines of
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. (Katrina killed more than 1,800
people and caused an estimated $125 billion in damage.)

In 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the median household
income in the United States was $48,201 in 2006, an increase of about
$800 from the previous year.

In 2009, U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who died Aug. 25 after a
15-month battle with brain cancer, was buried at Washington's Arlington
National Cemetery near his brothers John and Robert.

In 2011, the Nepalese Parliament, where no political party had a
majority, elected a Maoist, Babuarm Bhattarai, as prime minister after
the parties failed to form a consensus government.

In 2012, India's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Mohammed
Ajmal Amir Kasab for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that
killed 166 people and wounded more than 200. (Kasab was hanged in
November.)

In 2013, the National Football League denied any wrongdoing but said it
would do the right thing and pay $765 million to settle lawsuits
brought by thousands of former players who developed concussion-related
brain injuries.

In 2014, Britain raised its terrorism alert level to severe because of
the actions of extremist groups in Iraq and Syria and knowledge that
many British citizens were fighting on the side of militants.

Those born on this date include:

English philosopher John Locke in 1632

author/poet Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. in 1809

Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, in 1813

automotive inventor Charles Kettering in 1876

actor Barry Sullivan in 1912

actress Ingrid Bergman in 1915

jazz saxophonist Charlie Bird Parker in 1920

British filmmaker Richard Attenborough in 1923 (age 93)

jazz/pop singer Dinah Washington in 1924

filmmaker William Friedkin (The Exorcist) in 1935 (age 80)

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Republican nominee for president in
2008, in 1936 (age 79)

actor Elliott Gould in 1938 (age 77)

TV personality Robin Leach (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous) in 1941
(age 74)

entertainer Michael Jackson in 1958

actor Rebecca De Mornay in 1959 (age 56).

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Joe from MS sent, History of Okinawa

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa

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Richard that stonedman from VA sent, The Handicap

Golf Handicap

A businessman was attending a conference in Africa . He had a free day
and wanted to play a round of golf and was directed to a golf course in
the nearby jungle. After a short journey, he arrived at the course and
asked the pro if he could get on.

"Sure," said the pro, "What's your handicap?"

Not wanting to admit that he had an 18 handicap, he decided to cut it a
bit.

"Well, it's 16," said the businessman, "but what's the relevance since
I'll be playing alone?"

"It's very important for us to know," said the pro, who then called a
caddy.

"Go out with this gentleman," said the pro, "his handicap is 16."

The businessman was very surprised at this constant reference to his
handicap. The caddy picked up the businessman's bag and a large rifle.

Again, the businessman was surprised, but decided to ask no questions.
They arrived on the 1st hole, a par-4.

"It's wise to avoid those trees on the left," said the caddy. Needless
to say, the businessman duck-hooked his ball into the trees. He found
his ball and was about to punch it out when he heard the loud crack of
the rifle and a large snake fell dead from a tree above his head. The
caddy stood next to him with the rifle smoking in his hand. "That's the
Black Mamba, the most poisonous snake in all Africa . You're lucky I
was here with you."

After taking a bogey, they moved to the 2nd hole, a par-5. "Good to
avoid those bushes on the right," says the caddy. Of course, the
businessman's ball went straight into the bushes. As he went to pick up
his ball, he heard the loud crack of the caddy's rifle once again, and
a huge lion fell dead at his feet. "I've saved your life again," said
the caddy.

The 3rd hole was a par-3 with a lake in front of the green. The
businessman's ball came up just short of the green and rolled back to
the edge of the water. To take a shot, he had to stand with one foot in
the lake. As he was about to swing, a large crocodile emerged from the
water and bit off much of his right leg. As he fell to the ground
bleeding and in great pain, he saw the caddy with the rifle propped at
his side, looking on unconcernedly.

"Why didn't you kill it?" asked the man incredulously.

"I'm sorry, sir," said the caddy. "This is the 17th handicap hole. You
don't get a shot here."

And that, my golfing friends, is why you should never lie about your
handicap!

~2`

Joe now sent, History of Ship Island (Mississippi)

http://www.msshipisland.com/?q=ship_island_history

http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/211/union-soldiers-on-ship
-island-during-the-civil-war

3~~~

Geoff from FL said, I like his attitude. This has been around in the
past both on the news and internet but it seems like it happened in
Alabama but it certainly makes you wonder what is happening at the
federal level in protecting us. I like the thing about only having 68
bullets. Snopes it is true.

Looks like Florida has a sheriff like Arizona has . . . Polk County
Florida Sheriff - "You kill a policeman it means no arrest...no Miranda
rights...no negotiations...nothing but as many bullets as we can shoot
into you...period." & Polk County Florida Sheriff, Grady Judd

I didnt do any fact checking on this (sounds too good to be true), but
whether true or not, I like it.

Died of natural causes...Welcome to Florida ...

Looks like Florida has a sheriff like Arizona has . . . Polk County
Florida Sheriff - "You kill a policeman it means no arrest...no Miranda
rights...no negotiations...nothing but as many bullets as we can shoot
into you...period." & Polk County Florida Sheriff, Grady Judd

An illegal alien, in Polk County, Florida, who got pulled over in a
routine traffic stop, ended up "executing" the deputy who stopped him.
The deputy was shot eight times, including once behind his right ear at
close range. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed. The
murderer was found hiding in a wooded area. As soon as he took a shot
at the SWAT team, officers opened fire on him.

They hit the guy 68 times. Naturally, the liberal media went nuts and
asked why they had to shoot the poor, undocumented immigrant 68 times.
Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel: "Because that's all the
ammunition we had."

Now, is that just about the all-time greatest answer or what! The
Coroner also reported that the illegal alien died of natural causes.
When asked by a reporter how that could be, since there were 68 bullet
wounds in his body, he simply replied: (BEST QUOTE ever) . . .."When
you are shot 68 times you are naturally gonna die."

" A version that began circulating in July 2009 changed
"Asked why they shot the guy 68 times" to "Asked why they shot the poor
undocumented immigrant 68 times."

" A December 2009 version concluded: "The Coroner also
reported that the illegal alien died of natural causes. When asked by a
reporter how that could be since there were 68 bullet wounds in his
body, he simply replied "when you are shot 68 times you are naturally
gonna die."

Origins: Just before noon on 28 September 2006, Polk County Deputy
Doug Speirs pulled over a speeding rental car bearing Kentucky tags in
Lakeland, Florida. That vehicle was being driven by Angilo Freeland, a
27-year-old Antiguan man who had been arrested on various charges in
1999 but had afterwards skipped bail. When Freeland handed Deputy
Speirs a fraudulently obtained drivers license bearing another man's
name, something

" A version that began circulating in July 2009 changed
"Asked why they shot the guy 68 times" to "Asked why they shot the poor
undocumented immigrant 68 times."

" A December 2009 version concluded: "The Coroner also
reported that the illegal alien died of natural causes. When asked by a
reporter how that could be since there were 68 bullet wounds in his
body, he simply replied "when you are shot 68 times you are naturally
gonna die."

Origins: Just before noon on 28 September 2006, Polk County Deputy
Doug Speirs pulled over a speeding rental car bearing Kentucky tags in
Lakeland, Florida. That vehicle was being driven by Angilo Freeland, a
27-year-old Antiguan man who had been arrested on various charges in
1999 but had afterwards skipped bail. When Freeland handed Deputy
Speirs a fraudulently obtained drivers license bearing another man's
name, something

about the proffered I.D. bothered Speirs, so he called for backup.
Deputy Matt Williams and his police dog, DiOGi, were dispatched to the
scene.

Likely sensing things weren't going well, Freeland broke from the
officers and ran into the woods. He took cover in the densely forested
area near a fallen oak tree that made him all but impossible to see.
The two officers and the dog went into the woods after him, Williams
and DiOGi working one area, and Speirs another.

As DiOGi closed on the suspect's hiding place, Freeland shot the dog in
the chest from close range at an upward angle, killing it. He then
fired on nearby Deputy Williams, wounding him in the right wrist, left
bicep, rear left thigh, right leg, right buttock, and upper right arm.
One of the shots penetrated to the officer's spine. Freeland then
approached the immobilized man and delivered two shots to Williams'
head at point-blank range, finishing him off.

Deputy Speirs heard the shots from a nearby ridge, moved towards the
sounds of the gunfire, and was shot at by Freeland. The two exchanged
fire, and the deputy was wounded in the leg. He radioed for help and
made his way out of the woods.

Every available unit and canine team descended on the area. Freeland
briefly appeared at the perimeter of the woods to fire at the officers
but then took cover again. He dug in under another fallen oak tree and
hid there. Later that afternoon the body of 39-year-old Deputy
Williams, a father of three, was found and carried from the wooded
area. Officers noted that the slain man's gun and ammo were missing.

Freeland remained under the oak tree overnight, where a 10-member SWAT
team found him the next morning. When they saw Freeland raise his right
hand clutching a gun (one they would later learn belonged to the dead
deputy), nine of the ten officers fired, hitting him with 68 of 110
shots. Freeland was dead at the scene.

Afterwards, when called upon by the media to make a statement about the
manhunt and its outcome, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explained: "You
have to understand, he had already shot and killed a deputy, he had
already shot and killed a K-9, and he shot and injured another deputy.
Quite frankly, we weren't taking any chances." Sheriff Judd was
variously reported as adding, "That's all the bullets we had or we
would have shot him more" and "I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was
all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had."

In response to the Florida Civil Rights Association's complaint that
the police had shown disregard for human life when they shot Angilo
Freeland after an all-night manhunt, the U.S. Department of Justice
asked the FBI to look into the matter. In November 2006, the latter
agency announced it would investigate whether authorities used
excessive force in the incident. In June 2008, the U.S. Department of
Justice (DoJ) announced it had found no actionable wrongdoing on the
part of Polk County Sheriff's Office in the incident, stating: "After
careful consideration, we concluded that the evidence does not
establish a prosecutable violation of the federal civil rights
statutes. Accordingly, we have closed our investigation."

Ironically, the traffic stop that escalated into Angilo Freeland's
hightailing it into the bush could conceivably have turned out quite
differently if Freeland had been in possession of a key piece of
information. In 1999 he had been arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol
on charges of not having a valid drivers license, reckless driving,
aggravated fleeing to elude, resisting arrest without violence, and
carrying a concealed weapon. Freeland, who had been released on bail,
disappeared before trial. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but it
sat unserved until March 2005, when the state attorney's office deemed
it (along with 14 other warrants) "stale." Would Freeland have run if
he'd known that his 1999 case had been dropped and there was no longer
a warrant out for his arrest?

Barbara "was too little knowledge a dangerous thing?" Mikkelson

Read more at
http://www.snopes.com/crime/cops/judd.asp#eSbXXYavcAGY8Vp5.99

about the proffered I.D. bothered Speirs, so he called for backup.
Deputy Matt Williams and his police dog, DiOGi, were dispatched to the
scene.

Likely sensing things weren't going well, Freeland broke from the
officers and ran into the woods. He took cover in the densely forested
area near a fallen oak tree that made him all but impossible to see.
The two officers and the dog went into the woods after him, Williams
and DiOGi working one area, and Speirs another.

As DiOGi closed on the suspect's hiding place, Freeland shot the dog in
the chest from close range at an upward angle, killing it. He then
fired on nearby Deputy Williams, wounding him in the right wrist, left
bicep, rear left thigh, right leg, right buttock, and upper right arm.
One of the shots penetrated to the officer's spine. Freeland then
approached the immobilized man and delivered two shots to Williams'
head at point-blank range, finishing him off.

" A version that began circulating in July 2009 changed
"Asked why they shot the guy 68 times" to "Asked why they shot the poor
undocumented immigrant 68 times."

" A December 2009 version concluded: "The Coroner also
reported that the illegal alien died of natural causes. When asked by a
reporter how that could be since there were 68 bullet wounds in his
body, he simply replied "when you are shot 68 times you are naturally
gonna die."

Origins: Just before noon on 28 September 2006, Polk County Deputy
Doug Speirs pulled over a speeding rental car bearing Kentucky tags in
Lakeland, Florida. That vehicle was being driven by Angilo Freeland, a
27-year-old Antiguan man who had been arrested on various charges in
1999 but had afterwards skipped bail. When Freeland handed Deputy
Speirs a fraudulently obtained drivers license bearing another man's
name, something

about the proffered I.D. bothered Speirs, so he called for backup.
Deputy Matt Williams and his police dog, DiOGi, were dispatched to the
scene.

Likely sensing things weren't going well, Freeland broke from the
officers and ran into the woods. He took cover in the densely forested
area near a fallen oak tree that made him all but impossible to see.
The two officers and the dog went into the woods after him, Williams
and DiOGi working one area, and Speirs another.

As DiOGi closed on the suspect's hiding place, Freeland shot the dog in
the chest from close range at an upward angle, killing it. He then
fired on nearby Deputy Williams, wounding him in the right wrist, left
bicep, rear left thigh, right leg, right buttock, and upper right arm.
One of the shots penetrated to the officer's spine. Freeland then
approached the immobilized man and delivered two shots to Williams'
head at point-blank range, finishing him off.

Deputy Speirs heard the shots from a nearby ridge, moved towards the
sounds of the gunfire, and was shot at by Freeland. The two exchanged
fire, and the deputy was wounded in the leg. He radioed for help and
made his way out of the woods.

Every available unit and canine team descended on the area. Freeland
briefly appeared at the perimeter of the woods to fire at the officers
but then took cover again. He dug in under another fallen oak tree and
hid there. Later that afternoon the body of 39-year-old Deputy
Williams, a father of three, was found and carried from the wooded
area. Officers noted that the slain man's gun and ammo were missing.

Freeland remained under the oak tree overnight, where a 10-member SWAT
team found him the next morning. When they saw Freeland raise his right
hand clutching a gun (one they would later learn belonged to the dead
deputy), nine of the ten officers fired, hitting him with 68 of 110
shots. Freeland was dead at the scene.

Afterwards, when called upon by the media to make a statement about the
manhunt and its outcome, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explained: "You
have to understand, he had already shot and killed a deputy, he had
already shot and killed a K-9, and he shot and injured another deputy.
Quite frankly, we weren't taking any chances." Sheriff Judd was
variously reported as adding, "That's all the bullets we had or we
would have shot him more" and "I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was
all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had."

In response to the Florida Civil Rights Association's complaint that
the police had shown disregard for human life when they shot Angilo
Freeland after an all-night manhunt, the U.S. Department of Justice
asked the FBI to look into the matter. In November 2006, the latter
agency announced it would investigate whether authorities used
excessive force in the incident. In June 2008, the U.S. Department of
Justice (DoJ) announced it had found no actionable wrongdoing on the
part of Polk County Sheriff's Office in the incident, stating: "After
careful consideration, we concluded that the evidence does not
establish a prosecutable violation of the federal civil rights
statutes. Accordingly, we have closed our investigation."

Ironically, the traffic stop that escalated into Angilo Freeland's
hightailing it into the bush could conceivably have turned out quite
differently if Freeland had been in possession of a key piece of
information. In 1999 he had been arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol
on charges of not having a valid drivers license, reckless driving,
aggravated fleeing to elude, resisting arrest without violence, and
carrying a concealed weapon. Freeland, who had been released on bail,
disappeared before trial. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but it
sat unserved until March 2005, when the state attorney's office deemed
it (along with 14 other warrants) "stale." Would Freeland have run if
he'd known that his 1999 case had been dropped and there was no longer
a warrant out for his arrest?

Barbara "was too little knowledge a dangerous thing?" Mikkelson

Read more at
http://www.snopes.com/crime/cops/judd.asp#eSbXXYavcAGY8Vp5.99

Deputy Speirs heard the shots from a nearby ridge, moved towards the
sounds of the gunfire, and was shot at by Freeland. The two exchanged
fire, and the deputy was wounded in the leg. He radioed for help and
made his way out of the woods.

Every available unit and canine team descended on the area. Freeland
briefly appeared at the perimeter of the woods to fire at the officers
but then took cover again. He dug in under another fallen oak tree and
hid there. Later that afternoon the body of 39-year-old Deputy
Williams, a father of three, was found and carried from the wooded
area. Officers noted that the slain man's gun and ammo were missing.

Freeland remained under the oak tree overnight, where a 10-member SWAT
team found him the next morning. When they saw Freeland raise his right
hand clutching a gun (one they would later learn belonged to the dead
deputy), nine of the ten officers fired, hitting him with 68 of 110
shots. Freeland was dead at the scene.

Afterwards, when called upon by the media to make a statement about the
manhunt and its outcome, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explained: "You
have to understand, he had already shot and killed a deputy, he had
already shot and killed a K-9, and he shot and injured another deputy.
Quite frankly, we weren't taking any chances." Sheriff Judd was
variously reported as adding, "That's all the bullets we had or we
would have shot him more" and "I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was
all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had."

In response to the Florida Civil Rights Association's complaint that
the police had shown disregard for human life when they shot Angilo
Freeland after an all-night manhunt, the U.S. Department of Justice
asked the FBI to look into the matter. In November 2006, the latter
agency announced it would investigate whether authorities used
excessive force in the incident. In June 2008, the U.S. Department of
Justice (DoJ) announced it had found no actionable wrongdoing on the
part of Polk County Sheriff's Office in the incident, stating: "After
careful consideration, we concluded that the evidence does not
establish a prosecutable violation of the federal civil rights
statutes. Accordingly, we have closed our investigation."

Ironically, the traffic stop that escalated into Angilo Freeland's
hightailing it into the bush could conceivably have turned out quite
differently if Freeland had been in possession of a key piece of
information. In 1999 he had been arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol
on charges of not having a valid drivers license, reckless driving,
aggravated fleeing to elude, resisting arrest without violence, and
carrying a concealed weapon. Freeland, who had been released on bail,
disappeared before trial. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but it
sat unserved until March 2005, when the state attorney's office deemed
it (along with 14 other warrants) "stale." Would Freeland have run if
he'd known that his 1999 case had been dropped and there was no longer
a warrant out for his arrest?

Barbara "was too little knowledge a dangerous thing?" Mikkelson

Read more at
http://www.snopes.com/crime/cops/judd.asp#eSbXXYavcAGY8Vp5.99

" A version that began circulating in July 2009 changed
"Asked why they shot the guy 68 times" to "Asked why they shot the poor
undocumented immigrant 68 times."

" A December 2009 version concluded: "The Coroner also
reported that the illegal alien died of natural causes. When asked by a
reporter how that could be since there were 68 bullet wounds in his
body, he simply replied "when you are shot 68 times you are naturally
gonna die."

Origins: Just before noon on 28 September 2006, Polk County Deputy
Doug Speirs pulled over a speeding rental car bearing Kentucky tags in
Lakeland, Florida. That vehicle was being driven by Angilo Freeland, a
27-year-old Antiguan man who had been arrested on various charges in
1999 but had afterwards skipped bail. When Freeland handed Deputy
Speirs a fraudulently obtained drivers license bearing another man's
name, something

about the proffered I.D. bothered Speirs, so he called for backup.
Deputy Matt Williams and his police dog, DiOGi, were dispatched to the
scene.

Likely sensing things weren't going well, Freeland broke from the
officers and ran into the woods. He took cover in the densely forested
area near a fallen oak tree that made him all but impossible to see.
The two officers and the dog went into the woods after him, Williams
and DiOGi working one area, and Speirs another.

As DiOGi closed on the suspect's hiding place, Freeland shot the dog in
the chest from close range at an upward angle, killing it. He then
fired on nearby Deputy Williams, wounding him in the right wrist, left
bicep, rear left thigh, right leg, right buttock, and upper right arm.
One of the shots penetrated to the officer's spine. Freeland then
approached the immobilized man and delivered two shots to Williams'
head at point-blank range, finishing him off.

Deputy Speirs heard the shots from a nearby ridge, moved towards the
sounds of the gunfire, and was shot at by Freeland. The two exchanged
fire, and the deputy was wounded in the leg. He radioed for help and
made his way out of the woods.

Every available unit and canine team descended on the area. Freeland
briefly appeared at the perimeter of the woods to fire at the officers
but then took cover again. He dug in under another fallen oak tree and
hid there. Later that afternoon the body of 39-year-old Deputy
Williams, a father of three, was found and carried from the wooded
area. Officers noted that the slain man's gun and ammo were missing.

Freeland remained under the oak tree overnight, where a 10-member SWAT
team found him the next morning. When they saw Freeland raise his right
hand clutching a gun (one they would later learn belonged to the dead
deputy), nine of the ten officers fired, hitting him with 68 of 110
shots. Freeland was dead at the scene.

Afterwards, when called upon by the media to make a statement about the
manhunt and its outcome, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explained: "You
have to understand, he had already shot and killed a deputy, he had
already shot and killed a K-9, and he shot and injured another deputy.
Quite frankly, we weren't taking any chances." Sheriff Judd was
variously reported as adding, "That's all the bullets we had or we
would have shot him more" and "I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was
all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had."

In response to the Florida Civil Rights Association's complaint that
the police had shown disregard for human life when they shot Angilo
Freeland after an all-night manhunt, the U.S. Department of Justice
asked the FBI to look into the matter. In November 2006, the latter
agency announced it would investigate whether authorities used
excessive force in the incident. In June 2008, the U.S. Department of
Justice (DoJ) announced it had found no actionable wrongdoing on the
part of Polk County Sheriff's Office in the incident, stating: "After
careful consideration, we concluded that the evidence does not
establish a prosecutable violation of the federal civil rights
statutes. Accordingly, we have closed our investigation."

Ironically, the traffic stop that escalated into Angilo Freeland's
hightailing it into the bush could conceivably have turned out quite
differently if Freeland had been in possession of a key piece of
information. In 1999 he had been arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol
on charges of not having a valid drivers license, reckless driving,
aggravated fleeing to elude, resisting arrest without violence, and
carrying a concealed weapon. Freeland, who had been released on bail,
disappeared before trial. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but it
sat unserved until March 2005, when the state attorney's office deemed
it (along with 14 other warrants) "stale." Would Freeland have run if
he'd known that his 1999 case had been dropped and there was no longer
a warrant out for his arrest?

Barbara "was too little knowledge a dangerous thing?" Mikkelson

Read more at
http://www.snopes.com/crime/cops/judd.asp#eSbXXYavcAGY8Vp5.99

~~4``

How about a bunch from Joe!

History of Ireland

http://www.infoplease.com/country/ireland.html

http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/history/events/

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History of Tokyo Rose

http://www.edisontechcenter.org/HistElectPowTrans.html

http://www.historynet.com/tokyo-rose-they-called-her-a-traitor.htm

$$$

Beauvoir | Mississippi History Now

http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/284/beauvoir

$$$

History of Central Park NYC

http://www.centralparknyc.org/about/history.html?referrer=https://www.go
ogle.com/

http://www.ny.com/articles/centralpark.html

$$$

Gone With the Wind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5VwV2Fx_04

5~~~~~

Forwarding this one which Dave from Ohio sent!

Subject: Kind Of A Cool Way

Kind of a cool way

to take a fisherman's casket

to the cemetery.

A funeral procession pulled into a cemetery.

Several carloads of family members followed a black truck

towing a boat with a coffin in it.

A passer-by remarked, "That guy must have been a very avid fisherman."

"Oh, he still is," remarked one of the mourners.

As a matter of fact, he's headed off to the lake as soon as we bury his
wife."

[ourplace] Dennis O's.., Saturday Stuff from the Vets!

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