Terry Trippany on Sep 15 2006 | Filed under: Feature Article, That's Hollywood!, True Americans
I happened to catch Gary Sinise on the Craig Ferguson Late Late Show last night and I have to say that I admire the guy. He has always been one of those Hollywood types who supports the troops.
In addition to playing at USO bases around the world he has traveled many times to Iraq [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Sep 15 2006 | Filed under: Feature Article, That's Hollywood!, True Americans
Great Catch - Don’t forget to check out the Gary Sinise video segment I have on from last nights Craig Ferguson Show. Sinise is a true patriot and Ferguson is a blast!
Terry Trippany on Aug 21 2006 | Filed under: Feature Article, True Americans
Joe Rosenthal shot the iconic Iwo Jima photograph that shows the Marines raising the second flag on that blood-soaked island. As Rosenthal made clear, this was not a posed photograph; it was not false propaganda:
Ten years after the flag-raising, Rosenthal wrote that he almost didn’t go up to the summit when [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Jul 26 2006 | Filed under: A Salute to Our Soldiers, Feature Article, True Americans
Who knew we had a hero in Marin, with “had” being the operative word. On Sunday, Besby Frank Holmes, a World War II flying ace, and the man who shot down the Pearl Harbor mastermind, died from a stroke:
Besby Frank Holmes, a World War II ace who helped shoot down Admiral Yamamoto, the mastermind [...]
Terry Trippany on May 22 2006 | Filed under: A Salute to Our Soldiers, Feature Article, Go Team USA, True Americans
This is just a little friendly reminder to our enemies that we are not as complacent as some people claim. Go Team USA.
Don Quixote at BookWorm Room on Apr 03 2006 | Filed under: Feature Article, True Americans
We have so much to be proud of in America. We have done more good in the world, by our actions and by our example, that any other nation in history. We judge ourselves harshly, but only because we set a higher standard for ourselves than any nation ever has. We make excuses for everyone else, but never for ourselves.
Terry Trippany on Mar 13 2006 | Filed under: A Salute to Our Soldiers, Feature Article, True Americans
The soldier smiled and introduced his family to the man, told him he was on leave from Iraq and told him how those simple words meant a lot more than he knew to him. They parted ways and went about their business and the man in the email said he felt warm all over. A couple weeks later the man received his morning paper, and was crushed when he saw the man picture in the paper as a local man who was killed by an IED.
Biloxi at The Republic of Biloxi on Mar 13 2006 | Filed under: Feature Article, True Americans
The Republic salutes all of the building blocks of our country, each of which improves the structural integrity that is America. Jozef Slowik was as important as any. Rest in peace with our Heavenly Father sir, you were a good an faithful servant.
