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RIP, Bozo the Clown
MickC @ July 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Larry Harmon, who appeared as Bozo the Clown for decades and licensed the name to other Bozos around the world, had died at age 83.
It’s been 10 years…
MickC @ June 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Ten years ago tonight, James Nitchals, my best online friend, passed away at the age of 36 from a brain hemorrhage.
Jim was a programmer, a friend and a mentor.
Jim, I hope all is well with you.
WWII vet who earned Medal of Honor at 17 has died
MickC @ June 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
WWII vet who earned Medal of Honor at 17 has died
JACKSON, Miss. — Jack Lucas, who at 14 lied his way into military service during World War II and became the youngest Marine to receive the Medal of Honor, died Thursday in a Hattiesburg, Miss., hospital. He was 80.
Read the obit. He was a [...]
Iwo Jima Flag Raiser Lindberg Dies at 86
MickC @ June 25, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Charles W. Lindberg, one of the U.S. Marines who raised the first American flag over Iwo Jima during World War II, has died at 86 years of age.
On the morning of Feb. 23, 1945, Lindberg, a flame-thrower joined five other Marines fighting their way to the top of Mount Suribachi. “Two of our men [...]
Why We Have Memorial Day
MickC @ May 28, 2007 # One Comment
It has become somewhat of a tradition around here to remember that we do not have Memorial Day for the purpose of remembering how to fire up a grill and burn some beef. The purpose of Memorial Day is to remember the sacrifice of those men who died to keep us free.
We [...]
July 4
MickC @ July 4, 2006 # One Comment
A couple of little known facts about July 4, 1776 are that it is not the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, nor is it the date that we actually declared on independence from the British. The Continental Congress actually declared independence on July 2, 1776, and while they did approve [...]
What Memorial Day is About
MickC @ May 30, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Memorial day is a day to remember the men and women who have given their lives in service to our great nation. While Cmdr. Harrison was not awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously, it is the willingness of men and women which is exemplified by the CMH that provide the cornerstone of the [...]
Soldier’s Kin to Get Access to His E-Mails
MickC @ April 21, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Last December there was a big brouhaha over Yahoo’s refusal to hand over the contents of a dead Marine’s Yahoo Mail account to his parents.
Now Findlaw is reporting that Lance Corporal Ellsworth’s kin will get that access:
An Oakland County probate judge signed an order Wednesday directing Yahoo! Inc. to provide the contents of the e-mail [...]
Pope John Paul II
MickC @ April 1, 2005 # No Comment Yet
It is difficult to say anything bad about a man known for helping to tear down the Iron Curtain. Religiously, we disagreed. But, I’m not a Catholic so that is to be expected.
But, we will have had two deaths in one week. Terri Schiavo was sentenced to death by her adulterous husband. [...]
The Last Full Measure of Devotion
MickC @ February 23, 2005 # No Comment Yet
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln gave a little-thought-of speech to dedicate a new military cemetary after the Battle of Gettysberg. President Lincoln was not even the keynote speaker on that cold November morning, but despite his own self-effacing statement that “the world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here” we still [...]