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Tuesday, 26 September 2006
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Bark Back At Us (Open Post)
Contributed by Bill Faith Friends, Romans, fellow dogs: Please use this post as a place to leave your comments and trackbacks about anything and everything within reason. Trackbacks are moderated so please don't bother trying to advertise your herbal viagra, etc. Comments are not moderated but the webmaster will summarily delete anything he doesn't consider "within reason" -- Yeah, I know, life ain't fair sometimes; deal with it. |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on September 26, 2006 at 12:01 AM in , | Comments Posted by: Glenn M. Cassel, AMH1(AW), USN, RET, 1973-1993 Barking back! Keep up the excellent work. Old War Dogs is one of my favorite reads every day! Posted by: Glenn M. Cassel, AMH1(AW), USN, RET, 1973-1993 | Sep 3, 2006 7:28:29 PM Posted by: Hey Bill. I was in-country 30Sep69 to 5Jul71 and spent most of my time at Camp Holloway with the 604th Trans Co. (See http://www.604th.com for photos of Holloway and the 604th). Remember the big bull's eye on the hangar? Known as "Rocket Alley", we got hit a couple of times with sappers and light infantry. I didn't get killed either, even though a rocket landed on our barracks. It didn't go off... Posted by: | Sep 4, 2006 3:18:10 PM Posted by: First, I am not a veteran, so I can't reminisce with the "old war dogs" about serving in the military. However, I am the father of a currently serving Marine, and nothing gives me more pride than telling people that my son is a Marine. I just want to say thank you for putting this site on the Net. I come here when I need to anchor myself against the liberalism which runs rampant through my work. When you're one of the support personnel in a professional organization, you don't have the option of telling the partners that they're jackasses, even if they are. This place helps me realize that I'm not the only one in the world who supports the military, active, reserve and retired. A heartfelt thanks to all veterans out there, and (I hope I don't get in trouble for this) Semper Fi! Posted by: | Sep 6, 2006 3:14:56 PM Posted by: 5 years ago, I wanted to write a song about that day. I couldn't do it. This year, on the eighth of this month, it came to me in huge waves of thought and images and I've been going around the clock since then to get it finished. "The Canyons I Knew Well", is from a New Yorker who is not a native New Yorker...not even FROM New York. I say this because, since the mid-sixties, my profession has found me in NYC many times every year and I do not recall EVER saying "Oh Jesus, I gotta go to New York in the morning." I always visited gladly and worked well there, and I hope this song relects that. I am busy now putting finishing touches on an mpeg4 version of the song to upload tonight. This has been the hardest part - the images I've gleened off the internet to add to the music has been difficult to take - again!..but I think it'll be worth it. You guys and dolls have been kind to me in the past, and if you would, please consider rolling the dice with me again. James Hooker Permalink for the post is: http://jameshooker.typepad.com/jhpg/2007/08/songs.html Posted by: | Sep 10, 2006 4:45:17 PM |