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Moi

Just name a hero,,, and I'll prove he's a bum. Col. Greg Pappy Boyington

About Me

"Lis Minamur Qui Aliis Minantur"I've Been on 6 of the 7 continents and still going. I have strolled along the beaches of Tahiti and walked on the Great Wall of China. Yet I still feel like i still have so much to see and do. I work to be able to travel and look forward to my yearly trips overseas.I crave good conversation and love learning about other cultures and languages. Music is my other driving influence and keeps me travelling about as much as my desire to see the world. Rock and Roll is everywhere and the music has introduced me to new cultures and societies that i would have never seen myself visiting. I treat my friends like gold and am never at a loss to help a friend in need.

My Interests

Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.(Horace - Odes, Book III, xxix)

I'd like to meet:

There's more than a few folks i'd like to meet in that big pub in the sky...Save me a stool at the bar fellas. Pedro Infante, Errol Flynn, St. Jude and Sisyphus are all my Homeboys........................ width="425" height="350".. .. ....

Music:

"Hear the jukebox blarin' records back to back, Smell the air heavy with tobacco smoke, Tonight im buyin' for all my friends, and tommorrow mornin' ill be broke..." (Call of the Honky Tonk-High Noon)

Movies:

Sam the Sheepdog and Wiley Coyote cartoon: "Steal Wool" (1957)

Television:

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Books:

Band of Brothers/Stephen Ambrose---The Forgotten Soldier/Guy Sajer---Cash(Autobiography by Johnny Cash)---The Little Prince/Antoine de Saint-Exupery---

Heroes:

All my heroes wore combat boots...

My Blog

Iwo Jima veteran finds closure in participating in Japanese WWII Documentary

WWII vet finally steps off the island By ANDREW ABRAMSONPalm Beach Post Staff WriterMonday, April 21, 2008 PALM BEACH  For more than 50 years, World War II veteran Don Mates wouldn't go near sushi, n...
Posted by Moi on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:47:00 PST

Death of "Little Prince" author solved by WWII German Pilot

..TR>               Body: Death of "Little Prince" author solved by WWII German Pilot For decades people have been wondering whether French author Antoine de ...
Posted by Moi on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:45:00 PST

Donald Lopez, 84, World War II Flying Tiger Pilot and Smithsonian Official, Dies

March 8, 2008Donald Lopez, 84, World War II Pilot and Smithsonian Official, Dies By RICHARD GOLDSTEINDonald S. Lopez, who became a World War II ace flying fighter planes in China and later helped deve...
Posted by Moi on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:06:00 PST

Jerry Reed: Country singer & Army Veteran Honored for his service to Veterans

..>Jerry Reed: Country singer & Army Veteran Honored Jerry Reed: Country singer & Army Veteran Honored Country music singer and Middle Tennessee area resident Jerry Reed received a special honor from ...
Posted by Moi on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:20:00 PST

Sign the Petition to award WWII Marine Guy Gabaldon the Congressional Medal of Honor

..> Petition to give WWII Marine Guy Gabaldon the Medal of Honor NEW YORK, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- http://www.getguythemedal.com Who was the 5' 4" dynamo who, in military hist...
Posted by Moi on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:03:00 PST

Gathering of WWII aces show rare camaraderie in Oceanside, California

..> Gathering of WWII aces show rare camaraderie in California Gathering of WWII aces show rare camaraderie in OceansideBy: TOM MORROW - For the North County Times Aviators swap war stories at wee...
Posted by Moi on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:24:00 PST

Death photo of famed WWII reporter Ernie Pyle re-surfaces 62 years after his death

..> Death photo of famed WWII reporter Ernie Pyle re-surfaces Death photo of famed WWII reporter Ernie Pyle re-surfaces :A photograph of a famous war correspondent killed during World W...
Posted by Moi on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:20:00 PST

The WWII Veteran (A Dying Breed)... a poem by Don Tuttle

..> The WWII Veteran (A Dying Breed) by Don Tuttle The WWII Veteran(A Dying Breed)By Don Tuttle(Created: Monday, January 28, 2008 9:31 AM EST) Lots of folks just ignore himThat old man over thereW...
Posted by Moi on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:02:00 PST

Fans and Supporters win battle to re-name Airport after WWII Ace "Pappy Boyington"

Fans win battle to rename airport for WWII flying aceBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSAssociated Press writerCOEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Gregory "Pappy" Boyington's last battle was tough, but he prevailed because f...
Posted by Moi on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:54:00 PST

The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Takenby Robert Frost (18741963).   Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I c...
Posted by Moi on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:16:00 PST