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WAGS reads to Knox County Dog Shelter canines
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WAGS reads to Knox County Dog Shelter canines
MOUNT VERNON – Aubrey Holloway, with a book in hand, sits on a gray blanket reading to Bellasaurus. Bellasaurus is a retriever pitbull mix who’s found her way to Knox County Dog Shelter in search of a home. Holloway and Bellasaurus found each other through WAGS, a program destined to bring Mount Vernon Middle School […]
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Fleshing out left Mav and my brain went WHAT IF DUKE FLEW IN KOREA TOO AND ENDED UP AT MASH 4077? He got injured in a dog fight, ended up getting fixed up by Hawkeye and became besties with the crew (Cus just imagine Mav with uncles Hawkeye and Trapper and Radar??? and they talk about all the shit that’s the American military. He comes home disenchanted and yet he’s stuck because he’s required to serve in Vietnam.
He makes it home by the skin of his teeth, but he’s fucking angry and done and raises anti-war activist Pete, and brings him to visit his weird commie lefty doctor buddies out East. They spend a lot of time in Maine with Hawk and Trap, especially after Pete’s mom dies of cancer when he’s 10. Pete’s especially close with his ‘cousin’ Carol MacIntyre (Trapper’s daughter who he raises with his ACTUALLY JUST PROFESSIONAL yesverygay partner Hawkeye).
Pete and Duke do their father-son bonding over planes and cars and bikes. Duke does flying lessons and hits up airshows and buys a mechanic shop that he operates with Pete’s help. They do good work for fair prices and they are a community pillar in their small town. Pete starts flying as soon as he can and is an infamously brave sport pilot and folks start calling him Maverick. He goes to college to get a degree in mechanical engineering and there he meets NROTC student Nick Bradshaw. . .
Pete is very cautious cus the navy owns Nick a little, but they become best friends and Nick is pretty bummed he thought his only option for school was through the “service”. With Pete taking him up in planes Nick decides to go for aviation. Ends up becoming a RIO called Goose and also a husband to Carol and dad to Bradley (all in very quick succession). Goose plans to quit the navy as soon as his contract is up (Hawkeye makes him swear on life before the shotgun wedding).
Idk should I write this wild crossover lol?
#fanfic#top gun#pete maverick mitchell#duke mitchell#top gun 1986#kinda mash 4077#back on my leftist mav bullshit#Duke lives#DUKE BEING BESTIES WOTH MY MASH BOYS#I lovee mechanic!pete#eventual icemav#icemav
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☆|| Day one of my lost boys head-canons ||☆
(Fair warning they’re random & not in order)
The frogs
• Okay for starters their parents names are Rainbow and Clive
• Rainbow was raised by hippies while Clive wasn’t raised with the lifestyle but got into it in college
• They also met in college in an english literature class
•They both dropped out at around 19 when rainbow got pregnant
•Clive was deployed in the Vietnam war until he was honorably discharged after a year
• They only really started doing drugs after he was discharged
• Rainbow has narcolepsy (part of the reason they’re sleeping in every scene)
• When rainbow isn’t high she likes to paint and bake
• Alan is 9 months older than Edgar
• Neither of them have middle names
• Edgar and Alan’s military obsession came from their dads old war story’s
• The dog tags Alan wears are their dads
• Both Edgar and Alan are horrible at customer service to the point that it’s shocking that they actually have money to eat
• The boys were homeschooled until their first year of middle school
• Until the summer before their first year of school they both had long hair, Alan’s going to his upper back and Edgar’s going to his shoulders
• they cut it in the bathroom with their dads old switch army knife
* Edgar purposely deepens his voice to sound more intimidating and only using his real voice when he gets scared, really tired, or distracted
• Together the two of them can only make 4 meals so they do rotation since their parents aren’t exactly their to feed them
• Edgar’s the “talker” between the two of them but he usually comes off more off putting
• Alan has the most delayed reflexes known to men
• The only tv shows the two watched growing up are things from the 50s-60s “blood sucking Brady bunch” “the attack of Eddie Munster”
• Edgar is obbsessed with Rambo and chuck Norris to the point it’s concerning
• Alan is the worst driver know to man when he learns
• They both flex in any reflective mirror they pass by
• They definitely share a room
• Edgar has the bed farthest from the door in case anyone breaks in
• Pinky promises are their form of sacred law
• They have their bedtime that they set up for themselves
Your honor I love them
#yes their my favorites. how could you tell?#I want to put them in my pocket and raise them#the lost boys headcanons#the lost boys 1987#edgar frog#alan frog#the lost boys#micheal emerson#sam emerson#lucy emerson#star tlb#marko tlb#dwayne tlb#david tlb#paul tlb#max tlb#laddie tlb#laddie thompson
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The Big Lebowski is about people who are uncomfortable with themselves except Lebowski and the art chick.
Lebowski's military vet friend constantly goes on about his service in Vietnam and his Jewish religion. Even though he only converted to Judaism to marry is wife who he is now divorced and has to babysit her dogs as she vacations in Maui. It makes me wonder if he actually served or not in the war.
The main rich guy presents himself as this powerful man. But in reality he doesn't wield that much power or influence. His wife was the one with the money and gave it to him to do his little charity thing. It's especially funny when Lebowski's military buddy bear hugs the rich guy and throws him to the ground thinking he's faking his crippled legs.
And then you have the German Nihilists who antagonize Lebowski for the money and act like they are so mysterious and above it all with their ideology. But even that is a sham since it's revealed the German Nihilist is a failed musician and failed porn star. So, the whole nihilist thing he has going on is a hollow sham.
Lebowski is the only one who is comfortable with himself and lives his own life. The art chick is also comfortable with who she is and doesn't put up any fronts. The only negative thing you could say about the art chick is she's pretentious but that's usually the case with the avant garde artist types.
#the big lebowski#media analysis#themes#everyone is uncomfortable with themselves and put up a front#except lebowski and the art chick
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Holidays 8.1
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Switzerland (a.k.a. Confederation Day; from Holy Roman Empire, 1291)
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Weekly Holidays beginning August 1 (1st Week of August)
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International Assistance Dog Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
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National Scrabble Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
National Video Game Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
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Houston Restaurant Weeks (Houston, Texas) [thru 9.2]
Katahdin Sheep Show (Mexico, Missouri) [thru 8.3]
Klamath County Fair (Klamath Falls, Oregon) [thru 8.4]
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Mammoth Festival of Beers & Bluesapalooza (Mammoth Lakes, California) [thru 8.4]
Mile of Music (Appleton, Wisconsin) [thru 8.4]
Minnesota Fringe Festival (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [thru 8.11]
Mobile Motion Film Festival (Zurich, Swizterland) [thru 8.31]
Official Star Trek Convention (Las Vegas, Nevada) [thru 8.4]
Outer Banks Watermelon Festival (Nag's Head, North Carolina)
Owensville Watermelon Festival (Owensville, Indiana) [thru 8.3]
Phelps Sauerkraut Weekend (Phelps, New York) [thru 8.4
Pol’and’Rock Festival (Woodstock Festival Poland; Czaplinek, Poland) [thru 8.3]
Saint Dominic Days (Managua) [thru 8.10]
Saskatoon Fringe Festival (Saskatoon, Canada) [thru 8.10]
Spicemas (Grenada Carnival; St. George’s, Grenada) [thru 8.13]
Sumner County Fair (Caldwell, Kansas) [thru 8.4]
Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Toronto, Canada) [thru 8.5]
Twin Cities Vegan Chef Challenge (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [thru 8.31]
Washington Wine Month (Washington State) [thru 8.31]
Wisconsin State Fair (West Allis, Wisconsin) [thru 8.11]
World Lumberjack Championships [thru 8.3]
XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas) [thru 8.3]
Zanzibar International Film Festival (Zanzibar City, Tanzania) [thru 8.4]
Feast Days
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Alan Moore (Australian War Artist; Artology)
Aled (a.k.a. Eiluned or Almedha; Christian; Martyr & Virgin)
Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori (Christian; Saint)
Æthelwold of Winchester (Christian; Saint)
Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (Christian; One of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Betty Lou’s Dad (Muppetism)
Cartoon Day (Pastafarian)
Chantal Montellier (Artology)
David Gemmell (Writerism)
Day of the Dryads (Macedonia)
Dormition Fast (Orthodox Church) [thru 8.14]
Drug Side-Effects Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Ethelwold of Winchester (Christian; Saint)
Eusebius of Vercelli (Christian; Saint)
Exuperius of Bayeux (Christian; Saint)
Faith, Hope, and Charity (Christian; Virgin Martyrs)
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Festival of Lugh (Celtic here god)
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Jackie Ormes (Artology)
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Lammas (a.k.a. ...
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Lùnastal (Scottish Gaelic)
Sexon Hlafmaesse
Lobster Boy Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Mati-Syra-Zemlya Day (Slavic Goddess of the Earth)
Pachamama Rayni (Festival Celebrating Mother Earth) [Ecuador; Peru]
Pellegrini (a.k.a. Peregrinus), Hermit (Christian; Saint)
Peter Apostle in Chains (Christian; Saint)
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Vhrsti (Artology)
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Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 15 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [15 of 24]
Fatal Day (Pagan) [15 of 24]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [35 of 60]
Unlucky Monday (when Eve gave birth to Cain; Philippines) [1st Monday] (3 of 4)
Premieres
Alfred, by Thomas Arne (Opera; 1740)
Alice the Peacemaker (Disney Cartoon; 1924)
American Graffiti (Film; 1973)
Bargain Daze (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1953)
Being and Time, by Martin Heidegger (Book; 1927)
Big Chief No Treaty (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)
The Big Money, by John Dos Passos (Novel; 1936)
Burning Love, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1972)
Cape Kidnaveral (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)
Charley’s Aunt (Film; 1941)
Cook and Stagger (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi and Ron Barrett (Children’s Book; 1978)
Concert for Bangladesh, hosted by George Harrison (Charity Concert; 1971)
Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti, by Squeeze (Album; 1985)
Cowardly Watchdog (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)
Crazy with the Heat (Disney Cartoon; 1947)
Crusader Rabbit (Jay Ward Cartoon TV Series; 1950)
The Dog Show (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)
Driven to Extraction (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)
Dune, by Frank Herbert (Novel; 1965)
The Dusters, featuring the Mighty Heroes (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe (Novel; 1968)
Eric, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1990) [Discworld #9]
Everybody’s Rockin’, by Neil Young (Album; 1983)
The Fabulous Firework Family (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)
The Final Countdown (Film; 1980)
Flebus (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)
Flight of the Navigator (Film; 1986)
The Four Musicians of Bremen (b Iwerks Cartoon; 1922)
A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin (Novel; 2000) [A Song of Fire and Ice #1]
Gangsta’s Paradise, by Coolio (Song; 1995)
Generals and Majors, by XTC (Song; 1980)
The Genie with the Light Touch (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1972)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (Novel; 2008) [Millennium Trilogy #1]
Give Me Liberty (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)
Golden Egg Goose (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)
Guardians of the Galaxy (Film; 2014)
Heaven Can Wait (Film; 1943)
The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyes (Poem; 1906)
The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1901)
House Busters (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1952)
Howard the Duck (Film; 1986)
How to Catch a Cold (Disney Cartoon; 1951)
Jeremy, by Pearl Jam (Music Video; 1992)
Judo Kudos (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)
King Tut’s Tomb (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1950)
The Littlest Bully (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)
The Lyin’ Lion (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey (Children’s Book; 1941)
Meat, Drink and Be Merry (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1961)
Modern Man in Search of a Soul, by C.G. Jung (Philosophical Book; 1933)
Money (That’s What I Want), by Barrett Strong (Song; 1959)
The Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey (Novel; 1975)
Mrs. Jones’ Rest Farm (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)
MTV (Cable Network; 1981)
MySpace (Social Media App; 2003)
96 Tears, by ? and the Mysterians (Song; 1966)
North Dallas Forty (Film; 1979)
Nothing in Common (Film; 1986)
Oil Through the Day (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)
Open House (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)
Paul Bunyan (Disney Cartoon; 1958)
Porky the Rain-Maker (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)
Pride of the Yard (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)
Rain Dogs, by Tom Waits (Album; 1985)
Rear Window (Film; 1954)
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier (novel; 1938)
The Road Not Taken (Poem; 1925)
Robots in Toyland (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)
Rule Britannia, by Thomas Arne (Song; 1740)
Señorella and the Glass Huarache (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)
Shadows on the Rock, by Willa Cather (Novel; 1931)
Shootin’ Stars (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1960)
Shotgun Shambles (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)
Sick, Sick Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro, by Ernest Hemingway (Short Story; 1936)
Steel Wheels, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1989)
Superiority, by Arthur C. Clarke (Short Story; 1951)
A Swiss Miss (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1950)
The 39 Steps (Film; 1935)
Tot Watchers (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1958)
Trouble in Baghdad (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)
Truant Officer Donald (Disney Cartoon; 1941)
The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White (Children’s Book; 1970)
Turning the Fables (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)
The Twist, by Chubby Checker (Song; 1960)
Video Killed the Radio Star, by The Buggles (Music Video; 1981)
A Wedding Knight (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1966)
The Wiggles, by The Wiggles (Album; 1991)
Wild and Woolly Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)
Witchy Woman, by The Eagles (Song; 1972)
Today’s Name Days
Alfons, Kenneth, Peter (Austria)
Alfonz, Jonatan (Croatia)
Oskar (Czech Republic)
Maira, Maire, Mairi, Maris (Estonia)
Maire (Finland)
Alphonse (France)
Alfons, Kenneth, Peter, Uwe (Germany)
Efkleos, Elesa, Markelos, Solomoni (Greece)
Boglárka (Hungary)
Alfonso, Giacomo (Italy)
Albīna, Albīns, Dags, Jarmuts, Spekonis (Latvia)
Almeda, Bartautas, Bartautė (Lithuania)
Peder, Petra (Norway)
Brodzisław, Justyn, Konrad, Konrada, Nadia, Piotr (Poland)
Božidara (Slovakia)
Alfonso, Caridad, Esperanza, Fe, Pedro (Spain)
Per (Sweden)
Charissa, Charity, Chasity, Cheri, Cherie, Cherry, Cheryl, Esperanza, Faith, Faye, Hope, Nadia, Nadine (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 214 of 2024; 152 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of Week 31 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 27 of 28]
Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 27 (Ding-You)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 26 Tammuz 5784
Islamic: 25 Muharram 1446
J Cal: 4 Purple; Foursday [4 of 30]
Julian: 19 July 2024
Moon: 8%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 17 Dante (8th Month) [The Spanish Romancers]
Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 9 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 43 of 94)
Week: 1st Week of August
Zodiac: Leo (Day 11 of 31)
Calendar Changes
August (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 8 of 12]
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18+ MINORS AND THOSE WITHOUT AGE IN BIO DNI
tags: @illiana-mystery, @eclecticwildflowers
Warnings: mention of vietnam war, past injuries, swearing
AN: happy Memorial Day to those who celebrate!
“interview today?” I asked as I laid against elias. He nodded. I absentmindedly ran one of his dog tags through the chain and back. He hummed at the noise and leaned into me further. Giggling, I gave them a gentle tug and he leaned down to kiss me. “It appears as if Pavlov was right.” I laughed when he pulled away.
“huh?” He asked. I laughed again, eyes shining bright as he groaned and draped a hand over his face. “Too early for this shit (y/n).” He groaned.
“He trained a dog to salivate when he heard a whistle. It appears I have you trained to kiss me when I tug on these.” I tugged on the dog tags again and Elias turned his head towards me. I laughed as he grumbled.
“I’m not a damn dog.” He grumbled before turning to kiss me. “Fucking damn.” I laughed as I ran my fingers through his hair.
“sorry sergeant.” I giggled.
“things you do to me sweetheart.” Groaning, elias got up and headed into the bathroom to shower while I got up to start breakfast. He trailed down the stairs, attempting to do up his tie. “Could you…” he trailed off as I came over and started doing it for him. “Thank you.” He whispered. I nodded before kissing him on the cheek.
“Anytime.” I shrugged as I watched him take off the dog tags and put them on top of the microwave before sitting down. A shadow passed my face before I forced down the feelings the action gave me.
“I’ll be home by lunch.” He promised after breakfast. “Maybe we can go see a movie?” I nodded as I leaned my head back so he could kiss me.
“I’ll check and see what is playing.” I agreed. Elias hummed before kissing me again.
“see? no dog tags.” He teased before heading towards the door. “I love you!” He called before leaving.
“love you too!” I called before the door shut. Getting up, I grabbed the dishes left on the table before putting them in the sink. I started running the water, leaning against the counter as I waited for hot water to start running.
My eyes landed on Elias’ dog tags before walking over. I picked them up and ran my thumb over them. There was a chip in the edge from where it cracked when he was shot. I gently ran my nail over it and took a deep breath. The scar sat right between where his ribs met. Terrified me every time I looked at it or ran my fingers over it. Sighing and trying to push away the image of the scars that littered his torso, I threw the chain over my head. The tags hung low but clinked when I moved. The sound soothed me in a way I couldn’t explain. Turning back to the sink, I washed our dishes and moved on to checking for showtimes. The door opening and closing drew my attention back.
“(Y/N)?” Elias called out. His voice broke slightly and I dropped the paper I was reading to run out to him. I froze when I saw him; hair disheveled, tie undone, shirt untucked.
“elias.” I breathed out as I ran to him and hugged him tight. He took a shuddering breath as he buried his face in my neck. I ran a hand through his hair as he breathed deeply. “Bad day?” I whispered. He nodded and hugged me closer to him.
“yeah.” He breathed out. “They pulled my service record.” I let out a sigh. Even though there was nothing in there, elias was a risk to hire simply because he fought in country and because of the seriousness of his wounds. No one wanted to take the chance and hire him. Either worried about their image for hiring a vietnam vet or that there were underlying health concerns that Elias didn’t even know about that they’d have to pay for. “Maybe I should just give up. Let you become the breadwinner.” He sighed. I laughed as I pulled away from him.
“me? And what are you going to do all day when I’m gone mister?” I cupped Elias’ cheeks and squeezed gently. “Elias, honey, I love you but I do want to come back home to a house. So no I’m not going to become the breadwinner.” He chuckled and gently grabbed my wrists. Pulling my hands off his face, he kissed my knuckles before pressing my hands to his chest.
“what would I do without you?” He smiled weakly at me. His eyes darted over my face before the chain touched his finger. “Are those…why are you…my dog tags.” He stuttered out.
“yeah. You left them on the microwave and I…” elias leaned over and kissed me. “Ok…” I furrowed my eyebrows and searched his face for something while he fingered the chain around my neck. “Maybe it’s the dog tags in general…” I mused to myself. Elias chuckled and tugged on them gently.
“must be.” He chuckled. He kissed me again.
“I can take them off.” I reached up to grab the chain but Elias stopped me.
“I kind of like where they are right now.” he whispered. I nodded and smiled at him.
“you feeling better?” I asked as I turned to lead him to the kitchen.
“yeah.” He mused. “But I don’t think i want to go out again.” I nodded.
“Good. There weren’t any good movies playing anyway.” Elias laughed.
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I met this guy today in the pharmacy at Kroger. He was wearing a USMC Vietnam Vet hat so I said hello, and asked him about his service. He's 74 years old, and did two tours in Vietnam. I told him my dad was a DI at USMCRD San Diego, and a Vietnam vet too. He laughed and talked about all the "Hollywood" Marines he'd known. He told me he graduated boot camp at Parris Island in 1968, then off to war in mid '69. He's about 5'8", the kindly grandfather type. But watching his eyes as he talked, the American Badass that he was as a younger man, was still inside him. Never underestimate these old guys you see around town, they've learned 10 different ways to kill you, how to push beyond their limits, and how to stand up for what they believe in, and they havent forgotten the lessons they learned. I took another picture of his face, but decided to respect his privacy and not post it. Semper Fi, Devil Dog, Ooh Rah!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Great Star Trek Rewatch - The Original Series S2
Originally posted on Twitter 26 October 2020 - 2 December 2020
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2 is up next in my Great Star Trek Rewatch. As with ENT, DSC, STX, and TOS Season 1, mini-reviews will document my progress.
Amok Time: After 29 episodes and some contradictory continuity, we finally get the first concrete details on Mr. Spock and the Vulcan species. A classic fight scene rounds out a strong start to Season 2. 8/10
Who Mourns for Adonais?: A decent early Season 2 entry. The giant green space hand is iconic, but the meat of the story rises above. Thanks to this episode, it became tradition that chief engineers on the starships Enterprise can't catch a break in the romance department. 7/10
The Changeling: A dry run of sorts for the superior Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The second time Kirk talks a computer to death, and it's a slow burn to the climax. 6/10
Mirror, Mirror: One of the most enduring concepts across Trek's 50+ year history is the Mirror Universe. This is still one of the best Mirror Universe tales, simply for its originality and focus. 9/10
The Apple: A Prime Directive debate and some red shirt massacres forms the crux of this otherwise forgettable episode. Definitely not one I'd revist on a whim. Not terrible, just mediocre. 5/10
The Doomsday Machine: This one and "Balance of Terror" jockey back and forth for #1 on my list of the best TOS episodes. William Windom's performance is superb, the titular device is scary (I hid behind the sofa when I watched this one as a kid), and the score is iconic. 10/10
Catspaw: Star Trek and Halloween don't go very well together. Even though this has an ostensibly scientific explanation, it still reeks of magic and sorcery. It is goofy, that's why it gets 4/10.
I, Mudd: This one starts slow but turns into a classic comedy by the end. Carmel is back as Mudd, though the portrayal of his wife is problematic at best. 7/10
Metamorphosis: This poignant love story with a solid sci-fi hook just clicks for me. It’s not the best but it just works. 9/10
Journey to Babel: Season 2 is definitely Spock-focused, and those episodes have not disappointed. This is a classic for good reason: action, pathos, humor, world-building. 10/10
Friday’s Child: Tonal problems keep this one from joining the ranks of the true classics. It’s serviceable but dreadfully slow in the middle. The Capellans are a fascinating race, it’s too bad we don’t see them again. 6/10
The Deadly Years: Impressive 60s aging makeup aside, this one doesn’t do much for me. The old age jokes are stereotypes, though the use of elderly actors in the first act is ingenious. And a rare bit of serialization with a callback to “The Corbomjte Maneuver” is welcome. 6/10
Obsession: Kirk gets some backstory and dimension in a tight, tense script. This is a well-paced acting showcase for Shatner. 9/10
Wolf in the Fold: This would have made for an excellent Halloween episode. A gaseous/energy being is easier to believe than the “Catspaw” transmuter, oddly enough. The line about women being easier to scare, and the Kara dance, are typical ugly 60s sexism, unfortunately. 7/10
The Trouble with Tribbles: A fuzzy thing happens on the way to Sherman’s Planet. A classic that thoroughly earns the title, it’s endlessly rewatchable and filled to the brim with classic gags, one-liners, and scenes for the entire cast. 10/10
The Gamesters of Triskelion: Angelique Pettyjohn’s look is iconic, but not much else about this episode is. A huge letdown after the preceding episode. 5/10
A Piece of the Action: An excellent palate cleanser after the preceding dud. Really wish we could follow up on the Iotians some day. I forgot how funny this episode is. 9/10
The Immunity Syndrome: Season 2 giveth, and Season 2 taketh away. The concept of a spaceborne lifeform is compelling, but this is otherwise a dog of a show. 4/10
A Private Little War: when the show tackles the Vietnam allegory, it sings. When it focuses on Nona, it falters under the weight of 60s’ sexism and bigotry. 7/10
Return to Tomorrow: A different take on the non-corporeal beings trope that hangs around TOS like an albatross, this one is more nuanced and subtle than most. Come for Nimoy’s delightful villain performance, stay for the poignant denouement. 8/10
Patterns of Force: An examination of how easy it is for a society to fall in love with fascism misses the mark by claiming power and not racism was the animus of Nazism, much like Confederate apologists claim the Civil War was about rights and not slavery. 0/10
By Any Other Name: The Kelvans’ powers are frightening, but it’s an episode I just can’t get excited about, except for Scotty drinking one under the table. 6/10
The Omega Glory: Gene, your über-patriotism is showing. Another late Season 2 letdown. 3/10
The Ultimate Computer: TOS has a serious distrust of powerful computers/AI that fades somewhat in the later series. Daystrom is a tragic figure, and the horror of the murder of the Excalibur’s crew is effectively conveyed. 8/10
Bread and Circuses: The social commentary is on point, but two parallel Earth stories in three weeks is somewhat tiresome. Still, an entertaining yarn. 7/10
Assignment: Earth: I’m ambivalent on this back door pilot. I like the Gary Seven character, and I normally enjoy time travel stories, but it just doesn’t do a whole lot for me. It’s not excellent, it’s not bad, it just is. 6/10
And with that, Season 2 of TOS comes to an end in my Great Star Trek Rewatch. Final score: 6.77/10. Highest score(s): "The Doomsday Machine," "Journey to Babel," "The Trouble with Tribbles." Lowest score(s): "Patterns of Force"
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Books of 2023
Book 35 of 2023
Title: The Frost Weeds: Vietnam: 1964-1965 Authors: James Oliveri ISBN: 9781555717612 Tags: A-1 Skyraiders AUS ADF Australian Defence Force AUS Australia B-57 Canberra Buddhism (Religion) C-123 Provider C-7 Caribou CH-34 Choctaw FRA France LAO Laos LAO Laotian Civil War (1959-1975) LAO Pathet Lao LAO Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma LAO Prince Souvanna Phouma LAO RLA 33rd Laotian Elephant Bn LAO RLA Royal Laotian Army LAO RLAF Royal Lao Air Force Nungs O-1 Bird Dog SpecOps U-1 Otter US Ambassador Maxwell Taylor US CIA Central Intelligence Agency US Medal Of Honor US President Lyndon B. Johnson US Raymond Burr (Actor) US USA 1st Cavalry Division US USA 86th Engineer Bn US USA Col Roger Donlon (MOH) US USA Fort Dix NJ US USA Fort Dix NJ - Intermediate Speed Radio Operators Course (ISROC) US USA General Paul D. Harkins US USA General William Westmoreland US USA United States Army US USA USSF 5th SFG US USA USSF 7th SFG US USA USSF Green Berets US USA USSF Special Forces US USA USSF Team A-113 US USA USSF Team A-323 US USA USSF Team A-726 US USMC 9th MEB US USMC United States Marine Corps US USN 7th Fleet US USN United States Navy US USN USS Maddox (DD-731) US USN USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) US USN USS Turner Joy (DD-951) US USO United Service Organizations VNM 1968 Tet Offensive (1968) (Vietnam War) VNM A Louie Airstrip VNM A Shau Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War) VNM A Shau Valley VNM AUS ADF Australian Army Training Team (Vietnam War) VNM Battle of Hue City (1968) (Tet Offensive) (Vietnam War) VNM Battle of Nam Dong CIDG Camp (1964) (Vietnam War) VNM Cam Lo VNM Central Highlands VNM Cholon VNM Con Thien VNM Cua Viet VNM Da Lat VNM Da Nang VNM Da Nang - Red Beach Base Area (Vietnam War) VNM Da Nang Air Base VNM DMZ Demilitarized Zone - 17th Parallel (Vietnam War) VNM Dong Ap Bia VNM Dong Ha VNM Dong Hoi VNM Dong Nai River VNM DRV NVA Col Bui Tin (Engineer) VNM DRV NVA Col Dong Si Nguyen (Minister of Construction) VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army VNM DRV VC Viet Cong VNM FRA Felix Poilane (Plantation Owner) VNM Gio Linh VNM Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964) (Vietnam War) VNM Highway 1 VNM Highway 14 VNM Highway 548 VNM Highway 9 VNM Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnam War) VNM Hue VNM Hue - Business District VNM Hue - Capitol Building VNM Hue - Cercle Sportif VNM Hue - Duy Tan St VNM Hue - Hue Stadium VNM Hue - Hue University VNM Hue - Joan of Arc Cathedral VNM Hue - Le Loi St VNM Hue - Nguyen Hoang Bridge VNM Hue - Perfume River VNM Hue - Public Health and Hospital Complex VNM Hue - Tay Loc Airfield (Vietnam War) VNM Hue - The Citadel VNM Hue - Tran Cao Van St VNM Hue - Tran Hung Dao St VNM I Corps (Vietnam War) VNM Ia Drang Valley VNM III Corps (Vietnam War) VNM Lang Troi VNM Lang Vei VNM Lang Vei Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War) VNM Montagnard - Bru VNM Montagnards VNM Montagnards - Katu VNM Nam Dong VNM Nam Dong Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War) VNM Nha Trang VNM Operation Flaming Dart (1965) (Vietnam War) VNM Operation Ranch Hand (1962-1971) (Vietnam War) VNM Operation Rolling Thunder (1965-1968) (Vietnam War) VNM Phu Bai VNM Pleiku VNM Quang Tri VNM Quang Tri Province VNM Rao Lao River VNM Rao Quang River VNM Red River VNM RVN ARVN 1st ID VNM RVN ARVN 2nd Regiment VNM RVN ARVN 2nd Regiment - 3/2 VNM RVN ARVN 36th Ranger Bn VNM RVN ARVN 3rd Regiment VNM RVN ARVN 3rd Regiment - 3/3 VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam VNM RVN ARVN CIDG Civilian Irregular Defense Group VNM RVN ARVN General Nguyen Chanh Thi VNM RVN ARVN LLDB Luc Luong Dac Biet Special Forces VNM RVN ARVN MP Quan Canh Military Police VNM RVN ARVN Nam Dong CIDG Camp VNM RVN ARVN Vietnamese Rangers - Biet Dong Quan VNM RVN General Duonh Van Minh (Big Minh) VNM RVN Nguyen Cao Ky VNM RVN Nguyen Khanh VNM RVN RVNP Can Sat National Police VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force VNM RVN Tran Van Huong VNM Saigon VNM Saigon - Brinks Hotel VNM Saigon - Brinks Hotel Bombing (1964) VNM Saigon - Capital Hotel VNM Saigon - Tu Do St (Rue Catinat) VNM Som Bai VNM Ta Bat VNM Ta Bat Airfield VNM Ta Rau VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base VNM Thua Thien Province VNM Tonkin Gulf VNM US Agent Orange (Vietnam War) VNM US MAAG Advisory Team 3 (Vietnam War) VNM US MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group Vietnam (Vietnam War) VNM US MACV Advisory Team 3 (Vietnam War) VNM US MACV Advisory Teams (Vietnam War) VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War) VNM US USMC KSCB Khe Sanh Combat Base (Vietnam War) VNM US USSF Mobile Strike Force (MIKE) (Vietnam War) VNM Vietnam VNM Vietnam War (1955-1975) Rating: ★★★★★ (5 Stars) Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.ARVN, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Specops.ARVN, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Specops.Green Berets, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.US Army.Advisor
Description: During the early years of the Vietnam War, a small group of American soldiers carried the fight to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army, often under difficult circumstances. Their sacrifices generally went unrecognized and unappreciated by a mostly indifferent nation. But a massive influx of American troops would soon alter the entire nature and perception of the war. THE FROST WEEDS graphically describes the horror, the heroism and even the humor of the Vietnam experience while offering a far different perspective of the war than that epitomized by the larger conflict that followed. It is an astonishing account of a small U.S. military advisory team struggling to deal with a ruthless enemy and an often exasperating ally.
Review: This was an excellent book by an excellent author. He was able to craft a good narrative and understood pacing and flow which is rare for many of these books. The tales he told of the early years of the vietnam war, the 64/65 period, of what it was like at Ta Bat, A Shau, and Khe Sanh, his explorations of Hue, and the battle of Nam Dong were well done and gave you a really good sense of who was there, what happened, and what the experience was like being an Advisor radioman attached to an ARVN unit.
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"What else could I do?"
A: We don't listen to nineteen year olds. We don't listen to young people. Young people have problems. Some of them are very suicidal, as you know, and I confront these nightmares [in my book]. I had them.
Q: You were having suicidal thoughts at nineteen?
A: Oh, yeah. Very much so. This is before the war. I didn't know what to do with my life. I was lost, really lost. I'm trying to explain why I actually volunteered to go to Vietnam [and] combat. There was nothing else for me. [The Army] was the way to maybe solve this issue: if I was going to off myself, it would be done, perhaps, for me by the forces in Vietnam. So I was willing to die - I thought. [...]
I got wounded twice, I went through all the stuff, saw a fair share of combat. Went back to the States disillusioned, I suppose. Very disillusioned. I realized I wanted to live because I saw a lot of death and I [realized] I didn't want to die. [...]
I came back deadened. Numb. I didn't know who I was or what I was. That's a problem for returning veterans, as you know, in any war, any place. Our society was not geared towards war. People were not enlisting or volunteering. Most people were avoiding it. In my class at Yale, it was considered that [military service] was for poor people. That bothered me. [...]
You can let war finish you off. It makes you callous, very callous. [...] My father, being a Republican and pro-Vietnam, at one point...we fought like dog and cat after the war because...you understand the dichotomy, [to him] here I was a pot-smoking, long-haired hippie type coming back from this war. But I wasn't a hippie. I was a screwed up veteran.
So. After a long period of drugs and this and that, I ended up at NYU on the GI Bill, which is where I went to film school. Because what else could I do? I didn't have any skills except how to fire a rifle, how to build a fire, how to live outdoors in the jungle. Those were my skills.
Oliver Stone interviewed by Patrick Bet-David on his podcast, March 11 2022 [x]
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Ethics of the Military- an essay
Final essay for Writing 122. Fair warning, this was an argumentative assignment, not informative, so it has a lot of my own beliefs in it.
"When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one." ~Tombstone of gay Vietnam veteran Leonard Matlovich (1943-1988)
You walk out of the mall with your friends on a sunny day, laughing and joking. You have drinks and snacks, and shopping bags full of your scores in your arms. As you walk down the sidewalk, you spot an elderly man sitting on the curb. He looks like he hasn't bathed in a while, and he's accompanied by a yellow lab in a service dog vest. Upon looking closer, you see he has a prosthetic leg. He holds a flimsy cardboard sign in his hands. Written on it in thick black sharpie are the words Homeless Disabled Veteran- Anything helps. As you pass, he holds out his grimy ballcap. Feeling pity for him, you fish a ten-dollar bill out of your wallet and drop it into the hat. He smiles at you with yellowing teeth and says, "God bless." As you walk away, though, you feel a guilty sensation in the pit of your stomach. You wish you could have done more.
We all know that the United States has a major homelessness problem, but did you know that out of a homeless population of over 630,000, 1 in 10 are military veterans? The institution of the military doesn't always pay people back by setting them up to thrive after their service is done. Militaries as we know them have been around for centuries, and certain forms of similar institutions date as far back as history itself goes, and many people see a military as a necessary institution. But is it? The institution of the military has many ethical problems that cause both physical and mental harm to both members, and the people caught in the crossfire of their wars. Veterans are abandoned by the system as soon as they are no longer able to serve, certain people are never given the chance, and war takes a tremendous toll on both soldiers and victims.
The first military as we know it was the Order of St. George, founded in Hungary in 1326, but armies for the sake of fighting wars can be traced as far back as ancient Mesopotamia, which is also the earliest recorded civilization, going back as far as 5,000-8,000 BCE, though the exact number varies depending on the source. For as long as humankind has had civilized society, we've been fighting wars. From the black blood-stained fields of Homer's Iliad, a fictionalized account of the probably-historical Trojan War, to the desolate trenches of World War 1, to the conflict taking place between Russia and Ukraine right now, war seems to be an inescapable human experience. As such, countries have naturally developed forces to fight them for us. But, contrary to what some people believe, it's far from a perfect system, and if you look into it enough, you begin to see that the good outweighs the bad. Most people currently and formerly enlisted in militaries are genuinely good people, but that's just what makes the institution itself so heinous and despicable.
It's no secret that our society has always been very patriarchal. Ergo, for centuries, social institutions like armies and militaries only permitted men to be members. Nowadays, most militaries allow women to join, but the standards are still different. For instance, women are not required to sign up for the draft when they turn 18 like men are. But women aren't the only group militaries have historically discriminated against. Prior to Abraham Lincoln's emancipation proclamation in 1863, African American men were not allowed to serve in the US military. However, in case anyone thinks discrimination in the military is a thing of the past, remember that only 6 years ago in 2017, then-president Donald Trump passed a law that would bar transgender individuals from serving in the military. However, fortunately, in 2021, current president Joe Biden lifted said ban, allowing trans people to serve again. There have also been multiple harsh policies about gay people's involvement in the military. The quote at the beginning of this essay is engraved on the tombstone of Leonard Matlovich, a man who fought in the Vietnam War as a member of the US Air Force. During his time in the military, he earned high honors in the form of a Bronze Star and Purple Heart, but was ultimately discharged from the Air Force after 12 years of dedicated service simply for disclosing that he was gay. He would go on to become a champion of the gay rights movement, but ultimately died in 1988 due to complications related to AIDS.
Discrimination is not the only problem with the military. Service, especially in active war zones, can take an enormous physical and mental toll on survivors. In a study conducted in 2022, a whopping 76% of surveyed US veterans stated that they suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is a disturbing amount compared to the just 5% of normal Americans who struggle with the disorder as of 2023. PTSD is a relatively new term. Around the time of World War I, conditions that would surely lend themselves to a PTSD diagnosis were known colloquially as "shell shock" and "war neruroses", as at the time they were solely associated with war veterans. This thinking continued to World War II, albeit with "shell shock" being replaced by the term "Combat Stress Reaction" or CSR for short. The condition was not dubbed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder until 1980 in the DSM-III, after research revealed that the psychological disorder could affect those who had suffered non-battle forms of trauma, such as sexual assault and traumatic accidents.
One place in which you can always look to for an idea of the horrors of wartime are accounts written during or about the first World War by those who fought on either side. While there are many poems, songs, and books attempting to glorify and romanticize the war, there are also many that employ the true horror. Such pieces include British poet Wilfred Owen's works, such as Anthem for Doomed Youth and Dulce et Decorum est and the book All Quiet on the Western Front, a fictionalized, semi-autobiographical account written after the end of the war by German veteran Erich Maria Remarque. The latter has been turned into several movies, with versions released in 1930, 1979, and 2022. (I watched part of the 1979 version as part of my study for this essay.) Anthem for Doomed Youth is a tragic meditation on all of the innocent young lives lost to a war they thought would bring them glory and fame, while Dulce et Decorum est is a harrowing and haunting account of what it was like to live through a gas attack, written about a real one that Owen himself was caught in, and aptly describing the brutal memories and flashbacks that followed. All Quiet on the Western Front, however, tells the story of a class of schoolboys who were convinced by their teacher to join the army and are brutally killed one by one. Depressingly enough, the plot of the book was largely inspired by Remarque's own experience in the military during the great war. In the video Modern Classics Summarized: All Quiet on the Western Front by YouTube Channel Overly Sarcastic Productions, narrator Red employs a "War is Hell" counter in one corner of the screen while she talks about the book and footage from the 1979 movie plays. Tellingly enough, by the end of the review, it has reached 54.
Another similar poem from the same era is Glory of Women by Siegfried Sassoon. While the overall concept of the poem is more than a little misogynistic, implying that women shallowly romanticize and glorify war, while men suffer the consequences, it does happen to have some excellent anti-war lines. "O German mother dreaming by the fire, While you are knitting socks to send your son, His face is trodden deeper in the mud." (Sassoon, Glory of Women. 13-15.) If you take this line at face value, there is something almost comforting about it. Sassoon was an Englishman, and thus in writing this part, he shows some sympathy for this other side- while the tone of the rest of the poem make it clear that he is mocking the oblivious mother for thinking her son would live, he is portraying the son's death as a negative.
As recent as the concept of PTSD is, trauma from war has been known for a long time, so long that what we might now diagnose as this disorder appears as far back as the plays and epics of the Trojan Cycle, some of the oldest literature in existence. Particularly in Homer's Odyssey, we see Odysseus, Menelaus, and other veterans of the Trojan War are still grappling with the reality of what happened in Troy even ten years later. At one point it is even mentioned that Helen, wife of Menelaus, has to drug her husband to prevent him from being overwhelmed by brutal flashbacks of the war. This is a testament to the adverse mental effects the decade-long Trojan War has on those who fought in it. Also in the Odyssey, we see Odysseus in disguise break down when a song about the Trojan War is played in the hall he is dining in. This incident is ultimately what causes him to reveal his true identity to his hosts, so it's safe to say that even this cunning hero has been shaken by the horrors of war. Even back then, people knew war wasn't always something to romanticize.
There is also the matter of POWs, or prisoners of war. Many military veterans who were held captive during wars such as the Vietnam war or Korean war still hold a lot of trauma from those situations. Rather recently, news channel CNN interviewed two former POWs who had been captured in Vietnam. One of the men, Staff Seargent Ken Wallingford was crammed into a 5-by-six "tiger cage". (The particular article makes it unclear whether it was a cage actually designed to house tigers or if it was just called that, but a quick Google search reveals the latter). No actual tigers were kept inside with Wallingford, although that didn't make the experience any more pleasant. Wallingford reportedly spent ten months inside the cramped cage. At 5 feet 11 inches tall, he was unable to even stand up in the tiny space. His comrade, Mark Smith, was captured at the same base and endured even worse conditions. Smith was forced to stay inside a hole in the ground, with any protection from the elements he was allowed rotting around him. He ended up contracting two different types of malaria from the mosquitoes he was left at the mercy of, and was lucky to make it back to the US alive.
Most people who enlist in the military or go off to war have genuinely good intentions. They're brave, selfless people who want to give their life to protecting their country and people. They aren't the problem. The institution of the military, however, is. It's perfectly fine to have National Guard officers out in the community, giving people their Covid shots, but when it comes to wartime, the military as an institution has no problem throwing these young people's lives away, and coming back to the statistics of homeless veterans in the US, leaving them by the wayside when they can no longer serve the cause. We are taught that it's a form of glory, the ultimate perhaps, to sacrifice ourselves for our countries and the nebulous concept of patriotism. "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori." (Owen, Dulce et Decorum est. 25-28). The Latin phrase at the end of this particular Wilfred Owen poem, from which the title is taken, translates to "it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country." This very ideology is part of why the military as an institution is highly unethical in its expectations of members.
One counterargument that might be brought up in response to these statements is the fact that if military institutions were done away with, we would have no one to fight for us when wars break out. However, perhaps without militaries, there wouldn't be as many wars to fight. There are 15 total countries without official militaries, including Lichtenstein and the Marshall Islands, and several more with unofficial institutions but no proper armed forces, including Mauritius. Many of these countries still do have treaties with others in the case that they do require assistance in a wartime situation, but the system seems to have worked, with these countries staying out of those kinds of conflicts.
Ultimately, while having a military can be useful in some cases, the system is very flawed, and in a better world we wouldn't have to put up with those problems- and maybe we don't in this one either. Militaries pretend to care about their members, but throw their lives away nonchalantly and cast them by the wayside when they decide that they've served their purpose. Is it really worth it?
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Elflein, John. "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder during Service after 9/11 among Veterans U.S. 2022." Statista, 19 Apr. 2023, www.statista.com/statistics/1202701/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-during-service-after-911-by-problem-veterans/.
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Holidays 8.1
Holidays
African Emancipation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
Air Force Day
Armed Forces Day (China, Lebanon)
Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day
Basil Day (French Republic)
Battle of Athens Day
Bitcoin Independence Day
Caribbean Day
Chopsticks Day
Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention Day
Cross-Quarter Day
Cycle to Work Day (UK)
Day of Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet
Day of Pachamama (Peru)
Day of the Rear Services of the Armed Forces (Russia)
Day of the Telephone Operator (Mexico)
DOGust
Earth Overshoot Day 2024 (a.k.a. Ecological Debt Day) [ website ]
Ectopic Pregnancy Awareness Day
801 Day
Emancipation Day (UK; British Commonwealth)
Freedom Day (Belize)
Freedom to Marry Day (Minnesota)
Friendship Day
Gold Star Children’s Day
Girlfriends’ Day
Good Sportsmanship Day
Grain Marketing Freedom Day (Canada)
Guca Brass Bands Day (Serbia)
Harriet Quimby Day
HitchBOT Remembrance Day
Homowo (a.k.a. Hooting at Hunger; Ghana)
Indigenous Peoples Day (Taiwan)
International Adaptive Activity Day
International Can-It-Forward Day
International Childfree Day
International Mahjong Day
International Marine Protected Areas Day
International Sri Lankan Leopard Day
International Woo-Ah Day
Jerry Day
Laa Luanys (Isle of Man)
Laughter Day (Southern California)
Led Zeppelin Day
Liberation of Haile Selassie Day (Rastafari)
Memorial Day for the Victims of World War I (Russia)
Minden Day (UK)
Minority Donor Awareness Day
MTV Day
National Alpaca Day (Peru)
National American Family Day
National Andrew Day
National CBD Day
National Girlfriends Day
National Huddle Ledbetter Day
National Mahjong Day
National Minority Donor Awareness Day
National Mountain Climbing Day
National Non-Parent Day
National Poll Worker Recruitment Day
National Promise to Care Day
National Spritz Day
National Waifu Day
National Warsaw Uprising Remembrance Day (Poland)
National Wedding Day (UK)
National York Day
Odaiba Day
Oxygen Discovery Day
Parents’ Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zaire)
Planner Day
Play Ball Day
Pod Body Day (Portland, Maine)
Respect For Parents Day
RNA Day
Rounds Resounding Day
San Francisco Cable Car Day
Scout Foundation Day
Scout Scarf Day
Social Resistance Day (North Cyprus)
Spider-Man Day
Sports Day
SSN 801 Day
Startup Day Across America
Swiss National Day
Technical Support Worker Day (Russia)
Treida de Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Nicaragua)
Thoroughbred Birthday (Southern Hemisphere)
Victory Day (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam)
White Rabbit Day
Wipe the Slate Clean Day
Woman Astronomers Day
Women’s Day (Thailand)
World Breastfeeding Day
World Day of Joy
World Fintech Day
World Lung Cancer Day
World Middle Finger Day
World Naked Sailing Day
World Scout Scarf Day
World Wide Web Day
Yaoi Day
Yorkshire Day (England)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Belgian Frites Day (a.k.a. International Day of Belgian Fries)
Homemade Pie Day
International Albariño Day
International Can-It Forward Day
Mars Bar Day
National Nutritional Yeast Day
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
Old Vine Day
Independence & Related Days
Benin (originally Dahomey; from France, 1960)
Colorado Statehood Day (#38; 1876)
Guadalcanal Province Day (Solomon Islands)
Jennytopia (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
Switzerland (a.k.a. Confederation Day; from Holy Roman Empire, 1291)
Toku (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]
Vodopol (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
1st Thursday in August
August Thursday (Anguilla) [1st Thursday]
Emancipation Day (Bermuda; 1st Day of Cup Match) [Thursday before 1st Monday in August]
Kid Lit Art Postcard Day [1st Thursday]
National Dash Cam Day (UK) [1st Thursday]
National IPA Day (f.k.a. International IPA Day) [1st Thursday]
Weekly Holidays beginning August 1 (1st Week of August)
Brat Days (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) [1st Thursday thru Sunday]
Carnaval del Pueblo (London, UK) [1st Week]
International Assistance Dog Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
International Clown Week (thru 8.7)
International Mathematicians Week (thru 8.9)
National Albariño Week (thru 8.5)
National Cleanse Your Skin Week (thru 8.7)
National Fraud Awareness Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
National Minority Donor Awareness Week (thru 8.7)
National Scrabble Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
National Video Game Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
Satchmo Days [begin Thursday nearest 8.4 thru Sunday]
Simplify Your Life Week (thru 8.7)
World Breastfeeding Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
Festivals Beginning August 1, 2024
American Cured Meat Championships (Omaha, Nebraska) [thru 8.3]
August is Maine Lobster Month (Statewide, Maine) [thru 8.31]
Bear Lake Raspberry Days Festival (Garden City, Utah) [thru 8.3]
Castlefest (Lisse, Netherlands) [thru 8.4]
Clam Festival (Highlands, New Jersey) [thru 8.3]
Denver Burger Battle (Denver, Colorado)
Eden Corn Festival (Eden, New York) [thru 8.4]
Empire Farm Days (Pompey, New York) [thru 8.3]
Estherville Sweet Corn Days (Estherville, Iowa) [thru 8.4]
Gen Con (Indianapolis, Indiana) [thru 8.4]
Green Gathering (Chepstow, United Kingdom) [thru 8.4]
Houston Restaurant Weeks (Houston, Texas) [thru 9.2]
Katahdin Sheep Show (Mexico, Missouri) [thru 8.3]
Klamath County Fair (Klamath Falls, Oregon) [thru 8.4]
Lollapalooza (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 8.4]
Mammoth Festival of Beers & Bluesapalooza (Mammoth Lakes, California) [thru 8.4]
Mile of Music (Appleton, Wisconsin) [thru 8.4]
Minnesota Fringe Festival (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [thru 8.11]
Mobile Motion Film Festival (Zurich, Swizterland) [thru 8.31]
Official Star Trek Convention (Las Vegas, Nevada) [thru 8.4]
Outer Banks Watermelon Festival (Nag's Head, North Carolina)
Owensville Watermelon Festival (Owensville, Indiana) [thru 8.3]
Phelps Sauerkraut Weekend (Phelps, New York) [thru 8.4
Pol’and’Rock Festival (Woodstock Festival Poland; Czaplinek, Poland) [thru 8.3]
Saint Dominic Days (Managua) [thru 8.10]
Saskatoon Fringe Festival (Saskatoon, Canada) [thru 8.10]
Spicemas (Grenada Carnival; St. George’s, Grenada) [thru 8.13]
Sumner County Fair (Caldwell, Kansas) [thru 8.4]
Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Toronto, Canada) [thru 8.5]
Twin Cities Vegan Chef Challenge (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [thru 8.31]
Washington Wine Month (Washington State) [thru 8.31]
Wisconsin State Fair (West Allis, Wisconsin) [thru 8.11]
World Lumberjack Championships [thru 8.3]
XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas) [thru 8.3]
Zanzibar International Film Festival (Zanzibar City, Tanzania) [thru 8.4]
Feast Days
Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church)
Alan Moore (Australian War Artist; Artology)
Aled (a.k.a. Eiluned or Almedha; Christian; Martyr & Virgin)
Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori (Christian; Saint)
Æthelwold of Winchester (Christian; Saint)
Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (Christian; One of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Betty Lou’s Dad (Muppetism)
Cartoon Day (Pastafarian)
Chantal Montellier (Artology)
David Gemmell (Writerism)
Day of the Dryads (Macedonia)
Dormition Fast (Orthodox Church) [thru 8.14]
Drug Side-Effects Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Ethelwold of Winchester (Christian; Saint)
Eusebius of Vercelli (Christian; Saint)
Exuperius of Bayeux (Christian; Saint)
Faith, Hope, and Charity (Christian; Virgin Martyrs)
Feast of Faith, Hope, Charity, and their Mother, Wisdom (Christian; Martyrs)
Feast of Kamál (Perfection; Baha'i)
Feast of Ninlil (Sumerian Goddess of the Grain)
Felix of Girona (Christian; Saint)
Festival of Lugh (Celtic here god)
Festival of Xiuhtechuhtli (Aztec God of the Calendar)
Gerhard Hirschfelder (Christian; Blessed)
Herman Melville (Writerism)
The Holy Maccabees (Christian; Saint)
Imps Charity Scramble (Shamanism)
Isobel Lilian Gloag (Artology)
Jackie Ormes (Artology)
James Henry Govier (Artology)
Jan van Scorel (Artology)
Kalends of August (Ancient Rome)
Lammas (a.k.a. ...
Feast of Bread (Neopagan)
Feast of First Fruits (England, Scotland)
Feast of the Wheat Harvest
Festival of Albina (Irish White Barley Goddess; aka Alphito)
Festival of the First Fruits
Gule of August (England, Scotland)
Imbolc (So. Hemisphere; Neopagan)
Lady Day Eve (Neopagan)
Lammas, Day 2 (Celtic, Pagan) [5 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]
Lammas Eve (a.k.a. Lughnassad Eve)
Lammas Sabbat
Luanistyn (Manx Gaelic)
Lithasblot (Norse Harvest Festival)
Loaf Mass
Loki and Sigyn’s Day (Norse)
Lugh (Celtic Book of Days)
Lughnasa
Lughnasadh (Grain Harvest) [Ends on Samhain]
Lúnasa (Modern Irish)
Lùnastal (Scottish Gaelic)
Sexon Hlafmaesse
Lobster Boy Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Mati-Syra-Zemlya Day (Slavic Goddess of the Earth)
Pachamama Rayni (Festival Celebrating Mother Earth) [Ecuador; Peru]
Pellegrini (a.k.a. Peregrinus), Hermit (Christian; Saint)
Peter Apostle in Chains (Christian; Saint)
Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodox)
Quarter Day (Scotland)
Richard Wilson (Artology)
Rose Macaulay (Writerism)
Sebastiano Ricci (Artology)
The Spanish Romancers (Positivist; Saints)
Vhrsti (Artology)
Warsan Shire (Writerism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 15 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [15 of 24]
Fatal Day (Pagan) [15 of 24]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [35 of 60]
Unlucky Monday (when Eve gave birth to Cain; Philippines) [1st Monday] (3 of 4)
Premieres
Alfred, by Thomas Arne (Opera; 1740)
Alice the Peacemaker (Disney Cartoon; 1924)
American Graffiti (Film; 1973)
Bargain Daze (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1953)
Being and Time, by Martin Heidegger (Book; 1927)
Big Chief No Treaty (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)
The Big Money, by John Dos Passos (Novel; 1936)
Burning Love, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1972)
Cape Kidnaveral (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)
Charley’s Aunt (Film; 1941)
Cook and Stagger (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi and Ron Barrett (Children’s Book; 1978)
Concert for Bangladesh, hosted by George Harrison (Charity Concert; 1971)
Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti, by Squeeze (Album; 1985)
Cowardly Watchdog (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)
Crazy with the Heat (Disney Cartoon; 1947)
Crusader Rabbit (Jay Ward Cartoon TV Series; 1950)
The Dog Show (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)
Driven to Extraction (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)
Dune, by Frank Herbert (Novel; 1965)
The Dusters, featuring the Mighty Heroes (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe (Novel; 1968)
Eric, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1990) [Discworld #9]
Everybody’s Rockin’, by Neil Young (Album; 1983)
The Fabulous Firework Family (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)
The Final Countdown (Film; 1980)
Flebus (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)
Flight of the Navigator (Film; 1986)
The Four Musicians of Bremen (b Iwerks Cartoon; 1922)
A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin (Novel; 2000) [A Song of Fire and Ice #1]
Gangsta’s Paradise, by Coolio (Song; 1995)
Generals and Majors, by XTC (Song; 1980)
The Genie with the Light Touch (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1972)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (Novel; 2008) [Millennium Trilogy #1]
Give Me Liberty (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)
Golden Egg Goose (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)
Guardians of the Galaxy (Film; 2014)
Heaven Can Wait (Film; 1943)
The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyes (Poem; 1906)
The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1901)
House Busters (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1952)
Howard the Duck (Film; 1986)
How to Catch a Cold (Disney Cartoon; 1951)
Jeremy, by Pearl Jam (Music Video; 1992)
Judo Kudos (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)
King Tut’s Tomb (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1950)
The Littlest Bully (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)
The Lyin’ Lion (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey (Children’s Book; 1941)
Meat, Drink and Be Merry (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1961)
Modern Man in Search of a Soul, by C.G. Jung (Philosophical Book; 1933)
Money (That’s What I Want), by Barrett Strong (Song; 1959)
The Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey (Novel; 1975)
Mrs. Jones’ Rest Farm (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)
MTV (Cable Network; 1981)
MySpace (Social Media App; 2003)
96 Tears, by ? and the Mysterians (Song; 1966)
North Dallas Forty (Film; 1979)
Nothing in Common (Film; 1986)
Oil Through the Day (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)
Open House (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)
Paul Bunyan (Disney Cartoon; 1958)
Porky the Rain-Maker (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)
Pride of the Yard (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)
Rain Dogs, by Tom Waits (Album; 1985)
Rear Window (Film; 1954)
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier (novel; 1938)
The Road Not Taken (Poem; 1925)
Robots in Toyland (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)
Rule Britannia, by Thomas Arne (Song; 1740)
Señorella and the Glass Huarache (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)
Shadows on the Rock, by Willa Cather (Novel; 1931)
Shootin’ Stars (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1960)
Shotgun Shambles (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)
Sick, Sick Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro, by Ernest Hemingway (Short Story; 1936)
Steel Wheels, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1989)
Superiority, by Arthur C. Clarke (Short Story; 1951)
A Swiss Miss (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1950)
The 39 Steps (Film; 1935)
Tot Watchers (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1958)
Trouble in Baghdad (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)
Truant Officer Donald (Disney Cartoon; 1941)
The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White (Children’s Book; 1970)
Turning the Fables (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)
The Twist, by Chubby Checker (Song; 1960)
Video Killed the Radio Star, by The Buggles (Music Video; 1981)
A Wedding Knight (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1966)
The Wiggles, by The Wiggles (Album; 1991)
Wild and Woolly Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)
Witchy Woman, by The Eagles (Song; 1972)
Today’s Name Days
Alfons, Kenneth, Peter (Austria)
Alfonz, Jonatan (Croatia)
Oskar (Czech Republic)
Maira, Maire, Mairi, Maris (Estonia)
Maire (Finland)
Alphonse (France)
Alfons, Kenneth, Peter, Uwe (Germany)
Efkleos, Elesa, Markelos, Solomoni (Greece)
Boglárka (Hungary)
Alfonso, Giacomo (Italy)
Albīna, Albīns, Dags, Jarmuts, Spekonis (Latvia)
Almeda, Bartautas, Bartautė (Lithuania)
Peder, Petra (Norway)
Brodzisław, Justyn, Konrad, Konrada, Nadia, Piotr (Poland)
Božidara (Slovakia)
Alfonso, Caridad, Esperanza, Fe, Pedro (Spain)
Per (Sweden)
Charissa, Charity, Chasity, Cheri, Cherie, Cherry, Cheryl, Esperanza, Faith, Faye, Hope, Nadia, Nadine (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 214 of 2024; 152 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of Week 31 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 27 of 28]
Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 27 (Ding-You)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 26 Tammuz 5784
Islamic: 25 Muharram 1446
J Cal: 4 Purple; Foursday [4 of 30]
Julian: 19 July 2024
Moon: 8%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 17 Dante (8th Month) [The Spanish Romancers]
Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 9 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 43 of 94)
Week: 1st Week of August
Zodiac: Leo (Day 11 of 31)
Calendar Changes
August (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 8 of 12]
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Breaking Down 9/11 (Related Factions)
MI-6 Insurance: Insurance funds run out of black market money, from Canada, the United Kingdom, North Ireland, Bermuda, the Cayman Isles, New Zealand, and Australia.
French External Security: Corrections unions, run by the Bin Laden family, out of investments in factories, warehouses, and convenience stores, through Bourbon ladyboy jockeys (transgenders); offended at the Ted Bundy verdict, and the refusal of Ted Bundy to draft for the French prison services.
Ba'ath Freemason MI-6: Records complaint services and forces, Arab-Canadian soldiers and police professionals opposed to the Vietnam War; in league with Saudi Arabia, and the Malay investment in whiskey spices. Opposed to prostitution and marijuana, demanding American educational implements, match law; bigoted against the African-American community. In league with Syria, Saddam Hussein, and Iranian-Mossad.
Taliban Afghanistan: The gay rights movement, international; the investment in slave labor of impoverished Jews, through Rabbis; the Muslims, the gay racketeering community. "The Mob", boycotts and hedges of goods and contracts, the claiming of labor as slaves for profit and for free talent production matching the modern of Confederate slavery of Southern Irish, Scottish, and Africans.
Israeli Likud: The Jewish-Iranian unions of Mullahs, underneath Benjamin Netanyahu, through "Code Pink", "H-Blocks", and "Bellevue", and related programs to oppress the poor if opposed to homosexual sex under dog training rules of American infiltrators inside the State Police and the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Events 5.1 (after 1950)
1956 – The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public. 1957 – A Vickers VC.1 Viking crashes while attempting to return to Blackbushe Airport in Yateley, killing 34. 1960 – Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. 1961 – The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections. 1970 – Vietnam War: Protests erupt in response to U.S. and South Vietnamese forces attacking Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign. 1971 – Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. 1975 – The Särkänniemi Amusement Park opens in Tampere, Finland. 1978 – Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. 1982 – Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War. 1990 – Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon. 1993 – Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. 1994 – Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix. 1999 – The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. 2003 – Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended". 2004 – Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. 2009 – Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. 2011 – Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. 2018 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border. 2019 – Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team. 2019 – Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period.
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week three
This was my first week working with content for the internship, after my week of initiation and introduction to the work. We started out the week with a meeting with the staff- we just generally went over our assignments for the week and what we would be doing in the next week. Jessie sent over a name for me to work with, so for this I transcribed an interview, worked on the AV log, and worked on the interview abstract. Another student had started the transcript already, which was great because I could get an idea of what the work should look like before diving headfirst into the transcript. The Veteran interview I worked with was super interesting, this was my first time looking at an interview with the eyes of an oral historian, which was a new process for me. I found I picked up new information, different parts stood out to me. One of the biggest changes was looking for distinct points in the interview in which there are topic changes, as I have to note those in the transcript. The Veteran served in Vietnam, where he took part in a dog handler unit. He spoke so affectionately about the dog he served with, Cap, which was A) very sweet and B) a new perspective on oral history, it was interesting to see him talk about this dog as if he was a brother-in-arms. Unfortunately, he lost his dog in a battle that also resulted in him getting shot multiple times. He ended up being medevaced out and taken to a couple different hospitals, where he eventually recovered from his wounds. He continued to serve, specifically opting to work with dog training again, before he left the military and worked as a police officer. He also was dedicated to continuing the legacy of those who passed during his time in service. He searched for family members of the deceased, as well as the medevac crew that helped him out and ultimately led to his survival. Along with VHP, I work in the department for the Veterans Legacy Program, and a large portion of what we do is contributing to keeping the memory of deceased Veterans alive, so it was really touching to see a Veteran working so hard to keep memories alive. It was also interesting from an oral history perspective- most of what I’ve read about the Vietnam War has been either very positive or very negative- not much in-between. This makes sense, it’s what sells books, big opinions on a deeply controversial war. I’m specifically a big fan of Tim O’Brien who does not have a very positive outlook of the war and whose writing is pretty anti-war in general. This interview gave more of a neutral perspective on the war, he did his duty and gave his story- he did not have a lot of remarks on his personal opinion on the war. I’m sure as a work more with VHP, I will see more variation of opinion in these interviews.
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Books of 2023
Book 18 of 2023
Title: Meeting Steve Canyon: ...And Flying With the CIA in Laos Authors: Karl L. Polifka ISBN: 9781490979854 Tags: A-1 Skyraider, A-37 Dragonfly, AC-119K Stinger, AUS Australia, AUS RAAF No 35 Sqd - Wallaby, AUS RAAF Royal Australian Air Force, AUS Sydney, B-57 Canberra, Boeing 707, C-7 Caribou, CHN China, CHN Hong Kong, CHN Kowloon, EC-121 Warning Star, EC-130 Commando Solo, F-100 Super Sabre, F-105 Thunderchief, F-4 Phantom II, FAC, Fast-FAC, FRA France, FRA SDECE GCMA Mixed Airborne Commando Group, FRA SDECE Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage, HH-53 Jolly Greens, HKG Hong Kong, LAO Ban Ban Valley, LAO Ban Moung Ngan, LAO Boung Lam, LAO Fishes Mouth Region, LAO Forward Air Guide RAINBOW (Laotian Civil War), LAO Hmong Meo Tribesmen, LAO Houi Hok, LAO ICC Internationl Control Commission, LAO Khang Khai, LAO Lima Site 108 - Moung Soui (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 15 - Phong Saly (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 184 - Houei Tong Kho (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 198 - Houi Hok (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 20 - Sam Thong (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 20A - Long Tieng (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 236 - Ban Moung Ngan (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 32 - Boung Lam (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 36 - Na Khang (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 46 - Seno (Laotian Civil War), LAO Lima Site 54 - Luang Prabang (Laotian Civil War), LAO Long Tieng, LAO Luang Prabang, LAO Moung Soi, LAO MR Military Region (Laotian Civil War), LAO MR2 (Laotian Civil War), LAO Na Khang, LAO Nong Het, LAO Operation About Face / Kou Kiet (1969) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Operation Barrel Roll (1964-1973) (Laotian Civil War) (Vietnam War), LAO Operation Palace Dog (1966-1973) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Operation Shining Brass / Prairie Fire / Phu Dong (1965-1975) (Laotian Civil War) (Vietnam War), LAO Operation Snare Drum (1969) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Operation Stranglehold (1969) (Laotian Civil War), LAO Phnom Nam Lyr, LAO Phong Saly, LAO Phu Na Kok, LAO Plain of Jars / Plaine des Jarres, LAO RLA General Vang Pao, LAO RLA RT Hotplate (Laotian Civil War), LAO RLA SGU Special Guerrilla Units, LAO RLAF Lt Colonel Lee Lue, LAO RLAF Royal Lao Air Force, LAO Route 13, LAO Route 4, LAO Route 7, LAO Sam Nuea, LAO Sam Thong, LAO Seno, LAO USAF Project 404 (Laotian Civil War), LAO USAF Steve Canyon Program - Ravens FAC (Laotian Civil War), LAO Vientiane, LAO Xieng Khoung, O-1 Bird Dog, O-2 Skymaster, PsyOps, SpecOps, T-28 Trojan, THA RTAFB Korat Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Nakon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Takhli Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Ubon Royal Thai Air Base, THA RTAFB Udorn Royal Thai Air Base, THA Thailand, THA USAF ISC Infiltration Surveillance Center - Nakhon Phanom, THA USN NGSD Camp Ramasun Station, U-17 Skywagon, UK Force 136 (SOE), UK Special Operations Executive (SOE), US COA CASI Continental Air Services International, US COA Continental Airlines, US Father Lucien Bouchard (Catholic Priest), US PAA Pan American World Airlines, US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, US USA General Creighton Abrams, US USA Green Berets, US USA United States Army, US USA USSF Special Forces, US USAF 12th Air Commando Sqd - Hades, US USAF 12th Special Operations Sqd - Hades, US USAF 20th TASS - Covey, US USAF 21st TASS - Walt FAC, US USAF 22nd Special Operations Sqd - Zorro, US USAF 23rd TASS - NAIL, US USAF 34th TFS - Hatchet, US USAF 354th TFS - Newark, US USAF 355th TFW - Vegas, US USAF 388th TFW - Scuba, US USAF 388th TFW - Tiger, US USAF 416th TFW, US USAF 416th TFW - Det 1 - Misty, US USAF 432nd TRW - Laredo, US USAF 433rd TFS - Machete, US USAF 497th TFSq - Agile, US USAF 504th TASG, US USAF 505th Tactical Control Group, US USAF 555th TFS, US USAF 557th TFS - Sharkbait, US USAF 56th Special Operations Wing, US USAF 56th Special Operations Wing - Det 1, US USAF 602nd Special Operations Sqd - Firefly, US USAF 609th Air Commando Sqd - Nimrod, US USAF 609th Special Operations Sqd - Nimrod, US USAF 612th TFS - Tide, US USAF 7th ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Sqd - Alley Cat, US USAF 7th ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Sqd - Cricket, US USAF 7th/13th Air Force, US USAF ANG Air National Guard, US USAF General George S. Brown, US USAF TACP Tactical Air Control party, US USN NSGD Naval Security Group Detachment, US USN United States Navy, VNM AUS RAAF RTFV Royal Transport Flight Vietnam - Wallaby (Vietnam War), VNM Ban Me Thout, VNM Cam Ranh Bay, VNM CIA Air America (1950-1976) (Vietnam War), VNM CIA Phung Hoang / Phoenix Program (1965-1972) (Vietnam War), VNM Dak Lak, VNM DRV NVA 312th Division, VNM DRV NVA 316th Division, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM Duc Lap, VNM Duc Xuyen, VNM Gia Nghia, VNM Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnam War), VNM II Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Montagnard, VNM Operation Banana Ditch (1969), VNM Operation Combat Skyspot (1965-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Igloo White (1968-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Ranch Hand (1962-1971) (Vietnam War), VNM Phan Rang, VNM Pleiku, VNM Quang Duc Province, VNM Route 13, VNM Route 8, VNM RVN ARVN 22th ID, VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM RVN ARVN CIDG Civilian Irregular Defense Group, VNM RVN ARVN RF/PF Regional Forces/Popular Forces (Vietnam War), VNM RVN RVNP CSDB PRU Provincial Reconnaissance Units (Vietnam War), VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force, VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force - Jackpot, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base - Camp Alpha (Vietnam War), VNM US Agent Orange (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Team 32 (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US MACVSOG (1964-1972) (Vietnam War), VNM US USN NAF Naval Air Facility Cam Ranh (Vietnam War), VNM US USSF Mobile Strike Force (MIKE) (Vietnam War), VNM USAF DASC Direct Air Support Center (Vietnam War), VNM USAF II Corps DASC / 505th TCG - Carbon Outlaw (Vietnam War), VNM USAF TACC Tactical Air Control Center - BLUE CHIP (Vietnam War) Rating: ★★★★★ (5 Stars) Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Aviation.USAF.FAC, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Laotian Civil War, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Laotian Civil War.Ravens
Description: A personal account of a USAF Forward Air Controller in a remote highland province in South Vietnam in 1969 and how he met "Steve Canyon" and transitioned to the "secret" war in Laos, living with the CIA and the Hmong clans and having near-complete control over the use of US airpower. This account has many illustrations of the grinding stress of intense combat in Laos, and the periodic clashes with the distant headquarters that had little knowledge of an extremely complex combat environment and was more focused on control rather than results.
Review: This book is one of the rare 5 stars for me. There were parts of the book that were absolutely incredible and make this book a must read! While it’s not a perfect book, those parts really showcase how this genre should be written. Instead of just saying “I flew here... I did this” ... he actually walks you through the mission, the steps, where he put his hands, how he got into the aircraft, what he saw, what he thought, what he felt. There is always more to the story than just what someone did... it’s important to make the tale multidimensional and also explain why in a big and small picture way. This author really did that well. At times the book slogs and gets more into the I flew 10 sorties that day, went to the bar, woke up the next day. He also talks a lot about the failures of the whole war and how it was run, which occupied too much space of the book. And yet, even with those criticisms, the book is really excellent!
You get to see a side of the vietnam war in II corps, as well as the Laotian civil war, and the command and control issues with both, and the success and failure in both.
Definitely a great read about a forward air controller during that time!
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