NOW COMES THE TOUGH PART!

The Battle of Yorktown was fought in October and marked the end off our War for Independence.  The year was 1781 and after 6 years of struggle and war with the British Empire our ancestors were now Americans and ready to write our Constitution.
The battle was won by 17,000 + Continentals and French against some 8,600  British Regulars and their German Hirelings when The British surrendered to General Washington.
But the story behind the story is this:  James Armistead, a slave in Virginia wanted to help his country and he offered to carry messages through the lines and at the same time collect information of the movements of the British.  He became a spy!  His help was noted by the Congress and he was later voted a military pension.......Medicineman!

THE MISSING!

FLAGS AT HALF-MAST.  HOURS OF TV COVERAGE.  MILLIONS DONATED TO HELP.  All for the thousands attending a rock band entertainment in Las Vegas.   Yes, the shooting is a tragic thing and many suffered and some died.  I sympathize completely!
In the meantime three American Green Beret Soldiers are killed in the far off country of Niger while trying to help the terrorized poor people of this remote place that most of us cannot find on the globe, and there is barely mention of them on the evening news!  Our values have really slipped!....Medicineman!

QUESTIONS?

All the news coverage of the shooting in Las Vegas causes more questions than answers.  Example:  why did it take Swat Cops 72 minutes to get to the scene and breach the door?  Mystery #2: he fired 1700 rounds, they say, but the pictures show only a few empties laying around? #3: If that many were fired why did the smoke alarm not go off?  There would have been a lot of smoke in the room? #4: If you have ever fired several rounds from your hunting rifle in rapid succession you know how hot the rifle gets and the empties  as well?  Then the "News Media" calls the place a "Snipers Nest", but no sniper rifle in sight?  Now the first thing from the "Schumer crowd" is more "Gun control".  Oh Yeah, that would stop all of this---wow why didn't I think of that???Medicinman!

PROS? OR JUST HIGH PAID BRATS?

Professional athletes play for money, big bucks, to dazzle the fans with their skill.  So why is it that they have to be such ASSES?
These guys who "take the knee" rather than show respect for the flag of the country that gives them the chance to make the big bucks while at the same time thumbing their nose at the men and women who have died to protect their sorry lives make me sick!
Now those who are invited to the White House are saying they won't go because they don't like Trump.  OK, don't go.  Turn in your jersey and leave the game.  As far as I am concerned you won't be missed!......Medicineman!

THE "VICTIM "

Being a veteran of the Korean War.  (at least those who were there thought it was a war) I feel that I have the right to an opinion on the subject of "Victimology" that is sweeping our country today.  Right along with everyone being a victim is intolerance. 
I read someplace that about 28% of college students today know what is in the First Amendment to our Constitution, The Bill of Rights.  What a pity.  So on the campuses of our colleges and Universities the hoodlums run amuck, yelling and screaming and even beating up on those who are trying to practice their 1st Amendment rights.
If one thinks about the subject for very long it is easy to figure out that we are ALL victims in one way or another.   When growing up not everyone was the first kid picked for the scrub baseball game.  I was often the last.  Did I think I was a victim?  No!  I was glad to get to play.  If some bigger kid picked on me in school I found a way to take him behind the gym and fix the problem.  If I couldn't handle him I got some help.  But I wasn't a victim, just a participant.
Colleges have missed the boat by allowing it to go on.  Too many "Safe Havens" and other ideas to appear to be doing something instead of confronting the trouble makers with force.  A knock on the head or a kick in the seat of the pants and expulsion from school would help.
I may be too old for this world today but, let us not forget that for every action there is a reaction!....Medicineman!I

"A BRIDGE TOO FAR"

OPERATION MARKET GARDEN.  This from original World War II Newsreels and field reports:
(September 17, 1944)  
Some three and a half months after D-Day, British Field Marshall Montgomery has launched Operation Market Garden, with some 30,000 airborne troops parachuting into Holland.  The objective of Monty's daring feat is to capture bridges over Dutch waterways, thereby allowing Allied forces to push deep into Germany.
 A live broadcast from a B-17 carrying airborne troops:  "Now we are over Holland and I'm going to move forward up to the pilot's compartment.  The nine planes ahead of us have just dropped their contingent, the dome-shaped outlines of parachutes swaying gently against the morning sky.
You can probably hear the snap as our men check the lashing on the starting line.  And here they go - one, two, three, seven, ten, fifteen - every man out of the plane and their chutes open."
From the 17th to the 25th, the raid was a failure.
Allied losses were 17,200.  Germans- 9,500.........Medicineman!

JEREMIAH DENTON-NAVY TOUGH!

Jeremiah Denton was a Navy Pilot who spent 7 years and seven months as a P.O.W. in North Vietnam.  Four of those years were spent in solitary confinement and was brutally treated and beaten many times, defying his captors time after time.
When released in 1973, he was the first off the plane and stepped off smiling and offered no complaints.  From and article written by Fred Barnes, here is what Denton said, "We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances.  We are profoundly grateful to our commander in chief and to our nation for this day.  God bless America."........Medicineman!