Dec 30th, 2005
South Bend Tribune
WAVELAND, Miss. — Davis Martinez and Julie Thibodeaux stuck it out for three months in a tent atop the slab where their mobile home, now slammed against the woods, used to rest.
Their FEMA trailer came three weeks ago, and they love it. It’s warm, clean, new.
But their daughter, her husband and their 9-month-old [...]
Sun Herald
Searching for his missing sister, Freddie Lee made his way from Oxford to a Hancock County shelter six days after Hurricane Katrina. Once inside, he immediately identified the distinctively husky voice of Marian Thiac.
The 71-year-old had been a friend to his sister, Faye Grygo, for more than 25 years.
“I had to tell him what [...]
Record-Courier
Almost every Christmas in their 14-year marriage, Tom and Sally Sagar hosted a huge holiday party.
The Sagars would open their Gardnerville Ranchos home to neighbors and friends who would be treated to platters of food and a Christmas wonderland with elaborate decorations covering every surface.
This year, the Sagars are counting their blessings as survivors of [...]
WLOX-TV
Home sweet home right now for Lee and Chi Chi Bryant is a FEMA trailer at 508 Beach Boulevard in Gulfport. The trailer sits where their 3,000 square foot home used to be before the hurricane. But this pad is short term.
“I plan to rebuild,” says Lee Bryant.
Neither Hurricane Katrina nor another storm will [...]
Daily Press
Months after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, a team from Colonial Williamsburg that helps with recovery efforts says there’s still much work to be done.
“Even though the hurricane hit three months ago, it looks like it struck last week,” said one team member, Travis Fulk. “The people still need a lot of [...]
Here is a list of links to stories you might not have seen, about heroes in the United States Army.
Army aviator receives Silver Star
Green Berets awarded Silver StarsChef gets Bronze Star for convoy rescueMP trio earns medals for saving IraqisFemale Soldier receives Silver Star in Iraq1st Infantry Division Soldier receives three awards for heroism1st BCT [...]
Dec 29th, 2005
Times Dispatch
Harrill, commanding officer of the Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Richmond, yesterday was awarded the Silver Star Medal, the military’s third-highest award for gallantry in combat. The commendation cited his “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action” while serving as a battalion operations officer last year in Iraq.
Harrill said the incident for which he was awarded [...]
MNF-Iraq
Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers disrupted two terrorist bombing operations Dec. 27 in Baqubah, a city about 20 miles north of Baghdad.
Two terrorists were detained and another killed during the incidents at a newly emplaced checkpoint.
The first incident occurred just before noon, when Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team stopped [...]
I get a number of visitors to my blog from Saudi Arabia and Iran. The visits are a result of a Google search and are almost exclusively to one post. I have grown weary of the perverts, so I added something in bold to the original post last night.
I’m a rotten person.