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Here is the information on Daniel Webster Battise.

Visitation for Alabama-Coushatta elder Daniel Battise will be held at the Tribal Multi-purpose Center starting at 3:00 pm on Monday, July 5, 2010.  Funeral services will he held at 10:00 am Tuesday, July 6, 2010.


The following is information on who Daniel was.

Daniel Webster Battise a WW II Veteran, began his service in the armed forces with the 12th Calvalry Regiment, one of the last of the horse cavalry units in the US Army at the time.  From there he joined a unique Canadian-American brigade called, "The First Special Service Force" (FSSF was also called The Force).

The Force were raised, manned and trained as a light infantry raiding force to be used in cold, high mountains.  The FSSF established a well-deserved record as one of the toughest and most effective combat units in Europe.  The FSSF were a unique birgade brought together specifically for secret, and what could be called suicide missions.  The Forcemen were specially trained to be paratroopers, amphibious raiders, mountain troops, explosive specialists, skiers, swimmers and combat martial artists.  They are the forerunners to all "special forces" units since WW II.

They were dubbed, "The Black Devils" by their German enemies because of their ability to infiltrate and complete their missions without being noticed.  They were also known as, "The Devil's Brigade".

Daniel, was an Honored actiive member of The Center for Military History, (A Gathering of Eagles) as a significant WWII hero within the theaters of all wars that we respresent.

This gives you a little insight to who Daniel Webster Battise is and was!

A special thank you to all my PGR Brothers for what they do.  I know that each and every one of you understand what honor, respect and duty mean.

Respectfully,
Jim and Anna Edwards
]]> Sun, 4 Jul 2010 20:40:19 RoadToad http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1265928950/ http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1265928950/#num1 From
Chuck Yeager


We're hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services.
I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell "Shifty" Powers.



Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy  
Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st  
Airborne Infantry. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the  
History Channel , you know Shifty. His character appears in all 10  
Episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them.







I met Shifty in the  Philadelphia airport several years ago. I didn't  
Know who he was at the time. I just saw an elderly gentleman having  
Trouble reading his ticket. I offered to help, assured him that he was  
At the right gate, and noticed the "Screaming Eagle," the symbol of  
The 101st Airborne, on his hat.


Making conversation, I asked him if he'd been in the 101st Airborne  
Or if his son was serving. He said quietly that he had been in the  
101st. I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served,  
And how many jumps he made.


Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so,  
And was in until sometime in 1945 .. . . " at which point my heart  
Skipped.


At that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training  
Jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into  Normandy . . . . Do you know  
Where  Normandy is?" At this point my heart stopped.


I told him "yes, I know exactly where  Normandy is, and I know what  
D-Day was." At that point he said "I also made a second jump into  
Holland , into Arnhem ..." I was standing with a genuine war hero . . . .  
And then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of  
D-Day..


I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from  France , and he said  
"Yes. And it's real sad because, these days, so few of the guys are  
Left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the trip." My heart  
Was in my throat and I didn't know what to say.


I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in  
Coach while I was in First Class. I sent the flight attendant back to  
Get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. When Shifty came  
Forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have  
It, that I'd take his in coach.


He said "No, son, you enjoy that seat. Just knowing that there are  
Still some who remember what we did and who still care is enough to  
Make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up as he said it.  
And mine are brimming up now as I write this.


Shifty died on June 17, 2009 after fighting cancer.



There was no parade.
No big event in  Staples Center .
No wall to wall back to back 24x7 news coverage.
No weeping fans on television.
And that's not right.


Let's give Shifty his own Memorial Service, online, in our own quiet  
Way. Please forward this email to everyone you know. Especially to the  
Veterans.


Rest in peace, Shifty.

Chuck Yeager, MajGen. [ret.]


I think that it is amazing how the "media" chooses our "hero's" these days...
Michael Jackson, Ted Kennedy & the like!

  
]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:55:50 RoadToad http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1257997025/ http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1257997025/#num1 Now, I have friends with kids that are serving in our latest conflict.  Atleast they are treated properly when they return.  My thanks goes to them as well, along with the hope that our government gives them the support and the means to win this war.  
I know we have Vets on this board.  My hat is off to you !!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOfrnKqk3zw]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:37:05 big_jake57 http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1226445824/ http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1226445824/#num1 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:23:44 MouseGB http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1226405997/ http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1226405997/#num1
]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:19:57 ONSTAR http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1226257621/ http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1226257621/#num1 The 2008 Military Appreciation Monday dinner will be held on Monday, November 17, 2008 from 5 pm to 9 pm in all Golden Corral Restaurants.

The free “thank you” dinner is available to any person who has ever served in the United States Military. If you are a veteran, retired, currently serving, in the National Guard or Reserves, you are invited to participate in Golden Corral’s Military Appreciation Monday dinner.

To date, Golden Corral restaurants have provided over 1.8 million free meals and contributed over $2.53 million to the Disabled American Veterans organization.

Way to go Golden Corral!

]]> Sun, 9 Nov 2008 11:07:01 ONSTAR http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1197498009/ http://www.acrossstitchintime.com/forum2/Blah.pl?m-1197498009/#num1 I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.

Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.

My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.

My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
A U.S. Marine, huddled out 'gainst the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right, I'm out here by
choice. I'm here every Night."

"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.

Gramps died at "Pearl that bleak day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of "Nam",
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.

I've not seen my own son
In more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures;
He's sure got her smile.

Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
"I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.

I can stand my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life for my sister and brother..

Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."

"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."

Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget
To fight for what's right back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own Watch, no matter how long.

For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled
Is payment enough, with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."


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PLEASE, Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people
as you can?  Christmas will be coming soon and some much is due our
U.S. servicemen and women for our being able to celebrate the season.
Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe.  Please stop  
and think of our heroes, living and dead, who have sacrificed for us.  They are
guarding us in faraway places so that we can celebrate at home in peace
with our families.

LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN
30th Naval Construction Regiment
OIC, Logistics Cell One
Al Taqqadum, Iraq  

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