Thank you for the connection.
Doug
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Whew!! What a horrible year we have had. 2020 will be one we will try to forger but probably will not. Just too many negatives in one year:
The pandemic is still raising its ugly head.. We still don’t know for sure who our next president will be. We faced wild fires like we have never seen before. The rioting took its toll as well. Other than that 2020 was fine. 🙁
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I got a great Christmas present! My wife gave me a subscription to Netflix. . It was so needed. I had run out of “free,” movies,” to watch that were mediocre at best.
Now I have my subscription all set up for only the kind of movies I like. What kind? Military movies of course. I have watched three or four of them already.
Three of them were true stories. Two of them broke my heart. I will be sharing the titles with you as I go through the list of movies.
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I just can’t forget my brothers and sisters who are deployed and in harms way. Talk about loneliness!
One of the movies I watched was about a British company that was sent to Africa to protect to people from the rebels who were trying to overcome the people.
There were 150 British soldiers, and they were attacked by 1,500 rebel warriors. The British held them off for three days, and then had to surrender, because of the overwhelming numbers against them.
The real story here, was that not one man was killed of British troops, but hundreds of the enemy were. The soldiers never gave up. They were going to fight until the last man, but their commander decided he didn’t want any of his men slaughtered.
A interesting side story is that the commander went to the city, and went into a bar to have a drink. He met a man who invited him to drink Cognac with him. The commander did and they got along fine. Then the commander found out the the leader of the enemy was this same man.
The two of them actually met in the middle of the battlefield to discuss surrender. The enemy soldier ask the commander to surrender, because he has so many men on his side that wanted to kill them all. The commander said, “Actually I was going to ask you to surrender.”
The enemy leader was impressed, and reached out his hand and they shook hands, and each went back to their lines.
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I will leave you up in the air as to the final outcome. Here is the title of the movie. Watch it if you can:
The Siege at Jadotville
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Well…I have done my movie review for the day. It is time to check up on you.
How are you doing.? The Christmas rush is over. However, are you still feeling the jet lag?
Does is seem like each hour is like a month?
You are not lone, my friend. There are over 10,610 fellow veterans here that have your back.
I know there are times you feel you can’t handle things. If so GET HELP!!
Here is a toll free number that is free 24/7. Their advice is even free. There are highly qualified counselors there to help you, and they will not hang up until they know you are OK.
1-800-273-8255 Option # 1
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Remember:
You are never alone.
You are never forsaken.
You are never unloved.
And above all…never, ever, give up!
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