Very Important Day In History

Four-Eyed Buck · May 10, 2008, 10:54:51 AM

Today in 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad is finished at Promentory Point.......Buck

Texas Lawdog · May 10, 2008, 05:58:16 PM

Utah!

litl rooster · May 10, 2008, 11:30:37 PM

don't know where this a train is a going.........but........."All aboard!"

Four-Eyed Buck · May 11, 2008, 06:43:52 AM

1864, J.E.B. Stuart is shot during the battle at Yellow Tavern..........

Texas Lawdog · May 11, 2008, 11:38:02 AM

Israel is admitted to the UN in 1949.

Ozark Tracker · May 24, 2008, 03:44:00 PM

May 24, 1941, the British Ship The Hood was sunk by the German Battleship Bismark,

the Chase to sink the Bismark began.

In May of 1941 the war had just begun
The Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns
The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea
On her decks were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees

Out of the cold and foggy night came the British ship the Hood
And every British seaman he knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismarck the terror of the sea
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees
We'll find the German battleship that's makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us
Yeah hit the decks a runnin' boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down
[ ac.guitar ]
The Hood found the Bismarck and on that fatal day
The Bismarck started firing fifteen miles away
We gotta sink the Bismarck was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away the mighty Hood went down
For six long days and weary nights they tried to find her trail
Churchill told the people put every ship asail
Cause somewhere on that ocean I know she's gotta be
We gotta sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea
We'll find the German battleship...
[ ac.guitar ]
The fog was gone the seventh day and they saw the morning sun
Ten hours away from homeland the Bismarck made its run
The Admiral of the British fleet said turn those bows around
We found that German battleship and we're gonna cut her down
The British guns were aimed and the shells were coming fast
The first shell hit the Bismarck they knew she couldn't last
That mighty German battleship is just a memory
Sink the Bismarck was the battle cry that shook the seven seas
We found the German battleship t'was makin' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a runnin' and we and spun those guns around
Yeah we found the mighty Bismarck and then we cut her down
We found the German battleship...

Texas Lawdog · May 24, 2008, 03:58:20 PM

Let's hear it for the late Johnny Horton!

Leo Tanner · May 24, 2008, 05:42:55 PM

Ya beat me to it Tex

I love Johnny Horton!
I like ta think he never died, jus went north ta Alaska

Four-Eyed Buck · May 24, 2008, 06:51:31 PM

Or south to New Orleans to meet up with Andy Jackson

Texas Lawdog · May 25, 2008, 08:24:30 AM

Bonnie and Clyde killed in Louisana on this date in 1934.

Four-Eyed Buck · May 25, 2008, 10:35:44 AM

Star Wars is released in theaters............

Lucky Irish Tom · May 25, 2008, 11:08:05 AM

In 1787 the Constitutional Convention began the work of writing the Constitution presided over by George Washinton.

In 1935 Babe Ruth hit his last Home Run, number 714.

Texas Lawdog · May 25, 2008, 02:54:38 PM

Buck, I noticed that your father served in North Africa, Italy and Sicily in WWII. My dad did also. He was in the Army Air Corps and flew B25's.

Leo Tanner · May 25, 2008, 06:49:05 PM

Tex,
I was just thinking earlier after reading this that it is very likely that some of our relatives knew or at least ran across each other over there.

Leo

Four-Eyed Buck · May 25, 2008, 07:27:53 PM

My Dad was in the 19th Army Engineers, served under Patton through N. Africa and Sicily. He was present at the Battle of Kasserine Pass...............Buck

Silver Creek Slim · May 25, 2008, 08:59:15 PM

Quote from: Leo Tanner on May 25, 2008, 06:49:05 PM
Tex,
I was just thinking earlier after reading this that it is very likely that some of our relatives knew or at least ran across each other over there.

Leo

I wouldn't doubt that. It's a small world. My better-half's ancestors moved to Pine River, WI in 1854. In 1855, my ancestors moved to Lind Township, Waupaca County "by way of Berlin, Green Lake county, and Pine River, Waushara county." They might have met in 1855.

Slim

Leo Tanner · May 25, 2008, 09:10:14 PM

Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on May 25, 2008, 07:27:53 PM
My Dad was in the 19th Army Engineers, served under Patton through N. Africa and Sicily. He was present at the Battle of Kasserine Pass...............Buck

My Uncle Nick told me a story once about how Patton was supposed to come out there to the desert and address them.
Orders were to stand at attention and await his arrival. The men who didn't know the trick about wiggling their toes started dropping like flies after several hours of standing out there. Nick was just glad not to be in the tank an wiggled his toes all day.
In the end, Patton was a no show

Leo

Steel Horse Bailey · May 25, 2008, 11:46:34 PM

... And after all that wiggling!

Texas Lawdog · May 26, 2008, 12:38:56 PM

My Dad was in the 12th AF, 310 BG, 428 BS. He got to North Africa about the same time. Their fighter escorts were Free French and they flew Hurricanes. Some of them were former members of the Layfayette Escradrille of WWI.

Trinity · May 26, 2008, 03:30:42 PM

My grandfather and great uncle fought the Russians up to the end of WWII. When the war ended, my grandfather escaped on foot while my great uncle had been wounded and was outside the hospital in triage when he was boarded upon the last ship back to Germany. The people already in the hospital came into Russian hands and they weren't kind.

My great uncle made it to a hospital in Germany and met his wife and my grandfather made it home so skinny and bedraggled that he had to convince my grandmother's family who he was and that he wasn't a begger.