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Capt. Stickyfingers

Capt. Stickyfingers

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[video=youtube;uBZg3kdyWlg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBZg3kdyWlg[/video]
[video=youtube;Zyn2gbHFX1c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyn2gbHFX1c[/video]
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Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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Yes, that is “Fuck The Police” tattooed on the face of Ismael Ambrosio. The 24-year-old Floridian was jailed in August on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold.

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woodsmaneh!

woodsmaneh!

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[video=youtube;L4iCaDCX3jY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4iCaDCX3jY[/video]

It's Friday night, brownies, check, rum, check, tunes check
 
Winter Woman

Winter Woman

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Didn't want to make this one a thread and it isn't funny. But. It is amazing and true. How did this horse keep it together and not run for the hills?

I have an friend that fought in that war and his stories are hair raising. He knows how I am about GIs and Vets, so he sent me this one about Reckless (I love horses)

Awesome and true story.

Reckless the Mare.
This horse was a pack horse during the Korean war, and she carried recoilless rifles, ammunition and supplies to Marines. Nothing too unusual about that, lots of animals got pressed into doing pack chores in many wars.

But this horse did something more. During the battle for a location called Outpost Vegas, this mare made 50 trips up and down the hill, on the way up she carried ammunition, and on the way down she carried wounded soldiers.

What was so amazing? Well she made every one of those trips without anyone leading her.

I can imagine a horse carrying a wounded soldier, being smacked on the rump at the top of the hill, and heading back to the “safety” of the rear. But to imagine the same horse, loaded with ammunition, and trudging back to the battle where artillery is going off, without anyone leading her is unbelievable. To know that she would make 50 of those trips is unheard of. Hell, how many horses would even make it back to the barn once, let alone return to you in the field one single time.

So here is a clip of her story and photos to prove where she was and what she did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIo3ZfA9da0

She was retired at the Marine Corps Base in Camp Pendleton where a General issued the following order: She was never to carry any more weight on her back except her own blankets. She died in 1968 at the age of 20.

P.S. How bad was the battle for Outpost Vegas? Artillery rounds fell at the rate of 500 per hour, and only two men made it out alive without wounds. Just two. And a horse, and she was wounded twice.
 
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