We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/a_little_olio_f.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:37:58 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The final assault came before daybreak on the morning of March 6, 1836, as columns of Mexican soldiers emerged from the predawn darkness and headed for the Alamo's walls. Cannon and small arms fire from inside the Alamo beat back several attacks. Regrouping, the Mexicans scaled the walls and rushed into the compound. Once inside, they turned a captured cannon on the Long Barrack and church, blasting open the barricaded doors. The desperate struggle continued until the defenders were overwhelmed. By sunrise, the battle had ended and Santa Anna entered the Alamo compound to survey the scene of his... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/a_little_olio_f.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/a_little_olio_f.html Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:24:24 -0600 "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose". It's always "de rigeur" to look down on our men in uniform. That is until, the guns start to shoot. And then it's: Tommy this and Tommy that. With the exception that it's now "à la mode" to keep kicking them down from the rear, while guns shoot at them from the front. Sacré Bleu - Quelle Horreur!!!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/a_little_olio_f.html#comment-57499 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/a_little_olio_f.html#comment-57499 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:20:08 -0600 ..and exactly 150 years later i was standing at attention in front of a Regimental TAC officer and almost got "Poe'd" myself. now if i could only write as well as he. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/a_little_olio_f.html#comment-57495 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/a_little_olio_f.html#comment-57495 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:52:34 -0600