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/2007/08/happy_birthday_2.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:37:32 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The United States Coast Guard is 217 years in service today. Bravo Zulu! More often than not, they are the forgotten military service. But, as the Army song notes... "When we were needed, we were there..." Ask the one million saved. Or ask Marvin Perret, Coast Guard veteran. Jim Robbins did, for National Review: A Coast Guardsman’s Tale Semper Paratus. By James S. Robbins There are still many surviving veterans of the June 1944 Normandy Invasion. Also many who landed at Iwo Jima in February 1945. But how many can claim to have participated in both battles? Not to... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/happy_birthday_2.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/happy_birthday_2.html Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:02:22 -0600 'Cuz SWWBO has things I Must Do out at the new Castle. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/happy_birthday_2.html#comment-62936 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/happy_birthday_2.html#comment-62936 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:39:15 -0600 Beer Tent?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/happy_birthday_2.html#comment-62935 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/happy_birthday_2.html#comment-62935 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:35:57 -0600