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    <title>Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah&apos;s Military Guys..</title>
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    <updated>2010-02-09T12:38:52Z</updated>

    
        <subtitle>We&apos;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</subtitle>
    

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            <title>Today&apos;s Medal of Honor Moment for 9 February</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11945</id>

            <published>2010-02-09T12:12:52Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-09T12:38:52Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[There are four Medals awarded for actions on this day, three of them posthumous, all of them from the modern era.World War II.&nbsp; A rough day in the fight for Manila in 1945.&nbsp; Three Medals to the same battalion, two of them to a very dangerous BAR team.&nbsp; Three Privates, the likes of which make winning wars that much more likely, if their efforts aren't squandered by the folks senior to them.*CICCHETTI, JOSEPH J. Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company A, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division. Place and date: South Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 9 February 1945....]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
        </entry>
    
        <entry>
            <title>West 2010: General James Cartwright</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11939</id>

            <published>2010-02-08T15:20:21Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-08T15:39:02Z</updated>

            <summary type="html">&quot;We are a nation at war,&quot; GEN Cartwright said in preface to the meat of his speech, &quot;And it is killing our young soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines...and that must be the center of our budget planning decisions.&quot;  </summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Today&apos;s Medal Of Honor Moment for 8 February</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11944</id>

            <published>2010-02-08T13:10:52Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-08T13:23:48Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[There are two Medals awarded for actions on this day, both during World War II.&nbsp; One was posthumous.World War II.&nbsp; Two tough small unit leaders.HUFF, PAUL B. Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion. Place and date: Near Carano, Italy, 8 February 1944. Entered service at: Cleveland, Tenn. Birth: Cleveland, Tenn. G.O. No.: 41, 26 May 1944. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty, in action on 8 February 1944, near Carano, Italy. Cpl. Huff volunteered to lead a 6-man patrol with the mission of determining the...]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
        </entry>
    
        <entry>
            <title>The Militaria Show - in which I (supposedly) put myself in Great Peril...</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11943</id>

            <published>2010-02-08T12:32:51Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-08T12:47:36Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[&nbsp;As KCSteve noted in the comments to one of Saturday's double-posts about the Fort Leavenworth Militaria Show, he made it there and took some pictures.&nbsp; Click this link to go see them.&nbsp; A couple of points - the pistols KCSteve believes are mine, are not - they belong to my buddy Beau, who had the most Kewl Stuff there of the four of us (Charley, Beau, Jim and myself).&nbsp; For you M1911 fans, Beau had a Singer&nbsp;and a&nbsp;Union Switch and Signal, just to tease a bit.&nbsp; He also had a M1903A4 sniper, Johnson M41, and a registered DEWAT Thompson M1928A1...]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
        </entry>
    
        <entry>
            <title>A good start</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11942</id>

            <published>2010-02-08T12:04:49Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-08T13:28:04Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[My state representative, Melanie Meiers, is back from her deployment to Iraq and has resumed her seat.&nbsp; This post isn't about Melanie, her deployment, or her political leanings (she's a Democrat)&nbsp;- it's about the state budget, based on information Melanie put out.Kansas has a&nbsp;balanced budget requirement.&nbsp; In times like these, that causes some real pain.&nbsp; Which is okay.&nbsp; Leviathan (even a relatively small-l leviathan like Kansas state government) should feel the pain their constituents feel - in ways that many state, and the federal, gov't employees do not.I like this bit from Melanie's first legislative update:&nbsp;Budget UpdateEven while overseas, I...]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
        </entry>
    
        <entry>
            <title>West 2010: Overview</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11941</id>

            <published>2010-02-08T08:44:12Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-08T08:56:23Z</updated>

            <summary type="html">Wherein a civilian and former innocent is exposed to a heaping dose of the military-industrial complex...  ;)</summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Today&apos;s Medal of Honor Moment for 7 February</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11938</id>

            <published>2010-02-07T15:18:08Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-07T15:53:46Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[There are nine Medals awarded for actions on this day, with three of them posthumous.&nbsp; From the Civil War, through two naval lifesaving Medals, and on to World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.Civil War.&nbsp; The diminuendo of the Battle of Hatcher's Run.SANDS, WILLIAM Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Dabney's Mills, Va., 6_7 February 1865. Entered service at: Reading, Pa. Birth: Reading, Pa. Date of issue: 9 November 1893. Citation: Grasped the enemy's colors in the face of a deadly fire and brought them inside the lines. SPILLANE, TIMOTHY Rank and organization:...]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
        </entry>
    
        <entry>
            <title>I know I&apos;m late to the party...</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11935</id>

            <published>2010-02-06T21:44:29Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-06T22:00:17Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[...because unlike some in our little milblogging community, I don't live on my email and twitter accounts at night.&nbsp; SWWBO gets somewhat pissy if I do.

So, I missed this.

McManus, our faux Brigadier in Houston, was busted for Stolen Valor.&nbsp;

Yeah, we had a hand in this.&nbsp; Not so much this place in particular, but rather as in Milblogs in general, working in concert with POW.net and others.]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
        </entry>
    
        <entry>
            <title>Today&apos;s Medal of Honor Moment for 6 February</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11937</id>

            <published>2010-02-06T15:06:22Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-07T15:39:05Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[There are ten Medals awarded for actions on this day, and all the recipients lived to get their Medals.&nbsp; Nine are from the Civil War and one from Vietnam..Civil War. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow - Hatcher's Run.CADWALLADER, ABEL G. Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 1st Maryland Infantry. Place and date: At Hatchers Run and Dabneys Mills, Va., 6 February 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Baltimore Md. Date of issue: 5 January 1897. Citation: Gallantly planted the colors on the enemy's works in advance of the arrival of his regiment.&nbsp;CALDWELL, DANIEL Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry....]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>My World Today</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11933</id>

            <published>2010-02-06T14:39:54Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-06T14:46:29Z</updated>

            <summary type="html">




As the old ho-down goes:

Don&apos;t you b*thc don&apos;t you pout,
hire an illegal to dig you out.

Big Snow a-commin...
Big Snow a-commin!
 Boq</summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Going to be near Leavenworth today?</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11932</id>

            <published>2010-02-06T13:27:49Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-06T13:35:02Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[C'mon down to the Riverfront Community Center for the Fort Leavenworth Historical Society Militaria Show.&nbsp; This is a collector's show - very little of that crap that shows up at gun shows.&nbsp; Myself and three of my buddies will have a display set up - uniforms, pistols, and I'm bringing... mortars.

Little ones.

Drop on by!&nbsp;]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>Going to be near Leavenworth today?</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11931</id>

            <published>2010-02-06T13:27:49Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-06T13:32:00Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[C'mon down to the Riverfront Community Center for the Fort Leavenworth Historical Society Militaria Show.&nbsp; This is a collector's show - very little of that crap that shows up at gun shows.&nbsp; Myself and three of my buddies will have a display set up - uniforms, pistols, and I'm bringing... mortars.

Little ones.

Drop on by!&nbsp;]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
        </entry>
    
        <entry>
            <title>Today&apos;s Medal of Honor Moment for 5 February</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11936</id>

            <published>2010-02-05T14:57:04Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-07T15:34:30Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[There are six Medals awarded for actions on this day, two of them posthumous.&nbsp; Three from the Civil War, one from the Philippine Insurrection, and one each from World War II and Vietnam.Civil War.&nbsp; A chilly day's work at Rowanty Creek - and we'll be hearing from Hatcher's Run for the next three days.BUCKINGHAM, DAVID E. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company E, 4th Delaware Infantry. Place and date: At Rowanty Creek, Va., 5 February 1865. Entered service at: ------. Born: 3 February 1840, Pleasant Hill, Del. Date of issue: 13 February 1895. Citation: Swam the partly frozen creek, under...]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
        </entry>
    
        <entry>
            <title>Another Whatziss - this one for the President.</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11930</id>

            <published>2010-02-05T13:47:14Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-05T16:18:12Z</updated>

            <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dear sir - since I'm guessing you would probably have an epic fail on a military whatziss, and, frankly, you damn well better be too busy to be hanging out here killing time,I thought I'd help you with a verbal construct that seems to be causing you some trouble.&nbsp;This is a corpseman.&nbsp;This is a corpsman.&nbsp;&nbsp;A Navy Corpsman in Iwo Jima treats a Marine with a severe chest wound. Life giving plasmanate flows from the bottle attached to the M1 rifle at right. still image from USMC combat camera filmCorpsmen try to *prevent* people from becoming corpsemen.Just trying to help, sir....]]></summary>

            
                <author><name>Anonymous Blogger</name></author>
            
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        <entry>
            <title>So, what&apos;s the difference?</title>
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            <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11928</id>

            <published>2010-02-05T13:18:55Z</published>
            <updated>2010-02-06T13:22:56Z</updated>

            <summary type="html">Oh, about eight or so zeroes to the left of the decimal in your defense budget. The whatzis, revealed.


    
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