Saturday, November 11, 2006
Col. Ripley on Oliver North's 'War Stories,' tomorrow night
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This Sunday night, Col. John W. Ripley (USMC, ret.) will be the focus of Oliver North's 'War Stories' at 8 pm (EST) on FOX News.
A little background: Col. Ripley, the legendary U.S. Marine combat commander (he also commanded British Royal Marine Commandos in combat) single-handedly blew up the Dong Ha bridge in Vietnam, thus blunting the largest North Vietnamese Army offensive (the 1972 Easter Offensive).
Yes, that's Col. Ripley inspecting the Marine guard detachment at Annapolis.
Here's more about him here, here, here, and here.
Before we hang up, let me point you to some other recent stories: One here at World Defense Review about a brand new Maritime Homeland Defense Force and a few here at Family Security Matters, including a piece about the hunting-miltary connection (Yes, including my just-turned-18 nephew Michael Paul Fowler, the proud owner of a brand-new Remington 870 12-gauge pump-action shotgun. It's just like his uncle's 12-g, who bought his when he was 16-years-old.) also here and here. And then we have a republished piece about 'smart soldiers' at Accuracy in Media.
Semper Fi,
WTSjr
[Visit W. Thomas Smith Jr.'s official website at uswriter.com]
This Sunday night, Col. John W. Ripley (USMC, ret.) will be the focus of Oliver North's 'War Stories' at 8 pm (EST) on FOX News.A little background: Col. Ripley, the legendary U.S. Marine combat commander (he also commanded British Royal Marine Commandos in combat) single-handedly blew up the Dong Ha bridge in Vietnam, thus blunting the largest North Vietnamese Army offensive (the 1972 Easter Offensive).
Yes, that's Col. Ripley inspecting the Marine guard detachment at Annapolis.
Here's more about him here, here, here, and here.
Before we hang up, let me point you to some other recent stories: One here at World Defense Review about a brand new Maritime Homeland Defense Force and a few here at Family Security Matters, including a piece about the hunting-miltary connection (Yes, including my just-turned-18 nephew Michael Paul Fowler, the proud owner of a brand-new Remington 870 12-gauge pump-action shotgun. It's just like his uncle's 12-g, who bought his when he was 16-years-old.) also here and here. And then we have a republished piece about 'smart soldiers' at Accuracy in Media.
Semper Fi,
WTSjr
[Visit W. Thomas Smith Jr.'s official website at uswriter.com]
# posted by W. Thomas Smith, Jr. @ 11:48 AM 
