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For "Task Force Phantom" RPG Group.
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1st Luietenant Lycon, Cpl Downe
And a "OmG Dat M16/M9 is AwEsUmE!" will result in a warning/ then block. Its annoying as hell. Their pieces of plastic for crying out loud.
Last on our trek for the day was Oneonta Gorge. It was busy enough that someone had taken it upon themselves to do a bit of rock balancing. The falls remain off limits since the Eagle Creek Fire. While it could be argued it might be best without the foot traffic for a while, it's hard not to want to revisit one of the most beautiful spots in the NW.
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Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes, VC, MC (18 May 1917 – 18 November 1941) was a British Army officer of the Second World War and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award that can be made to British and Commonwealth forces for gallantry in the face of the enemy. At the time he was the youngest acting lieutenant colonel in the British Army.
War Office, 19th June, 1942.
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the posthumous award of the VICTORIA CROSS to the undermentioned officer: —
Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes, M.C. (71081), The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), Royal Armoured Corps (Buckingham).
Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes commanded a detachment of a force which landed some 250 miles behind the enemy lines to attack Headquarters, Base Installations and Communications.
From the outset Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes deliberately selected for himself the command of the detachment detailed to attack what was undoubtedly the most hazardous of these objectives—the residence and Headquarters of the General Officer Commanding the German forces in North Africa. This attack, even if initially successful, meant almost certain death for those who took part in it.
He led his detachment without guides, in dangerous and precipitous country and in pitch darkness, and maintained by his stolid determination and powers of leadership the morale of the detachment. He then found himself forced to modify his original plans in the light of fresh information elicited from neighbouring Arabs, and was left with only one officer and an N.C.O. with whom to break into General Rommel's residence and deal with the guards and Headquarters Staff.
At zero hour on the night of 17th–18th November, 1941, having despatched the covering party to block the approaches to the house, he himself with the two others crawled forward past the guards, through the surrounding fence and so up to the house itself. Without hesitation, he boldly led his party up to the front door, beat on the door and demanded entrance.
Unfortunately, when the door was opened, it was found impossible to overcome the sentry silently, and it was necessary to shoot him. The noise of the shot naturally aroused the inmates of the house and Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes, appreciating that speed was now of the utmost importance, posted the N.C.O. at the foot of the stairs to prevent interference from the floor above.
Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes, who instinctively took the lead, emptied his revolver with great success into the first room and was followed by the other officer who threw a grenade.
Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes with great daring then entered the second room on the ground floor but was shot almost immediately on flinging open the door and fell back into the passage mortally wounded. On being carried outside by his companions he died within a few minutes.
By his fearless disregard of the great dangers which he ran and of which he was fully aware, and by his magnificent leadership and outstanding gallantry, Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes set an example of supreme self sacrifice and devotion to duty.
Getting my stockings perfect is a delicate feminine task that I love to do. Oh well, I guess you know me ;-)
View ot the U.S. Navy Task Group ALFA: Formation portrait of the Atlantic Fleet anti-submarine group's ships and aircraft, taken during exercises in 1959 with Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke embarked. The ships include the group flagship, the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in center, two submarines, and seven destroyers. Identifiable among the latter are USS Eaton (DDE-510) at left front, USS Beale (DDE-471) following Eaton, USS Waller (DDE-466) in the center foreground, and USS Conway (DDE-507) at right front. Aircraft overhead include two four-plane formations of Grumman S2F-1/-2 Trackers and three Sikorsky HSS-1 Seabat helicopters from the Valley Forge air group, plus one shore-based Lockheed P2V Neptune.
How deep the tenderness that yearns
Within the silent wood that turns
From green to gold, and slowly burns
As by some inward fire!
How dear the sense that all things wild
Have been at last by love beguiled
To join one chorus, reconciled....
Words by Helena Coleman, Canadian Poet
for Flickriver - Sophie Shapiro
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An-225 with Buran spacecraft at the 1989 Paris Air Show.
The Antonov An-225 is the longest and heaviest airplane ever built. Initially developed for the task of transporting the Buran spaceplane, It is now in commercial operation with Antonov Airlines carrying oversized payloads.
7 May 2015
Langston & Tasker, Steeple Claydon Y234 NLK
ex Metroline VPL234
London Road, Buckingham
Royal Latin school service
Langston & Tasker bought 7 of these ex Metroline Presidents for Royal Latin school work, VPL144/146/169/???/194/196/234 which carry the fleet numbers 5 to 11. Five were seen in fifteen minutes leaving Royal Latin, plus the two Olympians and three coaches. Just a shame they are completely plain white.