Thanks to our sponsor, Mike Collins, veteran of the Vietnam and the 11th Infantry Brigade, this speech by Ronald Reagan will become the home banner of our home website, VeteransUSA 15:13 Foundation, once we raise the money to finish the legal work. In progress.
(From a regular contributor, Mike Collins, 1th Infantry Brigade, RVN ’67-’68, Spec4 11-Charlie mortarman. You may have to look in the Beer Tent from time to time, His old unit passes these around.)
1970, just a short 50 years ago, when some students, some professors and some politicians were already spitting on soldiers.
Zulu War, 1879. Rorke’s Drift was small station with a missionary hospital. 150 soldiers, including hospital patients defended the station against 3000-4000 Zulus. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders, along with a number of other decorations and honours.
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An Angel’s Kiss Theme from Unified Patriots (ALL WARS)
That Fatal Glass of Beer, WC Fields, 1933 (BEER TENT)
Green Fields of France, by The Furys and Davey Arthur (WWI)
Erick Strickland and the B Sides, Haggard & Hell
Chris Scruggs, Honky Tonkin’s Lifestyle
Guy Clark, Randall Knife (Live)
Texas Rangers, our First Border Guards (Pre-1900)
Final Battle at Rorke’s Drift, from “Zulu”, 1964 (KIPLING’S BRITISH)
Roger Moore Reads Kipling’s “Tommy Adkins” (KIPLING’S BRITISH)
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When the border was somewhere just west of San Antonio.
Memories fade pretty quick, too.
Now you know how we feel.
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