Mike

Loves: God! (Sometimes I party with the Sinners) Family! Friends! USA! US Military! 1A, 2A the Great Outdoors!
Buffalo Sports Fan! #Eddiesinfantry #BillsMafia

[Mike @RunningBearz]

@lady_valor_07 Wonderful Tonight

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

In May 1944, 23-year-old Phyllis Latour jumped out of a US bomber and parachuted into occupied Normandy, France. Her mission was to gather information about Nazi positions in preparation for D-Day. Once on the ground, she quickly buried her parachute and clothes, and began a secret mission that would last four months, pretending to be a poor teenage French girl.

Phyllis had been trained by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). She learned how to send secret messages in Morse code, how to fix wireless radios, and how to spy without being caught. She also went through tough physical training in the Scottish highlands. Phyllis wanted to get revenge on the Nazis who had killed her godfather.

Phyllis said, “The men who had been sent before me were caught and killed. I was chosen because I would be less suspicious.” She would ride a bicycle through the region, pretending to sell soap, and secretly pass messages to the British about German locations. She acted like a country girl chatting with German soldiers to avoid raising suspicion. She moved from place to place to stay hidden and often slept in forests finding her own food.

Phyllis also came up with a clever way to hide her secret codes. She wrote them on a piece of silk and pricked it with a pin each time she used a code. She kept it hidden inside a hair tie. Once when the Germans briefly detained her and searched her she took out the hair tie and let her hair fall, showing she had nothing to hide. In the summer of 1944, Phyllis sent 135 coded messages helping Allied bombers find German targets.

After the war, Phyllis married and moved to New Zealand. Her children didn’t know about her wartime service until 2000, when her oldest son found out online. This hero passed on October 7, 2023. May she rest In peace.

[Just Ger 🇺🇲 @BigGer_1970]

Legendary football coach,Tom Landry joined the Army Air Corps during WWII, Europe. Part of 493rd bomb group, flying 30 missions against the Germans. 1st Lieutenant Landry & crew crashed in Belgium after a bombing run in Kolin, Czechoslovakia. All survived. Forever a Veteran 🇺🇸

[Mike @RunningBearz]

@lippyent Cherry bomb and m80

[bigwoods🇺🇸 @bigwoods86]

@NoDMsPerfavore

[Denise 🇺🇸 @NoDMsPerfavore]

Democrats killed a bill for tuition assistance for children of veterans killed in battle,
THEN APPROVE subsidizing the education and healthcare of Illegal Immigrants. This is who they are…

[Mike @RunningBearz]

@bronco3016 LeBron

[Mike @RunningBearz]

@Hania16836 1978

[Valerie Anne Smith @ValerieAnne1970]

🚨GUILTY VERDICT: In Oregon, rainwater falling on your own land doesn’t actually belong to you.

Gary Harrington built 3 reservoirs on his 170-acre property to collect rainwater & snowmelt for fire protection.

The state demanded he drain every drop. “All water belongs to us.”

He refused.

They hit him with 9 misdemeanors, jailed him for 30 days, and fined him more than $15,000.

This is government claiming ownership of the sky.

What’s next — your air? Your soil?

Actually… yes. 👇

[Mike @RunningBearz]

@Hot_Pepper76 Mine is The Quiet Man.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

James Stockdale spent seven and a half years in the Hanoi Hilton. He was tortured fifteen times. He disfigured his own face with a razor so the North Vietnamese could not use him for propaganda.

He built a tap code that turned solitary confinement into a network. Prisoners who could not see each other kept their sanity through the walls.

Stockdale was a Navy commander when captured. He became the highest-ranking American prisoner of war in Vietnam. That rank made him a target.

The North Vietnamese wanted him to sign confessions. They wanted propaganda broadcasts. They wanted him on camera endorsing statements against the American war effort. Stockdale refused every request.

The refusal cost him. He endured physical coercion fifteen times. Rope bindings, beatings, and painful positions left permanent damage to his legs. He spent four years in solitary confinement. Two years were in leg irons.

When guards said he would be paraded before journalists, he went to his cell. He used a razor to slash his scalp. He beat his face with a wooden stool. Swelling and bruising made him unfilmable. The guards found him bloodied and abandoned the plan.

On another occasion, when guards threatened to harm other prisoners if he did not comply, he broke a window and cut his wrists. It was not surrender. It was a signal he would rather die than comply. The guards treated him and reduced their demands.

Stockdale’s greatest achievement was building a community inside the prison. He developed a tap code using a five-by-five grid of the alphabet. Each letter corresponded to its row and column, tapped in two sequences.

Messages traveled through walls, under doors, and between buildings. Prisoners who could not see each other communicated. They shared news, jokes, and orders. Stockdale passed commands down the chain and received information back.

The tap code gave structure, leadership, and the knowledge they were not alone. He established rules: resist as best as possible. Do not volunteer information. Recover after every interrogation. The rules gave broken men a framework to regain dignity. Resilience, not perfection, was the goal.

Stockdale was released on February 12, 1973. He walked out of Hoa Lo with permanent leg injuries. He was awarded the Medal of Honor.

He said, “You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality.”

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

“If you think the world is selfish and rotten, go to the cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. See what one group of men did for another on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.” — Andy Rooney

[John Stossel @JohnStossel]

Americans "are all immigrants who were fleeing from…dictatorship, tyranny, socialism," says @DanielDiMartino.

That history makes their descendants "not only willing to take more risks, but also willing to defend their liberties."

Here’s what else makes America successful:

[Turning Point Action @TPAction]

They sacrificed everything for us

Never forget the heroes of D-Day

[Wendy Steward @WooStewd]

Peter Lovett - My step dad is 102 in October. This day 82 years ago he was landing on Juno beach with the Canadians. He stayed there for 6 weeks on Juno, doing his duty. This man is a legend. 🇬🇧

[CRIXUS @CRIXUSwasHERE]

🇺🇸D-Day June 6, 1944🇺🇸
THANK YOU!!👇💙

[Lee Harris @LeeHarris]

"Don't thank me and don't say I'm a hero. I'm no hero, I was lucky, I'm here. All the heroes are dead and I'll never forget them as long as I live."

The remarkable D-Day veteran Harry Billinge MBE.

Harry sadly passed away on 5 April 2022 at the age of 96.

His generation saved the world.
Never forget 😢

[Military Support @MilitaryCooI]

June 6, 1944-2026. 82 years later, WWII veterans returned to Normandy to honor those who lost their lives in the pursuit of freedom and defeat of tyranny.

[Bridget D 🐝🌷🪻⚘️🦋 @ZoeyCatBell]

Today's 82nd anniversary of D-Day comes with the unveiling of a new national tribute to those who changed the course of World War II.

The National Memorial of Military Ascent (NMMA) is a tribute to the U.S. Army Rangers who scaled the 100-foot cliffs of Pointe du Hoc during the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II. Located in Grafton, Illinois, the memorial utilizes the steep limestone bluffs along the Mississippi River to visually recreate this historic 1944 climb.
#Dday
#OmahaBeach
#WW2
#LestWeForget

[Lee Greenwood @TheLeeGreenwood]

Today, I pause to remember the brave heroes of D-Day whose courage changed the course of history and helped secure freedom for generations to come.

In 2023, I had the honor of traveling to Normandy to pay my respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Standing on those historic shores was a powerful reminder that freedom is never free.

May we never forget their valor, their sacrifice, and the debt of gratitude we owe them. #Dday

— Lee Greenwood