Boatswain’s Mate John Flannagan (US Navy) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on October 26, 1878, on board the USS Supply. His citation reads:
Serving on board the U.S.S. Supply, Flannagan rescued from drowning David Walsh, seaman, of Le Havre, France, 26 October 1878.
Private James Flannigan (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on February 15, 1863, at Nolensville, Tennessee. His citation reads:
Was one of a detachment of 16 men who heroically defended a wagon train against the attack of 125 cavalry, repulsed the attack and saved the train.
Sergeant Charles Clinton Fleek (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on May 27, 1969, at Binh Duong Province, Republic of Vietnam. His citation reads:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sgt. Fleek distinguished himself while serving as a squad leader in Company C, during an ambush operation. Sgt. Fleek's unit was deployed in ambush locations when a large enemy force approached the position. Suddenly, the leading enemy element, sensing the ambush, halted and started to withdraw. Reacting instantly, Sgt. Fleek opened fire and directed the effective fire of his men upon the numerically superior enemy force. During the fierce battle that followed, an enemy soldier threw a grenade into the squad position. Realizing that his men had not seen the grenade, Sgt. Fleek, although in a position to seek cover, shouted a warning to his comrades and threw himself onto the grenade, absorbing its blast. His gallant action undoubtedly saved the lives or prevented the injury of at least 8 of his fellow soldiers. Sgt. Fleek's gallantry and willing self-sacrifice were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
Before I get to what I intend to talk about today, let me say sorry for an oversight on my part. I was so busy over the weekend getting next Tuesday’s post ready that I forgot to say a little something about the anniversary of Granny’s passing. I can remember going to see her on Mother’s Day four years ago (the day before she died). She was asleep (I’m not sure she ever woke up) the whole time we were there (at Aunt Yvonne’s). I remember holding Mary Ruth up so she could give Granny a kiss and tell her she loved her. It’s a nice memory, but what I really love is that the last time I saw Granny awake we talked and it felt like I was talking to the Granny I grew up with. I can’t really explain it, but I remember being happy and… well… that was nice.
Today, as I’m sure you know, marks the 5 year anniversary of De’Andre Adams’ death. I already said what I felt I needed to about Dre last Thursday. But I did want to note the 5 year anniversary of his passing on here. He had been playing pick-up basketball late into the night when he went to drop off his friend and Winthrop teammate Manny Robinson before going to see his girlfriend (I think… or maybe he dropped off Manny and then was heading back to his place, I don’t remember). It was real late at night… a storm had knocked a tree down into the road… Dre saw it too late, swerved to miss it, lost control and hit a tree. All of the old data from Winthropfans.com (the #1 place on the internet to talk about Winthrop)… but if we still had it I’m sure you would see just how big of a deal this was. People were on the message board all day and night posting updates or looking for updates. How was Dre doing now? How did things look? Was he going to be back in time for summer workouts? Next season? Would he ever play again? Would he live? Every little word in the paper was analyzed over and over. Prayers were prayed. Any update that wasn’t worse than the last was celebrated as a step in the right direction. Fans of other schools, who only days/weeks/months before had hated Winthrop and everything to do with Winthrop were on the board offering support. Then word got out on May 16, 2007… De’Andre Adams was dead. No more big smile… no more pre-game “hype” dances… no more watching a guy play the game the way you like to think you’d play it if you had the chance. Things haven’t been the same since. If you have a minute, I recommend this article from dailygamecock.com about Terrence Campbell (a football player for the Revolutionary War Heroes). It’s about how Campbell grew up with Dre, Kenny McKinley, Jonathan Brooks and Tracy White. Of those five childhood friends, Campbell is the only one alive today. But life goes on, of course. A scholarship fund was created in Dre’s memory… his number was retired (I believe this is the only time Winthrop has done such a thing… jersey’s have been retired, but not numbers). At home games, fans hold up their hand (in a way that’s hard to describe) during Winthrop foul shots as a tribute to Dre (about halfway through his sophomore season I think is when he started shooting free throws by first holding the ball in front of him and then going into his shooting motion). In some ways, five years is a long time. Since his death, I’ve lost both grandmothers and one dog (Lucy) and gained two children (Susie and Daniel), one godson (Lucas) and one dog (Scooby). Mary Ruth was just a little girl back then… now she’s just a summer away from 1st grade. So yeah, the world doesn’t stop for the death of one person… but that doesn’t mean we can’t stop every so often to remember those no longer with us.
My Favorite Nurse Jen’s Top 5 Movies
5. Dr. Doolittle
4. M*A*S*H
3. Doc Hollywood
2. Patch Adams
1. Nurse Betty
The I’m just sayin… Top 2,613 Movies of All-Time Countdown
850 It's a Great Feeling
David Butler
Doris Day, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan
1949
849 Valkyrie
Bryan Singer
Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Izzard, Bill Nighy
2008
848 Long Voyage Home, The
John Ford
John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter
1940
847 Weird Science
John Hughes
Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey, Jr.
1985
846 Facing the Giants
Alex Kendrick
Alex Kendrick, Shannen Fields, Tracy Goode, James Blackwell, Bailey Cave, Jim McBride, Jason McLeod
2006
845 Mark of Zorro, The
Rouben Mamoulian
Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone
1940
844 3000 Miles to Graceland
Demian Lichtenstein
Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, David Arquette, Kevin Pollak, Howie Long, Ice T
2001
843 The Passion of the Christ
Mel Gibson
Jim Caviezel, Monica Belluci
2004
842 The Little Mermaid
Ron Clements, John Musker
voices of Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Buddy Hackett
1989
841 The Lemon Drop Kid
Sidney Lanfield
Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell
1951
840 Mister Roberts
John Ford
Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon, William Powell, Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond
1955
839 Brothers
Jim Sheridan
Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhall, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard
2009
838 Harry and the Hendersons
William Dear
John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche
1987
837 Don't Say a Word
Gary Fleder
Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy
2001
836 Crazy Heart
Scott Cooper
Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell
2009
835 Fear
James Foley
Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano, William Petersen, Amy Brenneman
1996
834 Ishtar
Elaine May
Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Jack Weston
1987
833 Tooth Fairy
Michael Lembeck
Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Billy Crystal, Julie Andrews, Stephen Merchant, Ryan Sheckler
2010
832 Star Trek: First Contact
Jonathan Frakes
Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, James Cromwell, Jonathan Frakes, Alice Krige, Neal McDonough, Marina Sirtis
1996
831 Under Suspicion
Stephen Hopkins
Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Monica Bellucci
2000
830 Girl Crazy
Norman Taurog
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland
1943
829 Benji
Joe Camp
Patsy Garrett
1974
828 Memoirs of an Invisible Man
John Carpenter
Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah
1992
827 I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jim Gillespie
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillipe, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Johnny Galecki, Bridgette Wilson, Anne Heche
1997
826 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Stanley Kubrick
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens
1964
825 Best Defense
Willard Huyck
Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza
1984
824 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Viggo Mortensen, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Karl Urban, Miranda Otto
2003
823 A Night at the Roxbury
John Fortenberry
Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Dan Hedaya, Loni Anderson
1998
822 The English Patient
Anthony Minghella
Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe
1996
821 Woman of the Year
George Stevens
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
1942
820 Syriana
Stephen Gaghan
George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright
2005
819 Air America
Roger Spottiswoode
Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr.
1990
818 Melody Ranch
Joseph Santley
Gene Autry
1940
817 United 93
Paul Greengrass
2006
816 A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Fielder Cook
Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards
1966
815 Courage Under Fire
Edward Zwick
Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Matt Damon
1996
814 My Friend Irma
George Marshall
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis
1949
813 The Anderson Tapes
Sidney Lumet
Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Christopher Walken
1971
812 Crossing Over
Wayne Kramer
Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Jim Sturgess, Ashley Judd, Alice Eve, Alice Braga, Cliff Curtis, Summer Bishil, Ray Liotta
2009
811 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Peter Jackson
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett
2002
810 Man of the Year
Barry Levinson
Robin Williams, Laura Linney
2006
809 When Harry Met Sally...
Rob Reiner
Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby
1989
[after Sally fakes orgasm in a deli]
Older Woman Customer: [to waiter] "I'll have what she's having".
808 Edge of Darkness
Lewis Milestone
Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston
1943
807 The Living Daylights
John Glen
Timothy Dalton
1987
James Bond: "Bond, James Bond"
806 Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Paul Wendkos
George Kennedy, James Whitmore, Reni Santoni
1969
805 The Noose Hangs High
Charles Barton
Abbott and Costello
1948
804 Flame of Barbary Coast
Joseph Kane
John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut
1940
803 A Bridge Too Far
Richard Attenborough
Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell
1977
802 A Letter to Three Wives
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain, Paul Douglas, Kirk Douglas
1949
801 Easy Money
James Signorelli
Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Jennifer Jason Leigh
1983
800 Father's Little Dividend
Vincente Minnelli
Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
1951
799 The Hurricane
Norman Jewison
Denzel Washington
1999
798 The Art of War
Christian Duguay
Wesley Snipes, Donald Sutherland
2000
797 Gone Baby Gone
Ben Affleck
Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Amy Ryan, John Ashton, Amy Madigan
2007
796 The Apostle
Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall, Miranda Richardson, Farrah Fawcett
1997
795 Hit the Ice
Charles Lamont
Abbott and Costello
1943
794 All Dogs Go to Heaven
Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Dan Kuenster
Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Judith Barsi, Vic Tayback
1989
793 Patch Adams
Tom Shadyac
Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman
1998
792 54
Mark Christopher
Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Mike Myers, Neve Campbell
1998
791 The Name of the Rose
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater
1986
790 Hook, Line & Sinker
George Marshall
Jerry Lewis, Peter Lawford, Anne Francis
1969
789 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ang Lee
Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen
2000
788 Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper
Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
1969
787 Stuart Little
Rob Minkoff
Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki
1999
786 The Matrix Revolutions
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
2003
785 A Force of One
Paul Aaron
Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Ron O'Neal
1979
784 Fame
Kevin Tancharoen
Debbie Allen, Charles S. Dutton, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally, Bebe Neuwirth, Asher Book, Kristy Flores, Paul Iacono, Paul McGill, Naturi Naughton, Kay Panabaker, Kherington Payne, Collins Pennie, Walter Perez, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle
2009
783 Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Alan Myerson
Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook
1988
782 Major League II
David S. Ward
Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Omar Epps
1994
Rube Baker: "Women: you can't live with them, and they can't pee standing up".
Jack Parkman: "I'm the only winner on this team. The rest of 'em, they're losers. Either by choice, or by birth".
Tanaka: "You have no... you have no…"
[looks in translation book]
Tanaka: "marbles! You have no marbles!"
Cerrano: "Marbles? Huevos?"
Harry Doyle: "Rick Vaughn gets the starting call today. We're told he matured a lot over the winter. Apparently he's bathing now. Congratulations, Rick. As you know, Monte, Vaughn's been working on a couple of new pitches, the Eliminator and the Humilator, to complement his fastball, the Terminator".
Monte: "I heard that".
Harry Doyle: "Dynamite drop-in, Monte. That broadcast school has really paid off".
Harry Doyle: "You know I used to hate Parkman when he was with the A's. It's amazing how a new uniform can change your attitude about a guy".
[covers Mic]
Harry Doyle: "He's still a dick".
Harry Doyle: "My God! Good news fans, the Indians are showing signs of life for the first time in weeks. As a matter of fact they appear to be beating the crap out of each other. It looks like Willie Hayes is trying to hit Rick Vaughn, and why not, everyone else in the league does. Hayes swings and misses. I don't know Monte, it looks like Vaughn is carrying his left a little low. This could hurt him in the later rounds."
781 North Dallas Forty
Ted Kotcheff
Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, G. D. Spradlin, Charles Durning
1979
780 Backdraft
Ron Howard
Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Scott Glenn, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Jason Gedrick, J.T. Walsh
1991
779 Absolute Power
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn, E. G. Marshall, Dennis Haysbert
1997
778 The Notebook
Nick Cassavetes
Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands
2004
777 Pardon My Sarong
Erle C. Kenton
Abbott and Costello
1942
776 Fancy Pants
George Marshall
Lucille Ball, Bob Hope
1950
The I’m just sayin… Quote of the Week
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. - FDR
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