Some Labor Day Pics...

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Sergeant Frank W. Mills (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on September 4, 1862, at Sandy Cross Roads, North Carolina. His citation reads:

While scouting, this soldier, in command of an advance of but 3 or 4 men, came upon the enemy, and charged them without orders, the rest of the troops following, the whole force of the enemy, 120 men, being captured.

Private James H. Mills (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on May 24, 1944, near Cisterna di Littoria, Italy. His citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. Pvt. Mills, undergoing his baptism of fire, preceded his platoon down a draw to reach a position from which an attack could be launched against a heavily fortified strongpoint. After advancing about 300 yards, Pvt. Mills was fired on by a machinegun only S yards distant. He killed the gunner with 1 shot and forced the surrender of the assistant gunner. Continuing his advance, he saw a German soldier in a camouflaged position behind a large bush pulling the pin of a potato-masher grenade. Covering the German with his rifle, Pvt. Mills forced him to drop the grenade and captured him. When another enemy soldier attempted to throw a hand grenade into the draw, Pvt. Mills killed him with 1 shot. Brought under fire by a machinegun, 2 machine pistols, and 3 rifles at a range of only 50 feet, he charged headlong into the furious chain of automatic fire shooting his M 1 from the hip. The enemy was completely demoralized by Pvt. Mills' daring charge, and when he reached a point within 10 feet of their position, all 6 surrendered. As he neared the end of the draw, Pvt. Mills was brought under fire by a machinegunner 20 yards distant. Despite the fact that he had absolutely no cover, Pvt. Mills killed the gunner with 1 shot. Two enemy soldiers near the machinegunner fired wildly at Pvt. Mills and then fled. Pvt. Mills fired twice, killing 1 of the enemy. Continuing on to the position, he captured a fourth soldier. When it became apparent that an assault on the strongpoint would in all probability cause heavy casualties on the platoon, Pvt. Mills volunteered to cover the advance down a shallow ditch to a point within 50 yards of the objective. Standing on the bank in full view of the enemy less than 100 yards away, he shouted and fired his rifle directly into the position. His ruse worked exactly as planned. The enemy centered his fire on Pvt. Mills. Tracers passed within inches of his body, rifle and machine pistol bullets ricocheted off the rocks at his feet. Yet he stood there firing until his rifle was empty. Intent on covering the movement of his platoon, Pvt. Mills jumped into the draw, reloaded his weapon, climbed out again, and continued to lay down a base of fire. Repeating this action 4 times, he enabled his platoon to reach the designated spot undiscovered, from which position it assaulted and overwhelmed the enemy, capturing 22 Germans and taking the objective without casualties.

Captain George W. Mindil (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on May 5, 1862, at Williamsburg, Virginia. His citation reads:

As aide-de-camp led the charge with a part of a regiment, pierced the enemy's center, silenced some of his artillery, and, getting in his rear, caused him to abandon his position.


We trust you liked the NCIS episode last week. My guess is the one tonight will be just as great.

I’m about a week late on this, but we at I’m just sayin… would like to congratulate our baseball hero Ryne Sandberg on being named the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. Good job by the Phillies for doing something the Cubs were too stupid to do a couple of years ago. While I wouldn’t mind being wrong, I believe the Phillies will win a World Series (with Ryno as the manager) before the Cubs win one. The only shot the Cubs have now of me not being pissed off all of next season is if they find a way to get Joe Girardi to come take over. Of course, the first offer has to go to Ernie Banks… I know he’s 82 (and will be 83 before the start of the next season), but I’ve always thought the man named “Mr. Cub” should get the first shot at the job. I mean, he’s MR. CUB.

I’ve got a lot of pictures from Labor Day this year. Below are a few that we’re going to start with…


Picture Tuesday

I think this is my favorite picture from the weekend.  I've got to say, the kayak was a lot easier to use than I thought it would be.

The Wife with Sally

Me, Brent and Sonny sitting at the big kids table...

Mary Ruth, Austin, Meredith and Ansley in the lake

Daniel... taking a break from being bad to have his picture taken.  Don't let that face fool you... he was up to no good.

Susie, Me, Daniel and Mary Ruth... just hanging out.

Daniel with his Aunt Teresa Lynn

At Ryan's on our way home.  Goofball.