Our Flag's Daily Briefing
for Tuesday, September 12, 2017
for Tuesday, September 12, 2017
The Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag ... to Inform and Inspire Citizens ...
TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:
Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff, except in Connecticut - where it flies at half-staff for the burial of U.S. Navy Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon who died in the USS McCain ship collision.
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TODAY'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... a decisive battle at Guadalcanal ...
TODAY'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... a decisive battle at Guadalcanal ...
On September 12, 1942, the decisive Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign began. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field, a strategic airfield for American forces, on Guadalcanal were repeatedly attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces for 3 days. When the Japanese withdrew, they had 850 killed to the Marines 104. This battle helped propel America's forces at Guadalcanal as an overall "decisive battle of the war" in the Pacific.
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TODAY'S COMBATANT KILLED IN ACTION (KIA) COMMEMORATION
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Army Master Sgt. Kevin N. Morehead
Died September 12, 2003 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
Master Sergeant Kevin Morehead, 33, of Little Rock, Ark.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.;
killed Sept. 12 in Ramadi, Iraq, when his unit executed a raid on enemy forces.
[summary courtesy of Military Times' Honor the Fallen website]
We honor and thank Kevin Morehead for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
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Died September 12, 2003 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
Master Sergeant Kevin Morehead, 33, of Little Rock, Ark.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.;
killed Sept. 12 in Ramadi, Iraq, when his unit executed a raid on enemy forces.
[summary courtesy of Military Times' Honor the Fallen website]
We honor and thank Kevin Morehead for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
Go to this Military Times 'Honor the Fallen' article to honor him and learn about his life and family
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[Serving up a slice of Americana]
[On this date in 1953, John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline "Jackie" Bouvier wed in Newport, Rhode Island.]
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