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Grand son has been with us for a week so far. He's 5. There is no winning a talk about Star Wars legos. 7 days 4 Lego sets tomorrow a trip to the big Lego store.

Most people remember Tom Landry standing on the sidelines of Dallas Cowboys games. Few remember him sitting in the cockpit of a dying bomber over Europe. Before he became one of football's most famous coaches, Landry served as a B-17 pilot during World War II. Flying from England, he led missions deep into enemy territory where every flight carried the possibility of never returning home. Then came his 30th mission. High above Europe, German anti-aircraft fire found its target. Explosions ripped through the bomber. One engine failed. Then another. Then another. Then another. Suddenly, all four engines were gone. The massive B-17 was no longer flying. It was falling. Inside the aircraft were young airmen who knew exactly what that usually meant. D*ath. Panic could have spread through the crew. Landry never allowed it. Witnesses later recalled how calmly he fought to keep control of the powerless aircraft as it dropped toward the ground. With no engines and almost no options left, he guided the crippled bomber toward a field in France. Then came the impact. Steel scraped across the earth. The aircraft slammed into the ground. Against all odds, the crew survived. The young pilot had brought them home. Years later, America would know Tom Landry as the coach who built the Dallas Cowboys into a dynasty. Fans would admire his discipline, leadership, and calm under pressure. What many never realized was where those qualities were forged. Not on a football field. But inside a shattered bomber falling from the sky during World War II. Long before he coached champions, Tom Landry was already saving lives. Story based on historical records. This post is for educational purposes. Credit - timefold

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Sad news—actor Ronnie Schell, best known for portraying Duke Slater in Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., passed away at age 94. I’m so sorry to hear this!

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If you are UNDER 50 years young the news of the coming Social Security reductions in payouts in 2032 should MAKE YOU a FAIRtax fan. Ask us why.

‘Isle of Hope’ is out now on @sunrecords produced by @davecobb7 ! Hope you connect with these songs. Thank you !

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A staff member from the Texas Veterans Land Board's Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen recently took this beautiful photo of a fawn resting in front of a gravestone. Apparently, the doe leaves her fawns in the cemetery while she forages for food. The cemetery staff has been in touch with US Army Veteran Albert Ragsdale's family to share this touching image.

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🚨 I-75 in Chattanooga just turned into an unscheduled fireworks show! 🔥 A truck full of fireworks caught fire on the freeway near Ooltewah and started launching them everywhere like nature decided to celebrate early. No injuries reported, but traffic was wild. Who else is glad they weren’t stuck in that lane? 🥴 🇺🇸

One of the greatest speeches of the late 20th century, given on the 40th anniversary of one of the most spectacular days in human history.

Before a single Allied soldier set foot on Normandy, before the battleships opened fire, before the paratroopers jumped, before any of it, a fleet of small ships sailed alone into the darkness toward the most heavily mined waters in the world. Nobody talks about the minesweepers. They should. By June 1944, the Germans had laid over 6,000 mines across the approaches to the Normandy coast. Contact mines that detonated on impact. Magnetic mines triggered by a ship's hull. Pressure mines activated by the wake of a passing vessel. And some of the most sinister weapons ever devised: mines fitted with ship counters, designed to let several vessels pass safely overhead before exploding under the one that followed. You could sweep a channel, declare it clean, and still die. The entire D-Day plan rested on one brutal fact: 6,939 ships could not reach the beaches without someone going first to clear the way. That job fell to 350 minesweepers. On the night of June 5, hours before the invasion fleet moved, the minesweepers sailed. No escort. No cover. Just small ships pushing into the dark, dragging wire sweeps through the water, cutting the cables of moored mines and listening for the sound of their own death. They swept 10 separate channels, each 400 yards wide, all the way from England to the coast of France. They were operating within range of German shore batteries. In complete darkness. In rough seas with strong currents constantly pushing them off course, forcing sweeps to be repeated. Keeping formation in those conditions, in the dark, without lights, was nearly impossible. The Germans never detected them. Think about what that means. Hundreds of ships, running without lights, dragging equipment through the water, close enough to the French coast to be well within range of shore batteries, and the Germans had no idea they were there. By 3:30 in the morning, all 10 channels were clear. The price was paid. USS Osprey struck a mine on June 5 and went down in minutes, killing 6 men. They were the first casualties of the entire D-Day operation, killed before the invasion had officially begun, their names barely known to history. USS Corry struck a mine off Utah Beach and sank so fast her crew barely had time to abandon ship. These men knew exactly what they were sailing into. Minesweepers do not have the armor of a destroyer or the firepower of a cruiser. They are small. They are slow. They go first because someone has to, and they go knowing that the mine that kills them is one they simply never found. When the great armada finally moved, when 6,939 ships began crossing the Channel toward France, every single one of them sailed through corridors those men had cut in the dark. Every landing craft that reached the beach. Every tank that came ashore. Every soldier who stepped onto Normandy and lived. They all passed through water that had been cleared, in silence, in darkness, hours before dawn, by men most people have never heard of. The liberation of Europe sailed in their wake.

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If y’all are ever up in Adairville, Ky just a short drive north of Nashville drop by Burton James Distillery where they have a farmers market every Friday until September. Be sure to get some of my Moms popcorn!! She’d greatly appreciate your business!!

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