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Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Sergeant Thomas Lee Hall (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on October 8, 1918, near Montbrehain, France. His citation reads:

Having overcome 2 machinegun nests under his skillful leadership, Sgt. Hall's platoon was stopped 800 yards from its final objective by machinegun fire of particular intensity. Ordering his men to take cover in a sunken road, he advanced alone on the enemy machinegun post and killed 5 members of the crew with his bayonet and thereby made possible the further advance of the line. While attacking another machinegun nest later in the day this gallant soldier was mortally wounded.

First Lieutenant William P. Hall (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on October 20, 1879, near Camp on White River, Colorado. His citation reads:

With a reconnoitering party of 3 men, was attacked by 35 Indians and several times exposed himself to draw the fire of the enemy, giving his small party opportunity to reply with much effect.

Lieutenant, Junior Grade William E. Hall (US Navy) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on May 7-8, 1942, in the Coral Sea. His citation reads:

For extreme courage and conspicuous heroism in combat above and beyond the call of duty as pilot of a scouting plane in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Coral Sea on 7 and 8 May 1942. In a resolute and determined attack on 7 May, Lt. (j.g.) Hall dived his plane at an enemy Japanese aircraft carrier, contributing materially to the destruction of that vessel. On 8 May, facing heavy and fierce fighter opposition, he again displayed extraordinary skill as an airman and the aggressive spirit of a fighter in repeated and effectively executed counterattacks against a superior number of enemy planes in which 3 enemy aircraft were destroyed. Though seriously wounded in this engagement, Lt. (j.g.) Hall, maintaining the fearless and indomitable tactics pursued throughout these actions, succeeded in landing his plane safe.


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I’m not sure if my nephew Austin is still allowed to participate in the talent show at his church, but if he is I’ve got a song he can sing. I had my ipod set on random the other day at work and this song came up and the first thing I thought of was how great it would be to sing this with Austin in a church talent show. It’s a sweet little number by… well, I’m not 100% sure who wrote it, but George Jones and Willie Nelson are the guys singing the version I have. I won’t post all of the lyrics, but here’s a little bit of it:

I Gotta Get Drunk

Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it
'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do
I'll start to spend my money callin' everybody honey
And I'll wind up singin' the blues
I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it
'Cause I know just what I'm gonna do

I think we could give them a show they’d never forget.

Sonny has been posting song lyrics at the end of his posts and that got me to thinking, wouldn’t it be cool if I did the same thing. The only problem is I don’t want to take the time to match the songs with whatever subject it is I’m talking about. So I’ve decided against it. Still, I will share with you one song that is kind of a “Theme Song” of mine, if you will. I think I’ve shared it with you before, but it’s good enough to share again. It’s a sweet little Mac Davis number I sing just about every morning in the shower. It gives me a good start to the day and it makes The Wife’s eyes roll so much that there’s a good chance they’re going to get stuck one of these days. It goes a little something like this:

It’s Hard to be Humble

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
When you're perfect in every way.
I can't wait to look in the mirror
'Cause I get better looking each day
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a man.
O Lord it's hard to be humble
But I'm doing the best that I can.


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