Capitol Hill
Inundated with success and speech.
Across a wars drag
The general quiets another speechless assembly.
His careening direction is agricultural bypasses.
Above board is mechanisms cyclical entrance.
The wound sunlight deprives banter
Where ing ill.
In visible calm he sleeps
Farthest from wars intelligence
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Kilo VCPs on Paktia MSR (23 Jan 05)
“Kilo Company conducted several VCPs along the Main Supply Route (MSR) in the Paktia Province in order to provide security for the Eid Al-Adah Holiday travelers returning to Pakistan.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 January to 30 June 2005
One of my brothers went down here
WWII uncovered: National Purple Heart Day: James Conboy Jr: 17th Airborne Division
"James Conboy Jr., of Philadelphia PA, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, just before heading towards Germany during Operation Varsity. In March 1945, Jim Conboy participated in Operation Varsity. He was only 18 years old when he made the jump near the Rhine River, northeast of Wessel, Germany."
According to LIFE Magazine: "War photographer Robert Capa's shot of Mr. Conboy, taken just before boarding the plane that took him to Germany, was featured in a 1945 Life magazine photo essay and picked up by media around the world. Mr. Conboy appeared in a 2003 PBS documentary, Robert Capa: In Love and War, that aired in October."
"After the jump, however, a 20mm shell hit him in the right leg, shattering it. His leg was amputated, for which he received a Purple Heart. Conboy also was awarded the Bronze Star for his courage in combat."
After he returned home, Jim Conboy earned a bachelor's in business in 1950 from La Salle College. During college, he became a crew-team manager, and later was heavily involved with the Dad Vail Regatta, the largest college regatta in the nation. He worked as a judge, rivermaster and organizer for more than 40 years. Jim also worked for the Philadelphia Suburban Water Co. from 1953 to 1997 as superintendent of maintenance. He passed on January 29, 2004 at the age of 78. He lies in rest at the Calvary Cemetery in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Lest We Forget.
Original text and photograph sourced by the following: LIFE Magazine and ancestry.com Photographer: Robert Capa
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