by me, Kerry Burgess, 10/03/2026 1:37 PM
Earlier I developed a draft note on this mainstream-media news item. I think my observations are pretty good. Obvious to me that someone set it up this way. Not sure when I will wrap it up and post it here. My eyes are really tired now. Sitting here at this stupid desk almost every waking hour every day after day after day trying to figure why the hell this all happened to me.
It's everywhere I look.
Meanwhile, continuing details from another item from yesterday: the newest episode of "Dark Matter". Obviously, they created that content months ago or longer, I can only guess. Only thing that matters is what *I* believe. Read my previous posts, if you don't believe too then, well, you're a dim-wit, but also, does not matter what *you* believe. My observations are completely genuine. THEY could do it more - what I did - but THEY probably do not want to torture me more than it has for over 20 years now.
First here is the unrelated topic that also happened on Friday. Then more details caused by my previous observations about Friday's newest episode of "Dark Matter" on Appletv
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/missouri-man-adopted-baby-learns-biological-father-rock-star-michael-m-rcna601165
NBC News
Missouri man adopted as baby learns biological father is rock star Michael McDonald
McDonald, lead vocalist of the Doobie Brothers and a successful solo artist, had Michael Goessling when he was 14-years-old with his middle school sweetheart.
Oct. 2, 2026, 10:59 AM PDT
By Matt Lavietes
When Michael Goessling, 59, heard his biological father’s voice for the first time last year, he swore he recognized it.
“I just said: ‘What a voice that guy has!’... it just sounded so familiar, but I couldn’t place it.”
When they spoke over the phone that night, it clicked.
The Final Countdown (1980)
US Navy chief petty officer: It's a code.
US Navy commander Thurman - USS Nimitz executive officer: Can you break it, Chief?
CPO: I think someone's putting us on.
Dan Thurman: Why?
CPO: Because I learned this code at Great Lakes. It's ancient!
Battlestar Galactica s04e15
"No Exit"
(from internet transcript)
TYROL: I gotta warn you. It looks bad.
ADAMA: Frak me. How many are like this?
There's about a dozen bad spots, the length of the ship. If they go, this thing'll slam shut like a book.
How'd it get this bad?
Galactica was 50 years old when the war started. You put her through some things that would crush lesser ships. Slammed her down on the atmosphere. Not like most ships, she's not built to spec. There's lots of places where the skin's too thin and the bolts are just too small.
You're frakking telling me they cut corners?
Yeah, they did. But these big cracks, it's a good, clean break. I can fix that, you just (SIGHS) Just don't jump her for a while. I can squeeze some more life out of her.
Okay.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-rude-hegseth-scolds-nbc-133456087.html
Yahoo! News
Mediaite
‘Why Are You So Rude?’ Hegseth Scolds NBC Reporter Who Cut Him Off as He Called on Someone Else
Charlie Nash Wed, April 8, 2026 at 6:34 AM PDT 2 min read
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth scolded an NBC News correspondent on Wednesday after she tried to ask him a question about Iranian missiles while Hegseth was calling on another reporter.
During a press briefing at the Pentagon, which saw Hegseth field questions about the Trump administration’s ceasefire with Iran, the secretary of defense called on Daily Caller White House correspondent Reagan Reese to ask the next question.
After Senior NBC News Correspondent Courtney Kube interrupted Reese, shouting out her own question about Iran launching missiles, Hegseth snapped, “Excuse me, why are you so rude? Just wait. I’m calling on people.”
He added: “So nasty.”
by me, Kerry Burgess, 12/19/2025 1:42 PM
Because *she* is a real bitch to weak, little guys like you!
You contribute only misogyny to the tradition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Abraham_Lincoln_(CVN-72)
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
From Wikipedia
she is a member of the United States Pacific Fleet
https://www.uscarriers.net/cvn72history.htm
USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN
CVN 72
November 11, USS Abraham Lincoln was commissioned
February 18, 1998 Capt. James J. Quinn relieved Capt. Robert F. Willard as CO of the CVN 72.
https://hvom.blogspot.com/2026/08/today-is-08102026.html
by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
"Saga of a Star World - Part 2"
Adama - Battlestar Galactica Commander: If anyone amongst us can say that he's all right, after what has happened, I'd recommend them for catharsis treatment.
Athena: That's not the Warrior I'm used to. Whatever happened to the joy of living to fight another day?
Adama: Ah, yes, the joy of living. You were aboard the Galactica. You didn't see them down there; their faces. The old, the young. Desperate. Begging - screaming - for a chance to come aboard. A chance to live. And there I was like God - passing out priorities as - as if they were tickets to a lottery.
Battlestar Galactica - tv miniseries - 12/08/2003, 12/09/2003
(from internet transcript)
Boomer: Helo, get your flight manual, tear out the pages.
https://www.navsource.net/archives/02/72co.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Abraham_Lincoln_(CVN-72)
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
From Wikipedia
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the fifth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy.
Commissioned 11 November 1989
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Willard
From 12/5/1950 ( Pyongyang is abandoned to the communists as UN forces retreat ) To 3/20/2003 is 19098 days
19098 = 9549 + 9549
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/25/1991 ( an aviator in non-aviator related duties boots on the ground as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) is 9549 days
"Lady Bouvier's Lover" (The Simpsons)
Original airdate in N.A.: 12-May-94
[End of Act Two. Time: 13:39]
Burns: Whoop-de-do, Mr. President!
Clinton: I'm happy you finally found love.
Burns: Whoop-de-do, Tarantula Town! [grabs PA mike] Whoop-de-do, employees! Everyone who's found true love may leave early today!
Everyone: Yay! [run off, except one man, who cries]
From 10/28/1967 ( Julia Roberts ) To 5/12/1994 is 9693 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/17/1992 ( United Nations peacekeepers abandon Sarajevo ) is 9693 days
The Seattle Times
Local News: Thursday, March 20, 2003
Kay McFadden / Times staff columnist
The media got it fast, got it right
It may not have been the "shock-and-awe" show promised by United States forces poised to invade Iraq.
But to anyone watching television, the swiftness with which yesterday's airstrike in Baghdad was executed, disseminated and explained was a heck of a dress rehearsal.
The White House and news organizations worked in well-oiled tandem. The time elapsed from when the bombing run took place to when anchors were correctly summarizing it — barely a half-hour — gave new meaning to the concept of a fast news cycle.
News that air-raid sirens were sounding over Baghdad broke at 6:37 p.m. Pacific Standard Time and 5:37 a.m. in Iraq.
From 1/17/1991 ( date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 officially the United States Apache attack helicopter pilot ) To 3/20/2003 ( ) is 4445 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/3/1978 ( Jimmy Carter, 39th president of USA federal government 1977-1981: New Delhi, India Remarks on Signing the Delhi Declaration ) is 4445 days
From 2/17/1909 ( biographical - Geronimo dead ) To 11/20/1983 ( premiere USA TV "The Day After" ) is 27304 days
27304 = 13652 + 13652
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/20/2003 ( ) is 13652 days
From 8/19/1987 ( Ronald Reagan, 40th president of USA federal government 1981-1989: Statement on Signing the Bill Amending the Bankruptcy Code ) To 3/20/2003 ( ) is 5692 days
5692 = 2846 + 2846
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/18/1973 ( The Killian Document ) is 2846 days
From 11/18/1996 ( premiere USA film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) To 3/20/2003 ( ) is 2313 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/3/1972 ( from Chicago Tribune newspaper: Bearing a message for alien civilizations, America's Pioneer 10 rocketed into space ) is 2313 days
From 7/3/1988 ( Iran reports destruction mid-air of Iran Air Flight 655, blamed on guided-missiles from USS Vincennes, US Navy ) To 4/5/2063 ( the famed fictional date setting established in 1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) is 27304 days
27304 = 13652 + 13652
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/20/2003 ( ) is 13652 days
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/iraq2003/war_timeline.html
npr
Beyond the War in Iraq: Chronology
A Timeline of Events in the Current Iraqi Conflict
March 20, 2003: The U.S. launches a pre-dawn missile attack on what President Bush calls "selected targets of military importance" in Iraq.
Encyclopædia Britannica
Geronimo
Geronimo, Indian name Goyathlay ("One Who Yawns") (born June 1829, No-Doyohn Canyon, Mex. - died Feb. 17, 1909, Fort Sill, Okla., U.S.), Bedonkohe Apache leader of the Chiricahua Apache, who led his people’s defense of their homeland against the military might of the United States.
From 5/14/1990 ( departing as enlisted {non-commissioned officer} US Navy Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2)(paygrade E-5) Kerry Wayne Burgess my Honorable Discharge from US Navy active service ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 4692 days
4692 = 2346 + 2346
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/5/1972 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication, Princeton University: Marines Seek Princeton Sign-Ups In Student Center ) is 2346 days
From 9/4/1976 ( George W. Bush arrested again by police in the United States ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 9692 days
From 11/2/1965 ( me ) To 5/16/1992 ( landing of the first flight of the United States space shuttle Endeavour orbiter vehicle mission STS-49 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps commissioned-officer and United States STS-49 pilot astronaut and my 1st official United States of America National Aeronautics and Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall ) is 9692 days
From 11/18/1996 ( premiere USA film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 2312 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/2/1972 ( launch from planet Earth of the United States Pioneer 10 crewless spacecraft ) is 2312 days
From 6/29/1995 ( the Mir space station docking of the United States space shuttle Atlantis orbiter vehicle mission STS-71 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps commissioned-officer and United States STS-71 pilot astronaut and my 3rd official United States of America National Aeronautics Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 2820 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/23/1973 ( described publicly only by me, my biological brother Thomas Reagan the 1969 medical-doctor graduate of Princeton University and 1973 law-doctorate graduate of University of Oxford, England, passes the United States of America Multistate Bar Examination ) is 2820 days
From 6/29/1995 ( see above: STS-71 ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 2820 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/23/1973 ( Monica Lewinsky ) is 2820 days
From 12/25/1971 ( George W. Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined lawfully to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico leading to his desertion and conspiracy to desert from USA military obligations ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 11407 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/25/1997 ( biographical - Jeane Dixon dead ) is 11407 days
From 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 officially the United States Apache attack helicopter pilot ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 4444 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/2/1978 ( Jimmy Carter, 39th president of USA federal government 1977-1981: New Delhi, India Remarks Before the Indian Parliament ) is 4444 days
From 7/23/1961 ( Michael John Durant ) To 12/7/1998 ( as Kerry Burgess my first day as full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle until 02/06/2004, employed as technical accounts manager in Microsoft Premier Support for Enterprise and then Microsoft Premier Support for Developers - title: Applications Development Consultant ) is 13651 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 13651 days
From 9/17/1965 ( premiere USA TV series "Hogan's Heroes" ) To 2/1/2003 ( inflight destruction of USA space-shuttle Columbia ) is 13651 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 13651 days
From 7/5/1988 ( from Los Angeles Times newspaper, article by the author Tom Clancy: Now, Something Worse in the Gulf Than War: What if You Do Everything Right and End Up Killing 300 Civilians? ) To 4/5/2063 ( the famed, fictional date setting established in the 1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) is 27302 days
27302 = 13651 + 13651
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/19/2003 ( ) is 13651 days
[deserter-in-chief] GEORGE W. BUSH
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-nation-iraq-0
The American Presidency Project
GEORGE W. BUSH
43rd President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Address to the Nation on Iraq
March 19, 2003
My fellow citizens, at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations
From 6/29/1995 ( official documents State of South Carolina - sale recorded - as me, Kerry Burgess, the house I owned {then sold and no longer care about} on Country Club Drive, Greer, South Carolina, United States of America ) to 9/8/2004 ( ) is 3359 days
From 6/29/1995 ( the Mir space station docking of the United States space shuttle Atlantis orbiter vehicle mission STS-71 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps commissioned-officer and United States STS-71 pilot astronaut and my 3rd official United States of America National Aeronautics Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall ) to 9/8/2004 ( ) is 3359 days
From 5/26/1992 ( Charles Geschke kidnapped at gunpoint for ransom ) To 9/8/2004 ( ) is 4488 days
4488 = 2244 + 2244
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/25/1971 ( George W. Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined lawfully to federal prison in Mexico for illegal smuggling of narcotics in Mexico leading to his eventual desertion and conspiracy to desert from his lawful obligations to the USA military ) is 2244 days
From 2/17/1953 ( premiere USA film "Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe" ) To 12/25/1991 ( an aviator in non-aviator related duties boots on the ground as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) is 14190 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/8/2004 ( ) is 14190 days
From 2/16/1960 ( illustrated reference below here ) To 9/8/2004 ( ) is 16276 days
16276 = 8138 + 8138
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/13/1988 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Petty Officer Second Class Fire Controlman (FC2), with my personal participation and commendation my official enlisted United States Navy documents includes: Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - 88Feb13 88Jun03, CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computer Complex (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, United States Navy, Operation Earnest Will, Middle East Force, including Operation Praying Mantis ) is 8138 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5441380/
IMDb
60 Minutes Wednesday: Season 6, Episode 44
For the Record (8 Sep. 2004)
"60 Minutes II" For the Record (original title)
TV Episode 60 min Documentary, News
Release Date: 8 September 2004 (USA)
Cast
Dan Bartlett ... Self - White House Communication Director (segment "For the Record")
https://archive.org/details/COORNAP/COORNAP%2005/page/n19/mode/2up?view=theater
from my private journal as Kerry Burgess: 10/04/10 3:08 PM
That was tremendously violent dream to awake from. I remember many of the details leading up to the ending after the altercation started. I saw people trying to escape. I had taken cover behind a pickup truck parked on the curb and with a building behind me, I saw body parts dropping around me from a large battle going on in the street between me and the pickup truck. The point where I awoke was when blood was raining down on me in drops and I was trying to cover myself by what I started thinking after waking was a corpse that was hanging over the side of the pickup truck.
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Delta Force soldier: You're locked and loaded. Any skinnies come around these corners, you watch our backs.
The Twilight Zone
Season 1 Episode 3
Mr. Denton on Doomsday
Aired Oct 16, 1959
Quotes
Liz: Al, I think everything's gonna be all right now, understand? Charlie says you're as good with a gun now as you ever were.
Denton: That's what Charlie says? I was good. I was real good. I was so good that once a day someone would ride into town to make me prove it, and every morning I'd start my drinking a few minutes earlier
From 10/16/1959 ( premiere US TV series episode "The Twilight Zone"::"Mr. Denton on Doomsday" ) To 12/25/1991 ( an aviator in non-aviator related duties boots on the ground as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) is 11758 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/11/1998 ( ) is 11758 days
From 3/12/1942 ( during World War II Douglas MacArthur evacuates the Philippines and major general Jonathan Wainwright assumes command ) To 1/11/1998 ( ) is 20394 days
20394 = 10197 + 10197
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/3/1993 ( the Battle of Mogadishu Somalia begins ) is 10197 days
From 4/18/1988 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Petty Officer Second Class Fire Controlman (FC2), from my official enlisted United States Navy records: during USA Armed Forces Expeditionary Operation Earnest Will with my personal participation and commendation - CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computer Complex (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance) - aboard the USS Wainwright CG-28 US Navy the United States Operation Praying Mantis ) To 1/11/1998 ( ) is 3555 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/28/1975 ( Gerald Ford, 38th President of USA: Letter to Congressional Committee Chairmen Recommending Extension of Automobile Emission Standards ) is 3555 days
The Seattle Times
Sunday, January 11, 1998
Black Hawk Down -- An American War Story -- The Day U.S. Got Stung In Somalia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
In February 1942, as Japanese forces tightened their grip on the Philippines, MacArthur was ordered by President Roosevelt to relocate to Australia. MacArthur discussed the idea with his staff that he resign his commission and fight on as a private soldier in the Philippine resistance but Sutherland talked out of it. On the night of March 12, 1942, MacArthur, with Jean, Arthur, and a select group, left Corregidor in four PT boats.
https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-philippines-timeline-20121202-story.html
March 12, 1942: Gen. Douglas MacArthur evacuated to Australia from Corregidor
May 6, 1942: Gen. Jonathan Wainwright asks to surrender Corregidor
The Washington Post
Corregidor and the Remembrances of War
By Gregg Jones
On the night of March 12, 1942, MacArthur, his family and some staff officers made their way to Corregidor's dock and boarded four PT boats. MacArthur, under direct orders from President Roosevelt, made his way to Darwin, Australia, where he issued his famous pledge, "I shall return."
MacArthur had designated Gen. Jonathan Wainwright as commander of Corregidor and left him with two jars of shaving cream, a box of cigars and the words, "If I get to Australia you know I'll come back as soon as I can with as much as I can. In the meantime, you've got to hold."
But Corregidor and the peninsula were taking a pounding from Japanese bombers and shore guns. When the defenders on Bataan surrendered on April 9, 1942, the Japanese expected Corregidor to follow because the island relied on daily provision barges from the peninsula.
For 27 days, a devastating rain of shells pounded much of the island into rubble. Most of the 10,000 defenders crammed into the overcrowded, fetid Malinta Tunnel. One by one, the American guns were put out of action. A quarter of the 4,000 troops assigned to defend the beaches were killed or wounded by the shelling.
Finally, Wainwright cabled Roosevelt: "With broken heart and head bowed in sadness but not in shame . . . I must arrange terms for the surrender . . . There is a limit of human endurance and that limit has long been passed." On May 6, 1942, Corregidor surrendered.
The Americans did not return to Corregidor until Feb. 16, 1945, when American airborne and infantry soldiers began an assault that raged for 11 days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_M._Wainwright_(general)
Jonathan M. Wainwright (general)
From Wikipedia
Jonathan Mayhew "Skinny" Wainwright IV (August 23, 1883 – September 2, 1953) was a career American army officer and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to the Empire of Japan during World War II. Wainwright was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his courageous leadership during the fall of the Philippines.
http://www.history.com/speeches/jonathan-wainwright---release-from-japanese-prison-camp
HISTORY
SPEECHES & AUDIO
Jonathan Wainwright Released From Japanese Prison Camp (3 min) TV-PG
Speaking from U.S. Army-controlled Tokyo Radio, Lt. Gen. Jonathan "Skinny" Wainwright
https://hvom.blogspot.com/2026/09/today-is-09062026_01500408289.html
by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me
https://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/clark/speeches/clark-usna2002.txt
Admiral Vern Clark
Remarks
United States Naval Academy Commencement
Annapolis, Maryland
24 May 2002
ADMIRAL CLARK:
I have one last thing to say. Go write some history.
https://hvom.blogspot.com/2026/05/today-is-05132026.html
by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me
The American Legion
"Retreat, hell! We just got here."
DEC 11, 2014
America entered World War I to reinforce the battered French and British troops waging a desperate fight against Germany. On June 2, 1918, a division of Marines was sent to support the French army at Belleau Wood. As the Marines arrived, they found French troops retreating through their lines. A French colonel, attempting to acquaint the Americans with the realities of the situation and not trusting his spoken English, scribbled a note to the officer in charge of the Americans ordering them to retreat. The Marine officer looked at the Frenchman coldly and said, Retreat, Hell! We just got here. That officer was Capt. Lloyd W. Williams, commanding the 51st Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment.
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 2:58 PM Pacific-timezone USA Saturday 10/03/2026
