Sunday, November 10, 2019

My Name is Dixie

Via Carl



Recall us all on Memorial Day

Please allow me to share some accomplishments and contributions and sacrifices made by my family. My name is Dixie.

My son George Washington from Virginia led our troops to victory in the American Revolution, during freezing weather and while disease killed many spared in combat.

My son Francis Marion -- the "Swamp Fox" from South Carolina -- also fought the British and won during the American Revolution.

My son Andrew Jackson from South Carolina fought in New Orleans during the War of 1812. His courage and 3,000 men defeated 10,000 experienced British troops. What leadership! We won the War of 1812, thanks to men like him.

Also, let's not forget my sons who gave new meaning to the word "courage." Daniel Boone, Davey Crockett and David Bowie, with about 200 men, took on Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna's army at a place called the Alamo. Santa Anna's army numbered in the thousands. My sons never had a chance, but they gave Santa Anna's army a lesson in courage. Soon after their stand, Sam Houston's army defeated Santa Anna's army.

My son Sgt. Alvin York from Tennessee captured 50 or so German soldiers during World War I and marched them back to U.S. lines singlehandedly. He was the most decorated soldier in World War I and was awarded the Medal of Honor.

My son Lt. Audie Murphy from Texas earned a battlefield commission in combat against Hitler's army in World War II. He also became the most decorated soldier in World War II.

Also in World War II, some great military leaders came from the South: Gens. Dwight Eisenhower from Texas and Douglas MacArthur from Arkansas, and Adm. Chester Nimitz from Texas.

In closing, please honor my 260,000 family members who died in the War Between the States on Memorial Day. I will never forget them.

--Dewey E. Hill
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 10, 2019 at 9:02 PM

    Thanks for posting the excellent version of that song. Lead singer and drummer, Levon Helm, played the old Athens, Tennessee gunsmith in the movie, "Shooter".

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jie9bYCyZDI

    --Ron W

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    1. Brock TownsendNovember 10, 2019 at 9:37 PM

      Great story and thanks.https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2019/11/remembering-levon-helm-musician-actor.html#comment-form

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  2. John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, UtahNovember 10, 2019 at 10:05 PM

    Because both I and Audie Murphy served in the United States Army after being turned down by the United States Marine Corps, one of my favorite Hollywood movies is the 1976 production of, "BABY BLUE MARINE", starring Jan-Michael Vincent.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 11, 2019 at 4:33 PM

    "Also in World War II, some great military leaders came from the South: Gens. Dwight Eisenhower from Texas and Douglas MacArthur from Arkansas, and Adm. Chester Nimitz from Texas."

    And Gen George Patton, who, I think, was the grandson of a Confederate officer. A quote by him is fitting for today, Veterans Day: "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."

    --Ron W

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    1. Brock TownsendNovember 11, 2019 at 4:45 PM

      I've always loved that quote. Links from 2010 are bad.

      Four of the ten were Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. George S. Patton who learned the history of the WBTS on his grandfather's knee, an ex-Confederate officer.
      http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=4313&highlight=patton

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  4. AnonymousNovember 11, 2019 at 8:33 PM

    I love it, but Daniel Boone was not at the Alamo. Alvin York captured (IIRC) 144 German soldiers, after killing a dozen or so.

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