Top 10 Most Gruesome Inventions And Innovations
Since the dawn of mankind he has been striving to make life easier through invention and innovation. Many of his creations have been lifesaving and have saved us all time by making us a much more productive civilization, while others have been purely evil and have reflected man and his inhumanity to his fellow man. Throughout time there have no doubt been many more inventions that have failed miserably and thus have never seen the light of day, while at the same time a good number should never have made it past the drawing board. Plastic is one of these that always creeps into this writer’s mind. This invention has been so useful it is hard to imagine life without it, but yet there’s a giant mass of this substance in the Pacific Ocean dubbed the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” which glaringly illustrates the harsh, long-term effects of this most useful invention. Please keep reading to learn more on just how insensitive, and some
A Mother’s Day story of hope
By Vivian Blevins - Contributing columnist
Aryn Lockhart, left, is pictured with Ray Snedegar, who was a U.S. Air Force loadmaster on a flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from the Tan Son Nhat Airport in Vietnam. Lockhart was a child on that flight.
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Aryn Lockhart, 45 ?, of San Antonio, Texas, has a story that’s all tied up with the Vietnam War, immigration, activism, and much more.
You might be thinking, Vivian has another typo in her column. Or does that question mark after Lockhart’s age have some meaning?
‘It Felt Like You Were Reborn’: Vietnamese Australians on Their Escape From Communism
Over 46 years ago, on April 30, 1975, tanks of the Northern Vietnamese army rolled into Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City), the capital of South Vietnam.
A soldier jumped from the tank and ran into the presidential palace to raise the Viet Cong flag on the balcony of the fourth floor.
The two-decades-long war between the capitalist South and communist North was over. Saigon had fallen to the communists.
Duc Nguyen was 10-years-old when this happened. In the space of several years, he would see the freedom-loving city he once embraced, transform and cause him to flee for his life.
A Mother’s Day story of hope
By Vivian Blevins - Contributing columnist
Aryn Lockhart and Ray Snedegar. The two were reunited in 2014 in Vietnam at the site of a 1975 plane crash which she survived.
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The Miami Valley Veterans Museum will honor Vietnam War and Vietnam War Era veterans at the July 4 parade on that Sunday afternoon and asks that veterans willing to participate by riding on the float, being driven in convertibles/antique cars or riding in their own vehicles, call the museum at 937-332-8852 and leave their name and telephone numbers.
Aryn Lockhart, 45 ?, of San Antonio, Texas, has a story that’s all tied up with the Vietnam War, immigration, activism, and much more.
Top 10 Snipers in History
“It was night and low visibility, but I saw a guy with an AK-47 lit up by the porch light in a doorway about 400 meters away. I watched him through the sights. He looked like just another Iraqi. I hit him low in the stomach and dropped him.” – Specialist James Wilks, 25, from Fort Worth, Texas.
Concealment is key to becoming a great sniper highly trained marksmen who can shoot accurately from incredible distances with specialized training in high-precision rifles. In addition, they are trained in camouflage, fieldcraft, infiltration, reconnaissance, and observation, making them perhaps the most feared military presence in a war. Below is my list of top ten snipers in history and some of the greatest shots ever fired.