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		<title>Tarzan and the Screaming Eagle, an Update regarding Richard Owen</title>
		<link>http://burnpit.legion.org/2010/03/tarzan-and-the-screaming-eagle-an-update-regarding-richard-owen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MOTHAX</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I know I have been remiss in keeping you guys updated, you have my permission to abuse me in the comments!
[Picture Credit: Salvation Army Capt. Ron Heimbrock, with Darlene Pelkey, found Richard Owen's relatives -- even after a few dead ends. (Bob Beckstead/daily Courier-observer)]

Ok, so I know I am late getting back to you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of the Hornburg, “I Have About 10,000 Orcs to Manage”</title>
		<link>http://burnpit.legion.org/2010/03/battle-of-the-hornburg-%e2%80%9ci-have-about-10000-orcs-to-manage%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Siggurdsson</dc:creator>
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Forth Eorlingas!
Today in [Fictional] Military History – March 4, T.A. (Third Age) 3019

In the closing months of the year 3018, forces of evil moved to inundate all the other nations of Middle-Earth. Sauron, the evil, long-lived lord of Mordor, had been gathering his armies and preparing for the final war for the extermination and subjugation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Conference Day II:  Revenge of the Blue-cappers</title>
		<link>http://burnpit.legion.org/2010/03/washington-conference-day-ii-revenge-of-the-blue-cappers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MOTHAX</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We will be heard.

Day 2 at Washington Conference is upon us, and while it was a late Guinness fueled evening of friendship and trivia games last night, nothing a few dozen purchases at Starbucks can&#8217;t overcome.
Just as a shout out to my commenters yesterday, I will be addressing the Women&#8217;s Veterans Forum.  You are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Washington Conference, Day 1</title>
		<link>http://burnpit.legion.org/2010/03/2010-washington-conference-day-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MOTHAX</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are, the 50th Washington Conference

Here we are in the shadow of the US Capitol preparing for two days of lobbying Members of Congress and the Administration for things we&#8217;ve already earned.  So it goes&#8230;.   Actually, I took some license in that sentence.  We *would* be in the shadow of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of Adowa: Ethiopian Army Reaps a Deadly Harvest</title>
		<link>http://burnpit.legion.org/2010/02/battle-of-adowa-ethiopian-army-reaps-a-deadly-harvest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Siggurdsson</dc:creator>
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Today in Military History – March 1, 1896
By the end of the 19th Century, the vast majority of the continent of Africa was under the colonial boot of one European nation or another. Great Britain and France owned the most extensive lands. Next came Portugal in Angola, the Cape Verde Islands, Portuguese Guinea and Mozambique. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oratorical Contest – My View This Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seventh Son</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are the contestants, now someone has to decide.

A few days ago Yellow Rose posted an article on the Youth Programs of The American Legion. Let me give you a closer look into the Oratorical contest but from a different viewpoint, that of a judge and being one of the group that decides who wins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searching for SGT Owen&#8217;s Family&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MOTHAX</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help us find this man&#8217;s family.

In case you haven’t read my earlier reports on this search, you probably should read them first. (Part I here and Part II here) If you are short on time though, here is the short story as provided in an excellent story written by Cynthia Cather Burton of the Winchester [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s not some shouting, gun toting, baseball bat wielding, government extremist trying to get attention for his cause.</title>
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		<comments>http://burnpit.legion.org/2010/02/it%e2%80%99s-not-some-shouting-gun-toting-baseball-bat-wielding-government-extremist-trying-to-get-attention-for-his-cause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yellow Rose</dc:creator>
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What do baseball, oratory, shooting, scouts, government issues all have in common? It’s not some shouting, gun toting, baseball bat wielding, government extremist trying to get attention for his cause. For this purpose, the common denominator is youth. Thousands of them. Maybe even hundreds of thousands. All of them vying for one thing – participation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burn Pit live-blogging Wash Conference next week&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MOTHAX</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Try to pace yourselves folks, still a week before our online extravaganza!!!!

Totally excited to return to DC next week for the Washington Conference. Working feverishly right now on an update to the search for the family of Sgt Richard E. Owen, but wanted to post something so you knew that next week I will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of Buena Vista: “Double-Shot Your Guns and Give Them Hell…”</title>
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		<comments>http://burnpit.legion.org/2010/02/battle-of-buena-vista-%e2%80%9cdouble-shot-your-guns-and-give-them-hell%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Siggurdsson</dc:creator>
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Today in Military History – February 22-23, 1847
If any victory in American military history could be said to have been grabbed out of the jaws of defeat, this battle deserves the designation.  The Mexican-American War was in its tenth month, and the American military had performed brilliantly to date.  A succession of victories [...]]]></description>
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