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In the US Army there are only a few men who are able to earn all three tabs worn on the uniform, the Airborne Tab, the Ranger Tab and the Special Forces Tab. Those men are known by many terms, but one of them is "Triple Canopy". These are three stories from the journey of Patrick O'Kelley, a "triple tabber". One from Airborne - the story of being a sniper during the invasion of the island of Grenada. One from Ranger - the story of the loss of a close friend during a training accident. One from Special Forces - the story of operating behind Iraqi lines during Operation Desert Storm.
In the US Army there are only a few men who are able to earn all three tabs worn on the uniform, the Airborne Tab, the Ranger Tab and the Special Forces Tab. Those men are known by many terms, but one of them is Triple Canopy. These are three stories from the career of Patrick O'Kelley, a triple tabber. Airborne - the story of him being a sniper during the invasion of Grenada. Ranger - the story of the loss of a friend during a training accident. Special Forces - the story of operating behind Iraqi lines during Desert Storm.
This is the first of three volumes that describes every single military action of the Revolutionary War, no matter how small, in the Carolinas. Using primary sources, many which have never been published before, the truth can finally be told.
Few are aware of the role poor Irish immigrants played in the construction of the New Basin Canal through some of the more treacherous swamp land in North America, nor of the price they paid in doing so. Deaths caused by yellow fever, malaria, dysentery, poisonous snakes and alligators were so prevalent that the use of slave labor was quickly determined to be too costly to be practical. The solution, therefore, was to send to Ireland for impoverished Irishmen willing to risk their lives toiling in such hostile conditions for meager wages. They came by the shiploads to die in great numbers. Edifying, yet gut wrenching and heartbreaking, what Pumphrey has written is a book of fiction based on an historical fact-nothing less than an accounting of a little known American holocaust. The stories of the Irishmen who dug the canal have been all but lost to history, the only acknowledgment of their existence being a small monument at the foot of West End Boulevard overlooking Lake Pontchartrain.
The second book in this Revolutionary War series lists every single military action, no matter how small, in the Carolinas and Georgia.
Sydney St. John, still living and working in Gansel, Oklahoma, hopes to never be involved in a murder investigation again. She plans on being content with organizing the historical documents in the Filmore County Historical Archives. But when Patrick O’Kelley, preaching to no one on the corner opposite the archives in twenty-degree weather, is found murdered, her curiosity once again gets the better of her. The facts she discovers lead her to hidden gold, oil rights, and Edward Capeheart O’Kelley, the man who shot Bob Ford, Jesse James’s killer. What does the murder in the late 1800s have to do with Patrick O’Kelley’s death in the 21st century?
The man with The Dream of sailing away on his own boat faces many challenges, but the biggest may be getting his wife to come along. Get Her On Board is a man's guide to sharing The Cruising Dream with his wife, and keeping her happy once she's on board.