Memorial Day quotes

Just in time for Memorial Day quotes weekend, TopTenREVIEWS offers their list of Top 10 Hollywood War Heroes. From the fearless leaders to those who risked their lives to achieve the ultimate goal, this list is our favorite heroes. Memorable Quote: Now there’s another thing I want you to remember. I don’t want to get any messages saying that “we are holding our position.” We’re not holding anything. Let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly and we’re not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy.

John Wayne as Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort in The Longest Day (1962). The War: WWII, the events of D-Day. Memorable Quote: “You can’t give the enemy a break. Send him to hell.” Clint Eastwood as Sergeant Thomas “Gunny” Highway in Hearbreak Ridge (1986). The line: Jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft is not a natural act. So let’s do it right, enjoy the view. Come on. Memorable Quotes: Trip: See the way I figure, I figure this war would be over a whole lot sooner if you boys just turned right on around and headed back on down that way, and you let us head on up there where the real fighting is.

Use the long weekend to download these movies from Netflix or head to the video store for a movie and popcorn. Then you can have a movie marathon on Memorial Day after the barbecue and the visits to the cemetery, because this is the best day to remember all our war heroes have done. Hilts: Well, like I told Max… I was trying to cut my way through your wire because I want to get out.

T 38A

T-38A Talon he was piloting crashed about nine miles north of the base here, near California City, Calif. Captain Graziano was assigned to the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School here, where he was undergoing training to become a test pilot. His crew member, Maj. Lee V. Jones, was injured upon ejecting from the aircraft. He was transported to Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, Calif., where he is listed in stable condition. Major Jones, a senior navigator, is also assigned to the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, undergoing test navigator training.

"We are shocked and saddened by this sudden loss and our hearts and prayers go out to Mark's family and loved ones," said Col. Terry M. Luallen, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School commandant. "We are doing all we can to support Mark's family during this trying time." At approximately 1:15 p.m. yesterday the base was notified that a TPS aircraft had gone down near California City. Emergency responders from the base and Kern County arrived at the scene where they found Jones near the crash site, and transported him to Kern Medical Center. Graziano was pronounced dead at the scene.

Capt. Mark P. Graziano, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene after his T-38A jet went down at about 1:15 p.m. Thursday near California City, about 15km north of Edwards Air Force Base. Maj. Lee V. Jones, a senior navigator, ejected from the twin-engine plane. He was listed in stable condition at a Bakersfield hospital, a statement from the base said. Both men were assigned to the Test Pilot School at the base. Graziano was training to be a test pilot and Jones was training to become a test navigator.

Powerball

Powerball lottery, thus making it even more powerful. Now, the jackpots have jumped even higher. Lottery players in New Hampshire, (NH), NC, Wisconsin, PA, Kentucky, and SC are have been looking for their results, but besides small winners, no one was able to match the Powerball. According to Volunteer TV the powereball numbers are 23-30-31-35-42-6. We could not this morning access NH Lottery website for an unknown reason. The only news we have about New Hampshire lottery is that Intralot won a six year New Hampshire lottery contract.

There is not much information from the Wisconsin Lottery. Again, most of the state lottery websites are not available and we are not going to try to go to SC, Kentucky or PA lottery websites. One interesting news from Wisconsin is that a suspect has been identified in the theft of a large number of Wisconsin Lottery tickets from a convenience store in Westport in April. This is reported in Capital Times.

For now, the Jackpots escaped Wednesday's lottery drawings that were posted on May 21. Let's see how the lottery holders will do next time. NC Educational Lottery website is unavailable as well. However, the Powerball jackpot is estimated at $170 million. We tried to visit Powerball.com to get more information, however, currently the demand is so high that the webpage is not available. People, holding lottery tickets from New Hampshire, (NH), NC, Wisconsin, PA, Kentucky, and SC are probably trying to access the Powerball.com to get their results.