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		<title>A Padre in Jump Boots</title>
		<link>http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/2011/12/05/a-padre-in-jump-boots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normanjude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chaplains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[38th Parallel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bastogne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherokee Iowa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D-Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalles Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Distinguished Service Cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Distinguished Service Medal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fr. Francis L. Sampson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francis Cardinal Spellman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korean War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neubrandenburg Prison Camp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pyongyang]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/?p=1668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by: Lawrence P. Grayson At 1:15 am, on June 6, 1944, most people in German-occupied Normandy were asleep. Then, from the west, came the increasing drone of aircraft engines and of anti-aircraft fire. The largest air armada ever assembled was passing over — 882 U.S. planes, which now began to disgorge their contents: thirteen thousand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Occupy Fort Benning” Counter Protest in favor of American Servicemen</title>
		<link>http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/2011/12/01/%e2%80%9coccupy-fort-benning%e2%80%9d-counter-protest-in-favor-of-american-servicemen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normanjude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Patriotism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition, Family and Property]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[American TFP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Che Guevara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Benning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Catholic Reporter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roy Bourgeois]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TFP Student Action]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/?p=1832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the fifth year TFP Student Action volunteers went to Fort Benning, Georgia. The purpose of the trip was twofold: To rally support for our troops and oppose the leftist SOA Watch protest called “Occupy Fort Benning.” To Read more Click Here.]]></description>
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		<title>Fr. Emil Kapaun: The Good Thief</title>
		<link>http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/2011/11/27/fr-emil-kapaun-the-good-thief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normanjude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chaplains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fr. Emil Kaupan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korean War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medal of Honor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/?p=1686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Written by Lawrence P. Grayson    On Easter morning, March 25, 1951, the Catholic priest mounted the steps of a partially destroyed church, and turned to face his congregation, some 60 men–gaunt, foul-smelling, in tattered clothing. Fr. Emil Kapaun raised a small, homemade, wooden cross to begin a prayer service, led the men in the Rosary, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number 21 Is KIA</title>
		<link>http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/2011/11/21/number-21-is-kia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normanjude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medal of Honor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fordham University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fr. Vincent Capodanno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hakka-Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maryknoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quong Tin Province]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Servant of God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/?p=1737</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by:  Lawrence P. Grayson  September 4, 1967, Quong Tin Province, Republic of Vietnam. A routine, pre-dawn, sweeping operation by a Marine company was turning into a major battle with a large force of the North Vietnamese Army. Three additional companies of Marines were committed. Fr. Vincent Capodanno, M.M. was granted permission to accompany the reinforcements, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Do the “Occupy Fort Benning” Protesters Represent? Unmasking the 0.99%</title>
		<link>http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/2011/11/16/who-do-the-%e2%80%9coccupy-fort-benning%e2%80%9d-protesters-represent-unmasking-the-0-99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normanjude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Patriotism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition, Family and Property]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fort Benning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fr. Roy Bourgeois]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The statement below will be published by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) in the Ledger-Enquirer Newspaper this weekend and distributed in the city of Fort Benning, Georgia by TFP Members. &#160; For over twenty years, pacifist protesters have gathered at Fort Benning in mid-November to oppose the activities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The SR-71 BlackBird</title>
		<link>http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/2011/11/14/the-sr-71-blackbird/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normanjude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muammar Qaddafi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SR 71]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://modernamericanheroes.wordpress.com/?p=1039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In April 1986, following an attack on American soldiers in a  Berlin disco, President Reagan ordered the bombing of Muammar Qaddafi&#8217;s terrorist camps in  Libya . My duty was to fly over Libya , and take photographs recording the damage our F-111&#8242;s had inflicted. Qaddafi had established a &#8216;line of death,&#8217; a territorial marking across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Day Tribute: From the Greatest to the Latest Generation</title>
		<link>http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/2011/11/10/from-the-latest-to-the-greatest-generation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/2011/11/10/from-the-latest-to-the-greatest-generation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normanjude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Patriotism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bataan Death March]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battle of Points]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Col. Glenn Frazier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communist indoctrination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doolittle Raiders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gen. Steve Ritchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goblet Ceremony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hell's Guest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremiah Workman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jimmy Doolittle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Major Edward Saylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Major Thomas Griffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mariana Ritchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy Cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plinio Correa de Oliveira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Maguire]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/?p=1697</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wounded Warriors Among those who spoke were wounded warriors like SSgt. Jeremiah Workman. He earned a Navy Cross during the battle for Fallujah when he entered a house to save some Marines who were pinned down by terrorists on the upper floor. Sgt. Workman charged into the house, and ran up the stairs firing on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reluctant Warrior</title>
		<link>http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/2011/11/07/reluctant-warrior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normanjude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When asked if he felt like a hero his response was &#8220;No, I just did my job.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>The Chaplain Was a Sky Soldier</title>
		<link>http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/2011/11/03/the-chaplain-was-a-sky-soldier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normanjude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chaplains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medal of Honor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bronze Star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic University of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fr. Charles Watters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heroism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knight of Columbus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Grayson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operation Junction City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seton Hall University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/?p=1655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by:  Lawrence P. Grayson In the early morning hours of November 9, 1967, as American artillery and aircraft pounded an 875-meter-high hill near Dak To, Vietnam, Fr. Charles Watters offered Mass at its base. Many Protestants joined the Catholics for the well-attended service. Soon, the chaplain would accompany these paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carrying on the legacy of Heroism</title>
		<link>http://www.modernamericanheroes.com/2011/10/31/carrying-on-the-legacy-of-heroism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normanjude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AK-47]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cpl. Robert Reynolds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fallujah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jumping on Grenade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medal of Honor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Monsoor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pfc. Ricardo Peralta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sergeant Rafael Peralta]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://modernamericanheroes.wordpress.com/?p=1160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just came across a story today about Pfc. Ricardo Peralta, who joined the Marines to carry on the legacy of his brother, Navy Cross Recipient Sergeant Rafael Peralta. Sgt. Peralta died very much like Michael Monsoor when he led a group of other Marines through a series of house clearings, during the November 2004 [...]]]></description>
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