http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Hattiesburg Thu, 23 May 2013 12:42:19 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Hattiesburg Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:09:15 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bf4_1366584319 morganthau Background: The John Warner Defense Authorization Act essentially eliminates the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act allowing the POTUS to declare martial law as he sees fit. "Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies." Section 333, "Major public emergencies; interference with State and Federal law" states that "the President may employ the armed forces, including the National Guard in Federal service, to restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or other condition in any State or possession of the United States, the President determines that domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of ("refuse" or "fail" in) maintaining public order, "in order to suppress, in any State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy." The government has been activating FEMA Camps since 2011: In addition to the camps the military has been specifically recruiting Internment and Relocation specialists : "INTERNMENT/RESETTLEMENT SPECIALIST (31E) Enlisted Officer Active Duty Army Reserve Open to Women Entry Level OVERVIEW Internment/resettlement specialists are primarily responsible for day-to-day operations in a military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility. JOB DUTIES Supervision of confinement and detention operations External security to facilities Counseling/guidance to individual prisoners within a rehabilitative program Records of prisoners/internees and their programs REQUIREMENTS Those who want to serve must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a series of tests that helps you better understand your strengths and identify which Army jobs are best for you. TRAINING Job training for an internment/resettlement specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and eight weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instruction. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and in the field. Some of the skills you'll learn are: Military laws and jurisdictions Self-defense and use of firearms Interpersonal communications skills Search/restraint and custody/control procedures HELPFUL SKILLS Interest in law enforcement Physically and mentally fit Ability to make quick decisions Remain calm under heavy duress REQUIRED ASVAB SCORE(S) Skilled Technical (ST) : 95 Learn more about the ASVAB and see what jobs you could qualify for. COMPENSATION Total compensation includes housing, medical, food, special pay, and vacation time. Learn more about total compensation. EDUCATION BENEFITS In the Army, qualified students can earn full-tuition, merit-based scholarships, allowances for books and fees, plus an annual stipend for living expenses. Learn more about education benefits. FUTURE CIVILIAN CAREERS The skills you learn will help prepare you for a career with federal, state and local law enforcement." In addition to the revocation of Posse Comitatus DHS has been building its own Army. This year they have purchased over 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition and 2717 MRAPs (light tanks ) that can be used to wage war on its own citizens. The MRAPs are made in West Point, MS DHS has also built a reserve Army called FEMA Corps who are trained in Vicksburg, MS. This ultimately makes Mississippi ground zero for DHS paramilitary operations. According to the examiner, " MISSISSIPPI These sites are confirmed hoaxes. Hancock County - NASA test site De Soto National Forest. "These two supposed camps in Mississippi do not exist. Members of the Mississippi Militia have checked these out on more than one occasion beginning back when they first appeared on the Internet and throughout the Patriot Movement." - Commander D. Rayner, Mississippi Militia" I believed Commander D. Rayner was mislead about the true location of the camp so I set out to find it. Findings: I decided to look further north for the camp. Still focusing on Desoto Forest I proceeded north towards Hattiesburg. Just outside Brooklyn, MS I noticed my GPS was un able to sync with any satellites. It showed several available, but could not triangulate. Not long after I turned off a dirt road and discovered it. The camp seemed to be in limited operation. Only a few of the machine gun towers were manned. I was surprised the seemed to ignore me. I counted 3 entrances and noticed several additional gun ports around the perimeter. There also appeared to be a PA system. The most shocking discovery was several armored vehicles inside the camp. I could see DHS MRAPs and military armored humvees complete with machine guns. From what I understand it is common for military police to use armored humvees which would explain their presence. As I was leaving I passed a couple of buildings and noticed a FEMA Corps agent walking towards one of them. I suspect they were conducting a joint training exercise which would explain why I went mostly ignored. It also appear's the camp is still under construction. With the recent declaration of martial law in Boston I suspect construction will be accelerated. Gun ports Manned guard tower MRAPS and humvees FEMA Corps http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bf4_1366584319 morganthau FEMA Camp and DHS MRAPs in Mississippi DHS, FEMA corps, MRAPS, Desoto Forest, martial law Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:33:25 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a14_1363561796 MAKMAK How do you get past more than 70 local, state and federal agencies, 4,000 private security guards with metal detectors and X-ray machines, and the New Orleans Police department and their black tank vehicles to watch the most coveted sporting event in the USA for free at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome? You walk in, without tickets or passes, with a camera strapped to your forehead, that's how. (original story that follows by David Whitley, AOL FanHouse Columnist) Kobe and LeBron are ready to come in from the cold. We'll get to their real names in a minute, but first they'd like to make a statement: &quot;We want to apologize to the NFL and the city of New Orleans. We did not set out to embarrass anyone.&quot; That was Joseph Christian Roberts, a/k/a LeBron. He and his buddy Malachi Youngblood, a/k/a Kobe, had the nerve to do what millions only fantasize. They crashed Super Bowl XLVII. With no tickets, they waltzed right in like they owned the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. What's worse, at least for a red-faced NFL, is Roberts and Youngblood captured it all on a self-narrated video. They identified themselves only as Kobe and LeBron and be-bopped their way into a Level One national security event. It seemed funny at the time, but now they're worried. The video has gone viral. Kobe and LeBron are catching undeserved grief. They're being called criminals and cheats and embarrassments to their school. A USA Today story chided them for violating the gate crasher code of silence. &quot;Don't give away secrets!&quot; it said. &quot;A magician never reveals his tricks.&quot; But here's the beauty of it. Roberts and Youngblood aren't gate-crashing magicians. They had no tricks. They didn't even lie to security to get in. Did somebody say security? &quot;I can stand here and tell you that without a doubt this weekend there's no safer place to be than the city of New Orleans.&quot; So said Ray Parmer, special agent in charge with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It was at the security press conference four days before the game. Yes, the Super Bowl is now so big the cops hold a press conference. It all sounded impressive, with pat-downs and metal detectors and the FBI, Homeland Security, 1,200 New Orleans police, 300 state and regional deputies aided by 4,000 security personnel hired by the NFL. So how did a couple of fraternity brothers from Savannah State, a small university in Georgia with a reported enrollment of less than 5,000, end up standing next to 71,024 people, all of whom paid at least $850 to watch the Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers and Beyonce? &quot;We've been asking each other that every day,&quot; Roberts said. &quot;It was just the luck of the draw,&quot; Youngblood said. It all started as a lark. The day before the game, a couple of guys got up and had nothing really to do. &quot;Hey, let's go to the Super Bowl!&quot; Youngblood said. They hadn't been studying diagrams of the New Orleans sewer system to find hidden access to the Superdome. They just wanted to hit the French Quarter and experience everything except the game. They did that deep into the night, and then drove to Hattiesburg, Miss., to crash at a friend's apartment. They got up the late next day and figured why not try to see the game? &quot;The Super Bowl is like one of the biggest privileges in America,&quot; Roberts said. &quot;It's the pinnacle of Americana. It was a childhood dream.&quot; They got to New Orleans after kickoff. They approached the first security checkpoint. &quot;No credential, no entry!&quot; a guard was yelling. Roberts and Youngblood had brought a video camera to record their weekend. They didn't expect it to come in quite as handy as it did. With no credential, they shuffled to a side. A security guard slid back a barricade. He apparently assumed they just wanted to leave, and he pointed them in a direction that would lead them out of the secured area. Roberts and Youngblood thanked him, and then simply kept walking toward the Superdome. They went down a public tunnel and encountered a sheriff's deputy. The nerves kicked in. &quot;We honestly thought we were going to jail,&quot; Roberts said. The officer asked if they'd been scanned. He told her they were making a documentary of the event, which was essentially true. She told them to go to the scanning checkpoint around the corner, and then went about her business. So did Kobe and LeBron. They wandered into a parking garage and down a couple of flights of stairs. They opened the door and walked into a large hospitality tent. They sauntered through, entered the New Orleans Arena and out the other side. A line of truck trailers was parked against a loading dock. &quot;We walked between them, we turned right toward the lights, turned left and it's Beyonce right in front of us!&quot; Roberts said. They were nervous but still enjoyed the show. They caught Jacoby Jones' 108-yard kick return. Then the lights went out. &quot;We were honestly petrified,&quot; Youngblood said. Enough suspense for one day. They walked out the regular exit, the giddily stunned owners of a unique Super Bowl memory. They got back to Savannah and showed friends the video. The buzz reached the local paper, which posted the video but didn't write a story. The exploit spread through the Internet with no context. The typical headline was, &quot;Savannah State Sneak into Super Bowl.&quot; The guys at the Omega Psi Phi frat house thought it was pretty cool. Savannah State isn't all that thrilled at such publicity. The comments section of the Savannah Morning News turned into forum to debate whether the two should be lauded or prosecuted. &quot;It's been highly stressful,&quot; Roberts said. &quot;What's going to happen? What will they try do? It's almost like being on borrowed time.&quot; That's why Kobe and LeBron want to get the whole story out. Now that you've heard it, do you think the law should go after them? No way. They're just a couple of college guys who went on a road trip. No harm was done. The NFL, New Orleans and everybody else should just be glad that Roberts and Youngblood are members of Omega Psi Phi and not Al Qaeda. One day, the frat brothers will look back and laugh. For now, they'd just like to stop worrying. &quot;NFL security is conducting a review and following up with the appropriate authorities in New Orleans,&quot; was the statement from NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. If anything, the league should thank the pair for providing a training video. Make it required viewing for the 4,000 rent-a-cops at next year's Super Bowl in the New Jersey meadowlands. Kobe and LeBron's Excellent Adventure: a tale of two young men who showed that all you need is a little ambition and a lot of nerve to sneak into the Super Bowl. &quot;We didn't even sneak in,&quot; Roberts said. That's why he deserves to relax. It's the NFL that should really be worried. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a14_1363561796 MAKMAK Super Bowl Crashers: 2 Fans, 2 Cameras, No Tickets, 1 Goal. NFL, football, Super Bowl XLVII, free entertainment, security breach, Super Bowl Crashers, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, sports, pro sports, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers, MAKMAK Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:15:19 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e03_1363406957 Candlelicht December 19, 1932 -- March 9, 2013 Long Beach Harry Weathersby Stamps, ladies' man, foodie, natty dresser, and accomplished traveler, died on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Harry was locally sourcing his food years before chefs in California starting using cilantro and arugula (both of which he hated). For his signature bacon and tomato sandwich, he procured 100% all white Bunny Bread from Georgia, Blue Plate mayonnaise from New Orleans, Sauer's black pepper from Virginia, home grown tomatoes from outside Oxford, and Tennessee's Benton bacon from his bacon-of-the-month subscription. As a point of pride, he purported to remember every meal he had eaten in his 80 years of life. The women in his life were numerous. He particularly fancied smart women. He loved his mom Wilma Hartzog (deceased), who with the help of her sisters and cousins in New Hebron reared Harry after his father Walter's death when Harry was 12. He worshipped his older sister Lynn Stamps Garner (deceased), a character in her own right, and her daughter Lynda Lightsey of Hattiesburg. He married his main squeeze Ann Moore, a home economics teacher, almost 50 years ago, with whom they had two girls Amanda Lewis of Dallas, and Alison of Starkville. He taught them to fish, to select a quality hammer, to love nature, and to just be thankful. He took great pride in stocking their tool boxes. One of his regrets was not seeing his girl, Hillary Clinton, elected President. He had a life-long love affair with deviled eggs, Lane cakes, boiled peanuts, Vienna sausages on saltines, his homemade canned fig preserves, pork chops, turnip greens, and buttermilk served in martini glasses garnished with cornbread. He excelled at growing camellias, rebuilding houses after hurricanes, rocking, eradicating mole crickets from his front yard, composting pine needles, living within his means, outsmarting squirrels, never losing a game of competitive sickness, and reading any history book he could get his hands on. He loved to use his oversized "old man" remote control, which thankfully survived Hurricane Katrina, to flip between watching The Barefoot Contessa and anything on The History Channel. He took extreme pride in his two grandchildren Harper Lewis (8) and William Stamps Lewis (6) of Dallas for whom he would crow like a rooster on their phone calls. As a former government and sociology professor for Gulf Coast Community College, Harry was thoroughly interested in politics and religion and enjoyed watching politicians act like preachers and preachers act like politicians. He was fond of saying a phrase he coined "I am not running for political office or trying to get married" when he was "speaking the truth." He also took pride in his service during the Korean conflict , serving the rank of corporal--just like Napolean, as he would say. Harry took fashion cues from no one. His signature every day look was all his: a plain pocketed T-shirt designed by the fashion house Fruit of the Loom, his black-label elastic waist shorts worn above the navel and sold exclusively at the Sam's on Highway 49, and a pair of old school Wallabees (who can even remember where he got those?) that were always paired with a grass-stained MSU baseball cap. Harry traveled extensively. He only stayed in the finest quality AAA-rated campgrounds, his favorite being Indian Creek outside Cherokee, North Carolina. He always spent the extra money to upgrade to a creek view for his tent. Many years later he purchased a used pop-up camper for his family to travel in style, which spoiled his daughters for life. He despised phonies, his 1969 Volvo (which he also loved), know-it-all Yankees, Southerners who used the words "veranda" and "porte cochere" to put on airs, eating grape leaves, Law and Order (all franchises), cats, and Martha Stewart. In reverse order. He particularly hated Day Light Saving Time, which he referred to as The Devil's Time. It is not lost on his family that he died the very day that he would have had to spring his clock forward. This can only be viewed as his final protest. Because of his irrational fear that his family would throw him a golf-themed funeral despite his hatred for the sport, his family will hold a private, family only service free of any type of "theme." Visitation will be held at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport on Monday, March 11, 2013 from 6-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (Jeff Davis Campus) for their library. Harry retired as Dean there and was very proud of his friends and the faculty. He taught thousands and thousands of Mississippians during his life. The family would also like to thank the Gulfport Railroad Center dialysis staff who took great care of him and his caretaker Jameka Stribling. Finally, the family asks that in honor of Harry that you write your Congressman and ask for the repeal of Day Light Saving Time. Harry wanted everyone to get back on the Lord's Time. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e03_1363406957 Candlelicht Harry Stamps Obituary: A bit interesting Obit, I'd say! Harry Stamps, Obituary Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:32:05 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7bd_1360677550 Fire37Rescue One of the most intense, up-close tornado stormchaser videos I have ever seen. Footage of the Hattiesburg, EF4 tornado on February 10, 2013, as BaseHunters chaser Scott Peake is calling in the exact location of the tornado for issuance of "tornado emergency". Miraculously, no one lost their lives from this tornado, but caused extensive damage to University of Southern Mississippi campus as well as the mayor's residence in Hattiesburg. You can follow the BaseHunters on FB at http://facebook.com/basehunters http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7bd_1360677550 Fire37Rescue Absolutely incredible EF4 Tornado video from <span class="highlight">Hattiesburg</span>, MS EF4 tornado, Hattiesburg Mississippi,damage,storm footage,stormchasers Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:19:37 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a32_1333501907 waterlawman HATTIESBURG -- Investigators said Monday night they still were piecing together what motivated a man to open fire at a Hattiesburg restaurant on Monday afternoon, wounding five customers and employees."We don't have anything that we can release right now," Hattiesburg Police Department spokesman Lt. Eric Proulx said. Suspect Scott Tyner, 44, of Hattiesburg, was apprehended by Hattiesburg Police officers a short distance from the restaurant. Tyner lived nearby on South 21st Avenue. http://www.wlox.com/story/17314760/four-shot-at-hattiesburg-restaurant-suspect-in-custody?autoStart=true&amp;amp;amp;amp;topVideoCatNo=default&amp;amp;amp;amp;clipId=6903382 Gallery:5 wounded in shooting at Hattiesburg restaurant http://www.sunherald.com/2012/04/02/3859019/5-wounded-in-shooting-at-hattiesburg.html#storylink=omni_popular The shooting came suddenly, seemingly without provocation, for the employees and patrons inside Cucos, a Mexican restaurant on a frontage road facing U.S. 49.Proulx said the shooting happened a little before 3:30 p.m. "There was no confrontation," Proulx said. "There was no exchange of words." Emergency responders arrived on scene about 3:31 p.m. Five victims with blood-spattered clothes were rushed out on stretchers and taken to Forrest General Hospital. One victim, a middle-aged white male, appeared to be spitting up blood.Tyner was booked in the Forrest County Jail on five counts of aggravated assault Monday night. Bond was not set. Hattiesburg Police did not release any other information on Tyner, other than to say Tyner was not a current employee of the restaurant.According to the Hattiesburg American archives, Tyner was a member of the Forrest County Democratic Executive Committee as late as 2006, an Iraq War protester and an avid letter writer on political topics.But while Tyner called for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and decried tax policies that favored the rich, he also opposed amnesty policies for illegal immigrants.One letter he wrote in 2010 questioned the reasoning behind celebrating Cinco de Mayo because of the large number of illegal Mexican immigrants in the United States."Mexico doesn't care for its people; it exports them," he wrote. Onlookers at the crime scene expressed shock at the violence that seemed to come out of the blue. Brian Foxworth was among about a dozen folks who stood pressed against the police tape in the Payless Rent to Own store parking next door to Cucos.Foxworth, the Payless store manager, said he didn't hear the shots, but hurried out of his store as soon as he heard the emergency responders arrive.While he said he's seen police come to Cucos twice before in his five years at Payless, he said he never expected to see the business next door crawling with police and ambulances."I don't know what to say about it," he said. "I'm just stunned by the whole situation." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a32_1333501907 waterlawman Another LibraTard 5 wounded in shooting at <span class="highlight">Hattiesburg</span> MS, restaurant Police: 'No confrontation, no exchange of words' from suspect 5 wounded in shooting at Hattiesburg restaurant Police suspect Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:44:11 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=31b_1360546408 Aussie A tornado passed through the heart of Hattiesburg on Sunday as part of a wave of severe storms that caused injuries and significant damage. Forrest County Fire Coordinator Chip Brown said there is major damage in Hattiesburg and to the northeast in Petal, including on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. Damage to the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi has been confirmed, authorities said. &quot;A tornado did touchdown in Hattiesburg&quot; at about 5:30 p.m. local time, Jim Hennessey, a spokesman for the Forrest County Emergency Management District. &quot;We're still getting damage reports,&quot; he said He added that there was unspecified damage to the University of Southern Mississippi campus. Jody Bass, a university professor, said the porches on his house &quot;peeled off&quot; and trees toppled onto his roof as he and his dogs huddled in a closet for safety. &quot;A lot of houses on this street are completely roofless,&quot; Bass said. He said he was not aware of any injuries in the immediate vicinity. He added that the campus was largely empty because students had an extended weekend to celebrate Mardi Gras. Video footage posted on the internet showed what appeared to be a large, gray tornado, filmed from a distance, churning through town as a cloud of debris swirled around it. Hattiesburg, located about 100 miles southeast of Jackson, the state capital, suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=31b_1360546408 Aussie <span class="highlight">Hattiesburg</span> Tornado - Raw Footage from Six Different Angles harriesburg, tornado, supercell, storm, Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:37:06 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=272_1320966828 buoymarker The Early Life of Jesse Brown The US military has seen many African-American war heroes of the years that have in recent times finally been appreciated by the American public at large and even been dramatized by Hollywood in movies such as Glory and the Tuskegee Airmen. However, the Korean War had its own African-American war heroes just like other American conflicts, but similar to most heroes from this war, they have been largely ignored. One of these heroes is US Navy Ensign Jesse Leroy Brown. Brown was born in in 1926 as the son of a poor sharecropper. His home had no electricity, running water, or indoor plumbing. Young Jesse Brown growing up in 1940's Mississippi also had to deal with more then his fair share of racism. However, despite all the adversity facing Brown he was inspired at a young age to be a pilot one day. Young Jesse's love of aviation began when he used to stare fascinated at airplanes that would fly over his head as he worked in the cotton fields. His dream of being a pilot motivated him to do well in school and he did so well in fact that he finished second in class at Eureka High School and was accepted into Ohio State University in 1944. This was a big deal for Brown to be accepted to Ohio State because at the time most African-Americans were regulated to attending black colleges. At the time less then 1% of Ohio States student population was considered black and Jesse Brown was one of them. Following His Dream Brown did well in college where he studied engineering and in 1946 enlisted into the US Navy ROTC program in order to pursue his childhood ambition of being a pilot. At this time there had never been a black US Navy pilot and there were still plenty of people in the Navy interested in keeping it that way. Brown's own ROTC instructor at Ohio State used racial slurs against him and discouraged him from trying to be a pilot. Despite this Jesse Brown entered US Navy flight school in Pensacola, Florida. He was the only African-American in a class of 600 students. Brown worked hard at flight school and fought through adversity like he had his entire life and was rewarded by achieving his life's ambition of being a pilot by being issued his flight wings in October 1948. He had in fact become the US Navy's first African-American pilot. The following year he would receive naval officer's commission as an Ensign. By this time the new Ensign Brown had married to his wife Daisy and shortly after had their first daughter Pamela. Life for Brown was good but unfortunately this isn't where this story ends. Air Combat in Korea In 1950 Ensign Brown was assigned to the USS Leyte . In October 1950 the USS Leyte received orders to deploy to the Sea of Japan as part of the United Nations response to the communist North Korean attack against South Korea. Ensign Brown was assigned to the 32nd Fighter Squadron flying F4U-4 Corsairs while assigned to the USS Leyte. In the skies of North Korea, Brown went on to win air combat medals for his part in leading his aircraft section in air attacks against enemy positions in 20 air combat missions. His last mission would prove to be his most heroic of all. In late November, 1950 the communist Chinese had launched their surprise offensive against the advancing UN troops in North Korea. US Marines and the US 7th Infantry Division in eastern North Korea had found themselves surrounded and cut off by the advancing Chinese hordes in an area known as the Chosin Reservoir . On December 4, 1950 Ensign Brown's section was flying reconnaissance around the Chosin Reservoir area looking for any targets of opportunity to destroy. It they saw any enemy troops or equipment they would strafe them. The Marines and soldiers fighting in the Chosin Reservoir were greatly outnumbered and their air superiority was the one advantage they had against the huge Chinese force they encountered. Corsairs from the 32nd Fighter Squadron swooped down low and fast and strafed every enemy position they could find in support of the soldiers and Marines on the ground. It was after one of these strafings that Ensign Brown called on his radio to say that he was losing oil pressure. Apparently during the strafing one of the enemy's guns had collected a lucky hit that knocked out his airplanes oil pressure. The Last Fight of Jesse Brown The area around the Chosun Reservoir is highly mountainous and thus Brown was going to be in for a hard landing and the condition of his airplane was going to make it only worse. Brown crash landed on the snowy slopes of steep-mountain at about 5,300 feet in elevation. His plane broke apart on impact and the his fellow Corsair pilots initially thought he had to have died in the crash. However, that was not the case as incredibly the hatch of what was left of his plane slowly opened and Brown was waving at people the other pilots to send him help. Brown didn't exit his airplane so this caused the other pilots to realize he must be either pinned in the wreckage or too injured to get out. Brown's commander Lieutenant Commander Richard Cevoli radioed in for a helicopter rescue of Brown, but in the meantime the remaining Corsair pilots had to do their best to protect Brown from the Chinese hordes that were swarming over all the hillsides in the area. The Corsairs circled Brown's wreckage and strafed any soldiers in the area. After a half hour one of the Corsair pilots, Lieutenant Thomas Hudner decided to take matters into his own hands. Hudner became a good friends with Ensign Brown during the year they were assigned together on the USS Leyte. Hudner had been greatly impressed with Brown's life story as well as his flying skills. Lieutenant Hudner just couldn't let his good friend die alone on that hillside before the rescue helicopter arrived. It had been thirty minutes and the temperature outside was well below zero. Somebody had to help Brown or he would die before the rescue chopper ever arrived. In an attempt to save his friend, Hudner without asking permission from his commander, decided to crash land his own plane onto the mountain. Hudner flew his plane into the wind in order to slow his descent as much as possible and then crashed onto the same hillside about 100 yards from Brown's crash site. Hudner's slower descent by flying into the wind had caused him to land his plane without it breaking fully apart like Brown's had. This is what Lieutenant Hudner had to say years later about the decision to crash his air plane: The Navy Public Affairs Library records Hudner as having said in an interview with Jax Air News, the newspaper at the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville, Florida, "I knew what I had to do. I was not going to leave him down there for the Chinese. Besides, it was 30 degrees below zero on that slope, and he was a fellow aviator. My association with the Marines had rubbed off on me. They don't leave wounded Marines behind." The Rescue Attempt After the landing, Hudner ran over to Brown's plane to check on his condition. He found Brown still alive but near death from the cold. His hands were completely frozen and he was shivering uncontrollably. He was also in extreme pain from the crash. His Corsair's control panel during the wreck has buckled forward and smashed into his legs pinning him into the aircraft. Hudner gave Brown what extra clothing he could to keep warm and then proceeded to try to extract him from the plane. Hudner did everything he could to try and free Brown, but was unsuccessful. He ran back over to his plane and radioed that the rescue helicopter needs to bring an axe with them to help free Brown from the wreckage. To make matters worse smoke started coming from the wreckage which threatened to engulf into flames what was left of the plane. Lieutenant Hudner left Brown to try and put out the fire by throwing snow on it which he was only able to minimize but now stop the fire with. About an hour after the wreck the Marine rescue chopper finally arrived and they had brought an axe with them. Hudner worked with the rescue team to free Brown from the wreckage, but even with the axe they could not get Brown's legs unpinned from the wreckage. It was approaching sunset and the Marine rescue team informed Lieutenant Hudner that their helicopter was not equipped to fly at night and that they would have to leave now. By this time Jesse Brown was barely conscious and the last thing he told his good friend Thomas Hudner was to tell his wife Daisy that he loved her. Hudner and the rescue team flew off and when Hudner reported back to his Captain about what happened he ordered a napalm airstrike on the crash scene of the two Corsairs. A few hours later the two crashed Corsairs were burned with napalm and the frozen body of Ensign Jesse Brown the first African-American Naval pilot was incinerated with it. The Aftermath Hudner after the failed rescued figured he would be reprimanded and his Naval career ended for crashing a perfectly fine Corsair aircraft in a failed attempt to save one man, a black man at that. However, Lieutenant Hudner's command did something totally unexpected, they instead recommended him for the nation's highest combat award, the Medal of Honor. Additionally the deceased Ensign Brown was awarded the second highest honor for combat pilots, the Distinguished Flying Cross. Lieutenant Hudner was awarded his Medal of Honor on April 13, 1951 by President Harry Truman during a ceremony held at the White House. Among all the mostly white Americans that had congregated at the White House to award a white man the Medal of Honor was a lone young, black female, Daisy Brown. She stood next to Lieutenant Hudner as he was awarded his medal where he relayed to her the message that her husband Jesse Brown wanted him to tell her, that he loved her. Remembering Jesse Brown Today the story of Ensign Jesse Brown is largely forgotten like most of the heroes from America's Forgotten War. Despite this there are a few reminders of Jesse Brown's legacy. In 1972 the a Knox Class Naval Destroyer was named the USS Jesse L. Brown in honor of the Korean War hero. Both Daisy Brown and Thomas Hudner were on hand for the commissioning ceremony for the ship. The ship remained on active service until 1994 when the ship was decommissioned and in 1998 it was sold to the Egyptian Navy. There are plans in place by the Navy to possibly name another ship after Jesse Brown in the future, hopefully this happens. Besides the ship, Jesse Brown has had a barracks building at a Meridian, Mississippi Naval Base named after him along with a country tax building in his hometown of Hattiesburg. Finally in 1998 a book, The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown was written with the help of Daisy Brown to further increase awareness of the short, but incredible life of Jesse Brown. Recently there was controversy at the Cannes Film Festival when Spike Lee some what accused Clint Eastwood of racism for not including any black soldiers in his two films about the Battle of Iwo Jima. I have watched both movies and never even noticed that there was no black soldiers in them, however if Spike Lee wants to increase awareness about the service of African-Americans in wartime then instead of attacking Clint Eastwood how about he make a movie based on the life of Jesse Brown? The story of Jesse Brown is one literally just waiting for a Hollywood film to be made. With all the crap war films out there like Rendition , In the Valley Elah , Stop Loss , and the rest of the anti-military films being released by Hollywood, the story of Jesse Brown is one that needs to be told and one I am willing to bet that millions of Americans would line up to see at the box office as well. Ensign Jesse Brown was a true American success story. He overcame poverty and racial discrimination to follow his life's dream to become a pilot. Through hard work and dedication he completed college became a Naval officer and a pilot. Not only was a pilot but he was a great one as well that excelled in combat and ended up paying the ultimate price for defending his country that had earlier treated him as a second class citizen. For his inspiring life story as well as his combat heroism during the Korean War, Ensign Jesse L. Brown is without a doubt a Hero of the Korean War. http://rokdrop.com/2008/05/27/heroes-of-the-korean-war-ensign-jesse-l-brown/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=272_1320966828 buoymarker 1st black naval airman gave it all Jesse Leroy Brown Navy Cross navy cross, marines, helicopter, african american, corsair, Harry Truman, korean war, Hattiesburg, Mississippi Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:19:27 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f7d_1361513776 mullahgwop Ashlee Arnau, a cheerleader at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, MS, provided the highlight of the night with an incredible, acrobatic, half-court shot.....and oh yeah, she MADE IT! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f7d_1361513776 mullahgwop Cheerleader half court trick shot cheerleader, half court, trick shot Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:25:02 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b2c_1361506902 k-doe Ashlee Arnau, a cheerleader at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, MS, provided the highlight of the night with an incredible, acrobatic, half-court shot.....and oh yeah, she MADE IT! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b2c_1361506902 k-doe Cheerleader half-court trick shot cheerleader,half-court trick shot Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:09:06 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=80f_1361391402 Thickhanger Two men and a camera capture natures fury as they follow the huge tornado that recently struck Hattiesburg, Mississippi. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=80f_1361391402 Thickhanger Side By Side With A Violent Tornado weather,nature,danger,too close for comfort,Thickhanger, Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:35:06 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0f2_1332343461 Zipper10 A death row prisoner was executed by lethal injection today for sexually assaulting and beating his former boss's wife to death with an axe handle in 1995. Larry Matthew Puckett, 35, was pronounced dead at 6.18 pm at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, authorities said. Puckett was an 18-year-old Eagle Scout when he was convicted of the murder of Rhonda Hatten Griffis, a 28-year-old mother of two, who was found dead in her mobile home on October 14, 1995. Executed: Larry Matthew Puckett, 35, (right) was killed by lethal injection in Mississippi today after he murdered Rhonda Hatten Griffis at her home when he was 18 (left) Puckett had previously worked as a landscaper for the woman's husband David Griffis in Hattiesburg, Mississippi but was due to ship out for basic training with the Navy. The young woman's mother Nancy Hatten said she had discovered the teenage Puckett in the home with her daughter's dead body holding a club. She said Puckett tried to blame the woman's husband, who arrived shortly afterwards and scuffled with the man. Puckett fled and was arrested two days later. Puckett's supporters protested up until the hour of his execution claiming that Mrs Griffis' husband had killed her in a jealous rage. Puckett had also claimed that he had been having an affair with the woman and her husband caught them. How the victim's mother said she found Puckett in the home holding an axe handle, which prosecutors believed was used in the killing. Retribution: Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps hugs Nancy Hatten, mother of murder victim Rhonda Hatten Griffis, following the execution of Larry Matthew Puckett Protest to the end: Mary Puckett led protesters last week as they made a last appeal to stop her son's execution in Mississippi Nancy Hatten told The Associated Press last week: 'I caught him in her house with the club in his hand. Her husband wasn't anywhere on the premises at the time. He drove up later.' After fleeing the home, the 18-year-old was captured and although he confessed to being at the home to rob it, he always denied killing the mother of two. Puckett has been sentenced to death on August 5, 1996. 'My thoughts and prayers are with the victim's family.' Governor Bryant who denied a last-minute appeal from Larry Matthew Puckett Puckett's mother Mary led supporters to rally against her son's death sentence at the state Capitol in Jackson and appealed to Governor Phil Bryant to reduce the sentence to life without parole. Governor Bryant issued a statement last week which read: 'In light of Mr. Puckett's having been convicted by a jury of his peers more than 15 years ago and after a review of the facts associated with his case, I have decided not to grant clemency and will not delay the execution. 'My thoughts and prayers are with the victim's family.' In his last hours, Puckett spent time with family and a spiritual adviser. According to gulflive.com, he ate a last meal of Macadamia nut pancakes, shrimp and grits, ice cream cake, caramel candy and root beer. Puckett had asked that his relatives and lawyer not be present for his execution but Mrs Griffis' parents were on the witness list. Some 4,000 people had signed an online petition set up by Puckett's mother to try to persuade Governor Bryant to stop the execution. Last moments: Puckett was killed by lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at 6pm in front of his victim's parents Protest: Demonstrators against the death penalty gathered outside the prison where the 35-year-old was killed Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117970/Man-35-executed-killing-bosss-wife-axe-Eagle-Scout--17.html#ixzz1plWd1JVN http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0f2_1332343461 Zipper10 Man, 35, who murdered boss's wife with axe when he was an Eagle Scout 17 years ago, executed after last meal of shrimp and grits, pancakes and carame Murderer, kills, bosses, wife, ass, executed, last, meal Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:13:13 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9a6_1294705038 HydrogenEconomy But will move Obama fueled operation to Hattiesburg, Mississippi due to: 1. "lower wages" 2. "a more trainable workforce" http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS123767784320110110 Stion to Build Thin-Film Solar Plant in Mississippi content by Sustainable Business By SustainableBusiness.com at SustainableBusiness.com Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:55am EST Thin-film solar company Stion announced it will build a new production facility in Mississippi as part of an incentive agreement with the state that includes a $75 million loan and other tax and training incentives. The project, which will be the first thin-film solar panel factory in Mississippi, is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs and $500 million of investment over the next six years. The first phase of the project includes a 100 megawatts (MW) production line planned for Hattiesburg, Miss., which will entail more than $100 million of investment and 200 direct solar jobs in 2011 and 2012. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Stion is producing thin-film solar panels using monolithically integrated circuits. Stion's panels have a form factor of 65 cm x 165 cm and are designed for use in all major market segments, including commercial/government, residential, utility and off-grid. In June 2010, Stion closed a $70M Series D financing to help scale production which included a partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM), the world's largest semiconductor foundry. Taiwan Semiconductor now owns a 21% stake in Stion. Inida's Moser Baer is another high profile investor in the company. "Our expansion in Hattiesburg is an integral part of our capital-efficient scale-up plan," said Chet Farris, Stion's President and CEO. "The cost and time-to-market advantage of building here will provide a significant competitive advantage." Stion was founded in 2006 and is backed by leading venture capital investors, including Khosla Ventures, VentureTech Alliance, Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst Partners, and Braemar Energy Ventures. - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x127680 Campaign chairman Bill Daley to Al Gore during the Florida recount: Making the case for surrender Via Digby: This passage from Jeffrey Toobin's book about the 2000 recount, in which Daley served as campaign chairman, probably illustrates how Daley will be advising the president better than anything else could: Even though the automatic recount had cut Bush's lead dramatically in the previous three days, Christopher and Daley offered little hope that the margin could be eliminated completely. "Look you got screwed," said Daley, "but people get screwed every day. They don't have a remedy. Black people get screwed all the time. They don't have a remedy. Sometimes there's no remedy. There's nothing you can do about it... Lieberman did not share the advisers' reluctance to push forward on all fronts. This became a recurring theme of the post-election period. The Connecticut senator always sounded like a warrior --- in private settings. (Much to the frustration of the Hawks on Gore's team he sounded much different before the cameras.) Gore too railed against the prophesies of hopelessness he was hearing from Daley. He drew a series of concentric circles on the butcher paper to illustrate what he saw as his responsibilities.Inside the smallest circles were Gore and Lieberman; their closest supporters were in the next circle, then Democrats generally, finally the country as a whole. Gore said his actions had to serve all those groups not just those closest to him. An immediate surrender would be a violation of his obligations to all those who supported him, he said ---- all the people in the circles... In the end Gore thought they shouldn't make "any momentous decisions." But it was clear that Daley and Christopher felt any victory for Gore was impossible even though more people had gone to the polls there intending to vote for the Vice President than for Bush. Gore and Lieberman couldn't wage the battle alone, of course, and their two principle deputies were telling them, in effect, to give up. This Saturday had begun with Bush and Gore locked in a closer contest than earlier in the week.Indeed, the Vice President had made gains over the past three days. But the day ended with James Baker leading the attack --- and Bill Daley and Warren Christopher making the case for surrender. We may no longer recognize our country at the end of two more years of surrender to the far right. - factoids.. So, Bill Daley the ultimate fixer, player, source, connection who rahm emanuel was a protege of, was a controlling director at JPMorgan Chase...now under Obama we see a revolving door between gov't and Wall street, then to the private sector. On a rainy night in tennessee, in november as Al Gore's campaign was getting ready to concede defeat, Bill Daley got word of the changing FL vote count. Al Gore turns around goes back to the hotel and does not concede thus beginning the Supreme Court fight. (Bill Daley supported the 1988 campaign of Joe Biden. He spawned David Axelrod out of that effort, a Chicago political advisor since 1984. Daley, a clinton commerce secretary and aid to al gore: very close to the Clintons, thus did not get a job with obama in the first 2 years due to this.) http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9a6_1294705038 HydrogenEconomy Stion solar panels can't build in California with union labor/Bill Daley strikes again stion,solar,panel,obama,union,mississippi