Privateer's flag is up!

Seabeescotty · 07-03-2008, 11:41 PM

We finally found a frame that is the right size for the flag, and put it on the wall today. It was a shock, when I opened the package,and saw it for the first time. But it is a piece of history, and will be displayed with pride, as long as we are alive. CGO got some good pictures of it, and here they are.
John, thank you for letting us display this flag in the shop. It will make folks think about why we are so adamant about our rights, and why we raise such a fuss, when folks try to take them away. It will hang here as long as I breathe air, and let folks know that I still stand for the American Constitution, and our way of life.

this flag, by the way, was captured by the "Big Red One" during operations in the Cu Chi tunnel complex, in 1967.

ArkansasHunter · 07-03-2008, 11:45 PM

Sorry..... I don't see any pictures or a link to them Scotty.

Seabeescotty · 07-03-2008, 11:52 PM

I messed up again, AH! They're up now, after I saw that I somehow lost 'em. I could mess up a soup sandwich!LOL!

Zephri · 07-04-2008, 02:16 AM

If I ever pass by your area you can bet I'll stop by your shop!

Windwalker · 07-04-2008, 05:45 AM

Looking good Scotty. That memoribelia sp. wall is coming along well.

Seabeescotty · 07-04-2008, 07:06 AM

Thanks, fellas, and ya'll know, the door is ALWAYS open to G&G! Even if it happens to be closed, we'll open up for G&G, you guys get special privileges at this Mom&Pop gunshop!

CalifgirlinOk · 07-04-2008, 10:29 AM

I will look back someday at that wall and remember how it all started.And I will always remember all the good people who donated the memories that hang on that wall...Thanks To You All

SwedeSteve · 07-04-2008, 11:01 AM

Looks great !!

Seabeescotty · 07-06-2008, 08:46 AM

I have a question for the Nam vets. I'd like to know, if you're willing to answer, how this flag would affect ya'll. When I opened the package, and pulled it out, a lot of emotion came out. But, all in all, it was okay,for me, because this is a captured flag from our enemy. A friend of mine, here in Oklahoma, said it sent a chill down his spine, the first time he saw it. Comments?

Seabeescotty · 07-19-2008, 08:36 PM

John, I found it, so here it is. Looks good on the wall. Hopefully, we'll have some more up, in the near future! Some of you guyswho are serving right now, send me some pics from your deployment!

sbowers5 · 07-19-2008, 08:45 PM

Scotty I felt the pride of knowing that it was captured from "them" but it also brought back the hatered I have for the ones that had it before it was taken from them by "US"
steve

USAF_462/2W1X1 · 07-19-2008, 08:48 PM

I got quite a few scotty, I will send them to ya via e-mail if you like, just PM me your e-mail address!

privateer · 07-20-2008, 01:49 AM

Looks good Scotty, I knew you would give it a great home.
I am always happy to share with friends and brothers.
John

Seabeescotty · 07-20-2008, 08:54 AM

It will have a place on that wall, as long as the wall is standing! Steve, I've been working on that, for years. I used to carry a deep hate with me, everywhere I went. It was sucking the life out of me, and kept coming out at the wrong times. I spent five years, going to counseling, and finally got a grip on it. I still ain't goin' to visit, anytime soon, 'cause they had a bounty on my head, but I finally the hate to leave me alone, and it's gone away. I've met some, who went back, and they swear the trip healed their scars. I don't think that would be the case, for me. My losses still hurt, and I think about them often. But the animosity is gone.

sbowers5 · 07-20-2008, 11:51 AM

scotty pm me and get my phone # so we can talk sometime
steve

07-03-2008, 11:52 PM	#3
Seabeescotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 3,994 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	I messed up again, AH! They're up now, after I saw that I somehow lost 'em. I could mess up a soup sandwich!LOL! __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge

07-04-2008, 02:16 AM	#4
Zephri Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN. "The city where nothing happens." Posts: 1,087 Blog Entries: 6	If I ever pass by your area you can bet I'll stop by your shop! __________________ "All rifles need a sharp pointy object on the end!" http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l195/zephri/

07-04-2008, 05:45 AM	#5
Windwalker Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,541	Looking good Scotty. That memoribelia sp. wall is coming along well. __________________ America: Love it and protect it or leave it

07-04-2008, 07:06 AM	#6
Seabeescotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 3,994 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	Thanks, fellas, and ya'll know, the door is ALWAYS open to G&G! Even if it happens to be closed, we'll open up for G&G, you guys get special privileges at this Mom&Pop gunshop! __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge

07-04-2008, 10:29 AM	#7
CalifgirlinOk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,733	I will look back someday at that wall and remember how it all started.And I will always remember all the good people who donated the memories that hang on that wall...Thanks To You All __________________ "Most of the troubles in the world is caused by people wanting to be important". T.S.Eliot

07-03-2008, 11:45 PM	#2
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,678	Sorry..... I don't see any pictures or a link to them Scotty.

07-04-2008, 11:01 AM	#8
SwedeSteve Bullet Maintenance !! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The anchor point, Alaska Posts: 10,283 Images: 1	Looks great !! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

07-06-2008, 08:46 AM	#9
Seabeescotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 3,994 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	I have a question for the Nam vets. I'd like to know, if you're willing to answer, how this flag would affect ya'll. When I opened the package, and pulled it out, a lot of emotion came out. But, all in all, it was okay,for me, because this is a captured flag from our enemy. A friend of mine, here in Oklahoma, said it sent a chill down his spine, the first time he saw it. Comments? __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge

07-19-2008, 08:36 PM	#10
Seabeescotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 3,994 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	John, I found it, so here it is. Looks good on the wall. Hopefully, we'll have some more up, in the near future! Some of you guyswho are serving right now, send me some pics from your deployment! __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge

07-19-2008, 08:45 PM	#11
sbowers5 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: sawyer, ok Posts: 537	Scotty I felt the pride of knowing that it was captured from "them" but it also brought back the hatered I have for the ones that had it before it was taken from them by "US" steve __________________ For those who never fought for it, freedom has a taste the protected will never know.

07-19-2008, 08:48 PM	#12
USAF_462/2W1X1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Currently Clovis, NM but Goldsboro, NC bound! Posts: 327 Blog Entries: 6	I got quite a few scotty, I will send them to ya via e-mail if you like, just PM me your e-mail address! __________________ "Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway." ~ John Wayne

07-20-2008, 01:49 AM	#13
privateer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Anchorage , Alaska Posts: 382 Images: 1	Looks good Scotty, I knew you would give it a great home. I am always happy to share with friends and brothers. John

07-20-2008, 08:54 AM	#14
Seabeescotty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country. Posts: 3,994 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 1	It will have a place on that wall, as long as the wall is standing! Steve, I've been working on that, for years. I used to carry a deep hate with me, everywhere I went. It was sucking the life out of me, and kept coming out at the wrong times. I spent five years, going to counseling, and finally got a grip on it. I still ain't goin' to visit, anytime soon, 'cause they had a bounty on my head, but I finally the hate to leave me alone, and it's gone away. I've met some, who went back, and they swear the trip healed their scars. I don't think that would be the case, for me. My losses still hurt, and I think about them often. But the animosity is gone. __________________ Adapt, improvise, overcome.-Gysgt Highway, Heartbreak Ridge

07-20-2008, 11:51 AM	#15
sbowers5 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: sawyer, ok Posts: 537	scotty pm me and get my phone # so we can talk sometime steve __________________ For those who never fought for it, freedom has a taste the protected will never know.