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BIDLACK: Final salute — and thank you
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I never had the honor of personally meeting Lt. Jim Downing, USN, in life, but I knew about him. He was the oldest surviving service member from the attack on Pearl Harbor on that long-ago December day. We lost Lt. Downing last week, at the remarkable age of 104. He was a proud Coloradan and…
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Rep. Doug Lamborn says Lt. Jim Downing’s life ‘painted a picture of Christ’s love’
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn shared a video message Thursday afternoon from Washington, D.C., in tribute to Navy Lt. James “Jim” Downing of Colorado Springs, a Pearl Harbor survivor who died this week from complications from surgery. He was 104 years old. Downing was the second-oldest man who survived the Japanese attack and the nation’s entry…
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State lawmakers honor Colorado Springs resident Donald Stratton on Military Appreciation Day
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The Colorado General Assembly had the rare privilege Friday to honor Donald Stratton of Colorado Springs, a survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on the USS Arizona. Seaman First Class Stratton was at his battle station on the Arizona during “The Day That Will Live in Infamy,” the words President Franklin Roosevelt used to describe…
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The Hot Sheet – CO Senate sees the light, Time Mag takes a shot at Trump, we love our undocumented now, remember a day of infamy and MORE …
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VOL. 01 NO. 200 | DECEMBER 7, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Glad to see you are surviving #SnowApocalypse2016 Part Deux … Impossible not to turn on a television or flip through a Colorado newspaper and not hear that – dare we say it – we are experiencing cold snowy weather in Colorado in December. Gasp…
