AJ shows us how to be a man about it. (Updated)

Aj is a soldier.  He's the type that whose body you'd expect to step over post-battle at the Alamo.  He is probably the finest example of a border ranger out there and in my opinion, a damn fine human being. 

He was always a quiet guy and at our first meeting, I didn't peg him as a nationalist until after we swapped a few jokes.  AJ was loyal to JT sure, but more so to the mission at hand.  JT gave him a lot of lip too, which he patiently endured.  The man could patrol all day in 100 degree heat and stop to change a tire in five minutes.  All that considered, he was a friend to everybody out there.  Without him, we'd have spent more time trying to make it to the freeway on foot than doing what we had set out to do. 

Aj said the most I'd ever seen him say on his facebook page today.  It looks like he has turned and  faced the demon looming at our backs since the start.  His post is in response to the article on the Veterans Today site which initially gave us a glimmer of hope. 

"After reviewing the 9-11 recordings in their entirety, I request that this article be amended in respect to Lisa and her family. I can verify it is her voice, and after the 1st gunshot, you can hear JT say "You fucked up" before moving to kill Lisa. Its with a sick and heavy heart that I say that JT dishonored himself and betrayed us all, but mostly he betrayed Lisa, who took him in during some of his darkest days. He betrayed Amber and Hiott, who tried to help him with his campaign, and patrolled with him, and betrayed the innocent, little Lily, who was only just beginning her adventure through life, all people he had sworn to protect."

 

For someone who doesn't talk much, he said it all.  The sadness of all this is crushing.  But we have to face it for what it is now.  I respect AJ and I know he'd never go off half-cocked on anything, much less something as important as this. 

I'll never, ever get the image of that little girl's face from my mind.  She'll be there in my dreams and thoughts for the rest of my life.  But we'll continue on. 

They say in every life a little rain must fall.  I guess we're in a downpour with zero visibility right now. 

If AJ wants me to, I'll take down his post.  It just hit me as something that needed to be said at this point. 

UPDATE:  AJ asked that I add this to the post. 

Yeah, just put an addendum in there: JT was a strong, outspoken, and natural leader. He put himself out there so we didn't have to. He took the brunt of the abuse and hatred from the media, and put the crosshairs on himself if it ever would have come down to a cartel hit. His downfall may be pride, he was too proud to realize he needed help, since he was so used to showing a strong hand to our adversaries. I wish I had known he needed more help, or another place to stay, since it appears Lisa and JT were not getting along, though whenever I visited it didn't seem apparent, as far as I knew, she supported his efforts to stop narco-terrorism and the war against Americans. To all the Patriots out there, be strong, but stop and take inventory now and again. The struggle for survival is not going to be won in a single generation, as it has taken decades for us to get where we are, and we cannot afford to lose anymore Patriots.

And there you have it.  I'm going to expand on this more later but I agree with AJ, JT positively needed help.  He'd mentioned to me that he suffered from PTSS from things that happened to him while he was a Marine.  He had a quick temper as well, but always seemed to rapidly get it under control.  Nobody here is making an excuse for him or what happened.  All we can do is help provide a few hints as to what was going on in his head. 

I did know that he was in a complicated living situation.  However, I didn't think it was so much the result of a relationship going sour as it was his desire to be closer to the action.  With fuel prices at record highs, we all were trying to come up with ways to be closer to the border.  We'd talked a lot about campers and for all I knew, he was working on getting one.  He was going to pull it close to where we deployed from and live there most of the time.  It was my idea since I had a camper at a retreat once, which I had lived in comfort on and off.  I had told him that it was a difficult thing to secure but simple to maintain and highly mobile.  We'd talked about solar and wind power next.  If we'd ever completed the project sooner, maybe things would have been different.  IF IF IF.

Confusion.

There are very few times in my life that I've ever felt confused.  95% of the time I have a clear picture of the goal ahead, a straight shot to it, over, around and through the situations on the way. 










(Above) JT, Harry and I plant an American flag during the first phase of OLSII.  Veckal Valley.

These recent sad events are not the case.  JT, someone whom I loved and respected as a fellow warrior is being accused of the most horrible crimes I'd ever heard tell of in recent times.  I have no idea what happened and all my theories are just as wishful and flimsy the rest that are floating around.  Nobody knows and we're all afraid of what the possibilities are.  If you wonder why we have a hard time buying cloudy "their" versions of events, here are some reasons why.

People have pointed out the dozens of things that don't make sense about the whole thing.  I'm not here to list those, item after item along with variations.  Once the truth comes out, it will all be worthless except for the one that hit the mark maybe. 

I'll tell you what I do know for sure though.  Often while out on patrol, JT would talk about caring for Baby Lilly, Gilbert's lost little girl.  In fact, after talking to people, I discovered that most people who knew JT from a distance, assumed that Lilly was his.  He spoke about how caring for the child was the white thing to do.  I'd call around bedtime and JT would ask me to call back so he could help get the baby down for the night. 

Am I trying to paint JT as a saint?  No, what I am trying to do it convey to you some of the confusion everyone has over the charges being place on JT by the media:  baby killer.  How did he go from someone who loved children enough to care for one which wasn't his own, to someone who would gun down an infant?  I'm not making a statement, I'm asking a question. 

JT was very kind over the phone to my little daughter.  He always called her "sweetheart" as she babbled into the phone at him.  In fact JT was supposed to come be Santa Claus at my house last year.  "I get it.  Because I'm fat, right?" he said before he agreed.  "I'll put on the tights for a bro, I guess." 

My daughter, not much older than Lilly, even thanked JT once for bringing me safely home from a long patrol.  You would have thought he got a letter from the president (of another country).  Kids liked him too.  Even little Mexican kids would crowd around him and ask him if he was in the Army.  He's respond with "yo es Commando."  and leave it at that. 

I'm not telling you all this to justify or soften the facts of what happened.  What I am trying to do is illustrate to you all how we can't buy what the media is saying.  Once we hear it from law enforcement, then we'll probably have to take our medicine and accept whatever happened as the way it went down. 

Little Lily's face will be in my dreams for the rest of my life.  Whatever happened and no matter who did what, Lilly is gone.  She didn't get the chance we all go.  If you can read this, life has dealt you a better hand than little Lilly.  Her happy short life ended too quick and violent.  All a little child knows is love.  I'm sure she loved her mama, grandma and from the pictures, seemed to love Hoitt very much too.  The people who loved her was her life, which judging from the pictures, she never stopped smiling at them.  I can see her smile now and it makes it hard to avoid braking down. 

My last conversation with JT was about a movie he wanted me to watch.  This was Tuesday night and we talked in length about it, and barely anything else.  JT didn't watch much tv but when he did and something caught his eye, he'd email or call me about it.  I'd say on average I'd talk to JT about 3 times a week.  And almost daily he'd send out a group email or txt offering valuable info or just words of encouragement. 

When I got the call sometime on Wednesday, I was shocked but immediately thought that the whole thing was Cartel related.  It took me a while to even entertain the possibility that it wasn't. 

This is the first time I've sat down to think of all the good things about JT.  I've been holding back any good thoughts in case what the press said was true.  Two days later and the finally say hasn't been said.  But I remember JT in the field.  Every body's safety was his first concern.  His jokes around the campfire were enough to make your ribs hurt.  The man could make you laugh, I don't care who you were. 

Controlling they say?  He's guilty of that but that was because he was natural leader.  Occasionally we'd lock horns over one issue or two.  One was my tactics and load out.  He didn't like my AK-74 though he did like me carrying 300 rounds of ammo for it.  We argued about it one night to the point where he hung and called back asking for my address.  He then told me to expect a box of parts in the mail.  He'd sent me an AR-15 parts kit.  Upon opening it, I found a book on Russian military power as well. 

I'd say 1/3 of my desert gear came from JT himself.  He'd call me up and tell me that he found something I need and had placed it "in my tote".  He'd store all my gear in a plastic container labeled "Drake" and would place items inside if he thought it was stuff I could use while in the CZ. 

He and Harry would stick their neck out for anybody who came out to help.  JT drove like a maniac through the light traffic of Sunday night Phoenix, trying to get me to my plane on time.  He even saw a rode closed but attempted to slip past it in desperation.  I stopped him finally and said it wasn't worth going to jail over. 

His quickness to help a stranger wasn't expected either.  But after a while, if you saw someone stranded beside the road, you knew JT was going to pull over and see what he could do. 

We don't know what happened Wednesday afternoon.  We do know what happened for years out in the deserts around the CZ.  I will make absolutely no effort to excuse or downplay any crime committed by anyone, friend or foe, but people have to understand that we're all against a high wall of pure shock.  This would be like a co-worker you'd work with happily for years coming home and doing the same thing or at least being accused of it in the media. 

I'll write more on this as the day goes by and things develop. 

Something to consider about the war on the US/Mexican border.

Make no mistake, there is an undeclared war between the American citizenry and the drug cartels in Mexico.  This battle against Mexican-bourne tyranny has never been just the fight of those who live in border states.  Here is a quick list of defenders at the Alamo which I scaled down to illustrate my point. 

Name	Rank	Company	Birthdate	Birthplace	Status
Abamillo, Juan !Juan Abamillo	Sergeant	Seguin's cavalry company	unknown	Texas	killed in battle
Allen, James L. !James L. Allen	Private	unknown	1815, 1, 2 !January 2, 1815	Kentucky	survived
Allen, Robert !Robert Allen	Private	Forsyth's company	unknown	Virginia	killed in battle[3]
Alsbury, Horace !Horace Arlington Alsbury	Private	Garrison translator, courier	1805	Kentucky	survived
Andrews, George !George Andrews	possibly aka George Anderson, Quartermaster	New Orleans Greys			killed in battle
Andross, Miles DeForrest !Miles DeForrest Andross	Private	Blazeby's infantry company	1809	Vermont, Bradford !Bradford, Vermont	killed in battle[7]
Autry, Micajah !Micajah Autry	Private	Harrison's company (Volunteer Auxiliary Corps)	1794	North Carolina, Sampson County !Sampson County, North Carolina	killed in battle[8]
Badillo, Juan A. !Juan A. Badillo	Sergeant	Seguin's cavalry Company	unknown	Texas	killed in battle
Bailey, Peter James III !Peter James Bailey III	Private	Harrison's company (VAC)	1812	Kentucky, Springfield !Springfield, Kentucky	killed in battle[9]
Baker, Isaac G. !Isaac G. Baker	Private	Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers	1814, 9, 15 !September 15, 1814	Arkansas	killed in battle[10]
Baker, William Charles M. !William Charles M. Baker	Captain	unknown		Missouri	killed in battle[11]
Ballentine, John J. !John J. Ballentine	Private	Carey's artillery company		Pennsylvania	killed in battle[12]
Ballentine, Richard W. !Richard W. Ballentine	Private	unknown	1814	Scotland	killed in battle[13]
Baugh, John J. !John J. Baugh	Captain (adjutant staff officer)	unknown	1803	Virginia	killed in battle[14]
Bayliss, Joseph !Joseph Bayliss	Private	Harrison's company (VAC)	1808	Tennessee	killed in battle[14]
Baylor, John Walker, Jr. !John Walker Baylor, Jr.	Private	Dimitt's company	December 1813	Kentucky, Stone Creek !Stone Creek, Kentucky	survived
Blair, John !John Blair	Private	unknown	1803	Tennessee	killed in battle[16]
Blair, Samuel !Samuel Blair	Captain, assistant to ordnance chief	Ordnance Department	1807	Tennessee	killed in battle[17]
Blazeby, William !William Blazeby	Captain	Commanding officer of an infantry company	1795	England	killed in battle[17]
Bonham, James Butler !James Bonham	Second Lieutenant	rode in with Bowie	1807, 2, 20 !February 20, 1807	South Carolina, Edgefield County !Edgefield County, South Carolina	killed in battle[18]
Bourne, Daniel !Daniel Bourne	Private	Carey's artillery company	1810	England	killed in battle[19]
Bowie, James !James Bowie	Colonel	Commander of volunteers, co-commander of the garrison	1796, 4, 10 !April 10, 1796	Kentucky, Logan County !Logan County, Kentucky	killed in battle
Bowman, Jesse B. !Jesse B. Bowman	Private	unknown	1785	Tennessee	According to most lists, Bowman was killed at the Alamo.[22]
Brown, George !George Brown	Private	unknown	1801	England	killed in battle
Brown, James !James Brown	Private	unknown	1800	Pennsylvania	killed in battle
Brown, Robert ! Robert Brown	Private	unknown	1818 !possibly 1818		survived
Buchanan, James !James Buchanan	Private	unknown,marksman	1813		killed in battle
Burns, Samuel E. !Samuel E. Burns	Private	Carey's artillery company	1810	Ireland	killed in battle[26]
Butler, George, D. !George D. Butler	Private	unknown	1813	Missouri	killed in battle[26]
Cain, John !John Cain	Private	Carey's artillery company	1802	Pennsylvania	killed in battle[27]
Campbell, Robert !Robert Campbell	Lieutenant	Harrison's company (VAC)	1810	Tennessee	killed in battle[27]
Carey, William R. !William R. Carey	Captain	Commanding officer of his own artillery company "The Invincibles"	1806	Virginia	killed in battle
Clark, Charles Henry !Charles Henry Clark	Private	New Orleans Greys, under Breece			killed in battle.[28]
Clark, M.B. !M.B. Clark	Private	probably Baker's company			killed in battle.[29]
Cloud, Daniel W. !Daniel W. Cloud	Private	Harrison's company	1812, 2, 20 !February 20, 1812	Kentucky, Lexington !Lexington, Kentucky	killed in battle.[29]
Cochran, Robert !Robert E. Cochran	Private	Carey's company	1810	Merrimack County, Pembroke, New Hampshire	killed in battle.[29]
Cottle, George Washington !George Washington "Wash" Cottle		Gonzales Ranging Company	1811	Missouri, Lincoln County, Hurricane Township !Hurricane Township, Lincoln County, Missouri	killed in battle.
Courtman, Henry !Henry Courtman	Private	New Orleans Greys under Breece	1808	Germany	killed in battle.[30]
Crawford, Lemuel !Lemuel Crawford	Private	Carey's company	1814	South Carolina	killed in battle.[31]
Crockett, David !David Crockett	Colonel	Harrison's company, fought near chapel & palisade	1796, 8, 17 !August 17, 1786	Tennessee, Greene County !Greene County, Tennessee	killed in battle.[31]
Crossman, Robert !Robert Crossman	Private	Blazeby	1810	Pennsylvania	killed in battle.[34]
Cruz y Arocha, Antonio !Antonio Cruz y Arocha	Private	Seguin's cavalry	unknown	Mexico	survived
Cummings, David P. !David P. Cummins	Private	Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1809	Pennsylvania, Lewiston !Lewiston, Pennsylvania	killed in battle.
Cunningham, Robert !Robert Cunningham	Private	Carey's company	1804,10,18 !October 18, 1804	New York, Ontario County !Ontario County, New York	killed in battle.[35][36]
Darst, Jacob C. !Jacob C. Darst	Lieutenant	Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1793, 12, 22 !December 22, 1793	Kentucky, Woodford County !Woodford County, Kentucky	killed in battle
Davis, John !John Davis	Private	Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1811	Kentucky	killed in battle[37]
Day, Freeman H.K. !Freeman H.K. Day	Private	White's infantry company	1806		killed in battle
Day, Jerry C. !Jerry C. Day	Private[38]	unknown	1816[37]	Missouri	killed in battle[38]
Daymon, Squire !Squire Daymon	Private	Carey	1808	Tennessee	killed in battle
Dearduff, William !William Dearduff	Private	rode in as part of the "Immortal 32" Gonzales Mounted Rangers	c.1811	Tennessee	killed in battle
De la Garza, Alexandro !Alexandro de la Garza	Private	Seguins company		Texas	survived
Dennison, Stephen !Stephen Dennison	Private	Blazeby	1812	England or Ireland	killed in battle
Desauque, Francis L. !Francis L. Desauque	Captain	Dimmitt		Pennsylvania, Philadelphia !Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	survived
Despallier, Charles !Charles Despallier	Private	rode in as part of the "Immortal 32" Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1812	Louisiana	killed in battle
Dewall, Lewis !Lewis Dewall	Private	White	1812	New York, Manhattan !Manhattan, New York	killed in battle[41]
Dickinson, Almaron !Almaron Dickinson	Captain	Artillery officer	1810	Tennessee	killed in battle[41]
Dickson, James !James Dickson		New Orleans Greys			killed in battle
Dillard, John Henry !John Henry Dillard	Private	unknown	1805	Tennessee, Smith County !Smith County, Tennessee	killed in battle[43]
Dimmitt, Philip !Philip Dimmitt	Captain	Dimmitt	1801	Kentucky	survived
Dimpkins, James R. !James R. Dimpkins	Sergeant	Blazeby		England	killed in battle
Duvalt, Andrew !Andrew Duvalt	Private	White	1804	Ireland	killed in battle
Espalier, Carlos !Carlos Espalier	Private	unknown, but possible Bowie	1819	Texas, San Antonio de Bexar !San Antonio de Bexar, Texas	killed in battle
Esparza, José Gregorio !José Gregorio Esparza	Private	Seguins company	1802, 2, 25 !Feb. 25, 1802	Texas, San Antonio de Bexar !San Antonio de Béxar, Texas	killed in battle[48]
Evans, Robert !Robert Evans	Major; Master of Ordnance	unknown	1800	Ireland[50]	killed in battle
Evans, Samuel B. !Samuel B. Evans	Private	unknown	1812, 1, 16 !January 16, 1812	New York, Jefferson County !Jefferson County, New York	killed in battle[52]
Ewing, James L. !James L. Ewing	Private	Carey	1812	Tennessee	killed in battle
Faunterloy, William Keener !William Keener Faunterloy	Private	Harrison[53]	1814	Kentucky, Logan County !Logan County, Kentucky[52]	killed in battle[53]
Fishbaugh, William !William Fishbaugh	Private	Gonzales Ranging Company	unknown	Alabama?	killed in battle
Flanders, John !John Flanders	Private	Gonzales Ranging Company	1800	New Hampshire	killed in battle
Flores, Salvador !Salvador Flores	Captain	Artillery officer (under Neill)	1806	Floresville, Texas	survived
Floyd, Dolphin Ward !Dolphin Ward Floyd	Private	Gonzales Ranging Company	1804, 3, 6 !March 6, 1804	North Carolina, Nash County !Nash County, North Carolina	killed in battle
Forsyth, John Hubbard !John Hubbard Forsyth	Captain	Forsyth	1797, 8, 10 !August 10, 1797	New York, Avon !Avon, New York	killed in battle
Fuentes, Antonio !Antonio Fuentes	Private	Seguins company	1813	Texas, San Antonio de Bexar !San Antonio de Bexar, Texas	killed in battle
Fuqua, Galba !Galba Fuqua	Private	Gonzales Ranging Company	1819, 3, 9 !March 9, 1819	Alabama	killed in battle
Garnett, William !William Garnett	Private	unknown	1812	Virginia	killed in battle[59]
Garrand, James W. !James W. Garrand	Private	Blazeby	1813	Louisiana	killed in battle
Garrett, James Girard !James Girard Garrett	Private	Blazeby	1806	Tennessee	killed in battle[59]
Garvin, John E. !John E. Garvin	Private	Carey	1809		killed in battle
Gaston, John E. !John E. Gaston	Private	Gonzales Ranging Company	1819		killed in battle
George, James !James George	Private	Gonzales Ranging Company	1802		killed in battle
Goodrich, John C. !John C. Goodrich	Cornet	Blazeby or Forsyth	1809	Virginia	killed in battle[61]
Grimes, Albert Calvin !Albert Calvin Grimes	Private	Forsyth (possibly)	1817, 12, 20 !December 20, 1817	Georgia	killed in battle
Guerrero, Brigido !Brigido Guerrero	Private	Bowies company	unknown	Mexico, Tallenango !Tallenango, Mexico	survived
Gwynne, James C. !James C. Gwynne	Private	Carey	1804	England	killed in battle
Hannum, James !James Hannum	Private	unknown[64]	1815, 8, 8 !August 8, 1815	Pennsylvania[63]	killed in battle[64]
Harris, John !John Harris	Private	Gonzales Ranging Company	1813	Kentucky	killed in battle
Harrison, Andrew Jackson !Andrew Jackson Harrison	Private	unknown	1809	Tennessee	killed in battle[64]
Harrison, I.L.K. !I.L.K. Harrison	unknown	Harrison's company (VAC)	unknown		killed in battle
Harrison, William B. !William B. Harrison	Captain	Harrison	1811	Ohio	killed in battle
Hawkins, Joseph M. !Joseph M. Hawkins	Private	Baker (possibly)	1799	Ireland	killed in battle[66]
Hays, John M. !John M. Hays	Private	Baker (possibly)	1814	Tennessee, Nashville !Nashville, Tennessee	killed in battle
Heiskell, Charles M. !Charles M. Heiskell	Private	unknown	1813	Tennessee (possibly)	killed in battle
Herndon, Patrick Henry !Patrick Henry Herndon	Private	Baker (possibly)	1802, 3 !March 1802	Virginia	killed in battle[67]
Hersee, William Daniel !William Daniel Hersee	Sergeant	Carey	1805	England	killed in battle
Highsmith, Benjamin Franklin !Benjamin Franklin Highsmith	Private	unknown	1817, 9, 11 !September 11, 1817	Missouri Territory, St. Charles District !St. Charles District, Missouri Territory	survived[68]
Holland, Tapley !Tapley Holland	Private	Carey	1810	Ohio	killed in battle[69]
Holloway, James !James Holloway		New Orleans Greys			killed in battle
Holloway, Samuel !Samuel Holloway	Private	Blazeby	1808	Pennsylvania	killed in battle
Howell, William D. !William D. Howell	Surgeon (possibly)	Blazeby	1791	Massachusetts	killed in battle
Hutchinson, Thomas !Thomas P. Hutchinson		New Orleans Greys			killed in battle
Jackson, Thomas !Thomas Jackson	Private	Gonzales Ranging Company		Ireland	killed in battle
Jackson, William Daniel !William Daniel Jackson	Private	Carey	1807	Kentucky	killed in battle
Jameson, Green B. !Green B. Jameson	Major	Staff officer	1807	Kentucky	killed in battle[72]
Jennings, Gordon C. !Gordon C. Jennings	Corporal	Carey	1780	Pennsylvania	killed in battle
Jimenez, Damacio !Damacio Jiménez	Artillery	Seguins company		Texas	killed in battle
Joe	Slave of Travis	rode in with Travis	1813 or 1815	United States	survived[73]
Johnson, Lewis !Lewis Johnson	Private	Carey (possibly)		Illinois Territory (possibly)	killed in battle[77]
Johnson, William !William Johnson	Private	Carey (possibly)		Pennsylvania, Philadelphia !Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	killed in battle[78]
Johnson, William P. !William P. Johnson	Sergeant (possibly)	unknown			survived
Jones, John !John Jones	First Lieutenant	Blazeby	1810	New York	killed in battle
Kellogg, John Benjamin !John Benjamin Kellogg		Rode with Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1817	Kentucky	killed in battle
Kenney, James !James Kenney			1814	Virginia	killed in battle
Kent, Andrew !Andrew Kent		rode in as part of the "Immortal 32" Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1798	VA	killed in battle
Kerr, Joseph !Joseph Kerr	Private	marksman, unknown	1814	Louisiana	killed in battle
Kimble, George C. !George C. Kimble	Lieutenant	Gonzales Ranging Company	1803	Pennsylvania	killed in battle
King, William Philip !William Philip King	Private	rode in as part of the "Immortal 32" Gonzales Mounted Rangers	October 8, 1820	Monroe County, Mississippi	youngest defender killed in the battle
Lewis, William Irvine !William Irvine Lewis	Private, marksman	went with Bowie	1806	Virginia	killed in battle
Lightfoot, William J. !William J. Lightfoot	3rd Corpl.	Carey's artillery company	1805	Kentucky	killed in battle
Lindley, Jonathan L. !Jonathan L. Lindley	Private, artilliaryman	Carey's artillery company	1814	Illinois	killed in battle
Linn, William !William Linn	Private, marksman	Capt. Blazeby's infantry company		Massachusetts	killed in battle
Lockhart, Byrd !Byrd Lockhart	Commissioner, empowered to muster Gonzales Ranging Company	Gonzales Ranging Company	1782	Virginia	survived
Losoya, Toribio !Toribio Losoya	marksman	Seguín's company	1808	Texas	killed in battle
Main, George Washington !George Washington Main	Lieutenant	White's infantry co.	1807	Virginia	killed in battle
Malone, William T. !William T. Malone	Private, artillery	Carey's artillery co.	1817	Georgia	killed in battle
Marshall, William !William Marshall	Private, marksman	Blazeby's infantry co.	1808	Tennessee	killed in battle
Martin, Albert !Albert Martin	Captain, courier	rode in as part of the "Immortal 32" Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1808	Rhode Island	killed in battle
McCafferty, Edward !Edward McCafferty	Lieutenant	Bowies company	unknown	unknown, Refugio resident	killed in battle
McCoy, Jesse !Jesse McCoy	Private, marksman	Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1804	Tennessee	killed in battle
McDowell, William !William McDowell	Private, marksman	Harrison's company	1794	Pennsylvania	killed in battle
McGee, James !James McGee	Private, marksman	Blazeby's infantry co.	unknown	Ireland	killed in battle
McGregor, John !John McGregor	Sergeant	Carey's company	1808	Scotland	killed in battle
McKinney, Robert !Robert McKinney	Private	rode in with Bowie	1809	Tennessee	killed in battle
Melton, Eliel !Eliel Melton	Quartermaster with the rank of Lieutenant	Member of Lt. Col. James C. Neill's staff	1798	Georgia	killed in battle
Miller, Thomas R. !Thomas R. Miller	Private, marksman	Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1795	Tennessee	killed in battle
Mills, William !William Mills	Private, marksman	rode in with Bowie	1815	Tennessee	killed in battle
Millsaps, Isaac !Isaac Millsaps	Private, marksman	Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1795 !c. 1795	Mississippi	killed in battle
Mitchusson, Edward F. !Edward F. Mitchusson	Alamo surgeon	Alamo hospital	1806	Virginia	killed in battle
Mitchell, Edwin T. !Edwin T. Mitchell	Private, marksman	White's infantry co.	1806	unknown	killed in battle
Mitchell, Napoleon B. !Napoleon B. Mitchell	Private, artillery	Carey's artillery co.	1804	unknown	killed in battle
Moore, Robert B. !Robert B. Moore	Private, marksman	Blazeby's company	1781	Virginia	killed in battle
Moore, Willis A. !Willis A. Moore	Private, marksman	may have rode in with Bowie	1808	unknown, Mississippi resident	killed in battle
Morman, John !John Morman		New Orleans Greys			killed in battle
Musselman, Robert !Robert Musselman	Sergeant	Capt. William Blazeby' infantry company	1805	Ohio	killed in battle
Nava, Andrés !Andrés Nava	Private, marksman	Seguín's company	1810	Texas	killed in battle
Navan, Gerald !Gerald Navan	Private, courier				survived
Neggan, George !George Neggan	Private, marksman	rode in as part of the "Immortal 32" Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1808	South Carolina	killed in battle
Nelson, Andrew M. !Andrew M. Nelson	Private, marksman	unknown, volunteer	1809	Tennessee	killed in battle
Nelson, Edward !Edward Nelson	Private, marksman	Baker's company	1816	S.Carolina	killed in battle
Nelson, George !George Nelson	Private, marksman	Blazeby's infantry	1805	S.Carolina	killed in battle
Nobles, Benjamin F. !Benjamin F. Nobles	Lieutenant, spy	rode with Dimmit's company	unknown	unknown	survived
Northcross, James !James Northcross	Private, artillery	Carey's artillery	1804	Virginia	killed in battle
Nowlan, James !James Nowlan	Private, marksman	rode with Cooke's N.O.Grey's	1809	England	killed in battle
Oury, William Sanders !William Sanders Oury	Private, marksman, courier	followed Travis into the Alamo	August 13, 1817	Abingdon, Virginia	survived
Pagan, George !George Pagan	Private	unknown, artillery	1810	unknown, formerly Natchez Mississippi	killed in battle
Parker, Christopher Adams !Christopher Adams Parker	Private, marksman	rode in with Dimmitt	1814	unknown, Mississippi resident	killed in battle
Parks, William !William Parks	Private, marksman	White's infantry company	1805	Rowan County, North Carolina	killed in battle
Patton, William !William Hester Patton	Assistant Quartermaster	In-charge of Alamo companies	1808	Kentucky	survived
Perry, Richardson !Richardson Perry	Private	Carey's artillery	1817	Mississippi	killed in battle
Pollard, Amos !Amos Pollard	Alamo Surgeon	Alamo hospital, chief surgeon (under Neill)	1803, 10, 29 !October 29, 1803	Ashburnham, Massachusetts	killed in battle
Reynolds, John Purdy !John Purdy Reynolds	Private, marksman, surgeon	Harrison's company	1806	Pennsylvania	killed in battle
Roberts, Thomas H. !Thomas H. Roberts	Private, marksman	Baker's company	unknown	unknown	killed in battle
Robertson, James Waters !James Waters Robertson	Private, marksman	unknown, volunteer	1812	Tennessee	killed in battle
Robinson, Isaac !Isaac Robinson	4th Sergeant	Carey's artillery	1808	Scotland	killed in battle
Rose, James M. !James M. Rose	Private, marksman	Crockett's company	1805	Ohio	killed in battle
Rose, Louis [Moses] !Louis Moses Rose	Private, marksman	Baker's company	1785	Ardennes, France	survived
Roth, Jacob !Jacob Roth	Major	Harrison's company (VAC)	unknown		killed in battle
Rusk, Jackson J. !Jackson J. Rusk	Private, marksman	Baker's company	unknown	Ireland	killed in battle
Rutherford, Joseph !Joseph Rutherford	Private, marksman	Carey's company	1798	Kentucky	killed in battle
Ryan, Isaac !Isaac Ryan	Private, marksman	Whites infantry	1805	Louisiana	killed in battle
Scurlock, Mial !Mial Scurlock	Private, marksman	unknown, volunteer	May 25, 1809	Chatham County, North Carolina	killed in battle
Seguin, Juan !Juan Seguín	Captain	Commander of his own cavalry company	October 27, 1806	San Antonio, Texas	survived
Sewell, Marcus L. !Marcus L. Sewell	Private	Gonzales Ranging Company	1805	England	killed in battle
Shied, Manson !Manson Shied	Private	Capt. William R. Carey's artillery Co.	1811	Georgia	killed in battle
Simmons, Cleveland Kinloch !Cleveland Kinloch Simmons	Lieutenant	Forsyth's company	1815, 6, 8 !June 8, 1815	Charleston, South Carolina	killed in battle
Smith, Andrew H. !Andrew H. Smith	Private, marksman	Forsyth's cavalry	1815	Tennessee	killed in battle
Smith, Charles S. !Charles S. Smith	Private	Carey's artillery	1806	Maryland	killed in battle
Smith, Joshua G. !Joshua G. Smith	Sergeant	Forsyth's company	1808	N Carolina	killed in battle
Smith, John W. !John William Smith	scout, guide, courier	Gonzales Ranging Company	March 4, 1792	Virginia	survived
Smith, William H. !William H. Smith	Private	William R. Carey's artillery	1811	unknown, Nacogdoches resident	killed in battle
Smither, Launcelot !Launcelot Smither	Private	rode in with Travis	1800	unknown, San Felipe resident, formerly Alabama	survived
Sowell, Andrew J. !Andrew Jackson Sowell	Private, forager	unknown, Gonzales resident, (Sowell, Smith, and Lockhart possibly guided the Gonzales Mounted Rangers back in on Mar.1)	June 17, 1815	Tennessee	survived
Spratt, John !John Spratt		New Orleans Greys			killed in battle
Starr, Richard !Richard Starr	Private, marksman	Blazeby's infantry	1811	England	killed in battle
Stewart, James E. !James E. Stewart	Private, marksman	unknown	1808	England	killed in battle
Stockton, Richard L. !Richard L. Stockton	Private, marksman	Harrison' company	1817	New Jersey	killed in battle
Summerlin, A. Spain !A. Spain Summerlin	Private, marksman	White's infantry	1817	Tennessee	killed in battle
Summers, William E. !William E. Summers	Private, marksman	Gonzales Ranging Company	1812	Tennessee	killed in battle
Sutherland, John !John Sutherland Jr.	Private, physician	Patton's Company, Alamo Hospital	May 11, 1792	Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia	survived
Sutherland, William DePriest !William DePriest Sutherland	Private, marksman, physicians assistant	Patton's Company, Alamo Hospital	August 10, 1818	Tennessee, Navidad, Tx. resident, formerly Alabama	killed in battle
Taylor, Edward !Edward Taylor	Private	marksman, unknown	1812	Tennessee	killed in battle
Taylor, George !George Taylor	Private	marksman, unknown	1816	Tennessee	killed in battle
Taylor, James !James Taylor	Private	marksman, unknown	1814	Tennessee	killed in battle
Taylor, William !William Taylor	Private	marksman, unknown	1799	Tennessee	killed in battle
Thomas, B. Archer M. !B. Archer M. Thomas	Private	marksman, Capt.Harrison's company	1818	Kentucky	killed in battle
Thomas, Henry !Henry Thomas	Private	marksman, Capt. William Blazeby's infantry	1811	Germany	killed in battle
Thompson, Jesse G. !Jesse G. Thompson	Private	marksman, unknown	1798	Arkansas	killed in battle
Thomson, John W. !John W. Thomson	Private, surgeon, marksman	Alamo hospital	1807	N Carolina	killed in battle
Thurston, John, M. !John, M. Thurston	2nd Lt.	Forsyth's cavalry company	1812	Pennsylvania	killed in battle
Trammel, Burke !Burke Trammel	Private	Carey's company	1810	Ireland	killed in battle
Travis, William Barret !William B. Travis	Lt. Colonel	Commander of his own cavalry company, fully commanded Alamo on 2/24/1836	1809, 8, 9 !August 9, 1809	Edgefield District, South Carolina	killed in battle
Tumlinson, George W. !George W. Tumlinson	Private	Carey's artillery	1814	Missouri	killed in battle
Tylee, James !James Tylee	Private	marksman, unknown	1795	New York	killed in battle
Walker, Asa !Asa Walker	Private, marksman	Capt. Robert White's infantry company (Bexar Guards)	1813	Tennessee	killed in battle
Walker, Jacob !Jacob Walker	Private	Capt. William R. Carey artillery company	1799	Tennessee	killed in battle
Ward, William B. !William B. Ward	Sergeant	unknown, fought near artillery at main gate	1806	Ireland	killed in battle
Warnell, Henry !Henry Warnell	Private	Capt. William R. Carey artillery company	1812	Resident of Arkansas	survived
Washington, Joseph G. !Joseph George Washington	Private	marksman, Harrison's company	1808 !ca. 1808	Tennessee	killed in battle
Waters, Thomas !Thomas Waters	Private	Capt. William R. Carey's artillery company	1812	England	killed in battle
Wells, William !William Wells	marksman, unknown	Capt. William H. Patton's company	1798	Georgia, Hall County !Hall County, Georgia	killed in battle
White, Isaac !Isaac White	Sergeant	unknown	unknown	unknown	killed in battle
White, Robert !Robert White	Captain	Commander of his own infantry company, the Bexar Guards	1806	unknown, Gonzales resident	killed in battle
Williamson, Hiram James !Hiram James Williamson	Sergeant-Major of the garrison	In-charge of the Alamo companies	1810	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	killed in battle
Wills, William !William Wills	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	killed in battle
Wilson, David L. !David L. Wilson	unknown	followed Dimmitt to Bexar	1807	Scotland	killed in battle
Wilson, John !John Wilson	unknown	unknown	1804	Pennsylvania	killed in battle
Wolf, Anthony !Anthony Wolf	unknown	Capt. William R. Carey artillery company	February 17, 1782	Spain	killed in battle
Wright, Claiborne !Claiborne Wright	unknown	rode in as part of the "Immortal 32" Gonzales Mounted Rangers	1810	North Carolina	killed in battle
Zanco, Charles !Charles Zanco	lieutenant	ordnance (under Neill)	1808	Randers, Denmark	killed in battle
John !John	unknown	Hopewell believes he entered the Alamo with Bowie[157]	unknown	unknown	killed in battle	.[

A few pictures from the border.

I want to start by telling all Americans, and the world, that the situation on the American/Mexican border qualifies as a low intensity conflict (a little war).  You can agree or disagree with the politics of it all but nobody can disagree on that fact.  That being said, I can't see how anybody except a someone who was an outright communist of the Stalinist brand or someone in the employ of the drug cartels would be for keeping the border the way it is.  Well, I've seen it all for myself and now I'm here to share a few pictures with you. 

 This first set of pictures are of a shack we located right before we caught up with 3 narcos.  No shots fired on this occassion.  We checked it again a night later.

Classy.

And thats the guy who wrote Cruel New World.  I guess I'm a particular kind of author who doesn't live in a fantasy world.  What I experience in the field goes straight into my books. 








 This guy below was near death when we rescused him.  He had been with another two whom we'd rescued earlier.  All of them were out of water but this guy was in the worst shape.  He would have been just another pile of drying bones if we hadn't come along.  I'm sure he'll be feeling great and back to smuggling drugs again in no time!

This cat on the left is wearing a hat depicting the saint of smugglers.  I guess his saint had the day off, huh?  These two tried to bribe us not to call BEP.  First they held a Bible out at us, then offered cash, then drugs.  BEP took them and their dope into custody.  Complete cartel scum bags. 

This is a popular perch for narco spotters. 

This is another one.

This is me right after we had our first blown tire. This added hours to an already lengthy patrol.

Here's a truck load of dope that men from my team intercepted.  Some estimates put the value at over a million bucks.  The local cops helped out with this one. 

Group shot of about half the people there.  This didn't include base camp staff. 

That's all for now!