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WASHINGTON (Courtesy of the Army News Service, June 1, 2011) - An Army Ranger who lost his right hand and suffered shrapnel wounds after throwing an armed grenade away from his fellow Soldiers will be the second living Medal of Honor Recipient from the...
I received word today (January 9th, 2011), that Major Richard “Dick” Winters passed away quietly on January 2, 2011. Although I never did get to meet him, I feel honored to have exchanged emails with him. For those of you who don’t know...
We learn in school that World War I ended on June 19, 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles; however, fighting actually ended seven months earlier, at the passing of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, what...
For those of you who have served, for those of you who haven’t. If you look up the word HERO in the dictionary, this is the face you will see staring back at you. Tango Mike Mike - Roy P. Benavidez
By Jeffry Scott The Atlanta Journal-Constitution He was a kid who didn’t want to be a soldier. There was a war in Vietnam and a peace movement in America. But then he got the government's letter. So he quit his job at a furniture store, quit...
I was unfortunately very busy yesterday with Memorial Day events, and although I was honored to be at these events, I neglected to post something for Memorial Day on my blog. Below is a poem that I received from a colleague of mine. I hope you enjoy...
John “Jack” Agnew, a member of the Demolitions Platoon Regimental HQ 506 PIR died on April 8, 2010. Jack was a member of the group referred to as the “Filthy 13”, the group that inspired the movie “The Dirty Dozen”. Jack, died in suburban...
RELEASE NUMBER: 100322-01 DATE POSTED: MARCH 22, 2010 PRESS RELEASE: Army Ranger died from wounds received in combat U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, March 22, 2010) — An Army Ranger...
George Washington was born in Virginia's Westmoreland County on this day in 1732. When his father died in 1743, George moved to Mount Vernon to live with his half brother, later inheriting that estate. He learned surveying, worked in the frontier...
Alexander Haig died yesterday morning at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Raised at Philadelphia, he spent two years at Notre Dame before transferring to West Point(1947). He served on Douglas MacArthur's staff in Korea, participated in and was...
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