“Reflections on Pearl Harbor” by Admiral Chester Nimitz. Sunday, December 7th, 1941–Admiral Chester Nimitz was attending a concert in Washington D.C. He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. When he answered the phone, it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the phone. He told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) would… Continue reading December 7th, 1941
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US Army 238 Years Old Today
In honor of that day, June 14th, 1775 the founding of the Continental Army and the service of so many of my family members I thought I would do a visual salute to the United States Army. So in honor of my Dad who was in on the front lines facing the Russians in Germany… Continue reading US Army 238 Years Old Today
June 6th, 1944 We Remember
. First Wave at Omaha Beach WHEN HE WAS PROMOTED TO OFFICER RANK AT EIGHTEEN, S. L. A. MARSHALL WAS THE YOUNGEST SHAVETAIL IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR I. HE REJOINED THE ARMY IN 1942, BECAME A COMBAT HISTORIAN WITH THE RANK OF COLONEL; AND THE NOTES HE MADE AT THE TIME… Continue reading June 6th, 1944 We Remember
June 6th, 1944
The story Okay I pulled this account from Blonde Housewife, who pulled it from BlackFive(dot)net I’d been looking for something to post about today and this seems the most appropiate. On a day when so many gave the last full measure for the United States of America. I pulled this from the D-Day website, some startling… Continue reading June 6th, 1944
They Ask for Nothing
The great big, wide, deep bowels of the internet are trul an amazing place. I read earlier today there are now over 50 million blogs . . . 50 million, and something like 35 million of them are in China. 50 million with a reading audience of 1.5 billion. Staggering numbers indeed. What this is… Continue reading They Ask for Nothing
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