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Valor Friday
Ronald Rosser was born in 1929, the eldest of 17 children, in Columbus, Ohio. From 1929, Rosser’s parents had one kid just about every year for 18 years. Coming of age during World War II, Ronald was too young to see active service in that conflict, but he did enlist at the age of 17 […]
Valor Friday
I briefly mentioned today’s subject when I was talking in detail about another man. Staff Sergeant Rodney Yano earned the Medal of Honor (posthumously) for valor in action while a helicopter crewman over Vietnam. The pilot of the chopper that day was John Bahnsen. Bahnsen was suggested as a Valor Friday candidate in his own […]
Last Korean War MoH recipient dies
We really don’t want this blog to be an obituary page, but we can’t let the passing of a legend like Colonel Puckett go unmentioned. You’ll recall that Puckett received the Medal of Honor in 2021 for actions during the Korean War. After the 2022 passing of Staff Sergeant Hiroshi Miyamura, Puckett was the last […]
Last USS Arizona survivor dies at age 102
Another of the Greatest Generation has passed, this one the last of the men that survived the bombing of USS Arizona on 7 Dec 1941. Lou Conter was just 20, and had come on duty only minutes before the first wave hit, on that day. He survived, stayed in the Navy, became an aviator flying […]
Valor Friday
Most of us can remember what it was like to be a young adult and in service to our country. For Jeff Brereton, he served in the RAF during WWII. As an aircraft mechanic, he worked on Hawker Hurricanes. One of the aircraft he worked on during the Blitz was a Mk I Hurricane. On […]
WWII Brit collaborators
Interesting article in the Telegraph about British collaborators who, once captured, decided to work for the Nazis. We all know the story of the escape attempt from Stalag Luft III (Air prison 3) near Sagan, immortalized as “The Great Escape”. Recently, it has come to light that one of the escape participants, Desmond Plunkett, maintained […]
Valor Friday
Once more my house is a mess of sick people. I spent most of Wednesday evening throwing up, not even a full two weeks after the last go round of food poisoning. I tell ya, having little kids seems to be a recipe for just constant illness. With that in mind, you’ll have to forgive […]
Valor Friday
Last week I briefly mentioned Ruben Rivers. Let’s dive deeper into the amazing legacy of the man. Rivers was born in rural central Oklahoma in 1918 as one of eleven children. Half-black and half-Cherokee, Rivers and his siblings grew up working the family farm. He worked for the railroad before enlisting with two of his […]
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