War Stories
Captain Royce Williams recounts his heroics over Korea
You might recall the tale of Royce Williams. I spoke about his incredible one-man fight to the death against a bunch of Soviet MiGs during the Korean War in a recent Valor Friday piece. Fox News has the man himself discussing the incident with the Soviet MiGs. It was so highly classified at the top […]
Raquel Welch, passes at 82. Thanks for the memories and so much more.
How does one even begin to pay tribute so someone like her? “Lost for words” is the best I can come up with. Her passing at 82 seems much to early. Probably her most iconic photo of all, the woman was simply breathtaking. When other, lesser women, were planning trips to support and comfort our […]
Oldest destroyer sunk by enemy fire found
The wreck of the USS Jacob Jones, the first destroyer ever sunk by enemy fire, has been located about 20 miles from Start, England in 400 foot deep waters in the English Channel. She was sunk by torpedoes from U53 and went down with 2 officers and 62 enlisted still on board. We are thrilled […]
Medal of Honor awardee Simanek passes on. Only 2 from Korea remain
Robert E. Simanek, 92, passed August 4 in West Bloomfield, MI. He was awarded the Medal of Honor after jumping on a Chinese hand grenade (after kicking away a second grenade thrown at the same time.) The Chinese attacked. During the ensuing firefight, two grenades landed in the shallow trench where Simanek and other Marines […]
Valor Friday
Continuing my series of people have fought for more than one army in modern times, this one is a doozy. Buckle up for the tale of Ivor Thord-Gray. Born Thord Ivar Hallström in 1878 in Stockholm, Sweden, he would later change his name to Gray in 1899 and to Ivor Thord-Gray in 1917. In 1893 […]
Ukraine war update
I troll Twitter so you don’t have to. Doesn’t look like things are going well for the Russians. Good! Here’s some highlights. The moment a Ukrainian farmers stole an armored vehicle from the Russians with his tractor…#Ukraine #UkraineInvasion #UkraineWillResist #Russia #Russian #UkraineWar pic.twitter.com/4QY7vpfNYD — TGK (@Ghost_of_Kiev) February 27, 2022 A Ukrainian soldier fires a missile […]
Christmas in Bastogne
Poetrooper, being a veteran of the 101st Airborne Division, wanted to remind us of the Christmas in Belgium, 1944, where they earned the nickname “The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.” This was the Battle of the Bulge, Germany’s last ground offensive of WWII, and caught the 101st Airborne behind enemy lines and cut off for days, […]
December 7, 1941 – 80 Years Ago Today
Usually, the USS Arizona gets the most recall of events, but lest we forget, all the ships docked in Battleship Row were under attack. This is a review of the attack on USS Oklahoma, related to us by some survivors of that event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdcchyDNHhk
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