War Stories
Faith of Our Fathers to be released July 1st
The folks at Lovell/Fairchild send us the news that Faith of Our Fathers, a movie about sons of Vietnam Veterans will be released July 1st; FAITH OF OUR FATHERS—a moving story of faith and friendship in time of war, and for generations—premieres nationwide July 1 as the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam […]
Best war movie ever?
Stars & Stripes took a poll of their readership for the best war movie ever. I guess “Saving Private Ryan” won their poll, and even though I liked the movie, I think it wasn’t the best. Their list was pretty incomplete; I don’t see my favorites, The Lost Battalion, Battleground (1949), Band of Brothers, and […]
Army buddies discovered each other in their neighborhood
USAToday tells the story of Dave Brown and Roger Watson who served together during Vietnam, lost touch, and then found each other; The two men — who came from the same northwest Detroit neighborhood, were drafted on the same day in 1966, trained together at Ft. Hood in Texas, served in the 9th Infantry and […]
Yer Friday Funny: Bombing the Crap Out of the Enemy
We hear that phrase from time to time. But it’s rarely done in practice. However, check out this little gem from Vietnam: Yes, that is EXACTLY what you think it is slung under the wing of that aircraft (an A-1H belonging to the US Navy’s VA-25). For the details, check out this story about VA-25 in […]
A Sea Story…Kinda
From time to time I go back and read things I have written. Most of what I write, including the things you guys never see is based in truth. I shoved a mean ass cat in a mailbox when I was about 8 years old. The mailman opened the mailbox and the cat launched […]
Why I Love Their Job – Forward Observer
On the fourth anniversary of a close friends death. SSG Ian Deutch was killed on duty, as a Nye County Sheriff–27 days after returning home from Afghanistan. SSG Deutch was a skilled forward observer, whom I had the privilege to serve alongside while in Afghanistan. Forward observers are the link between the units on ground […]
Remembering the Past:
More specifically family history. In this case this is about my relatives, who I know as Uncle Tommy. At the time he was Lieutenant Thomas H. Temple. With family items you heard bits and fragments of stories so you never get the whole image. Well here I was able to find out more due to […]
Paratroopers and Beer
This is the story of Vince Speranza, a new private at the Battle of the Bulge in Hotel Company of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division. It’s better that you hear the story in his words; The Stars & Stripes reports that Vince got to visit his old regiment which is […]
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