War Stories
Act of Valor; my review
So, I went to the movies today, along with the other senior citizens who go to the Saturday matinee because it’s cheaper. I never go to the movies – the last time I went was to see “Thor”, but the media has been calling me for my opinion because of the post I wrote a […]
Incident in New Baghdad
Our pal and frequent commenter Doc Bailey has been interviewed by The Washington Post. Incident in New Baghdad’: What happened in Iraq? On July 12, 2007, during a long, hot mission, American soldiers searched houses in a ruined maze of a neighborhood in east Baghdad. The largely routine effort came to a violent conclusion: An […]
NOT Just Another Day.
Commenter Doc Bailey and I have been swapping emails about this and that. I was rather surprised to learn that we have some things in common even though shifted 40 years in time. But he mentioned a coupla things I couldn’t directly relate to so I asked him to expand on them. Here is the […]
The Conscientious Objector – A Reminder
Many hear or see the words “I’m a conscientious objector.” and think of hippies and draft dodgers, and rightly so. But there have been others who could use that phrase with no small honor. I was reminded of that today when I stumbled across the name below. I remember reading about him years ago. Reckon […]
I Have a Purple Heart
I was an Army brat the first few years of my life. I have vague memories (or memories of memories?) of several Army posts; in Georgia, in Arizona, and another place or two. Then my dad was deployed to some place called Korea in 1950. Three additional memories are a bit more vivid – the […]
Welcome Home
Vietnam-Era Green Beret Finally Returns Home CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An Army soldier who ended up missing on a mission in Laos during the Vietnam War will be buried this weekend in North Carolina. The remains of Sgt. 1st Class Donald Shue, a Green Beret who had been on a secret special forces mission in Laos, […]
The healing power of cigarettes
Everyone who sent me this article in their email subject line reading “Marine takes sniper shot to the head and lights up a cigarette 15 minutes later”, so I just assume that the cigarette is the most important part of the story; Early March 4 in Helmand province, Boothroyd, attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary […]
Did Hope beat the Marines ashore at Wosan Amphib op?
The Rumor Doctor sends us a link to his latest investigation; From World War II to the first Gulf War, you could find Bob Hope wherever U.S. troops were fighting. But was the entertainer so omnipresent that Marines landing at the east coast of North Korea in 1950 waded ashore, ready for battle, only to […]
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