War Stories
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
Georgia WWII veteran given French Legion of Honor for his role in liberating France
98-year-old Master Sergeant Louis Graziano received France’s highest honor, the Legion of Honor for his service during the Second World War. A young draftee, Graziano drove a fuel truck onto Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944 as part of the third wave. He would go on to serve in the Battle of the Bulge and […]
The SR-71 crew that gave the finger to the French Air Force
The SR-71 Blackbird has always been one of my favorite American aircraft. They are just amazing pieces of post-war engineering. Still the fastest air-breathing aircraft ever made, the stories that come from the crews of these magnificent birds always entertains. It’s rare that a new story comes out, but I saw this and hadn’t heard […]
Another echo of Saigon seen in Kabul
This photo shows the interior of a US Air Force C-17 (possibly the one that I posted video of taxiing through a crowd with men clinging to the side as it took off, falling to their deaths). The aircraft is nominally designed to hold 150 souls at max, but they shoehorned 640 inside. This is […]
An inspiring tale of 5 ANZAC soldiers who escaped the Nazis
The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) was a World War I formation that fought with distinction, most famously during the ill-fated Gallipoli Campaign. To Australians and Kiwis, ANZAC Day, which commemorates Gallipoli is a major national holiday. Soldiers of both countries still greatly identify with the spirit of the ANZAC troops. I came […]
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