Real Soldiers
The Little Drummer Boy . . . General
We often say that truth is stranger than fiction. We say that because, well, it’s true. If someone told you that a lad had (1) run away from home to join the Army at age 9; (2) was a Sergeant at age 12; (3) by age 13 was a twice-wounded, exchanged POW, and had been […]
Phillis “Pippa” Doyle gets France’s highest award
93-year-old Phillis “Pippa” Doyle was awarded France’s highest honor, the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, or Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour for her heroics during the Second World War preparing the way for Allied forces to invade France. Now, a resident of New Zealand, she was presented […]
Chosin Few; 64 years later
Stars & Stripes reminds us that the battle for Chosin Reservoir began in Korea 64 years ago today with their reprinting of an article from the Daily Interlake in Montana which interviews local survivor, Capt. Richard Wayne Bolton, 82, of Happy Valley; “They waited until dark to attack,” Bolton said. “When they came, they blew […]
SFC Darrick Geathers saving the world
The Army Times reports about Army Sergeant First Class Darrick Geathers who saved an Air Force airman suffering from a severe wound of some sort outside his apartment in Osan, Korea; “It was night time and I couldn’t really see much. I thought maybe he was drunk or had gotten sick, but I called out […]
Sergeant Joseph Liefer saving the world from Marine boots
Andy sends us a link to United Press International which reports that Sergeant Joseph Liefer was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, for valor while not engaged by an armed enemy (think Soldiers Medal, Army folks) for saving the life of one the Marines on his grenade range when the boot couldn’t throw his […]
Master Sgt. Thomas Case; two Silver Star medals
Will sends us a link to the WRAL article about Fort Bragg, North Carolina’s Air Force Master Sergeant Thomas Case who earned his second Silver Star Medal which places him in a very exclusive club of three; While on a mountainous battlefield in Afghanistan, Case risked his life several times to help save his fellow […]
William Forbes “Ike” Eisenbraun; the story of a Vietnam POW
Someone sent us a link to a fairly long article in the Orange County Weekly about Captain William Forbes “Ike” Eisenbraun, a special forces officer in Vietnam before President Johnson sent combat forces to that country. Eisenbraun was captured by the North Vietnamese Army just weeks before it became an official war. He earned a […]
Justus Belfield; Last salute
Adirondack Patriot sends us a link to the story of World War II veteran Justus Belfield’s last salute; The proud 98-year-old was too weak to leave his bed at Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for the nursing home’s veterans’ parade and luncheon, but there was no doubt he was there in spirit. In honor […]
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