Real Soldiers
Quotations From Some Old Pieces of Paper
The papers in question concern events during a 3-day period in July, 1943. What follows is an series of quotations from those pieces of paper. They’re a few of of literally hundreds of such pieces of paper from that era. What follows may not be comprehensive; I don’t have a copy, so I can’t say […]
Guest Post: Captain Walter Sidlowski
Written by MCPO USN NYC (ret) Many neighborhoods, villages, towns and cities has at least one … a man who was there, a man who speaks little of the horror of war, yet carries it with him in a manner that inspires others. Walter Sidlowski was such man. I met him years ago at our […]
Airmen saving the world
Near Las Vegas, a flash flood trapped an 80-year-old woman in her car and swept her away. Luckily for her, three airmen were nearby to rescue her; FOX5 Vegas – KVVU “It started out really slowly and then it was right on top of you.” The raging river came so fast, the airmen said they […]
Marine Staff Sergeant David Lyon, EOD tech, passes
Lee asked us to report on the passing of Marine Staff Sergeant David Lyon, who was an Explosive Ordinance Disposal technician who lost his legs in a blast four years ago. According to KSL.com, he had adapted well and was living his life in an exemplary manner; His parents said he battled his way back […]
Sergeant Major Jon Robert Cavaiani passes
The sad news comes from many quarters that Sergeant Major Jon Robert Cavaiani, who earned the Medal of Honor in June 1971, has passed. According to Wiki; Born in England, Cavaiani emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1947 at age four. Though initially classified 4F, due in part to a severe allergy […]
Rodolfo “Rudy” Hernandez to be featured on a stamp
Most of you probably know the story of Rodolfo “Rudy” Hernandez, in fact we wrote about him a month or so ago when the Airborne & Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, NC unveiled a diorama of his Medal of Honor moment when he killed 6 of the enemy eye-to-eye in Korea in May 1951. Well […]
Rob Jackson to get Silver Star
When Private Rob Jackson was first offered a Silver Star Medal, he refused it because he thought that he was just doing his job when he rushed unarmed into a firefight to treat his fallen brothers, but he’s changed his mind about the action on October 15, 1970. Now he’ll get his medal. From Portland […]
Where do we get such men?
I spoke with Soldier who not long ago completed his second tour in Afghanistan. I knew him as a teenager who was unsure what direction to take his life. I know him as a man for whom I have the greatest respect and admiration. I have seen first hand the growth and the pain […]
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