Real Soldiers
Valor Friday
With Valor Friday falling on Christmas Eve this year, I thought it might be interesting to explore American valor during that time of the year. Specifically those who have earned the Medal of Honor on Christmas Eve or Day. Hang in there, this one is much longer than my usual. Most interesting to me was […]
Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe, Medal of Honor recipient
One of this site’s favorite heroes, US Army Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe, will be receiving his posthumous Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony tomorrow. This concludes a 16 year fight to get him the recognition he so well deserves. I wrote about Cashe for a Valor Friday piece a while back, which […]
Last “Easy” Company (Band of Brothers) officer passes away
KoB sends in the sad word that the last officer of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division, World War II has passed away at age 99. Shames was portrayed by actor Joseph May in the Band of Brothers mini-series in 2001. He appeared in the seventh episode “The Breaking Point”. That episode dealt with the 101st’s […]
Army and FAA investigating epic flyover at Tennessee Titans game last month
As part of the NFL’s “Salute to Service” events planned for the weekend after Veteran’s Day (game day in this case being 14 November 2021), the 101st Airborne Division had some helicopters fly from their home base Fort Campbell over Nissan Stadium in nearby Nashville. The flyover was a smash hit, as the talented aviators […]
Valor Friday
To the British Army, there is one group of legendary fighters that will never be equaled. This elite formation is made up entirely of volunteers from a small landlocked country in south-central Asia. With a history of service to the British Empire dating more than 200 years, they have earned their reputation time and again. […]
Valor Friday
The American Civil War saw unprecedented levels of American military service. During the war 3.3 million men entered the military services of their respective countries (2.2 million Union and 1.1 million Confederate). That’s nearly 10% of the US population at the time (from the 1860 census). This hadn’t been seen since the Revolutionary War (in […]
CWO4 Mike Durant jumps into Ala. senate race
Mike Durant, one of the pilots of the downed Black Hawks from the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, has entered the race for the Republican nomination for US Senate in next year’s mid-term. Durant, who has never held political office, is joining a crowded field currently led by Rep Mo Brooks (R-AL). Durant’s Army career […]
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 […]
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