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World War II veteran reunites with 1st love in France 75 years after meeting: ‘You never got out of my heart’ 

| March 30, 2023 | 13 Comments
World War II veteran reunites with 1st love in France 75 years after meeting: ‘You never got out of my heart’ 

I’ll just leave this here, its a few years old now but still a great story:   K.T. Robbins, 97, of Mississippi, was visiting Normandy for the 75th anniversary celebrations for D-Day, and he had one wish — to reunite with the girl he’d left in France, but never forgotten. In 1944, Robbins met Jeannine Ganaye in […]

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Valor Friday

| December 23, 2022 | 16 Comments
Valor Friday

Sometimes while writing one of my articles, someone in the comments surprises the heck out of me and mentions a personal connection to a subject. In the case of Larry Thorne/Lauri Allen Torni, we have a longtime member whose father was his commanding officer and friend for a while. For last week’s article, another longtime […]

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Patton death anniversary

| December 21, 2022 | 36 Comments
Patton death anniversary

    Today, beside being the Winter Solstice and the traditional shortest day of the year, marks the anniversary of the death of one of our greats, George S. Patton, Jr. in 1945. Arguably the greatest armor commander in any army, he was 60. Patton was paralyzed in an auto accident on Dec. 9. “Old […]

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Military Times Foundation’s Soldier of the Year is a Stud

| July 14, 2022 | 9 Comments
Military Times Foundation’s Soldier of the Year is a Stud

Maj. Nicholas Dockery is one of only two U.S. officers to receive two Silver Star’s post in the  9/11 era (the other is  SEAL CDR Stone, since deceased). His resume is equally as distinguishe: two Purple Hearts, two other awards with ‘C’ devices indicating they were received for combat action, he’s led an Operational Detachment […]

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D-Day 77 years ago

| June 6, 2022 | 40 Comments
D-Day 77 years ago

Seventy-seven years ago was 6 June, 1944. It’s a good day to re-read some of our old articles on the topic of Operation Overlord which commenced that day, better known as D-Day. Overlord was the Allied invasion of Fortress Europe on the coast of Normandy. It would be a marked success and the largest amphibious […]

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Valor Friday

| May 27, 2022 | 7 Comments
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 […]

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Merrill Marauder receives Congressional Gold Medal, dies that night

| May 22, 2022 | 17 Comments
Merrill Marauder receives Congressional Gold Medal, dies that night

Poetrooper sends in the sad, but heartwarming story of Raleigh Nayes. He received the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of his old unit, the WWII Merrill’s Marauders. He was only one of three of the roughly 3,000 men that served in the unit that were still alive. The Marauders were a special operations force in […]

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Army officer receives promotion to BG 100 years after his death

| May 1, 2022 | 12 Comments
Army officer receives promotion to BG 100 years after his death

Here’s an interesting one. Charles Young is an inspiring historical figure. Born to enslaved parents in 1864 Kentucky he would become one of the first black men to attend West Point (scoring second-highest on the entrance exam). His father had escaped slavery in 1865 and served with the 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment […]

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