Real Soldiers
Alexei Newell, Ranger, cancer survivor saving the world
WSPA reports that Alexei Newell was driving back to Georgia after seeing his oncologist in North Carolina when he passed a trailer truck which had crashed and pinned the driver. Newell stopped to help and ended up leading a rescue effort; “The driver side door was pinned by the trailer because of the way it […]
Emmanuel Mensah saving the world
The New York Post reports that Army private, Emmanuel Mensah, was home on leave for the first time since he enlisted a year ago, when the building that he was staying in was consumed in fire. He helped several people to safety, but then succumbed to the inferno himself; “He helped his roommate’s wife and […]
2LT Robert McCoy saving the world
Q13 Fox reports that Second Lieutenant Robert McCoy just barely avoided being struck by that train which fell off an overpass and hit some vehicles on the roadway below in DuPont, Washington yesterday; “The train is going south and I’m just kind of driving, just driving, and I hear a loud noise and I look […]
Sergeant LaDavid Johnson fought until the end
When the 12-man Special Forces team and their 30 Nigerian allies were ambushed on the Mali frontier a few months back, it was thought that Sergeant LaDavid Johnson had been captured, dragged away from the ambush site and executed, but Army investigators have concluded that initial scenario was false. According to investigators, Johnson and two […]
8th of November
We shamelessly snagged this from our partners at The Burnpit. The 8th of November is the anniversary of Operation Hump near Bien Hoa, War Zone “D” in Vietnam where on November 8, 1965, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment of the 173rd Airborne Brigade were ambushed by about 1200 Viet Cong. Many of the paratroopers were […]
Gary Rose awarded Medal of Honor
As we told you last month, Vietnam veteran, Gary Rose was awarded the Medal of Honor yesterday in the White House for his actions on September 12, 1970, according to Alabama.com; As he began his speech, Trump addressed Rose’s two grandchildren who were present for the ceremony. “We want you to know that the medal […]
“Tex” Combs passes
Chief Tango sends us the sad news that Monroe “Tex” Combs, a member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, known as the “Band of Brothers” in popular culture has passed at the tender age of 95. On the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion, Combs parachuted into combat and counted […]
Fourth US soldier killed in Africa
Stars & Stripes reports that a fourth American was killed in that ambush near the Niger/Mali frontier. The Defense Department delayed reporting the fourth casualty hoping that he would be found alive. The three initially reported killed were identified as Staff Sergeants Bryan C. Black, Jeremiah W. Johnson and Dustin M. Wright all were assigned […]
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