Reunions
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 […]
Marine Barracks Bombing in Beirut – 36 Years Ago
Today marks 36 years since the US Marine Barracks headquarters building was bombed in Beirut Lebanon. At 0622 on October 23, 1983 a suicide truck loaded with equivalent of 12,000 pounds of explosives destroyed headquarters building of BLT 1/8 at Beirut International Airport. Almost simultaneous suicide attack destroyed building occupied by French paratroopers. U.S. casualties: […]
Five charities were honored for their work to help veterans
A new charity that pays for and helps organize reunions for combat veterans has received a $50,000 grant, the highest honor in this year’s Newman’s Own Awards competition. “The prevailing narrative about my veteran generation is wrong. We are not broken, we don’t need to be fixed, we don’t need over-engineered solutions. We just need each other,” […]
Field Reunion at JBLM
Glenn Palmer, invited to tour his former unit that he served with during the Korean War. Mr Palmer and family were transported to a field training exercise being conducted by the 47th Combat Support Hospital. The 47th Combat Support Hospital was known as the 47th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. Mr Glenn […]
Simply an amazing day
Before I begin I want to thank Jonn Lilyea, for allowing me to write here. It was this access that allowed all of the things below to happen. Yesterday was simply an amazing day. I do not think that one could have planned it any better from start to finish. It started at the 12th […]
A Reunion and an Air Show
Earlier this month I was was contacted by Mr. Jerry Swartz, the son of the late retired COL Swartz. The pilot who my Great Uncle Tommy saved in February 1952. Since my last entry I made on October 2nd, there has been massive email traffic between Mr. Swartz and my family. The outcome of those […]
Daughter Reunited with Father’s Purple Heart Follow-Up
In a follow-up to Jonn’s post on September 19th, Daughter to be united with father’s Purple Heart and his only words to her, yesterday the Patriot Guard Riders and Donna Gregory made good on the delivery. Via the AP/Yahoo News; A World War II soldier’s heartfelt letter to his daughter has finally reached her, seven […]
StrikeFO Goes To Washington (MilBlogCon From Another Angle)
So apparently everyone on here likes to introduce themselves. My name is Paul, I’m a Marine infantry vet, and I DO have a DD-214. My call sign is StrikeFO. Instead of blathering on about where I’ve been and what I’ve done, I figured I’d write a story about the conference. This one is going to […]
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