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Valor Friday
Some figures in military history are truly larger than life. Even when they’re in active service, their legend precedes them. They are the types that those who serve with or under them, wear that closeness as a badge of honor for the rest of their lives. Men such as George Patton, Chesty Puller, Chester Nimitz, […]
Valor Friday
While driving around I like to look at the memorial highway designations. Many of them in my state, I’m aware of who they are. The stretch of I-35 through Lino Lakes, MN is dedicated to Officer Shawn Silvera. He was a police officer who died in the line of duty trying to stop a fleeing […]
Goodbye Sara… we all loved you so.
My favorite quote from Sara: “I remember when men were men and women were glad of it.” I can not begin to express our sense of loss. Our very own Ex-Ph2 has passed away. Sara was a very private person and never wanted to become a burden upon anyone. She died exactly in that manner, […]
Valor Friday
While having been a military veteran is not a requirement to become President of the United States, military service is a trait very commonly found in Presidents. It was more common in the earlier days of the republic. From George Washington to Theodore Roosevelt (whose presidency ended in 1909) we had only five of the […]
Valor Friday
Two films just came out, both telling the story of former Royal Navy Lieutenant Bernard “Bernie” Jordan. Jordan famously “escaped” from his nursing home in 2014, at the age of 89, to make a pilgrimage to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of D-Day, in which he participated. Somehow it looks like we missed discussing this […]
Astronaut RADM Ken Mattingly, USN passes away
Astronaut and retired two-star admiral Ken Mattingly passed away on Halloween at the age of 87. NASA announced his death on 2 November. For those who came of age during and after the space race, the men of the early American space program will always be heroes and inspirations. Mattingly earned his naval aviator wings […]
Valor Friday
A recent question was posed to me. Have there been any people awarded medals by the enemy? I’ve talked before about some adjacent situations. Both Lieutenant Friedrich Lengfeld and Private Karl-Heinz Rosch have been honored by their enemy (Americans and Belgians respectively) for their heroics, but neither received a medal from the enemy government. I’ve […]
Valor Friday
Sometimes my research brings me to non-military men and women of exceptional bravery. Harold Thompson was one such man. Born in 1922 in Hobart, Indiana, Thompson was at the prime age to see military service in World War II. As with most men of his generation, he was called to federal service during the war. […]
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