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B-24 Liberator Divers’ discovery of World War II plane crash leads to ID of US soldier, officials say By Kate Linderman A 22-year-old soldier was one of eight American airmen who vanished during a 1944 crash when their plane went “spinning down into the sea” during World War II, federal officials said. His remains were […]
Valor Friday
Today I present something a bit different. If you haven’t discovered the YouTube Yarnhub channel, you’re missing out. They do 3D animated military history videos that are overall very good. A recent video highlighted the actions of Andrew Mynarski. He was a Royal Canadian Air Force airman who was mortally wounded when his Lancaster bomber […]
Valor Friday
David (not Hardin) sent me the story of Sergeant William Shemin, whose valor wasn’t properly recognized for nearly a century. While he was recommended for the Medal of Honor at the time, he got the DSC instead. When asked about the downgrade, Shemin said, “War is not about medals. I love my country. I love […]
Vaughn Drake Jr. died, age 106
Probably asking yourself “Who is Vaughn Drake”? I was…and then found he was believed to be the oldest Pearl Harbor survivor extant. Not a huge surprise at 106; that age stands out in almost any crowd. Vaughn Drake Jr., an esteemed Central Kentuckian believed to be the oldest survivor of the 1941 attack on Pearl […]
Valor Friday
I spent all day yesterday doing various doctor appointments for myself and kids, so I didn’t get to sit down and write like I usually like to do. Therefore, this week’s VF will be copied cribbed benchmarked from the US Army itself. If we talked about Command Sergeant Major Matthew Williams when he got the […]
DPAA, Arlington
We’ve often referred to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and the tremendous work they do identifying the remains of our fallen. Last Friday, April 4th, a C-20G jet landed at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, carrying the remains of 80 Marines killed in the battle for Guadalcanal. The plane was greeted by […]
Another bomber found
The wreck of an Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Martin 187 “Baltimore” bomber lost in WWII has been found in the Aegean in 61 meter-deep water after 82 years. They were returning from a photo-reconnaissance mission December 3, 1943, when they were attacked by two Messerschmidt Bf-109 fighters and shot down. Three of the multinational […]
Navy vet passes on
Saw the obits for this man, and I have to admit I was bound by childhood prejudices – just did not think of him as someone who put in his time and did his bit. I was reading through comments on his passing, and someone mentioned “when I lived in San Diego in 1975, some […]
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