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Valor Friday
Most of us can remember what it was like to be a young adult and in service to our country. For Jeff Brereton, he served in the RAF during WWII. As an aircraft mechanic, he worked on Hawker Hurricanes. One of the aircraft he worked on during the Blitz was a Mk I Hurricane. On […]
Another of the last Pearl Harbor survivors passes
Richard C. “Dick” Higgins, one of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died, a family member said Wednesday. Mr. Higgins passed Tuesday, March 19th in Bend,Oregon at the age of 102. Higgins was a radioman assigned to a patrol squadron of seaplanes based at the Hawaii naval base […]
Valor Friday
Once more my house is a mess of sick people. I spent most of Wednesday evening throwing up, not even a full two weeks after the last go round of food poisoning. I tell ya, having little kids seems to be a recipe for just constant illness. With that in mind, you’ll have to forgive […]
Milley, McKenzie Testify on A-Stan Debacle
Biden Foreign Policy These military leaders advised Biden against withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan. What are they saying now? Story by Payton Davis Military leaders who advised President Joe Biden against the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan testified about it before Congress on Tuesday for the first time since their retirements. Former Joint Chiefs of Staff […]
Astronaut Lt Gen Thomas Stafford dies, age 93
For those who grew up idolizing the trailblazers of the space race, the name Thomas Stafford will be familiar. He was part of NASA Astronaut Group 2. Also in Group 2 were several other well known astronauts of the Gemini and Apollo Era (and beyond). Along with Stafford, Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, Pete Conrad, Jim […]
Valor Friday
Last week I briefly mentioned Ruben Rivers. Let’s dive deeper into the amazing legacy of the man. Rivers was born in rural central Oklahoma in 1918 as one of eleven children. Half-black and half-Cherokee, Rivers and his siblings grew up working the family farm. He worked for the railroad before enlisting with two of his […]
Valor Friday
Army Times is reporting on one of the latest uses of new media for the Army. A comic book is being made by the service that highlights the unimaginable bravery of Staff Sergeant Ruben Rivers. I’ll be taking a deep dive into Sergeant Rivers for a proper Valor Friday piece next week. Here’s a bit […]
Valor Friday
Having been to the USS Midway Museum, I’ve seen the Cessna O-1 Bird Dog landed on her deck by South Vietnamese Air Force Major Buang-Ly. Major Buang stole the plane, loaded his wife and five children into the nominally 4-seat observation airplane, and flew out to sea. He did so because it was April 1975 […]
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