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Valor Friday
Guy Bordelon is a unique man. He was a naval aviator, and a fighter ace, but it took him a roundabout way to get there. Along the way he claimed more than one “only” title. Bordelon, hailing from Louisiana, first took pre-law classes at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, before attending Louisiana State College. In 1942, with […]
Brig Gen Bud Anderson, triple ace, laid to rest
It’s been almost two years since Clarence “Bud” Anderson died on 17 May 2024. We talked about it at the time. The backlog of burying heroes at Arlington National Cemetery is long, and so it wasn’t until this week that Bud was finally interred. You’ll remember Anderson as the last living triple ace (15 or […]
Valor Friday
The handsome young officer pictured here is Robert Lewis Simpson. I happened across his story this week and found it interesting. Simpson was the pilot of the first American aircraft lost to enemy action in the skies of Vietnam. It was early in American involvement, 28 August 1962. Simpson had just had his 35th birthday […]
Chips the Hero
Saw an interesting article on Chips, aka Chips the War Dog, aka WWII’s most decorated dog. On the morning of July 10, 1943, Pvt. John P. Rowell and his sentry dog, Chips, hit the beach during Operation Husky. When a hidden machine gun nest opened fire, pinning down the platoon, Chips tore free from Rowell […]
Korean War era Navy Vet James Tolkan , 94, passes
I’m told I’m a little odd – I really don’t worry too much about the stars in a show – but I like to see who the supporting actors are. The character actors, the ones who make everything go ’round so the stars can get up there and shine. RG Armstrong, Ben Johnson, Jack Elam, […]
Valor Friday
Lars sends us this really cool story about brotherhood within the notoriously bad Nazi prisoner of war camps. The conditions were spartan to say the least for the Western Allies contained within the German stalags. Despite overcrowding (especially late in the war), a lack of medical supplies, and dwindling food, Red Cross packages were still […]
Valor Friday
AW1Ed forwarded the story of a bad ass Navy diver. Back in the day when divers wore the big, heavy brass standard diving dress. The size and weight of it only matched by the enormous brass balls of the operators themselves. Crilley received both the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor for his diving […]
Korean War vet Matt Clark dead. Oh, and Paul Ehrlich.
Matt Clark was one of the more ubiquitous TV and movie character actors, and died yesterday in Austin TX at the age of 89 from complications due to a broken back. Mr. Clark is listed as an Army Korean War veteran Wiki . His length of service (two years) and date of birth in 1936 suggests […]
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