We Remember
Better Late Than Never
Today’s lead is SGT Celestina Chavez, a 19 year old who was killed by enemy soldiers in Korea near the Choisin Reservoir. Assigned to the 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Automatic Weapons Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, the statement from the DPMAA says Chavez was wounded while defending his position in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. He […]
Valor Friday
Of the POWs held by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War, there are many recognizable names among the 591 men who survived prolonged captivity to return home. Virtually all of them returned home to promotions (sometimes multiple grades) and received medals (most of them several). Among the survivors, Jeremiah Denton and John McCain became […]
Hope some one heard
Today we are talking about Marvin “Mark” Sloan, a vet who passed on April 3 at the age of 94 in St. Peters, MO. My memory tells me St. Peters is bit west of St. Louis – I recall replacing a VW generator there by the side of the road several decades back. Sloan, […]
BG Lew Harned passes at age 101
Some of you probably passed through General Harned’s command without realizing it – or the remarkable longevity of his service. Born in 1924, he originally tried to join up in 1942, but was classified 4-F due to nearsightedness. He found another route to the war through the American Field Service, a civilian volunteer corps that […]
Over his head, thankfully not out of his depth
Ever been put in an awkward position by your boss? One of those “Why me?” “You weren’t there to defend yourself.” moments? Let’s talk about Benjamin Ferencz. Born in Transylvania in 1920, Ferencz, who was the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, emigrated with his family to the United States when he was an […]
Valor Friday
After yesterday’s noting the passing of Tommy Gwynn, one of the oldest men in Tennessee, I’ve got another legend of the Volunteer State. A good while back Poetrooper (we miss you, brother) crossed paths with a Medal of Honor recipient. Poe was a young Rakkasan in the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. He’d sent me […]
Army Ranger Tommy Gwynn dies at 106
There are some people for whom superlatives are coined. Thomas Edward “Tommy” Gwynn, known throughout his adopted hometown of Tullahoma, Tennessee, as “the greatest Ranger that ever was,” died Monday, April 6, at the Life Care Center there, according to an obituary issued by Kilgore Funeral Home. He was two months from his 107th birthday […]
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 […]
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