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Congress authorizes upgrade of awards, five MoHs and four DSCs possible
Both Jeff LPH 3 and Poetrooper send in word that the annual defense spending bill which Biden just signed includes Congressional approval for the upgrade of some awards. Five soldiers (three from Korea and two from Vietnam) could see their awards upgraded to the Medal of Honor. Meanwhile, four men who were involved in the […]
North Korea launches missiles at Japan
Perhaps sensing that we have a group of foreign policy cucks in charge here, North Korea yesterday launched two missiles at Japan. Both landed within the Japanese exclusive economic zone. Needless to say the Japanese are pissed. Breitbart reports; North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, violating U.N. Security Council resolutions and drawing […]
Valor Friday
Hiroshi Myamura was born in Gallup, New Mexico in 1925 to Japanese immigrant parents. This made him a “Nisei” or second-generation American of Japanese descent. The fourth of nine children, his parents owned and operated a 24-hour diner in the city. Gallup then as now was a largely Native American city. Known as “The Heart […]
Valor Friday
When I start researching a topic often the first place you’ll find me is on Wikipedia. Many of our country’s heroes have lengthy articles that go into great detail. Some not so much. Today’s is a case of the latter. There are a total of three sentences in Tony Burris’ Wikipedia article. This includes a […]
Valor Friday
In the history of the Medal of Honor there have been only two instances in which the action for which the medal was earned were caught on camera. Colonel Joe Jackson (USAF), who we’ve talked about before, had earned his MoH in Vietnam (after serving in both WWII and Korea) for bringing his C-123 Provider […]
We’ve Been Warned
North Korea’s sister-brother is warning us before the US and South Korea have their planned meeting, while current military drills are ongoing. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/03/16/north-criticizes-us-south-korean-military-drills-issues-warning-before-allies-meet/ From the article: SEOUL, South Korea — In North Korea’s first comments directed at the Biden administration, Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister on Tuesday warned the United States to “refrain from causing […]
Incredible story of valor and brotherhood from the Korean War coming to the big screen
The story of best friends and wingmen Ensign Jesse Brown, the first black naval aviator and the first black naval officer to die in the Korean War and then-Lieutenant (j.g.) Thomas Hudner. Flying F4U Corsairs over the Chosin Reservoir, Brown would be shot down. Hudner saw his comrade had crashed, wheels up, and was moving […]
Happy New Year! Bring Out Yer Guns!
Task and Purpose has given us a bit of news about the Norks and how we respond to their missile program, with the accompaniment of the South Korean military and Japan. The article by Task & Purpose gives us a nice report on our response, which included a couple of B-1Bs, among other machinery. […]
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