Korea
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Missiles everywhere
Believe it was Dr. Gonzo himself, Hunter S. Thompson, who slightly altered the classic phrase into “When the going gets weird, the weird get weirder.” Trust me on this one, this was a man who knew weird – take his word for it. Today, is missile level weird. Starting off, our old acquaintances in Iran […]
Valor Friday
Jeff LPH sent an article to me about Lloyd Burke. I’ll post that below, but I did very briefly talk about Colonel Burke before. During my series on the “Most Decorated” men for the various wars and branches, he came up by my count as the most decorated Army officer of the Korean War. Starting […]
Royce Williams may get MoH
This coming year’s National Defense Authorization Act has an authorization within it to upgrade Royce Williams’ Navy Cross to the MoH for his one-man battle with several Soviet MiGs during the Korean War. I wrote about him, back here. Since that original article, his Silver Star has been upgraded to a Navy Cross. Were Captain […]
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