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Valor Friday
Military.com this week will be doing most of the heavy lifting for Valor Friday. They did a write up on Edwin Ramsey and his platoon of cav troopers from the 26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts). On 16 January 1942, after more than a month of fighting against a relentless force of Imperial Japanese, then Lieutenant […]
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 […]
Valor Friday
When it comes to those fighting in the skies, no warriors are more celebrated than the ace. An ace is a fighter pilot who shoots down five enemy aircraft. Each plane shot down is counted as a “kill”, though actually killing your foe isn’t a requirement. Crossing the line to become an ace makes one […]
Valor Friday
One of the first things I do when looking at an American military award recipient as I consider whether to write about them is to read the actual award citation. Sometimes this is easy to find, and other times it can be a bit tricky. It’s generally easier with the higher awards. For example, all […]
Valor Friday
For fighter pilots, downing five enemy aircraft makes one an “Ace.” During World War II, the tank became a major fixture of land warfare. Though introduced in World War I to power over trenches and through the obstructions erected in No Man’s Land, the tank faced significant growing pains. By the time of the Second […]
Valor Friday
I talked a while back about one of Norway’s greatest heroes, Captain Gunnar Sønsteby. During World War II, as a member of the Norwegian Resistance, he thrice earned that nation’s highest honor of the War Cross with Swords, among many other awards. The War Cross with Swords is analogous to an American Medal of Honor […]
Valor Friday
With the recent passing of the 81st anniversary of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, word came out about an award upgrade for one of the valiant men who dropped behind enemy lines on that fateful morning. William D Owens, who left the service as a staff sergeant, is seeing a Bronze Star Medal be upgraded […]
Valor Friday
Castle Itter in Austria was the site of what’s been described as the strangest battle in all of World War II. The setting for today’s story is a small castle in Tyrol, Austria. The site dates back to the 13th Century as a fortress of some sort. As castles were, it was the administrative center […]
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