The Warrior Code
NCIS witnesses refuse to take the stand in SEAL war crimes case
Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher in Iraq in 2017. (courtesy photo) By: Julie Watson and Brian Melley Prosecutors tracking SOC Gallagher’s defense attorney’s emails, raising questions of violation of attorney-client privilege, was not sufficient to halt the Court Marshal. NCIS Lt. Scott McDonald said the effort only gathered data, such as internet protocol […]
Last surviving Mohawk code talker from WWII, Louis Levi Oakes, dies at 94
Louis Levi Oakes was one of just 17 Akwesasne Mohawks recognized by the U.S. Congress as code talkers during the Second World War.Blair Crawford/Postmedia/File Born in the Quebec part of the Akwesasne Mohawk reserve, Oakes registered in the U.S. army at age 18, and served in New Guinea and the Philippines One of our ninjas […]
Valor Friday
Here’s Mason, and another of his articles of heroism in our armed forces. This one takes us back to World War II in the Pacific, and how the Coast Guard’s own saved the lives of Marines early in the war, at a place called Guadalcanal. Mason In the history of the Medal of Honor there […]
William L. Dawson, Class #001 NCDU* Frogmen, Passes at 94 Added: Video Interview
*Naval Combat Demolition Unit William L. Dawson William L. Dawson, U.S. Navy veteran WWII and retired Firefighter of Washington D.C. Fire Department passed away peacefully at his home in Waldorf, Maryland on May 13, 2019. He was 94 years old. William L. Dawson was born April 18, 1925 in Washington, D.C. Bill attended Chamberlin H.S. […]
Soldier seen placing flag at Tomb of Unknown Soldier during torrential rain
A severe thunderstorm Thursday failed to stop a sentinel from placing a flag at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. (3d U.S. Infantry Regiment) By Robert Gearty | Fox News An “Old Guard” soldier who was photographed placing a small American flag at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a severe thunderstorm is drawing […]
Valor Friday
Distinguished Service Cross Mason’s back, and he offered two candidates for Valor Friday. Both are more than deserving of the post, and I had to sleep on it to make the call. So today’s Valor Friday honors Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Myers, USA, and his actions in Afghanistan meriting not one, but two Distinguished […]
Nation’s oldest Medal of Honor recipient dies at 98
Robert Maxwell 11B-Mailclerk brings us the sad news that Robert Maxwell, a WWII veteran, has died. Maxwell, at the time a 24-year-old communication platoon lineman, dove on a German grenade, saving the lives of a battalion commander and several other soldiers. “He was a very humble, quiet person,” close friend Dick Tobiason told the Bend […]
Valor Friday
Victoria Cross Mason brings us today’s Valor Friday, which honors Warrent Officer Norman Cyril Jackson, RAF. His amazing tale of bravery and self-sacrifice in an in extremis situation with his burning Avro Lancaster heavy bomber, is the stuff of legends. He was 20,000 feet above German territory his crew had just bombed, and I’ll cede […]
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