The Warrior Code
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 […]
Valor Friday
USS West Virginia USS West Virginia, 7 December 1941 Mason comes through again, despite the, ahh, off nominal week here at TAH. Today Valor Friday honors two men who, while serving on board the same vessel could hardly have been further apart in background, education, socially, and in rank. But on that date that will […]
An Army ROTC cadet sacrificed his life to save his fellow classmates during the UNC Charlotte shooting
Riley Howell UNCC shooting victim to be buried with full military honors Jared Keller When a mass shooting erupted on the campus of University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday, Army ROTC cadet Riley Howell sprang into action. Finding himself face to face with the armed gunman in his classroom, the 21-year-old Howell tackled […]
Friday Valor
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kettles Todays Valor Friday honors Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kettles for his actions in Viet Nam as flight commander of the 176th Assault Helicopter Company, 14th Combat Aviation Battalion. They deployed to Vietnam in February, 1967. Mason has performed his usual outstanding research and write up for us; read on: UH-1D Mason Lieutenant […]
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