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11 years ago today, 8 year-old Tyler Doohan died while saving others from fire.
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The term “hero” gets thrown around a lot but this kid/man is a real life hero. Tyler sadly died in the early morning hours of Jan. 20, 2014, as fire consumed his grandfather’s single-wide trailer in a mobile home community in Penfield, NY where he had stayed the night. Tyler…
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Kiera Larsen hailed a hero after giving up her life to save two toddlers
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TRIBUTES have poured in for a 10-year-old girl who was killed after pushing two toddlers out of the way of an oncoming car. KIERA Larsen, 10, was playing with two young toddlers when a car started rolling down a hill towards them. What she did next cost Kiera her life…
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Corporal Jason Dunham Sacrificed himself to save his comrades from a grenade attack
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President’s announcement… “… Jason’s birthday is November the 10th, so you might say that he was born to be a Marine. As far back as boot camp, his superiors spotted the quality that would mark this young American as an outstanding Marine: his willingness to put the needs of others…
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Medal of Honor Recipient Travis W. Atkins:
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Staff Sergeant Atkins on 1 June 1, 2007, was serving as a Squad Leader with the 10th Mountain Division, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. While manning a static observation post in the town of Abu Samak, Iraq, Staff Sergeant Atkins was notified that four suspicious individuals, walking in two…
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Lest We Forget..US Army Private First Class William Noel Cole Killed In Action June 17, 1967 during the Battle of Xom Bo II – Vietnam.
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Operation Billings from June 12th to 26, 1967, was planned and conducted by the 1st Infantry Division to destroy elements of the Viet Cong 9th Division which occupied base camp areas north of Phuoc Vinh in Binh Duong Province. The operation began with 1st Infantry battalions moving progressively north of…
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The Fugitive Slave Act remained contentious after its enactment.
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Southerners complained bitterly about any leniency in its application, but its enforcement was highly offensive to many Northerners. Abolitionists recited the inequities of the law since anyone aiding an escaped slave was punished severely, and it granted no due process to the escapee, who could not testify before a magistrate.…
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Honouring Tosia Altman Heroine of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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Please take a moment and join us in honouring Tosia Altman, of Lipno Poland. Tosia was posthumously awarded the Silver Cross of the Military Order of Virtuti Militari on April 1, 1948, for her bravery during the German occupation in Poland. Tosia Altman was a courier and smuggler for Hashomer…
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WWII uncovered: Honoring the Service of Staff Sergeant Charles Schulz of the 20th Armored Division on International Holocaust Remembrance Day for His Part in the Liberation of Dachau.
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“The three years I spent in the army taught me all I needed to know about loneliness,” Schulz wrote in “My Life with Charlie Brown,” published in 2010. “My sympathy for the loneliness that all of us experience is dropped heavily upon poor Charlie Brown.” Charles Schulz, was drafted into…
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WWII uncovered: International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Honouring Holocaust Survivor and French Actor/Singer Robert Clary
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Please take a moment to join us at WWII uncovered in remembering Robert Clary, Holocaust Survivor and French actor most notably known for his role as Corporal LeBeau in the popular CBS sitcom Hogan’s Heroes. Robert passed away on November 16, 2022 in his Los Angeles California home as reported…
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WWII uncovered: Honoring the Heroes of the Battle of Britain… The Few
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“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” – Winston Churchill Pictured below are Richard Hugh Anthony Lee and Albert Gerald Lewis during the Battle of Britain. Richard joined RAF Cranwell as a Flight Cadet in September 1935 and graduated in…