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On this day in 1969, a hero’s family receives the Medal of Honor on his behalf.
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Father Vincent Capodanno was a Navy chaplain who made the ultimate sacrifice as he ministered to his Marines in Vietnam. Father Capodanno was declared a “Servant of God” by the Catholic Church in 2006, and he is being considered for sainthood. Capodanno was no ordinary military chaplain. In fact, he…
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Japanese Soldier Ishirō Honda in China – Late 1930s
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Honda Ishirō, (May 7, 1911 – February 28, 1993) was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a successful career spanning five decades.Despite directing many drama, war, documentary, and comedy films, Honda is best remembered for directing and co-creating the kaiju / Godzilla films with special effects director…
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Alan Seeger.
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Alan Seeger (22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) was an American war poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustling…
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Max Rack’s life story is a poignant reminder of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust.
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Born on May 18, 1925, in Duisburg, Germany, Max was the son of Polish-Jewish parents, Maria (née Feigenblatt) and Leo Rack. As a young Jewish boy living in Nazi Germany, Max faced extreme persecution. In December 1938, he was sent to the Netherlands on a children’s transport, a lifeline that…
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In honor of Major Smedley Darlington Butler
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in 1915, Major Smedley Darlington Butler, while serving as the commanding officer for the 5th, 13th, and 23rd Companies and Marine and Sailor detachment aboard the U.S.S. Connecticut, led the attack on Fort Riviere on 17 November 1915 during the Haitian Campaign. Following a concentrated drive, several different detachments of…
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Never forgotten American HeroSPC Mary J. Jaenichen
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1 Mar 1988 – 9 May 2008 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.John 15:13 < NEVER FORGOTTEN > 14 years ago, this 20yr old Warrior from Temecula, Cal., left this world to take a new post guarding the gates of heaven.,…
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Sgt. 1st Class Mark DWayne Jenkins: A tribute for a soldier I will miss
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By Col. Donald P. Laucirica Colorado National Guard I first got to know Sergeant Jenkins when, as the new Special Operations Detachment commander, we conducted a commander’s inventory, required as part of taking command. He was outgoing, loud, and entirely unconcerned about what impression he was making on me, the incoming…
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The New Yorkers who Died in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
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Credit to Jarrett Murphy Colleagues remember Cpl. Aaron M. Allen, 24, who was killed while conducting combat operations in Fallujah in 2008. New York State has lost 295 soldiers, sailors, Air Force members or Marines in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, according to Department of Defense records. More of the dead…
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In Honor Of Rafael Peralta
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Rafael Peralta (April 7, 1979 – November 15, 2004) was a United States Marine killed in combat during the Second Battle of Fallujah during the Iraq War. In September 2008 his family was notified that he was awarded the Navy Cross, the second-highest award a United States Marine can receive. In February 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that…
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The Lie said to the Truth, “Let’s take a bath together, the well water is very nice.
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The Truth, still suspicious, tested the water and found out it really was nice. So they got naked and bathed. But suddenly, the Lie leapt out of the water and fled, wearing the clothes of the Truth. The Truth, furious, climbed out of the well to get her clothes back.But…