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Honoring the life and service to our country of US Army World War II Veteran, Private First Class ARVIN DOUGLAS WEBB, who died in the service of his country 79 years ago.
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Son of Amos Jackson and Nannie Lorene-Webb. Two siblings, Robert Frank, and Doris Madiline. Attended Tenaha HS. On June 30, 1942, six months following the United States entry into World War II, Arvin registered for the military draft in Center, Texas, the county seat of Shelby. His registration card noted…
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We remember..Sergeant First Class James “JR” R. Stright18 February 1980 – 23 October 2009
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Sergeant First Class James “JR” R. Stright died in the early morning hours of 23 October 2009. He was a crewmember aboard an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when it crashed off the coast of Virginia during a night training mission on 22 October 2009. SFC Stright was born on 18…
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Today We Remember And Honor John Robert Fox Of Cincinnati, Ohio
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John Robert Fox of Cincinnati, Ohio, a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on December 26, 1944, near Sommocolonia, Italy. Fox graduated from Wilberforce University with a commission as a second lieutenant in 1940. On December 26, 1944, he…
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“Warfare in the industrial age requires a careful balance of mass and quality.
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A single perfect tank cannot offer the same combat power as ten adequate but imperfect tanks. Most American tankers would have preferred to be sitting on a more powerful tank like the Panther, but no commander would have been content to substituted his many Shermans for a much smaller number…
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General Vasily Chuikov
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In April 1944, members of the 62nd Stalingrad Army, part of the 8th Guards Army led by General Vasily Chuikov, marched triumphantly through the streets of Odessa, their faces hardened by years of brutal combat. The city, once occupied by Nazi forces, had been liberated by the Soviet Red Army…
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Yakov Dzhugashvili, Joseph Stalin’s first son.
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He shot himself because of his father’s harshness towards him but survived. After this, Stalin reportedly said, “He can’t even shoot straight.” In 1941, during World War II, Yakov was captured while fighting the Germans. Realising it was Stalin’s son, Adolf Hitler then made an offer to Stalin that he…
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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…