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The American Spy Who Surrendered to the Nazis to Save Civilians
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In 1944, Pierre Julien Ortiz parachuted into occupied France, where the Gestapo offered a reward of half a million francs for his capture Several excruciating days had passed since the telegram reached my great-grandmother’s doorstep in Queens, New York: The secretary of war desires me to express his deep regret…
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We Remember and Honor First Class Joseph J. Cicchetti
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Thank Your For Your Sacrifice And Service On 9 February 1945, Private First Class Joseph J. Cicchetti, Company A, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division, evacuates fourteen wounded soldiers in Manila over a four-hour period under constant enemy fire and sacrifices himself to rescue another wounded soldier from his unit. For…
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MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT – 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION
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Exactly 79 years ago Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Cole (March 19, 1915 – September 18, 1944) launched a bayonet charge against German forces in Carentan, Normandy. For his action that day, he was awarded posthumously the Medal of Honor. We should never forget.“For gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of…
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Clarence Byrle Craft was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military’s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in World War II. He single handedly destroyed the enemies.
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Craft joined the Army from Santa Ana, California in September 1944, and by May 31, 1945, was serving as a private first class in Company G, 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division. On that day, on Okinawa Island, he single-handedly attacked the Japanese-held “Hen Hill”. After reaching the summit and…
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The incredible story of American Hero Private First Class Desmond T. Doss
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Doss was born in Lynchburg, Virginia on February 7, 1919, and was a strict Seventh-Day Adventist and attended a school of the same faith until the eighth grade when he left school to go to work to help his family during the Depression. At the outbreak of World War II,…
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In Remembrance and Honor of the bravest William G. Fournier.
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William Grant Fournier (June 21, 1913 – January 13, 1943) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military’s highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. Fournier was raised by his aunts and uncles in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island and enlisted in the Navy in 1931, at…
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In Memory of Sergeant First Class Jerry M. Shriver.
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If you ask any man who served with Jerry “Mad Dog” Shriver, they’ll tell you he was more of a warrior than a Soldier: a man wholly dedicated to warfare and violence. He was the distilled essence of war in its most primal, basic nature. He was the best ally…
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In Rdmemberance and Honor of William Hall Cooper.
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L/Cpl. William Hall Cooper, 9th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his bravery at Suvla on 7th August 1915. The decoration was presented to him at his old workplace on 9th February 1916. “A LEEDS MAN’S GALLANTRY IN GALLIPOLI. “Among the Leeds soldiers who have…
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Easy Company veteran William ‘Wild Bill’ Guarnere poses with the man who portrays him in ‘Band of Brothers’, Frank John Hughes.
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Born in South Philly in 1923, Guarnere enlisted in the Army in 1942 and headed to Camp Toccoa, Georgia where he was assigned to Easy Company and trained to become a paratrooper. Bill Guarnere’s bravery is highlighted in the series. After jumping into Normandy on D-Day, he took out almost…
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Private First Class Robert Leckie was born in Philadelphia on December 18, 1920.
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He is portrayed by James Badge Dale in the HBO series The Pacific. Leckie was the youngest of eight children and was raised in an Irish Catholic family in Rutherford, New Jersey. Prior to the war, he worked as a sportswriter for The Bergen Evening Record. He enlisted in the…