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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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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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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…