-
Capt. Amy Lynn Svoboda (1968-1997)
•
Pilot : A-10. First female USAF fighter pilot to die in a crash “…Capt. Amy Lynn Svoboda graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1989 before going to undergraduate pilot training at Reese Air Force Base, Texas. Following pilot training, she remained at Reese AFB as an instructor pilot in the…
-
Today we honor Army Sgt. Dale T. Lloyd of Watsontown, PA. who was KIA on this day in 2004. We will never forget you, brother.
•
Dale T. Lloyd was a Civil War buff eager to be part of a modern-day conflict. He joined the Army in July 2000 after graduating from high school in Watsontown, Pa., and had planned to attend college in the fall. Lloyd wanted to be a teacher. “He had everything figured…
-
Today in History: July 18, 1984 … “McDonald’s Massacre” … James Oliver Huberty opens fire in a crowded McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, California, killing 21 people and wounding 19 others with several automatic weapons. Minutes earlier, Huberty had left home, telling his wife, “I’m going hunting… hunting for humans.”
•
Huberty, who had a history of mental problems, lost his job in Ohio the previous year. He brought his family to San Diego and worked as a security guard until he was fired again, a month before the shootings. His wife claimed that Huberty called a mental health clinic to…
-
JUNE 1940 HITLER’S NEXT BIG MISTAKE
•
Just before the surrender of France in June 1940, General Guderian, commander of Second Panzer Army, had suggested to Hitler that he could quickly move his Panzers down through France and Spain to capture Gibraltar and cross into North Africa. Hitler’s Chief of Staff, General Alfred Jodl suggested a similar…
-
US Army Command Sergeant Major Patrick J. Tadina..
•
Patrick J. Tadina was the longest continuously serving Ranger in Vietnam. He is one of the godfathers of the Army Rangers and is a legend within the Special Forces community to this day. “We were beside the trail, right on the border there. We had the art of hiding down…
-
How Woman Was Stripped Naked, Paraded Over Death Of Husband During S.3.x Romp
•
A married woman, Mrs. Ajuese Obiora, was reportedly humiliated, stripped naked and paraded publicly over her husband’s death during sex romp with her. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Aguleri community in Anambra State, where they reside. According to an eyewitness, the woman was said to have been engaged…
-
Bill Copple . . . Army . . . Vietnam
•
Bill was born in November, 1944, the son of John and Maxine Copple of Walnut Hill, Illinois. He attended Grand Prairie Grade School in Cravat, Illinois, and Centralia High School before joining the U.S. Army in February, 1966. Bill attended boot camp at Fort Leonard Wood followed by Imagery Interpretation…
-
This is Lyudmila Pavlichenko.
•
In June 1941, 24-year-old Lyudmila Pavlichenko was doing her graduation in history at Kiev University when Nazi Germany began its invasion of the Soviet Union. Lyudmila, left University and volunteered for fighting the Nazis where she was requested to join the infantry. The registrar pushed Lyudmila to be a nurse…
-
Today we remember a young American Fallen Hero…National Guard Pfc. Sarina Butcher.
•
I’ve had the honor to spend time with her family. Sarina wanted to be a NURSE when she got out of the US Army. Butcher, 19, was killed in Afghanistan’s Paktia Province, 11/1/2011, when the vehicle in which she was riding was hit by a roadside bomb. She was the…
-
Walter D. Faith was born on October 10, 1947.
•
On this day lost, but not forgotten. Walter D. Faith was born on October 10, 1947, one of five children – two boys and three girls. His home of record is Sayreville, NJ. As a boy, he was nicknamed “Chipper” by his mother, Dorothy, because he looked just like his…