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There is a plethora of veteran memes and quotes floating around. I’ve found some on the Internet, some I’ve seen in restaurants, and some hang on the walls of old-timey stores. I wanted to take a quick moment to share… Read more#134 – Quotes… and Happy New Year!
“Missing Man” Table Veteran’s Day is Friday, November 11. Veteran’s Day—not to be confused with Memorial Day—is a federal holiday for honoring military veterans of the US Armed Forces. Many restaurants provide discounts to veterans on this day. Many of… Read more#130—Veteran’s Day 2022
The following is an excerpt from my WWII book, You Can’t Get Much Closer Than This: Combat with the 80th ‘Blue Ridge’ Division, World War II Europe, published in 2005 by Casemate Publishers. It’s my dad’s story of his time… Read more#126—World War II: The Bloody Moselle River Crossing
I posted this Memorial Day blog last year. I’m reposting it because… well… it speaks volumes of how I feel about Memorial Day as a Navy veteran. I didn’t know him personally, but he was my father’s best friend during World… Read moreBlog #118—Memorial Day 2022… What it means to THIS veteran.
Thanks to those who commented on my previous blog, #114—Those Dastardly “Triggers.” Several comments were spot on and reminded me of things I’d forgotten. Here’s a few more shared “memories:” Totally agree brother, taking the time to remember is important… Read more#115 – Never Forget…
On a rather slow day, to further cement amicable relations between branches, the Department of Defense came up with a plan to have a massive camping trip involving all the actively enlisted men. A grunt, a sailor and an airman… Read moreNavy Friday Funny – The Branch “Competition” Continues…
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”? In what movie (and who said it) did we hear, “We are not worthy.”?… Read more#110—The Four Chaplains
I’m a United States Navy veteran. I served four years, 1973-77 and had two superb duty stations: NAS Agana, Guam (’73-75) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63; ’75-77), an aircraft carrier. My rating was an Aviation Boatswain’s Mate-Handler (ABH2) and my… Read moreI’m Giving Away 3 FREE Books to Veterans and their Families
The following post is “sort of” an excerpt from my World War II book. My father kept a diary/journal and gave it to me & my sister, Anne, on Christmas 1984. Needless to say, we were both flabbergasted. In all… Read more#96—Sivry, France: October 2, 1944
I posted an earlier version of this blog last year about this same time. While there are always plenty of remarkable stories and articles about the events of June 6, 1944 (D-Day Invasion), I decided to write about the events… Read more#86–No Better Place to Die (WWII: D-Day+3)