Its the Army’s 246th Birthday Today!
Here’s to a happy 246th birthday to you, U.S. Army! You don’t look a day over 200!
World War I
Battle of Belleau Wood: “Retreat Hell! We Just Got Here!”
Their heroic actions in the Battle of Belleau Wood laid the foundation for the Marines to be known as one of the most feared fighting forces on the planet.
A ship captain & World War I: The history behind donuts with holes
Ah, the ubiquitous donut. The guilty pleasure is, at the same time, the most reviled snack by doctors and professional trainers because of its extreme fat content and beloved by people everywhere because, let’s face it, it tastes so damned good. Donuts in some form or another have been around forever. Archaeologists have dug up […]
On this day, T.E. Lawrence, father of Unconventional Warfare, dies in motorcycle accident
If you aspire to become a member of the Special Operations Forces community, then the name T.E. Lawrence should be one you become intimately familiar with. Commonly known as Lawrence of Arabia, he was one of the most fascinating characters of the 20th century. Lawrence was an accomplished archaeologist, British military officer, a foreign diplomat […]
Frank Buckles, the last soldier to fight in World War I dies at 110
Frank Buckles lived an amazing and long life. He joined the Army at only 16 years old to fight in World War I, and later as a civilian, working in the Philippines, was captured by the Japanese at the outset of World War II. He survived three hellish years as a POW at Los Banos […]
Remembering the Father of American Air Forces
Most Americans today don’t recognize the name Billy Mitchell, but he is considered the father of the United States Air Force. Mitchell was a very early proponent of airpower and was the commander of all American air forces in France during World War I. Mitchell was a forward thinker who predicted decades before World War […]
M-1 Garand, “The greatest battle implement ever devised”, Adopted Today 1936
The United States Army was the only combatant to enter World War II who armed their standard infantrymen with a semi-automatic rifle. The rifle was an iconic image of the American GI of our Greatest Generation during the war. And the Garand served from the steaming jungles of the Pacific to the sands of North […]
Remember Our Veterans Every Day and Not Just Once a Year
Opinion: This has been a busy week in our neck of the woods. We’ve been quite occupied as our town has been preparing for Veterans Day and I can proudly say that our bucolic little burg in the Northeast has never been one to just pay lip service to days like Veterans Day and Memorial […]
World War I, “The War to End All Wars” Centennial
At the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the Armistice to end World War I was to take effect. It ended the bloodbath which consumed Europe from 1914 until November 11, 1918. Nearly 20,000,000 people were dead including 9-11,000,000 troops and a like number of civilians. Another 20,000,000 were wounded. The […]
William “Wild Bill” Donovan OSS, Awarded the Medal of Honor in WWI
When the name “Wild Bill” Donovan is mentioned, most think of the World War II OSS (Office of Strategic Services) which later became CIA and another part of it branched off to later become the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) of today. But what many people don’t realize is that long before he became […]
Orange, MA Hosts Armed Forces Weekend Military Expo
The small town of Orange, Massachusetts was the scene of a large Armed Forces Expo over the weekend complete with battle reenactments from the Civil War, World War I and World War II. They even had a flyby with a C-47 Skytrain, complete with markings from the D-Day invasion. A few lucky visitors got to […]
Special Operations Soldiers Honored in Ceremony at Ft. Bragg
Gary Rose was a Green Beret medic in Vietnam and was recently awarded the Medal of Honor from President Trump for actions he performed in a particularly hazardous and dangerous mission there in 1970. Rose and eight other Special Forces, Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations troops were honored by being named “distinguished members of the Regiment” […]
