In this moving video an elderly World War II veteran pilot who crash landed in England after returning from a reconnaissance mission in Germany gets surprised with video of the crash landing that he has never seen before.
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Staff Sergeant Shannon Kay protected his platoon, until the six soldiers hurt in the attack could be brought to safety. And today he was honored at Fort Benning.
The massive explosion and subsequent firefight are seared in the Rancho Cucamonga native’s memory.
U.S. Army field artillerymen fire on Taliban position on side of mountain.
The Battle of Franklin, fought on November 30, 1864, has been considered by many to be one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. In the course of 5 short hours, the Confederate Army of Tennessee thrust itself against a strongly entrenched Federal force under the command of John Schofield. Despite their great offensive élan and superior numbers, the Confederate forces outside of the Union main works at Franklin suffered enormous casualties.
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Was Iraq Worth It?
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You Aren’t Alone
This month hasn’t been the best for me. I lost a family member and then turned around and lost a fellow veteran who couldn’t take it anymore. For all those that have served in a time of war, you know what I am talking about.
Over 149 years ago Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army fought an epic battle against the North’s Gen. George Meade. The result of this battle shaped the course of America and affected also that the World. Regardless of which side you are partial to you have to wonder what would have happened in World War I and II if America had not been the united industrial power that it eventually became? Look inside for a moving video of a 1913 reunion of veterans of Gettysburg from both the North and South.
By Marcie
Camp Falcon: Baghdad 2007.
After leaving Kuwait and then spending four days on a holdover at the Baghdad International Airport, I was just ready to get to where ever the heck it was we were going. The arrangements there were not too pleasant; there was a choice of sleeping on a concrete floor where everybody was hanging out watching TV, or take your chances outside on the rocks where the unearthly Iraqi bugs roamed.
One of my platoon sergeants in the 1980s told me this story. He was a newly arrived soldier in Vietnam and had just joined his unit. The first night he was there their base was mortared and the young soldier headed for a nearby bunker to take cover.
1-87th Infantry soldier’s war an terror got an early start.
Any one of the soldiers that knew me would tell you that I put everything into the Army from the day I joined until the day I left. The military was and still is everything to me. I am a member of a local chapter of the American Legion and I am only 34 years old. If something concerning veterans comes up locally, I’m involved. That is the measure of a military soldier and anyone that has served will tell you that.
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