There are those who become heroes late in their careers, and those who start off with the bittersweet honor. First Lt George Cannon became the first US Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor in [...]
Today is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. December 7, 1941 was horrific, the amount of destruction to the United States unreal. We must remember it because it was an event that marked the moment [...]
Ray Chavez was considered the oldest military survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. He passed away in his sleep on November 21 after a battle with pneumonia at the age of 106. [...]
In a special ceremony in the Kentucky capital on Monday, 100 year old WWII veteran Lt Col William Pollard (ret) was awarded the French Legion of Honor. “You owe so much to America’s [...]
McMinn County, Tennessee in 1946 was rife with corruption and voter fraud. The E.H. Crump political machine was well known for stealing votes and running the entire area as a racket. WWII [...]
Allied commanders ordered American troops to cross the Meuse River and attack the heavily fortified German positions on the other side. The Armistice, the end of the war was in sight, but the men [...]
The point of no return: Kristallnacht – ‘night of the broken glass,’ November 9, 1938. It was the night that Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria. They burned [...]
“To Corps, Country, and Each Other” – this year’s 243rd Birthday message from Commandant Robert Neller and Sgt Maj Ronald Green for the US Marine Corps is something [...]
Korean War Medic Master Sergeant Charles McDaniels, 33, disappeared during the Battle of Unsan. On September 12, the Defense Accounting Agency identified his remains. On October 27, he was [...]
Sgt Perry Loyd served with the 371st Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division (Colored). On September 29, 1918, he was wounded in action during the Meuse-Argonne offensive in France. On Saturday, October [...]
