WWII soldier John T French kept a journal while holed up in a muddy trench with German sniper bullets whizzing over his head every day. And the story that it tells is quite remarkable. In his diary he tells horror stories of the killing and death. He describes ‘piles of men’ who had been... »
Jack Lucas was a cadet captain in the military school where his mother had enrolled him after his father’s death when he heard radio reports of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The next day he promised his mother that if she let him enlist, he would come home after the war and finish... »
I found this lovely essay written by a soldier’s mother. She has been lucky and hasn’t had the misfortune of losing her son in the field that so many military moms are facing. She reflects on this, and makes comparisons of her son to another young soldier who recently lost his life in Afghanistan. Click... »
This is beautiful. This shows that war is only fought by those men who really have nothing to do with the debate that started the whole mess. When you get down to it, it’s just regular men trapped in a terrifying muddy hole somewhere far from home. 64 years ago, at the battle of Iwo... »
I found this site with some pretty spectacular photos from the front in Afghanistan. It helps give the sense of what the men and women in service are dealing with on a day to day basis. A window into their daily lives in service. Scenes from Afghanistan: The Sacramento Bee »
His shattered body slumped on a hospital bed, triple amputee Craig Wood tells Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, about his desperate wish to walk again. At just 18, he is one of the youngest British soldiers to lose three limbs after he was horrifically injured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan in July. Doctors were forced to... »
The Medal of Honor is the United States’ highest military decoration. It has been bestowed on 3,447 men and one woman since President Abraham Lincoln signed it into law on Dec. 21, 1861. It is reserved for those who are distinguished “by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call... »
It’s a position that rarely gets any attention or credit in the military. Army cook. And now, the military is beginning to do away with this long standing position in favor of private meal contractors. But the benefits to the soldiers when they can get a hot meal, or even, a good hot meal, can... »
Last month I posted about Michael Monsoor, a young SEAL who threw himself on a grenade to save his comrades. Today I ran across a touching memorial video on YouTube. What a brave young man. I’m sure his family is proud of him and his selfless actions, but I’m also sure they wish he could... »
These people put their skills to the test and won back this man’s life. You don’t have to be on the battlefield to be a hero. Magana said the driver was heading south on Lake Road around 7:30 a.m. when he lost control of the Nissan SUV, overcorrected,... »