Hershel (Woody) Williams died yesterday. He was the last WWII Medal of Honor winner. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient Hershel “Woody” Williams died Wednesday morning at the VA hospital near Huntington named in his … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
We did a ‘thang’ yesterday at our American Legion Post… Competition BBQ! Yes, it was 106 yesterday… But we were on the competition schedule and 15 cooks showed up! We were in at 0530, cooking breakfast burritos for the cooks … Continue reading
Due to an erroneous voice report that transposed BB to CV in the retreating Japanese forces on 6 June, the American forces under Spruance continued chasing the Japanese to the west. A second element of Japanese ships was located by … Continue reading
Working with IT to figure out what is going on… We were not this precise this morning, but put out over 2000 flags at our local cemetery. This is just one little section… Looks like I can blog again… Yay!!! … Continue reading
Back to reality. Fun time is over, the symposium is done, and heading home. But it was great to see old friends and see the kids who are now shouldering the burden. Hats off to them! And prayers that they … Continue reading
We had our heritage dinner last night… With a bit over 300 folks attending… One of the most arresting speakers was a young twenty something Afghani woman who escaped from Afghanistan in the airlift last year. She one of over … Continue reading
Ev Littlefield, who was one of my early blog readers passed away last week. A former Navy man, trained as a jet engine mechanic (ADJ) even though he’d grown up on the water. He was a pilot and maintainer of … Continue reading
Military forms of address… Granted I’m older than I lot of the kids, but back in the day the reply all and PSA were ‘slightly’ different… And this was the comparison made back in the day off Lebanon… They were … Continue reading
Odd little known fact is that the US Navy had TWO carriers operating in the Great Lakes in WWII… One of my cousins actually got his carrier qual (CQ) on the Sable. HERE and HERE are the wiki pages for … Continue reading
The actual memorial was yesterday, 36 years since Challenger was lost. I’m old enough to remember all the way back to Mercury and all the losses. Our crew participated in the searches for Challenger’s astronauts off the coast, praying but … Continue reading