Harry S Truman
Born in Missouri on 08 MAY 1884, Harry S. Truman – 33rd President of the United States who ended WW II in the Pacific by ordering the dropping the first atomic bomb – a B29 bomber, the Enola Gay dropped “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan and days later the B29 bomber Bockscar dropped the second “Fat Man” on Nagasaki, Japan
We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world. It may be the fire destruction prophesied in the Euphrates Valley Era, after Noah and his fabulous Ark.
—Harry Truman, writing about the atomic bomb in his diary
On 26 July 1948, President Truman used an executive order to begin desegregation of the US military.
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During World War II, over three million women worked in war plants across the United States. Working women were vital to the war effort, as the loss of men to military service left a workforce shortage in many areas. The U.S. Government launched a major public relations campaign to encourage women to work. The use of an invented character —”Rosie the Riveter”—on a brightly colored poster was a powerful propaganda piece.
WOWS were Women Ordnance Workers… the artillery, the munitions, the weapons – all at the hands of those American women who left their homes and joined in the fight to defeat the enemy in World War II -
Thank you for your service!
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Or for those who cannot read Russian Cyrillic -
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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12 December 2009 – It was “Wreaths Across America day on Saturday and 15,000 wreaths were placed on several sections of Arlington National Cemetery. I spent a few hours at Arlington National Cemetery after all the crowds were gone from the morning’s event.
And as I reflected walking among those tribute bedecked stones of the contribution of these who have served, I thought of something that was recently sent to me by one of my Special Forces friends… I thought I’d share it with you.
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07 DEC 1941 – “… A Day that will live in infamy… ” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt
His reaction to the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii – “Why we fight…”
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Today 11 NOV is Veterans’ Day – I thank all who have given of themselves for their service.
There are nearly 125,000 Americans who are buried on foreign soil among 24 cemeteries in places such as Tunisia in North Africa, Flanders Field in Belgium… Continue Reading…
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was one word inscription that now graces my copy of the book “AIRBORNE” It’s also a very meaningful word to those thousands and thousands of Soldiers who have jumped and will jump out of a perfectly good airplane flying in the sky.
Recently, I was fortunate to spend some precious time with two distinguished authors and retired US Army officers on my research trip to the Southeast… Both officers have had very outstanding careers and great service to the United States of America. It was an honor to have them both share small glimpses of over fifty years combined military service in the short time we spent… Continue Reading…
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USMC Quantico Band
Triangle, VA – The newly built “Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel” was dedicated on 22 OCT 2009 with hundreds of people attending the glorious event on the grounds of the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
Someone in my growing network of friends extended an invitation to attend and capture this historic moment in time. It was a special invite and I was honored & humbled by it.
It had been nearly two years since a good friend, who’s a Marine and I went to spend what turned out to be a day at the museum. Likewise, I also “spent the day” mingling among the noted attendees, from the Commandant of the Marine Corps: GEN James Conway, and President & CEO of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation:LTG Ron Christmas USMC (Ret.) and many US Marine Corps Generals…
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On Saturday 10 OCT, Honor Air Louisiana will be transporting another group of “the Greatest Generation” for a day in Washington DC to see the WW II Memorial among others and pay a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. The group sponsoring this wonderful visit has been in operation for a while and this will be their 19th trip since inception.
Their escort for the day is a Sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers…
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THE FORGOTTEN – OTHER D-DAY….
At the Rhone American Cemetery north of St. Tropez, in the little city of Draguignan, above all the graves, a stone wall is inscribed:
“We who lie here died that future generations might live in peace.”
In all, 250,000 Allied soldiers stormed France’s Mediterranean shores on Aug. 15, 1944, just 70 days after the D-Day landings at Normandy, catching German troops in a pincer so tight that Hitler muttered to aides, “This is the darkest day of my life.”
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