Just as the men who fought World War Two are heading home to God in increasing numbers, so too are the women. The Air Force has done a nice thing by seeing that some of these courageous pioneers are recognized and get to fly at least one more time.

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Wake Island. We’re still looking, a half century later.

A memorial to prisoners of war is seen Jan. 12 on Wake Island. The “98 Rock” is a memorial for the 98 U.S. civilian contract POWs who were forced by their Japanese captors to rebuild the airstrip as slave labor, then blind-folded and killed by machine gun [...]

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Don’t even start with me about how tough the modern millitay man or woman has it.
The 10th Armored was to drive on the Saar, take the bridge intact at Merzig and keep going. The Group moved its Command Post to Ritzing, France, and following the attack, advanced to Wehingen, Germany. Here heavy enemy artillery fire [...]

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Thanksgiving 1942
The 5th Armored Artillery Group was activated at Camp Young, California on the 5th of September 1942. The Division Artillery Command of the 5th Armored Division had been taken from the Division and redesignated 5th Armored Artillery Group, consisting of Colonel JOHN M. WILLEMS commanding, a staff of two officers, and an enlisted strength [...]

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Medal of Honor - Posthumous Award
Sometimes you need to read about a real hero.
Citation:
*LUMMUS, JACK
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Born: 22 October 1915, Ennie, Tex. Appointed from: Texas.
Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as leader of a Rifle [...]

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Wow! This leaves me speechless. Chris writes another great story you won’t see in the media. Too bad for them.
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By Spc. Chris McCann, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs
The 10th Mountain Division’s song recalls the unit’s “glorious history” in World War II.
Fort Drum, N.Y., the division’s home, has streets named Lake Garda, [...]

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An interesting story.

DoD
The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that a small team of Japanese and U.S. specialists is visiting Attu Island, Alaska, in search of information which may lead them to remains of missing Japanese soldiers.
With support from the Department of [...]

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By Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace, USAF
Special to American Forces Press Service
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del., July 6, 2007 – America’s security has always rested on the backs of men and women willing to sacrifice whatever necessary to defend it.
An old Japanese quote states, “A samurai should always be prepared for death – whether his [...]

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Distinguished Service Cross

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By Staff Sgt. Reeba Critser, Third Army/U.S. Army Central Public Affairs Office

Alexius Martin, 9, looks at the Distinguished Service Cross presented to her grandfather by Third Army/U.S. Army Central Commanding General Lt. Gen. R. Steven Whitcomb June 15, 2007, in Chatsworth, Ga. Alexius is the great-great-grandniece of Third Army World War II hero [...]

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“We came up to a 15-foot-high barbed wire fence and could see unmanned wooden shacks (barracks) behind it,” recalls Timmer. “We drove in and between the gate and the barracks were 30 dead … the blood still wet from the departing German guards” who had shot the prisoners before fleeing in trucks.

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This is Colonel John E. Theimer, who assumed command of my father’s unit on December 12, 1944, just in time for the Battle of the Bulge. He later commanded the 25th Infantry Division and retired from the Office of Civil Affairs as a two star. Dad never knew this but I’m certain he would [...]

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