April 2010 - Argghhh!

There are five Medals awarded for actions on this day, one of them posthumous. They are from two wars, three fights that occurred during the Indian Campaigns and World War II.Indian Campaigns. A very small skirmish, but one that looms large to the locals.HEYL, CHARLES H.Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 23d U.S. Infantry. Place and date: Near Fort Hartsuff, Nebr., 28 April 1876. Entered service at: Camden, N.J. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 26 October 1897. Citation: Voluntarily...

There are six Medals awarded for actions on this day, none of them posthumous. There are two naval lifesaving awards, one of which is a second award. The Medals span the Civil War, two Interim Award periods (which are exclusively naval lifesaving awards) and the Philippine Insurrection.Civil WarBURRITT, WILLIAM W. Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 113th Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 27 April 1863. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Campbell, N.Y. Date of issue...

Yesterday, just as Boobquake was being launched on Facebook . The Earth shook under Taiwanese feet. Think I'm kidding? Article: HERE . Boq

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

I wonder what favors Cpl. Pham had to pull, to get tasked with this detail? Boq

Today is ANZAC Day, the Australia-New Zealand equivalent to Memorial Day. New Zealand Website on ANZAC Day. The Australian Equivalent. The Gallipoli Campaign was the brainchild of Winston Churchill, an attempt to force the Dardanelles and reach the Black Sea, freeing up the Russian Black Sea Fleet and opening up new routes of supply and a new thrust at the Austrians and Germans via the Balkans. Churchill really had the hots for the idea that Italy and the Balkans represented the "soft underbelly"...

The opening of the long-running war with Iran (which seemingly only the Iranians acknowledge, explicitly, as a war). Operation Eagle Claw highlighted flaws in joint planning and execution that resulted in the establishment of USSOCOM and an increased emphasis, as embodied in the Goldwater-Nichols Act, of Jointness in the training and experience of officers, especially those destined for higher command.There were some familiar names present at Desert One. The legendary Colonel Charlie Beckwith, and...

I sometimes play hooky over at Cassie’s place (now, don’t get snippy -- a lot of *you* do it, too) and the following exchange took place in the comments on this post: BillT: I knew a couple of reporters in RVN who wrote accurately and *favorably* about what we were doing in the Delta -- and I'd read what they filed, because they liked to hang around with us whenever they were in the neighborhood. What was published often had nothing in common with what was filed, except the location...