Argghhh!

Boq

Below is a pic of infantrymen from an anti-tank company who have un-assed their truck because some inconsiderate German machinegunners shot it up while they were swanning about enjoying the sights of wartime Holland in 1944. They are trying to find said Germans so as to properly express their annoyance at how the german army was treating Allied tourists then swarming over Holland at the very first instance of the "Nijmegen Marches."I just find the pic fascinating, and the careful eye will...

Befitting on a day like today BOQ

Ah - There's nothing more enchanting than a June Wedding...

There are 24 Medals awarded for actions on this day - 17 of them from one event. We start off with the Civil War, and another one of those "mess o' medals" that characterize some Navy engagements. Remember, the Medal of Honor was our first formal award for heroism since the lapsing of the Purple Heart, an award instituted by General George Washington, and not originally associated with combat wounding, as it is now. During the era of the Civil through Spanish American Wars, the Medal...

This is an unusual day for the Medal. 1 August was unmarked by Medal actions until World War II. Until 1 August, 1943. Operation Tidal Wave , when 5 Medals, 3 of them posthumous, emerged from the flaming avgas and tumbling wreckage of Army Air Force bombers during the first raid on the massive (and massively defended) oil refinery operation at Ploesti, Rumania. 54 of the 177 bombers were lost and 532 of the 1,726 personnel engaged listed as dead, missing or interned. And the Medal has not made an...

February 19th (just a few days after my last post) I fell and broke my left leg in two places. It was all MY fault. Out walking with The Wife and dogs wearing little more than slippers(!) I stepped into one of the few patches of slush left. My right foot shot out in front, and all my weight came down on my left leg. Sounded like popcorn popping just before the loud cursing began. No surgery, but two casts and various braces later I still have about three more weeks of stumping around. Oh yeah, AND...