500 Marines Were Facing Certain Death – to Save Them This Coastguard Made the Ultimate Sacrifice From an article written by Ken Macdonald In 1942, the Pacific Island of Guadalcanal was a par... Read more

WORLD WAR 2 IN NUMBERS THE WAR WAS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST IN HISTORY. MILLIONS FOUGHT AND, SADLY, MILLIONS DIED. NO CONTINENT OR OCEAN WAS LEFT UNTOUCHED. THE NUMBER OF DEATHS WERE BETWEEN 70... Read more

In 1942, Seaman Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle. By Gilbert King SMITHSONIAN.COM DECEMBER 19, 2012 With powerful engines, extensive firepower and heavy armor, the newly chris... Read more

Leigh Ann Hester – Distinguished Service Cross Of all the women to be decorated for valor since 1900, Leigh Ann Hester is arguably the best known. She is also the only one not to have... Read more

The following article on David Pristash, commander of American Legion Post #801 By Brian Albrecht, The Plain Dealer | Posted January 20, 2019 at 05:00 AM | Updated January 21, 2019 at 06:09... Read more

I have read/viewed/listened to many books to try to convey on the conflict monuments going into the Veterans Memorial Park in Macedonia, OH what veterans endured in each of the wars that Ame... Read more

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Dan Bullock was 15 years old when he was killed in action in the Quang Nam province of South Vietnam in 1969, making him the youngest American casualty of the Vietnam... Read more

November 11, 2018 100th Anniversary of the Armistice Ending World War I Fighting ceased at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. It was called the ‘Great War”... Read more

Seventy-five years ago, Ensign William L. Halloran was the first Knight of Columbus killed in World War II by J.C. Sullivan “The telegram arrived at 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, 1941... Read more

Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), was a United States Army long range penetration special operations ... Read more