Brigadier General Norman Cota, known to his friends as Dutch was one of the most senior officers who went ashore with the assault troops on Omaha Beach. There finding a disorganized, shell-shocked, pinned down American assault, that was in danger of foundering, he reorganized and reinvigorated the assault and personally took charge on the beach. More »
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Looking For a Binge-Watching Series on Memorial Day? Look No Further
Memorial Day preparations and programs are all going non-stop this weekend. In our small bucolic town in Central Massachusetts, our schools have all put together very nice programs to honor those members of our country who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Our high school put together a nice program where the students researched town members More »
Remembering MG John Frost, British Airborne Officer At Arnhem
Major General John Frost is best remembered as the battalion commander of a British airborne infantry battalion during Operation Market Garden. Frost’s battalion was part of the famous “Bridge Too Far” operation and his unit was able to capture one side of the famous and final Arnhem bridge and holding it for several days before More »
Catch-22 Comes Close But Doesn’t Quite Stick the Landing
George Clooney takes on Joseph Heller’s dark, satirical novel that he penned in 1961, starring in it, directing two of the series six episodes and producing it as well. Trying to reproduce Catch-22 is no easy feat although the insanity of war and the weird characters that war produces lend itself well to the insanity More »
May 17, 1943, the Memphis Belle Flies Her 25th and Final Combat Mission
The “Memphis Belle” a B-17F Flying Fortress of the Eighth Air Force would become the most famous of the 12,750 B-17s produced by Boeing during World War II. The plane and her crew would become immortalized, first by the Army who filmed her crew for a documentary prior to a War Bond tour and later More »
Ceasefire Reached After Rockets, Airstrikes Produce Bloody Weekend in Gaza
Op-Ed: Hamas wanted to send a message to Israel and in two days, they launched nearly 700 rockets into Israeli territory. Israel responded with heavy airstrikes and moved armor up to the border area in the latest outbreak of violence. When the smoke cleared, 24 Palestinians were dead with hundreds wounded and 4 Israelis were More »
Remembering Marines Charles McMahon, Darwin Judge Last American KIAs in Vietnam, April 29, 1975
On this day 44 years ago, America’s involvement came to a close when North Vietnamese soldiers completed their invasion of the south and stormed the capital of Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City. Those iconic images of Soviet-made tanks crashing thru the gates of the Presidential Palace and U.S. sailors pushing helicopters off the sides More »
Remembering Adm. John Thach, Naval Aviator, Died on This Day 1981
In the annals of Naval Aviation for the U.S. Navy, one of the pioneers for combat tactics was John “Jimmy” Thach who, during World War II not only came up with one successful tactic but two. He was credited with the “Thatch Weave” where U.S. fighters could successfully counter the better maneuverability and climbing ability More »
Israelis Blast Hamas Targets in Gaza After Latest Rocket Attacks
The Israeli Defense Forces launched a series of airstrikes in Gaza after the latest round of rocket attacks launched by militants in Gaza streamed toward Israel. Tensions are rising in the area as Israel called up some of their reserve Air Force, Intelligence and Special Forces units. Things began badly on Monday when Hamas launched More »
Particle Ray Missile Defense? DOD Plans on Fielding Weapon by 2023
While a lot of the futuristic weapons talk seems like pie in the sky stuff from Marvel Comics, it seems that there is an increasing chance for many of these types of weapons to be actually fielded in the very near future. NEWSREP’s Alex Hollings penned in an intriguing piece on what the Defense Department More »
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