4 posts categorized "Veterans"

October 14, 2008

Thank a Veteran - Person of the week

May 28, 2008

The real "Great Escape"

Many  people have seen the Steve McQueen movie The Great Escape.  This is about the Greatescape_2 tunnel the real POWs used.
 
Although the following graphic story fails to tell that most of the men who escaped were caught and killed, the genius that went into this tunnel is still remarkable.
Hat tip:  Barbara G.

June 07, 2007

15 Minutes Changed the World

The first week of Japanese20zero20from20limalima_3June is crammed full of historic military anniversaries. We commemorate the Allied D-Day assault against the Nazis on the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. The Israeli-Arab 6-Day War began on June 5, 1967. Israeli jet pilots destroyed Saddam Hussein’s nuclear reactor on June 7, 1981. The Marshall Plan was introduced as a Cold War defense, on June 5, 1947. 

Yet a US Navy battle this same week, just 6 months after Pearl Harbor and a full 2 years before D-Day, goes largely unnoticed, yet it certainly represents the pivotal event in world military history.
It is the Battle of Midway, which occurred over a three-day period, June 4-6, 1942.  See Montville Blog.

May 26, 2007

Lest We Forget

This video was produced by Lizzie Palmer, a 15 year old girl.  Be proud of our Military and proud of this young girl who put this program together -- Gd bless America.  It's worth watching.   Discuss on Montville Blog.

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