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'It sounded to me like third grade common sense, and that's important for an infantry guy.'
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2025 @ 1:14 pm By: Daily Wire
'It sounded to me like third grade common sense, and that's important for an infantry guy.'
 
Most people will remember April 4, 1968 as the day that Martin Luther King was assassinated. While that was a more histrionically important event, that date will always seired in my mind as the date of a battle we fought in Vietnam. I was only in country for a couple of months and the loss of comr
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 @ 10:20 am By: Tony Adams
Most people will remember April 4, 1968 as the day that Martin Luther King was assassinated. While that was a more histrionically important event, that date will always seired in my mind as the date of a battle we fought in Vietnam. I was only in country for a couple of months and the loss of comr
 
Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe and his men — many from the 101st Airborne Division, along with some stragglers from Pennsylvania’s 28th Infantry Division (known as “The Bloody Bucket”) and the 9th Armored “Phantom” Division — spent Christmas of 1944 in the Belgian city of Bastogne
Published: Monday, January 29th, 2024 @ 1:27 pm By: Daily Wire
Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe and his men — many from the 101st Airborne Division, along with some stragglers from Pennsylvania’s 28th Infantry Division (known as “The Bloody Bucket”) and the 9th Armored “Phantom” Division — spent Christmas of 1944 in the Belgian city of Bastogne
 
A heart warming story about Ann Margret and her Vietnam gentlemen.
Published: Sunday, December 24th, 2023 @ 11:25 pm By: Bobby Tony
A heart warming story about Ann Margret and her Vietnam gentlemen.
 
At my direction, the United States Army will award the Presidential Unit Citation to the 30th Infantry Division.
At my direction, the United States Army will award the Presidential Unit Citation to the 30th Infantry Division.
 
Just in time for Veterans Day, I've once again had the privilege of interviewing a WWII veteran. My husband arranged for me to sit down with Cecil Hannaford, a local VFW member.
Just in time for Veterans Day, I've once again had the privilege of interviewing a WWII veteran. My husband arranged for me to sit down with Cecil Hannaford, a local VFW member.
 
I truly wish that our founding fathers had been a bit more clear on what they meant when writing the 2nd Amendment but numerous contemporaneous writings clearly show their intent was for individual possession and ownership of firearms.
Published: Saturday, March 17th, 2018 @ 9:06 am By: Bobby Tony
I truly wish that our founding fathers had been a bit more clear on what they meant when writing the 2nd Amendment but numerous contemporaneous writings clearly show their intent was for individual possession and ownership of firearms.
 
For many civilians, the memories of a military event are an abstract memory. However, for the participants it is the faces, names, and specific events that mark the event. Here are some of their stories.
For many civilians, the memories of a military event are an abstract memory. However, for the participants it is the faces, names, and specific events that mark the event. Here are some of their stories.
 
Below are some pictures from the Charlie Company Website. This was the field meals as delivered by helicopter in case quantity. Usually the case was opened (sometimes using the old M16 prong flash suppressor as shown on left below – put over wire and twist until broken) and then turned upside down
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 2:40 pm By: Bobby Tony
Below are some pictures from the Charlie Company Website. This was the field meals as delivered by helicopter in case quantity. Usually the case was opened (sometimes using the old M16 prong flash suppressor as shown on left below – put over wire and twist until broken) and then turned upside down
 
The US Army can train an infantry man in 10 weeks after a 10 week boot camp.
Published: Saturday, August 6th, 2016 @ 4:09 pm By: Ted McDonald
The US Army can train an infantry man in 10 weeks after a 10 week boot camp.
 
They were true "life savers" - and that ain't no lie.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2016 @ 9:01 pm By: Bobby Tony
They were true "life savers" - and that ain't no lie.
 
Look at the pictures carefully and you see 6 guys. Add the teenager in a separate photo and you have a squad of infantrymen. The Sarge, Machine gunner, two ammo bearers, One rifleman and one who might have been a medic. This may have been the whole squad which was normally 7-12 guys.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 2:04 am By: Ted McDonald
Look at the pictures carefully and you see 6 guys. Add the teenager in a separate photo and you have a squad of infantrymen. The Sarge, Machine gunner, two ammo bearers, One rifleman and one who might have been a medic. This may have been the whole squad which was normally 7-12 guys.
 
My son said that saying use to make him so mad he could scream.
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 @ 11:06 pm By: Bobby Tony
My son said that saying use to make him so mad he could scream.
 
Charlie Haughey was the battalion photographer for my battalion in the 25th Division during my time in Vietnam.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 4:25 am By: Bobby Tony
Charlie Haughey was the battalion photographer for my battalion in the 25th Division during my time in Vietnam.
 
I doubt if there will ever be a robot that can calculate the value of a human life.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 5:46 pm By: Bobby Tony
I doubt if there will ever be a robot that can calculate the value of a human life.
 
No battle field action is reported in this introduction to the jungle. Combat veterans provide the books and movies.
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2015 @ 5:27 am By: Ted McDonald
No battle field action is reported in this introduction to the jungle. Combat veterans provide the books and movies.
 
William Cleveland "Cleve" Cox, a World War II infantryman who dedicated his life to helping his fellow veterans and a former Chairman of the North Carolina Veterans Commission, died on March 21, 2014 after a brief illness.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 12:45 am By: Announcements
William Cleveland "Cleve" Cox, a World War II infantryman who dedicated his life to helping his fellow veterans and a former Chairman of the North Carolina Veterans Commission, died on March 21, 2014 after a brief illness.
 

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