Tag: Heroes
Local Veterans Groups Join Forces to Help Fellow Vets
On Tuesday, January 10, 2012, the Veterans Task Force of Kentuckiana, a group that has actively supported Veterans and the Robley Rex VA Medical Center for the past five years, presented Medical Center Director, Wayne L. Pfeffer, with a check for $12,833.22.
Not Forgotten….93 year old John “Bubba” Miles
Bubba asked for no recognition and just did all that a 19-year old could do for the war effort
They Wear Their Award For All
The untold stories behind Mel Gibson's movie, The Were Soldiers Once.
Valor… The Real Superheroes
Forget "superstars" they are made up by the Hollywood and the press. SUPERHEROES are everyday citizens who rise to the occasion
#*&amp% Happens And Other Causes Of "Tradition"
Tradition isn't planned...it just happens
The Marine Corps…Honor, Tradition, Commitment.
What makes someone volunteer for the Marine Corps?
The Most Patriotic Coffee Shop in American
To honor veterans for our freedom is an everyday occurrence at "Americas Most Patriotic Coffee Shop"
The Lost Era of American Greatness
Will the current generation be the next "Greatest Generation"?
They Really Were “The Greatest Generation”
The "greatest generation" is more than a book title by Tom Brokaw
The Cult of the Uniform
It was wrong to demonize our service members in Vietnam; to canonize them now is wrong as well. Both distortions make us forget that they are human beings.
Devaluing Heroism – Do All of US Need to Be a...
It's been quite a while since I've posted anything on Veterans Today, the main reason being that I plain ran out of anything to say negative, positive, debating, challenging, or agreeing. Simply put, I had a brain fart.
Blogger Honors Fallen, Their Families
About a year ago, I had the honor of attending a dignified transfer for two soldiers who had been killed just a few days prior in Afghanistan.
DAVE WINNETT: A POEM: “THEY OPENED THE DOOR FOR...
They Opened Up the Door for Me”
By David K. Winnett, Jr. Captain, USMC (Ret.)
August 25, 2010
Picking up the pieces
Of heroes gone before
Never took the...
JOE “RAGMAN” TARNOVSKY: JOURNALISTS DISRESPECT AMERICAN WAR DEAD
To The Readers Of Veterans Today:
I am on a mission and I am respectfully asking you to help me because I need your...
Home Fires: I Wanted to Be a Hero
Left: The author and her family.By Catherine Ross The New York Times Not too many weeks ago, I was honorably discharged ...