On 23 April 1908 the US Army established reserve components which were, initially, all medical. Today 200.000 men and women serve in the US Army Reserves. These brave citizens are among the 1% of Americans who love our country enough to serve in her...
This from a friend. You may have heard on the news about a southern Calif man who was put under 72-hr psychiatric observation when it was found that he owned 100 guns and allegedly had (by rough estimate) 1 million rounds of ammunition stored in his...
President Obama demonstrated his lack of leadership, yet again. In his meandering response to the GOP budget proposal, which, frankly, didn’t cut enough or soon enough, he pushed for more “investment” in his pet projects: more spending...
The following is a quote from talk-show host Dennis Prager followed by some comments by friends of mine—comments I’ve manipulated a bit to better express my feelings. Conclusion: I understand that most American Muslems are trying hard to...
On 12 Apr 1861, the bloodiest 4 years in American history began when Confederate shore batteries under General Beauregard opened fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay. During the next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns...
On 10 April 1942, the day after the surrender of the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese, the 75,000 Filipino and American troops captured on the Bataan Peninsula begin a forced march to a prison camp near Cabanatuan. Our forces had held...
On 9 April 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. This effectively ended the American Civil War. There were still Confederate units that hadn’t surrendered...
On 4 Apr 1949, 12 nations, including the US, signed the North Atlantic Treaty thus creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This organization very effectively defended Western Europe against Soviet expansion for decades. i served in...
On 1 Apr 1945 during World War II, after suffering the loss of 116 planes and damage to three aircraft carriers, 50,000 combat troops of the 10th US Army, under the command of General Simon Buckner, landed on the southwest coast of the Japanese...
During recent months, as Arab dictatorships have been shaken and sometimes removed, Syria’s President Assad has been sitting calmly in his capital, Damascus, seemingly impervious to the upheavals elsewhere. But that’s over; since 18 Mar Deraa, a...