The Soldier Prays for Peace
Here’s what it looked like when US Marines landed at Iwo Jima 70 years ago today
The Forgotten War: Korean War Timeline
The Foundation of Freedom is the Courage of Ordinary People
Beginning today and every Thursday forward I will be posting events, stories, and images of our (US) involvement in the Korean war. It truly is the forgotten war; my grandfather fought in Chosin for the Marines and brought home the Purple Heart. I should have done this a long time ago. At any rate, I’ll showcase our veternas of the Koren war on Thursdays.
Semper Fi, grandpa.
June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
Over 53,000 ROK and UN troops, including over 8,000 Americans, are MIA. One assumes the great majority of them were murdered by North Korean soldiers after surrendering, or being found wounded, or in the (often death) camps for POWs. Read more
ZZ Top Sues TSA For Racial Profiling
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LA GRANGE, Texas — Beloved Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist ZZ Top has retained the services of Jimmy, Jojo, Kim, and Keith LLP to seek unspecified damages from the Transportation Security Administration for racial profiling and generally making them feel lowdown in the street before their USO tour in Afghanistan last week. Read more
FDR signs Executive Order 9066: 1942
On this day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, initiating a controversial World War II policy with lasting consequences for Japanese Americans. The document ordered the removal of resident enemy aliens from parts of the West vaguely identified as military areas. Read more
Image of the Day: 19 February 2015
Humphrey Bogart enlisted in the U.S. Navy during WWI in the spring of 1918. He is recorded as a model sailor who spent most of his months in the Navy after the Armistice was signed, ferrying troops back from Europe.
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Maiden on the Midway 
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