"Goodnight, Chesty"
I had never heard of “Chesty Puller” until reading this piece just now, but it sounds like a film needs to be made, here: Enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1918 he would serve until 1955, rising in rank...
View ArticleRandom Must-Reads
Collected in my tab-bar since I started feeling cruddy – might as well share with you all the things I have either read or “been meaning to get to reading…” All submitted mostly without comment,...
View ArticleUS Flag not flying in Haiti Relief Compound?
Other nations are proudly flying their flags as they assist Haiti in recovering from a devastating earthquake. But the United States is not. Our nation has conducted relief efforts for decades through...
View ArticleYear of the Priest: Military
Excerpts from a great photo essay on military chaplains, coming to us via the Crescat, who loves to celebrate the manly priests: Catholic military chaplain Cpt. Carl Subler on March 5 at a small U.S....
View ArticleThe North Platte Canteen
Since the Greatest Generation came up here, thought I’d share this, from reader Dennis S. I’d known nothing of this story; what a good movie it might make! Also, (via New Advent), it seems some...
View ArticleA Family of Heroes
If you are looking around and feeling like the world is bereft of heroes, allow me to introduce you to a family made up of them. We need to know that grace abides in the world. Here is grace. In...
View ArticleMemorial Day: Heroes
Remembering the heroism of Staff Sgt. Martin Richburg , who did this in 2006: Staff Sgt. Martin Richburg byMonte Morin / S&S Here’s the thing about real heroes: they never think they’ve done...
View ArticleA belated Memorial Day Must-Read
Check this out, by Anthony Esolen, on The Soldier’s Rough Charity “. . .we look to the soldier, who may well make his career in or from the service, yet who endures privations we can hardly imagine,...
View ArticleObama-McChrystal-Petraeus Reactions
On NPR this afternoon, I heard a report that some military folk on the ground at Kandahar believed McChrystal would get off with a tongue-lashing for the Rolling Stone piece, particularly since it was...
View ArticleVeteran's Day; Soldiers & Saints
Fr. Tim Vakoc, Military Chaplain, RIP A Hero is as a Hero Does Nice posts at Hot Air and at Deacon Greg’s place and elsewhere, but I like this piece by Frank Weathers, because it reminds us that (as...
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