Obama’s desire to understand the enemy with the joining of hands & let’s be friends attitude with terrorists groups both old and newly rising such as Hamas & Isis is like Ring Around The Rosie & we all know how that ends… The concept of trying to understand the terrorist groups is an idealistic approach at best in an ideal and perfect world which we are not, and may not be for a long time to come. Where is the…..
“What shames us, what we most fear to tell, does not set us apart from other; it binds us together if only we can take the risk to speak it.” ~ Starhawk, Author Dear Supporters and Contributors, We wish to thank you for your wonderful donations and supportive words of encouragement for the Findlay family! As many of you know, my father returned from WWII as a 101st Airborne paratrooper veteran with two purple hearts and the Bronze Star Medal……
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“Every face seemed older than it should have been, more hard-bitten.” ~ George Hunt, Marines “Going, they are young and in the best of health. Returning, they are old and beaten shells that once were men.” ~ Sailor describing those who debarked for & later re-embarked from, Pacific island battles WWII The replacements gingerly surveyed old-timers and wondered, “Are we going to look like that?” Veterans saw that question in the glances of new men; with certain knowledge – And…..
An ever growing number of our veterans today are having a difficult time thanking the VA for their service. They are subjected to many months of waiting for an appointment to see a doctor. This has become A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH for our veterans, many whom suffer deep and severe depression and lack of worth leading to countless suicides. My brother, David Livingston Tharp who served both in the Navy and 101st Airborne died as a result of…..
COMES A SOLDIER’S WHISPER Facebook page has now reached over FOURTEEN THOUSAND LIKES! We want to extend our many thanks of gratitude for your visits and support in honoring our veterans of the past and present. We enjoy posting daily stories to remember and honor our past which gives us strength and empowers us to move forward making a better world and future for our children. “Any nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.” ~ Abraham…..
Jim Markson proudly poses with his WWI Veteran father, David Markson who also became a VFW Post Commander. Jim is shown in this photo standing in front of his father. He would later serve in the Vietnam War in 1967-1968 and participate in the TET Offensive and would later live to tell about it, 46 years later… he too would also become a VFW Post Commander. Jim is publishing his Vietnam wartime reflections in the coming soon publication, VIETNAM &…..
I’m beyond excited to come across this website, much of which is in Polish which I do not speak. However, do open this page to see many pictures of those who served with my 101st Airborne father, David Clinton Tharp. Dad was a radio communicator as were others in the regimental headquarter’s unit who served with Colonel Cole, Colonel Michaelis and Colonel Chappuis. There is a large photograph from January 1943. Dad is not in that picture. But for those…..
“It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.” ~ President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th US president 1961-1963 My father said, “It could happen again and on U.S. soil no less” and he was right. He passed away in 1999, just a few years before attack on the World Trade Center in New York City with the hijacking of our American planes, resulting in the loss of American civilians in their homeland. Was it…..
Today we offer our condolences to the Harle Family for the passing of Robert J. Harle who honorably served his country during WWII in the 101st Airborne Division, 502nd PIR, Reg. Hq. I am deeply honored to have met Mr. Harle in June 2013 at a 101st Airborne luncheon and was thrilled that not only did he know of my father, David Tharp, but knew him quite well. They met while on sea transport in early 1944 and shared English…..
