President Franklin Roosevelt lost sleep deciding who would lead the United States fight against Germany during the war. Once he made his decision, it would be Dwight Eisenhower who lost sleep while planning the greatest invasion in American history. He was a meticulous organizer and facilitator who always got the job done. Eisenhower was creative enough to adapt battle plans and strategies to the realities on the ground, and flexible and charmingly diplomatic enough to maintain cordial cooperation among the…..
During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an ulterior motive. Irena smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried. She also carried a burlap sack in the back of her truck, for larger kids. Irena kept a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to…..
This is Leopold Martin and his first dog tag. It’s a little beat up – it must have quite a few stories to tell!. Leo Martin was drafted into the Army in 1943 from Lewiston, Maine and followed his older brother in Armor training. His brother changed his mind and went with the Airborne. Leo followed. His brother changed his mind again, but this time Leo stayed put. He liked the idea of “jump pay” and the hat the paratroops…..
Medics from the 326th Airborne Medical Company during the Holland campaign in WWII were provided a German Wanderer motorcycle, courtesy of the Dutch people to navigate around the town of Eindhoven. Identification to both ground and aerial allied troops was essential while moving around with looted transportation. Besides the yellow recognition scarf worn around the neck, the medic had a salvaged piece of cargo canopy in Holland’s country color of orange depicting friend from foe. The affiliation with the medical…..
“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 – “Their…..
“Everyone had the invasion shakes” ~ Farm boy soldier from Kentucky Many wrote letters home. But like all soldiers, their correspondence rarely told of the harshness of battle. They preferred to step outside of the war if even just while writing off a few lines back home, yearning to know of the life they left behind and prayed to go back to one day. “Dear Jackie, I purposely do not tell you much about my life over here. I thought…..
A special presentation by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, honors Black History Month. Faces Never Forgotten shares the story of SFC. Howard Lee Early, USA. Sergeant Early and is team were ambushed during the Vietnam War while on patrol in February 1969. www.youtube.com/embed/ZrdOTzk66hE” COMES A Soldier’s Whisper remembering our soldiers one day at a time…
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE 101st Airborne SOLDIER IN THIS PHOTO? A 101st Airborne, Five-O-Deuce Paratrooper’s WWII photo album surfaced in France & was purchased as memorabilia over the last few years. Russell Miller appears to have been the owner of the album with many personal photos of himself, family and fellow band of brothers, all from his unit, 502nd PIR of Regimental Headquarters. Most photos are not named making it difficult to contact them. Three photos of my father, David…..
Jim Markson is featured today on MAKE A CONNECTION Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/VeteransMTC Jim is my ex-husband. We were married for 14 years and have 2 beautiful children. I wish that we had known that he was suffering from PTSD back then. Who knows how differently everything might have turned out… It was after Jim read my 101st Airborne father’s wartime letters in COMES A Soldier’s Whisper that he called me to say how much he related to sentiments written…..
