How this BADASS US Unit didn’t Lose a Single Man While TERRORISING the Japanese I had read a book on the Alamo Scouts a few years back and the desctiption of the training here was accurate. Just to make it fun the blind fold test was done at night in the Pacific Jungle! Ouch….
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The Bad Ass Files: SgtMaj. Daniel Joseph Daly, USMC
A War Hero: SgtMaj. Daniel Joseph Daly Sergeant Major Daly is perhaps best remembered for a famous battle cry delivered during the desperate fighting in Belleau Wood in June 1918. Marines took a terrific pounding on the outskirts of Lucy le Bocage (“Lucy Birdcage” to the American Expeditionary Forces) at the fringe of Belleau…
Spartans…What is Your Profession?
Spartans…What is Your Profession?
Citizen Soldier and the American Militia
War Movies Worth a Damn: The East
‘The East’ Shows Why Indonesia’s War of Independence Is a Bridge Between WWII and Vietnam Before you watch the movie it would do you good to familarize yourself with the History of this little known War, often called “The Dutch Vietnam”: As an amateur military historian and writer, I really enjoyed the authentic “feel”…
WW2 Vet Turns 100!
Pearl Harbor survivor and WWII veteran wants cards for his 100th birthday Honor a Hero and a WW2 Veteran by dropping him a Birthday Card!
The Bad-Ass Files: Raoul Lufbery
Raoul Lufbery It’s hard not to admire a man with ice-water in his veins, who craves adventure at every turn, who goes into battle not because he hates the man in front of him as so much he repsects and loves the man behind him. Plus anybody with two pet lions named “Whiskey” and…
Know Your Weapons: The War Hammer
The War Hammer: A Deadly Effective Medieval Weapon I am a sucker for historical movies, in particular anything from the dark to medieval age. I was watching Outlaw King about Scotland’s Robert the Bruce and noticed quite a few War Hammers being used. Cold Steel offers a nice practical and affordable re-creation of a…
Know Your WW2 History: The Battle of the Scheldt
WWII’s Forgotten Dutch Battle: The Battle of the Scheldt Netlfix just released a movie titled The Forgotten Battle which is partly about Operation Market Garden and The Battle of the Schedlt.