Posted on 08/31/2018 7:37:04 AM PDT by fugazi
Today's piece is in honor of Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Bowden, who died of injuries from a small-arms battle in Ghazni, Afghanistan. The 28-year-old native of Villa Rica, Ga. was on his second Afghan deployment and assigned to the 242d Ordnance Battalion (EOD), 71st Ordnance Group.
1864: Two armies under the command of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman engage Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood's vastly outnumbered Army of Tennessee just south of Atlanta. Despite brilliant fighting and generalship in the Battle of Jonesborough, the Confederates destroy a trainload of military supplies to prevent its capture by the Union and withdraw to Atlanta.
1916: Near Guillemont, France, a German artillery shell scores a direct hit on 2nd Lt. Henry A. "Harry" Butters, instantly killing the popular Royal Field Artillery officer. Butters, an American citizen that joined the British Army at the outbreak of World War I, was so reknowned that Winston Churchill (then a battalion commander with the Royal Scots Fusiliers) met with him and would write of Butters after his death. Butters' gravestone simply read "An American Citizen" - as he requested - and every soldier that could be spared attended his funeral.
1940: As war rages across Europe and Asia, President Franklin Roosevelt federalizes 60,000 National Guard soldiers.
1942: After a squadron of eight Japanese destroyers finally manages to squeeze through Guadalcanal's defensive ring and disembarks 1,000 Japanese troops the night before, the arriving force stages an attack on Henderson Field. Meanwhile, the Marine Corps' elite 1st Marine Raider Battalion and 1st Parachute Battalion arrive from Tulagi.
While four Marine Corps parachute operations are planned during the war, the highly trained Paramarines are never used for their intended purpose and will only be used in conventional roles. The Paramarines
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Your post: what a stark contrast.
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Wow. So much more impressed by the picture on the left.
Wow the contrast: Underpaid True American Heroes putting Their Lives on the line 24/7/365 and overpaid thugball players who’s biggest worry is “damned it, I twisted my knee and now I might not get paid millions.”
Thank You American Military and God Bless You All.
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Sgt. Maj. Bradley Kasal just recently retired after giving us 32 years of service in the Marine Corps. He was awarded the Navy Cross (second only to the MoH for combat valor) for his actions preceding the photo.
Uniforms vs. costumes.
Heroes vs. Zeroes.
Thanks for the Ping!!
Good trigger discipline there...
(Funny, I only see 3 heroes in that montage)
That’s RED, or BLOOD privilege.
Real Men vs boys playing a game.
Keep ‘em coming!
Top Kasal shielded the other Marines from the blast with his body, then took out Hadji with his M-9. The pic that made the news was of him being carried out with his M-9 still in hand.
Really!!!
Is His Name Top or Tom ?
Top Sgt...
Dhoh+Facepalm
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