Category Archives: Medal of Honor

In war there are the “lucky” and then there is Steve Young

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Gary Alexander

“The reason my responses are limited is because I am at work. Some of us weren’t lucky enough to be war heroes, so we still have to work for a living instead of being able to rely on a monthly … Continue reading →

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As far as I’m concerned… it’s a man’s world

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Gary Alexander

  A couple of days ago I willingly engaged in a back-and-forth with a long ago public school friend of mine when he popped up on Facebook as he does every few months. Steve (his real name) is a classic, … Continue reading →

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‘Missing’ Chamberlain Medal returned to his home

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Gary Alexander

Stories about the Medal of Honor… the actual medal itself… are varied, fascinating and often test the boundaries of the odds and belief. One Recipient requested that the name of his mother, who died just shortly before he was to … Continue reading →

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A Christmas present for John F. Kerry

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Gary Alexander

I thought 2004 would be the last of John F. Kerry–who served in Vietnam (and Cambodia)  I’m told–but no; rising like a political third-string zombie he still haunts the Senate chambers contaminating its importance and history. Worse, Kerry will soon … Continue reading →

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9/11/2001

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Gary Alexander

Originally posted on September 11, 2011 Ten years gone….. a nation’s failure After almost 24 straight hours of watching listening and reading everything available on the attack, I fell into a numbed, head buzzed sleep, then startled awake about 2:30 a.m. The unmistakable … Continue reading →

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Garryowen…. and God speed.

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Gary Alexander

(Editor’s note: The insignia of E Company, Seventh Cavalry Regt., United States Army; of the period but not a Little Big Horn battlefield find– author’s personal collection.) Each year on this day I pause to remember a brave US Army unit who … Continue reading →

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The Bedford Boys

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Gary Alexander

Like eleven other Virginia communities, Bedford provided a company of soldiers (Company A) to the 29th Infantry Division when the National Guard’s 116th Infantry Regiment was activated on 3 February 1941. Some 30 Bedford soldiers were still in that company … Continue reading →

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Sunday pot shots…

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Gary Alexander

Insult to injury: This topic quickly became a cliché soon after the Obama Marxist regime occupied the White House, but here’s the obligatory bit on his fiddling while we circle the drain, and it costs us a bloody fortune (via Hawaii … Continue reading →

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Ten years gone….. a nation’s failure

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Gary Alexander

After almost 24 straight hours of watching listening and reading everything available on the attack, I fell into a numbed, head buzzed sleep, then startled awake about 2:30 a.m. The unmistakable low growl of an F-15 from nearby Buckley Air Guard Base grew … Continue reading →

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Taps: We stand at 84

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Gary Alexander

Colonel Charles Murray Jr., 89, who received the Medal of Honor for single-handedly stopping an attack on U.S. troops by 200 Germans during World War II, died Aug. 12 of congestive heart failure Friday at his home in Columbia, S.C. … Continue reading →

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