Category: Sacrifice

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Color Sgt. William H. Cox, U. S. Army, 1918

"Color Sergeant W. H. Cox, 15th New York Infantry" by Raymond Desvarreux. U.S. Army Art Collection World War I era rank insignia for Color Sgt. This magnificent painting depicts Color Sergeant William H. Cox, who served in World War I with the 15th New York Infantry Regiment. Renumbered as the 369th Infantry in March 1918, …

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Target for Today – Review and Gameplay

Target for Today, in my view, is the single best solitaire wargame available today. Arguably, it may be the best ever.

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They call themselves Blackhorse sandwiches

... traditions of things endured and things accomplished, such as regiments hand down forever... Col. John Thomason The Vietnam War ranks among the most impactful conflicts in American history. As one of the U.S. Army's premier armored formations, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment performed a crucial role in the war. Serving as a hard-hitting mobile …

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Range 301 – a summer night in 1988 and the Blackhorse

M1 tank night fire, May 1988
"On line" by Staff Sgt. Roger Price, pen and ink, 1990, U.S. Army Art Collection Range 301 – Combined arms range; largest in Western Europe In the above art piece, an M1 tank unit and a fire support team are shooting at Range 301 on the northwestern side of Grafenwoehr Training Area in southern Germany. …

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Cpl. Nicolas Hernandez, 481738, U.S.M.C.

Cpl. Nicolas Hernandez at Camp Pendleton in 1944
Many years ago, I met World War II Marine Tom Williams, who was originally from Los Angeles. He relocated to Oregon – where I live – in the 1990s. In about 2000-ish, I hosted an exhibit of wartime Marine Corps memorabilia and Tom was one of the visitors. Over the course of time, we developed …

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Podcast – To be a Marine in World War II

New Britain, January 1944. After nineteen days on the line and the successful attack on Hill 660, Pfc George C. Miller (Jersey City, N. J.) trudges wearily to the rear. He served with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, First Marine Division. USMC Photo
World War II feels like a thousand years ago to many people, but in historical terms, it wasn't really that long ago. In this episode of the Fix Bayonets podcast, I look back in time to examine the world that wartime Marines lived in. To help better illustrate the story, I share a few passages …

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