April 27, 2021 The Urgent Necessity of Frequent Visits “The big thing I learned in World War II was the urgent necessity of frequent visits … I was abreast…
March 17, 2021 “They Were Americans Before All Else”: Col. Marcus Ray and Gen. Marshall Marcus Hannan Ray was born in Chicago to Randall and Ada Ray in 1904. Randall was a porter for the…
March 10, 2021 “Being Educated on Hawaiian Defensive Conditions” “The big thing I learned in World War II was the urgent necessity of frequent visits … I was abreast…
March 3, 2021 How Far? All the Way! Benjamin Franklin first envisioned airborne troops dropped by parachute from hot air balloons flying behind enemy lines in a 1784…
February 23, 2021 “Powder” in Pictures George Marshall called him “Powder.” Powder ordered a warm winter coat for Gen. Marshall before traveling to Russia and found…
February 4, 2021 I’m Sorry, Mr. President, But I Don’t Agree With That At All On Oct. 3, 1917, Gen. John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, visited…
January 20, 2021 Oh, Fleet! George Marshall loved dogs. He had several as a boy, and usually had one around as an adult. This is…
January 5, 2021 Elizebeth Who? She wrote the book on code breaking for the U.S. Army, and taught the first cryptography classes to soldiers…
December 24, 2020 The First Wartime Christmas The third week of December, 1941, a British delegation including Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the British Chiefs of Staff…
