by jack | Sep 17, 2023 | Citizen Heroes, Human Rights, WWII
In the annals of history, the names of great heroes often shine brightly, but there are some heroes whose light remains hidden, obscured by the shadows of time. Adolfo Kaminsky is one such unsung hero, a man whose remarkable acts of courage and compassion saved the...
by jack | Aug 28, 2023 | USMC, WWII
12 May, 1945 Sugar Loaf Hill, Okinawa Japanese defenders, nearly an entire regiment, have fortified their crucial position on a small hill. The hill looked unassuming, but it was honeycombed with concrete reverse slope positions holding machine gun and artillery...
by Doyle | Aug 7, 2023 | Citizen Heroes, WWII
In 1942, a few months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government forced Japanese immigrants and Americans of Japanese descent to report to barbed-wire camps. Many lost their homes to thieves or bank foreclosures. A state agricultural inspector, Fletcher...
by Doyle | Jul 22, 2023 | WWII
In 1942, during the height of World War II, Carmen Contreras-Bozak made history by enlisting in the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), which was later renamed the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). Her enlistment made her the first Hispanic American...
by Doyle | Jul 12, 2023 | Medal of Honor, WWII
0400 hours, 26 December 1944. The German Army mounts an ambitious offensive called “Operation Winter Storm.” With a relentless assault in Northern Italy, they force the 92nd US Infantry Division to pull back. Although most of the U.S. infantry forces have...
by Doyle | May 16, 2023 | WWII
Born in Houston, Texas, on November 2, 1922, Warren Gamaliel Harding Crecy joined the U.S. Army in 1942, following in the footsteps of countless African Americans who sought to serve their country despite facing racial discrimination. Crecy’s journey took him to...
