September 16, 2020 I deeply regret to confirm … Today is National POW/MIA day, honoring prisoners of war and those still missing in action. I wore an MIA/POW bracelet…
July 22, 2020 The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion The 64th anniversary of the dedication of the Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy American Cemetery was commemorated July 18. Among the thousands of…
July 1, 2020 Marshall Begins Duties as Acting Army Chief of Staff Deputy Chief of Staff George C. Marshall assumed the chief’s duties on July 1, 1939. According to army regulations: “The…
June 24, 2020 Allied Strategic Debates: North African versus cross-Channel invasion June 1942 It was an inauspicious time for the Second Washington Conference to convene. The Allied position in the Mediterranean…
May 27, 2020 The Battle of Cantigny in the words of Lt. Col. George C. Marshall After the United States declared war on the Central Powers April 6, 1917, the first U.S. troops arrived in France…
May 8, 2020 Victory in Europe “The mission of this Allied force was fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7th, 1945,” Gen. Eisenhower to the Combined…
January 20, 2020 Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Prohibition One hundred years ago, it became illegal to stop off at the corner bar for a beer – the Volstead…
November 9, 2018 Marshall and the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice The 100th anniversary of the end of World War I takes place on November 11th. This blog contains three passages…
October 19, 2018 Marshall and the Recall of Stilwell Lt. Col. George C. Marshall served as executive officer of the 15th Regiment in Tientsin, an area in northern China,…