It was 27 Sept., 1942. Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro wouldn’t see the 28th. Munro, the first and only member of the U.S. Coast Guard to receive the Medal of Honor, had been aboard the the seaplane tender Ballard. Anchored just off Guadalcanal, the ship received word that 500 men from the 1st Battalion, ...
Good moral character is not a genetic gift or inherent talent bestowed upon all human beings. Many have a natural talent to lead, while others have to work at building up certain traits to become good leaders. In the Marine Corps, there are 14 character traits that all Marines are expected to aspire to and ...
Call me cynical, call me what you want but please don’t throw me into the stereotype of being a dependent or a military spouse. I love my active duty husband more than anything in this world and while I hate to generalize people, I’ve seen way to much drama over the years to want to ...
After a brief interlude at the home of Eugene Sledge’s parents in Mobile, Ala., ‘The Pacific’ Episode 6 ‘Peleliu Airfield’ takes us back to the fetid Pacific island of Peleliu and a group of very unhappy Marines indeed. Spoilers surely follow. The 1st Marines, including Robert Leckie and Eugene Sledge, are pinned down on one ...
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