Comparing Pearl Harbor To 9/11
Did you know that Pearl Harbor Day is December 7th? It's been over seventy years since it happened and there aren't that many people left around that remember this day "that will live in infamy." It was a terrible event in American history and many have been comparing Pearl Harbor to 9/11. People, for years after, would ask, "Do you remember where you were when you heard about Pearl Harbor?" Since most of us were not around, here is a list of five things you should remember about the heroes who fought that day and comparing Pearl Harbor to 9/11.
Categories: History Tags: 9/11, Afghanistan, FDR, franklin delano roosevelt, George W. Bush, homeland security, iraqi war, pearl harbor, Pentagon, war on terror, world trade centers, world war 2, world war two, WW2, wwII
American Military Heroes Lost In 2011
While the war with Iraq came to a close, the chapter on these men’s lives also ended. They were the men of World War Two and even World War One. These men were amongst the young men who answered America’s call in a much more innocent time and it is important that we do not forget them. They come from many different branches of the service and were part of some of the greatest battles of the wars. One of them is a Congressional Medal of Honor winner and one of them should be. You've seen their lives immortalized in film and can read about them in books. Here is a tribute to those heroes of the 20th century.
Categories: People's Choice Tags: 101st airborne, American Military Heroes Lost, Band of Brothers, code talkers, Congressional Medal of Honor, D-Day, dick winters, doolittle raid, fickle finger of fate, jimmy doolittle, lost battallion, Medal of Honor, military heroes, moh, navajo, pearl harbor, world war 1, world war 2, WW1, WW2
Remembering Five Veterans Who Died In 2010
Every day, we lose another World War Two (or One) veteran that helped to make make sure we enjoy our freedoms. These heroes made sacrifices that most of us cannot even begin to imagine. They gave up normalcy in their lives to pick up a gun and fight so others may live better. The men and women in the service are all heroes. The people on this list each served in the service - not all from the United States - but were heroes in their own right. Thanks to all of our soldiers, this year, living and dead, for their bravery and courage. Read more...
Pearl Harbor Day Quiz
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Categories: History Tags: America, Arizona, Japanese, pearl harbor, sneak attack, submarines, united states, world war 2, World War II, WW2
Five Ways Miscommunication Led To Disaster
He said that she said that the other guy said...and so on. You know how it goes. By the time a story is retold over and over again, it isn't even the same story. Well, that's miscommunication. It has caused some serious problems throughout history, as noted in the five stories below. A lot of people have given up there lives over a simple misunderstanding. Here are five of the worst! Read more...
Categories: History Tags: 7th cavalry, alfred lord tennyson, battle of trenton, charge of the light brigade, general custer, General Rall, george washington, hessians, japanese attack, lakota indians, madrea, miscommunicated, miscommunication, napoleon, pearl harbor, seventh cavalry, white house, wounded knee
Five Things You Didn’t Know About John Wayne
Few have ever commanded a movie screen the way John Wayne did. Over the course of his fifty-plus-year career, the six foot-two, 220lb. tough guy made over 170 films, appeared on television and radio, and wore a cowboy hat like nobody’s business. Most would agree that the Western genre itself wouldn’t exist without him. Here are five things you might not have known about this iconic actor. Read more...
Categories: Entertainment Tags: blazing saddles, draft dodger, gene wilder, howard jones, john ford, john wayne, leathernecks, Marion Morrison, mel brooks, movie icon, movie star, pearl harbor, sands of iwo jima, sigma chi, the alamo, The Duke, the longest day, tom mix, USC football, world war 2, World War II, WW2, wyatt earp
