Missing you always
PFC Babbitt received the Purple Heart for his service.
Clarence Coggins was 1st Lt, Company CO of Co A, 3rd Bn, 179th RCT, 45th Infantry Division. My father in law, H Douglas Johnson, was CO of Co I. Coggins' company was reconnoitering east of Grenoble FR on August 23, 1943. They had the German 157th Infantry Rgt on the run and were trying to find th...
Ensign Robert C. Thomsen was serving aboard the U.S.S. Laffey at the battle of Okinawa on April 16, 1945 when the ship was badly damaged by enemy fire. Thomsen was listed as Killed in Action after the attack.
From the memorial plaque aboard the U.S.S. Laffey:
"Okinawa was the la...
Nicholas a Beloved son of are father in heaven and believer in Jesus Christ are saviour. Is very much loved and missed by his family and loved ones he has a wonderful boy named after him and has mad me a happy grandmother. We know you are in heaven and cant wait till that glorious day we can m...
I just wanted to let you know that I am playing for you today. Are lacrosse team knows the military is very important and honor a game a year as military day. Your name is going to be on my helmet for the rest of my senior season and I will never forget your name. We are going to win today and lo...
A daughter remembers.
SP5 Abernathy was awarded the Bronze Star (merit).
SSG Burgess will always be my hero. I'm proud to have had the chance to talk to him, however fleetingly, and I wish all his family the very best of everything. You all raised a fine Soldier, son, and father.
It has been nine years since Texarkana, Texas, native Sgt. Kyle Brandon Stout, 25, was killed in Afghanistan while serving his country in the U.S. Army.
Sgt. Stout died July 30, 2010, while serving in “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
After two Texarkana...
Bronze Star
"TJ" is what they called him before and after he enlisted in the Marine Corps. I know b/c I was not only his Recruiter but I was there in his passing. I never forgot about you LCpl Zapp and you will always live within in me and my heart. I remember the day you asked to work for me while we were i...
Pfc. Matthew J. England, my beloved son,my only child, died June 8, in An Najaf province, Iraq, while serving in Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn. Enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood,...
Dear Dad,
Although I was a mere 2 1/2 years old when you were taken away from me, there is not a day where my thoughts are of you, on the eve of your 70th anniversary of your falling, if only for a passing moment. I think of what might have been and what we could have done togeth...