I do not think the men who scaled the 200-foot cliffs of Pont du Hoc under enemy fire did so just to allow a foreign invasion of their country eight decades later.
also amazing how many cowards we have in political office these days, they need to go back to whatever life they had before they rose to their current level of shame.
great article…we retired army O5’s can’t shake our wonderful capabilities. hard to be humble i guess lol.
reason i’m responding is i’ve been to point du hoc. very humbling place. i was in heidelberg at campbell for a few years. not at the participatory level you attended here but quite an experience to say the least.
‘earn this’ is a very well written peace. you covered quite an era here that embraces much good and travail. born in ‘53 gave opportunity and a much encompassing length of time afterwards to realize that being born #2 in the final draft both altered by dream of becoming a forest ranger or snooped by the draft. only gives credence to who’s really in control. ROTC wasn’t a bad gig after all.
anyway,just a reach out to say thanks for your thought provoking work. I’d like to think folks like us seemingly have ‘earned this’. fortunately we didn’t die trying as luck would have it.
Whooah.
‘ride to the sound of the guns because the battle is the payoff!’
also amazing how many cowards we have in political office these days, they need to go back to whatever life they had before they rose to their current level of shame.
allen
great article…we retired army O5’s can’t shake our wonderful capabilities. hard to be humble i guess lol.
reason i’m responding is i’ve been to point du hoc. very humbling place. i was in heidelberg at campbell for a few years. not at the participatory level you attended here but quite an experience to say the least.
‘earn this’ is a very well written peace. you covered quite an era here that embraces much good and travail. born in ‘53 gave opportunity and a much encompassing length of time afterwards to realize that being born #2 in the final draft both altered by dream of becoming a forest ranger or snooped by the draft. only gives credence to who’s really in control. ROTC wasn’t a bad gig after all.
anyway,just a reach out to say thanks for your thought provoking work. I’d like to think folks like us seemingly have ‘earned this’. fortunately we didn’t die trying as luck would have it.
Whooah.
‘ride to the sound of the guns because the battle is the payoff!’
Steve Hoffman’
Aberdeen, MD