[September 21, 2017] Last year I stopped watching NFL football. Like all my friends, we are not going to support an organization (or its advertisers) that encourages disrespect of our nation, our military, our flag, and pokes us in the eye every time we watch them at work. But while I visited relatives from Texas and out of… Read More »
[July 3, 2017] As we look back across time it is difficult to ascertain the qualities of most of humankind’s best leadership except for those who have made deep contributions. Davy Crockett is one of those who tackles our imaginations and pricks our interest in many ways. He is a true American folk hero and fits that mold… Read More »
[June 7, 2017] As I traveled about several states over the past four days, I was lucky to come across the Freedom Center in the North Terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. My wife and I have traveled in nearly every major airport in the continental U.S. and look forward to stopping by to visit USO facilities. The Freedom… Read More »
[May 19, 2017] British Royal Navy officer Lionel Crabb was a frogman (underwater diver) who served with distinction during World War II and for a time afterwards. He was described as tiny and a poor swimmer with a long nose, bright eyes, and with his miniature frame he might have been an aquatic garden gnome.1 Lionel Crabb is… Read More »
[April 6, 2017] I had a good laugh the other day as I was discussing this upcoming post naming Roger Baldwin as a hero. You see, Baldwin is a lawyer and his reputation was mediocre for a senior leader. With one exception, he generally did okay for himself; in another instance he oversaw a trial that was famous… Read More »
[February 15, 2017] I’ve known about Hal Moore since I was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and looked upon him as a great American hero. His legacy originated with his heroic actions at the Battle of Ia Drang, Vietnam 1965 as an Infantry Battalion Commander but there was, of course, much more to it than that. … Read More »
[December 6, 2016] The most widely accepted definition of hero refers to a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character. It also refers to a person who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model or ideal. So it is with U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Paul Smith; our hero… Read More »
[October 8, 2016] We need heroes … we need them because of a deep need to realize personal excellence; our heroes are symbols for those qualities we would like to possess and the ambitions we would like to gratify. Looking to what Tom Brokaw called, “the Greatest Generation,” there can be found Joe Foss, one of the leading… Read More »
[October 5, 2016] One of the great legends out of the Old West in America came about in the late 1800s when the infamous Dalton Gang terrorized the state of Oklahoma robbing and killing. Much has been written and movies made about the gang and their exploits but little on the townspeople who helped bring their activity to… Read More »
[October 4, 2016] One of my close friends confided in me the other day that during his travels he had been asking people who their heroes were and has done so for over 30 years. The results are a bit surprising but more on that later. What he discovered for himself – and now sharing with me –… Read More »