On August 31, 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The single-day celebration stemmed from the unification of the Armed Forces under one department — the Department of Defense.
William Hase-1/13/1921 – N/A, Branch: Army, Rank: Corporal, Outfit: 96th Division…
Amos Jack Roy, 12/20/1924 – N/A, Branch: Army, Rank: Technical Sergeant, Outfit: 104th Hospital, Medical Corp…
My name is Nicholas Rider. I’m 14 and last year I published my first book. How’s that? you ask. Well, it started with my grandfather. Grandpa was a veteran of World War II, and maybe because I loved building model airplanes, I always used to ask him about what he’d done in the war. He was pretty modest about it. “Not a whole lot,” he said.
HOW I PROFITED FROM MY POW EXPERIENCES
1. I learned to make light of, Laugh or use humor to combat adversity as apposed to griping or complaining about.
2. I developed a higher level of accountability for myself and for others.