September 30, 1944 – Dad and his front-line men now sensed things were going to get increasingly worse
September 30, 2024October 1, 1944 – The next month, the men could sense, was going to be hell
October 1, 2024Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter:
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Understanding Your Health: Six Questions to Review with Your Family Physician
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List of last month’s blogs at DrWalt.com
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List of last month’s WWII blogs
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1. “Ask Dr. Walt” column in September’s Today’s Christian Living magazine
I enjoy penning a bi-monthly column for the readers of Today’s Christian Living magazine. Here is the link to the most recent issue, July 2024. My column, “Understanding Your Health: Six Questions to Review with Your Family Physician“ is on pages 14-15. Below are links to each of the questions in the article:
- Understanding Your Health: Six Questions to Review with Your Family Physician“ (pages14-15)
- What are the key factors influencing my overall health? (page 14)
- How often should I get routine screenings and vaccinations? (page 14)
- What should I do if I’m experiencing persistent fatigue or stress? (pages 14-15)
- How can I manage stress effectively? (page 15)
- What is the importance of maintaining a healthy weight, and how can I achieve it? (page 15)
- How can I improve my sleep quality? (page 15)
- More Resources for your Health (page 15)
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2. List of last month’s blogs at DrWalt.com
Sign up for the Blog hereMy amazing webmaster, Steve Raquel, and I were working on some website changes that we hope you’ll enjoy as they are rolled out. You’ll see more non-WWII blogs this coming month.
- Health articles
Please let friends and family know that they can subscribe for free to the new blog here.
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3. List of last month’s WWII blogs in my continuing series: “Where Was Phil Larimore 80 Years Ago Today?”
I’m continuing a blog on most days for the next 12 months or so following my father’s exploits and adventures during WWII. Each blog will represent what he and the men with whom he was fighting were doing 80 years ago on the exact day of the blog. Here are last month’s blogs:
- September 1, 1944 – Dad uses a new technique for his men to fight house to house
- September 2-3, 1944 – Dad and his units ordered to let the French take Lyon
- September 4, 1944 – The Germans were in full retreat and greatly disorganized
- September 5, 1944 – The Battle of Besançon was a shaping up to be a doozy
- September 6, 1944 – “Get your asses out of the mud! Let’s kick some Kraut butt!”
- September 7, 1944 – Dad had been awarded a hat trick of medals—a Purple Heart, a Silver Star, and now a Bronze Star
- September 8, 1944 – Dad’s Bronze Medal exploits covered by newspaper articles back home
- September 9, 1944 – Troop fatigue was affecting both officers and men as casualties climbed
- September 10, 1944 – A momentous and historic turning point in the European Battles of WWII
- September 11, 1944 – WWII heroes Winston Churchill and Audie Murphy write about the coming hell in the Vosges
- September 12, 1944 – The capture of Vesoul officially ended the Campaign of Southern France
- September 13, 1944 – After only 29 days the US heroes had moved over 400 miles into France
- September 14, 1944 – The toughest nut in the Nazi’s long defensive line from the North Sea to the Swiss border lay just ahead of Dad and his men
- September 15, 1944 – The life expectancy of the front-line men was getting ready to plummet to 21 days
- September 16, 1944 — US GIs now face an obstacle that no army in the history of modern warfare had ever overcome—an enemy defending the Vosges Mountains
- September 17, 1944 — In the Vosges Mountains every battle was difficult or deadly or both
- September 18, 1944 — Phil, his men, and Love Company receive their first Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation
- September 19, 1944 — In France it is said war comes and goes yet in many ways it never changes
- September 20, 1944 – Phil’s 3rd Division battles toward the Moselle River
- September 21, 1944 – Phil’s 30th Infantry began some of the most bitter and exhausting fighting in its entire history
- September 22, 1944 – Gen Truscott writes his VI Corps troops, including Phil and his men
- September 22, 1944 – The dye was cast. Phil and his men were being sent to the deadly Vosges Mountains
- September 23, 1944 – Dad saves a platoon with a near miraculous shot
- September 24, 1944 – Dad writes home as an early autumn and terrible weather descends
- September 25, 1944 – Dad receives a shocking “Dear John” letter from home
PAST BLOG LISTS
Please let friends and family who are WWII aficionados know about the blog? They can sign up for it for free at www.DrWalt.com.
4. Last Month’s Happenings
- Aug 31-Sept 2, our Labor Day weekend was delightfully spent with daughter, Kate, and SIL, Charles.
- Sept 14-21, our annual beach vacation at Pensacola Beach, FL, was pushed back a bit by a feisty lady named Nicole, but fortunately the airline, car rental agency, and hotel all let us push our days back a bit at no charge. It was a wonderful week visiting with family and friends as well as enjoying amazing food and the incredible beach. And two surprise flyovers by the Blue Angels and another by a WWII B-25 bomber (like Barb’s dad used to fly) served as an amazing icing of the delicious cake of this vacation.
5. Upcoming Events
- Oct 5-12, Barb will be in Baton Rouge spending time with her sister, extended family, and old friends. For Walt, it’ll be a week of fasting!
- Oct 22-29, we’ll be in one of our favorite American cities, Chicago, for a meeting with the CRU Inner City ministry, as well as enjoying some of our favorite sites (like the Lincoln Park Zoo), a new attraction (Fly Over Chicago), and several of our old favorite restaurants.
6. Past Three Editions
- September 2024
- Oh my goodness, my daily Bible Reading/Devotion just reached 8000 subscribers
- My Dad and St. Paul
- “Ask Dr. Walt” column in July’s Today’s Christian Living magazine
- “Vaccine News You Can Use” column in Colorado Family Physician journal
- August 2024
- 50 years of membership in and service to the Christian Medical and Dental Associations
- Podcast recorded with the Lausanne Organization: Faith in Practice: A Journey in Family Medicine and Faith
- My special Father’s Day and July 4 podcast about the suffering, sacrifices, and successes on the forgotten Southern Front in WWII?
- My Father is remembered at two Colorado Springs establishments
- July 2024
- A special July 4 podcast is coming up
- Have you signed up for my daily devotional, “What the Bible Says About …”?
- List of last month’s blogs at DrWalt.com
- List of last month’s WWII blogs
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