Jeremiah

March 21, 2024

March 21, 1944 – Bombing brings new suffering to Anzio hospital but swimming and baseball continues

Every square inch of Anzio was constantly under bombardment, including the hospital and operating rooms. One headline stated, “Debris is cleared away after an attack on […]
March 20, 2024

March 20, 1944 – On Anzio a beachhead order to the men to wear steel hats or pay fine

AP correspondent, Richard G. Massock, observed, “Germans are being killed on the Anzio beachhead by “some pretty grim looking characters.”[1]
March 20, 2024

A recording of my WWII presentation at the LSU Military Museum

This presentation, “At First Light: How a Teenager Became a WWII Hero” was delivered at the William A. Brookshire LSU Military Museum in October 2023 as […]
March 19, 2024

March 19, 1944 – Not a single spot on Anzio Beachhead is safe from enemy gunfire

Journalist George Tucker wrote, “To appreciate Anzio it is necessary to remember that the beachhead is shaped like a fan, the handle of which is a […]
March 18, 2024

March 18, 1944 – To seize a beachhead like Anzio was one thing—to hold it indefinitely was another

The miserly affection with which the limited ground on the Anzio, Italy beachhead was coveted is shown by the fact that during March the 3rd Infantry […]
March 17, 2024

March 17, 1944 – Dad’s first medal of valor caused Mount Vesuvius to blow her top

Well, not really. But the two events occurred in close proximity to each other. Phil’s first medal of valor was the Silver Star the Army’s third […]
March 16, 2024

March 16, 1944 – Baptism by fire (Part 2)

“No soldier in any of our theaters of operations is better acquainted with this war than is the Infantryman, and no Infantryman knows war more intimately […]
March 15, 2024

March 15, 1944 – Baptism by fire (Part 1)

“In every battle, the last one hundred yards of the fight belongs to the Infantry. Armed with rifle and bayonet, Infantrymen must face and defeat the […]
December 16, 2019

We have these promises dear friends

He did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God. … He has given us his very great and precious promises.
December 16, 2019

You make known to me the path of life

Lead me in the way everlasting. … This is what the Lord says: “See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way […]
December 17, 2019

Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious

The people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise. … I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me […]
December 18, 2019

If I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him

Is anything too hard for the LORD? … Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this. … Trust in the […]
January 2, 2020

The power of words for harm

The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of […]
January 6, 2020

The Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream

When (the Magi) had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and […]