by jeff.sanders | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog
It was the morning of June 6, 1944 and the US Army was pinned down under withering gunfire from the Germans on Omaha Beach. An American General from the US 29th infantry division stumbled across a Major Max Schneider of the 5th Battalion, Army Rangers. “What...
by jeff.sanders | May 29, 2018 | Blog
The US Coast Guard is the smallest branch of our military (only about 45,000 active duty and 15,000 reservists), but it played a major role in World War II. Coast Guardsmen were the ones who manned the landing craft that ferried the Marines to the various islands to...
by jeff.sanders | May 26, 2018 | Blog
You have heard of the Army’s Green Berets, and the Navy’s SEALs, but have you ever heard of the Air Force’s Parajumpers? Affectionately known as the “PJs”, these special forces troops drop into the toughest situations to rescue people in...
by jeff.sanders | May 24, 2018 | Blog
The US Global War on Terrorism was already four years old when LT Michael Murphy, a US Navy SEAL was sent to hunt for a Taliban warlord. He and the other three SEALs were scrambling up and over the high mountains of Afghanistan when Afghan shepherds stumbled upon...
by jeff.sanders | May 21, 2018 | Blog
America’s first major offensive against the Japanese was on the small South Pacific island of Guadalcanal. The Marines landed and were eager to engage their fierce and fanatical enemy. Sergeant John Basilone of Raritan New Jersey was in charge of two sections of...
