The Host Nation
The Jigs Up Memorial
by Sean Kelly It’s been a sombre sort of year so we didn’t celebrate 4th of July with a barbecue or party. Instead on 4 July 2021 we took time to visit and place an American flag at a memorial to USAAF B-24 ‘Liberator’ bomber crew who lost their lives off the coast of a […]
Our Personal Experience at Margraten
by Richard Moody Memorial Day Commemoration in the Netherlands In the small town of Margraten in the Netherlands lies an American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) cemetery, the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. It is the only U.S. military cemetery in the Netherlands, but that is not what makes it unique. Located just east of Maastricht, […]
SAFETY BRIEFINGS
by Allen Dale Olson Some of the most interesting safety information I was ever given was provided in Zweibrucken, Germany, shortly after I debarked from a troop ship in Bremerhaven to board a train to the reassignment barracks near the border with France. As a new PFC I was surprised that the NCOs ordering me […]
From the Frontlines to the Homefront 