The London Bombings – 2005
On the morning of July 7, 2005, four Muslim fanatics struck the London transportation system with a surprise terrorist attack. That same morning, after the attacks had occurred, I sent out one of my monthly missionary updates to my supporters back in the U.S., but without making any mention of the attacks at the…
US Army’s 250th Birthday Memory
It surprises some folks to learn that our Army is actually older than the United States. Before the Declaration of Independence was signed in July 1776, the Army had already been fighting since Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775. We officially celebrate our Army’s founding on 14 June 1775. When we entered the US Military…
250th Birthday of the Army – Tribute to Veterans
We know and hold in high esteem, the early leaders of the U.S. Army who fought so valiantly for our freedom. George Washington, Nathanael Green, Henry Knox, Ethan Allen. We have been taught about heroes of later years: Andrew Jackson, Winfield Scott in the War of 1812; Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War, dozens of…
Continue Reading 250th Birthday of the Army – Tribute to Veterans
250th Birthday of the Army – Long Journey to America
My connection to our Army started in 1945, two years before I was born in Wels, Austria. My parents had fled from Hungary, their homeland, before the advancing Soviet armies. Their goal was to reach the American army so that when the war ended, they would hopefully be in the US not the Soviet…
Continue Reading 250th Birthday of the Army – Long Journey to America
250th Birthday of the Army – Beyond the Battlefield
Beyond the Battlefield: How Army Service Strengthens American Society When my father, a World War II Army veteran, learned I had decided to attend West Point, his eyes conveyed a deep pride that words alone could never fully express. He instilled in me a strong work ethic and love of country. As a…
Continue Reading 250th Birthday of the Army – Beyond the Battlefield
250th Birthday of the Army – Happy Birthday!
In a previous essay on The Days Forward about what West Point meant to me, I stated that not counting obvious things like the birth of my kids, there were three events in my life that I count as being both profound and life-changing. I went on to say that in chronological order the first…
Continue Reading 250th Birthday of the Army – Happy Birthday!