Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for U.S. Veterans. Enjoy!
Own a Piece of History: Tank Auction Helping To Preserve War History
Rare and expensive military vehicles are set to go up for sale in California this weekend.
The collection includes various gun parts and other military equipment and has been collected over the course of the last 30 years by an engineer and philanthropist.
Interested in getting your hands on a piece of this military history? Read more here…
This day in history, July 15, 1944: Rommel’s last report on the battle in France
While some amongst the Allies started to worry that their advance was not going as swiftly as expected, the situation within the German High Command was a great deal worse. At the beginning of July Field Marshal von Rundstedt had told Fuhrer HQ that it was ‘time to make peace’. He had promptly been relieved of his command.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had seen his predictions come true – Allied air power had severely curtailed German freedom of movement around the battlefield. While the Allies were able to make good their losses the Germans were not. He felt that an Allied breakout was imminent – but he was more circumspect about his recommendations than von Rundstedt “so the end of this unequal battle is in sight. In my view we should learn a lesson from this situation.” Read the report that was sent to Hitler here…
46 years later, two Marines return dog tags to a Vietnam veteran
Arnold “Bud” Pate surely never thought he’d see them again: the dog tags he lost while serving in Vietnam back in 1968. Thanks to a couple of his fellow Marines, however, Pate has been reunited with his dog tags, 46 years after he lost them in battle.
Pate decided to serve his country when he was just 17 years old. He joined the Marines at that tender young age, knowing that one day, he would be fighting in Vietnam. Pate told reporters from WJHL “As a young man, I’d see news reels of World War II, and I just thought I wanted to be a Marine.” After joining the service, it wasn’t long before he was shipped overseas to fight. Read more here…
Thank you for reading (and sharing). Stay tuned for next week’s weekly review for U.S. Veterans.
