Henry Lincoln Johnson, DSC WWI
Henry Lincoln Johnson A few years ago, while helping edit articles on Wikipedia, I happened across Henry Lincoln Johnson. In the months after the US declared war on Germany (6 April 1917), Johnson...
View ArticleAnother monument violated
Northwest of Reims, when traveling along the Avenue du General de Gaulle, you pass through the small commune of Berry-au-Bac and reach one of France’s many rural traffic circles. At that circle is a...
View ArticleJohnson approved by SecDef for Medal of Honor
As I noted last May, Henry Lincoln Johnson was eventually awarded the DSC, posthumously, for his actions in WWI. Now, the Secretary of Defense has recommended that Johnson be awarded the Medal of Honor.
View ArticleMilitary Classics Seminar Series
Last Tuesday, I attended a seminar session that’s part of the Military Classics Seminar series. The MCS is now in it’s 57th year and, shockingly, this is the first I’ve heard of it. They meet on the...
View ArticleThrough the Wheat: The US Marines in WWI
In preparation for Tuesday night’s Military Classics Seminar Series, which covers both Max Hastings’ Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War and Barbara Tuchman’s The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World...
View ArticleTora, Tora, Tora in Carlisle!
February shapes up to be an interesting month for those interested in WWII history. The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC) continues the Strategic Art Film Program with a viewing, dinner...
View ArticleThree Armies on the Somme
The next Military Classics Seminar (18 April 2017) will feature a review of William Philpott’s Three Armies on the Somme: The First Battle of the Twentieth Century, by David Silbey, Professor and...
View Article99 years ago, Marines, north of Paris
100 years ago, Thaddeus Stephenson Allen answered his country’s call and enlisted in the Marine Corps. T.S. Allen soaked up history as a young man, reading stories of Lexington and Bunker Hill, Valley...
View ArticleIreland’s Wars: The Lusitania — Never Felt Better
A nice piece on the sinking of the Lusitania as we commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I…. With the start of the First World War, many were expecting a titanic clash of the German and...
View Article2018-2019 Military Classics Seminar Schedule
I’d fallen off on my attendance at the Military Classics Seminar, but if you’re a historian or military history aficionado, you should be attending these. They’ve changed the location of the meetings...
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