She never took her $73.13-a-month Veteran’s Pension. Helen Jackson sits with portrait of her husband, a Civil War Veteran. Image from cherryblossomfest.com Until three years ago, no one knew that Helen Viola Jackson, who died in December at age 101, had been married to a Civil War veteran. That’s
@Smag94_ is the account of Sarah M., who has a lot of cool TikTok videos about Basic Training and Drill Sergeant life. Here is one showing the power of a Drill Sergeant over her recruits. Another of recruits in the infamous “gas chamber” that every Basic Trainee has to endure. Finally, here’s
The Story of Eugene Ely, the First Navy Test Pilot Ely at Tanforan Racetrack shortly before takeoff. Note the football helmet on his head and inflated bicycle tires over his shoulders. The tires were to help him float in case he had to ditch in the Bay. History makers
Image from the Marine Corps Times. Dorothy “Dot” Schmidt Cole died on January 7 in her North Carolina home at age 107. She was the United States’ oldest living Marine. Her nickname growing up on the edge of the Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania was “Half-Pint” because she stood
Image from Smithsonian Magazine. Two years ago, Smithsonian Magazine published a great map put together with painstaking research of US military activities in 80 countries over six continents. The map was created by Brown University’s Costs of War Project at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. You can
Donut Dollies image from coffeeordie.com I’ve decided my favorite branch of service are the Donut Dollies, nickname for the American Red Cross’s Supplemental Recreational Activities Overseas staff or SRAO. Red Cross SRAO civilian volunteers served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam before the program was terminated in 1972. They
