Elizabeth Anne Helm-Frazier retired from the Army as a Master Sergeant after twenty-five years, ten-months, and twenty-six days of military service. Elizabeth held a variety of high-profile positions in personnel (MOS 75-Echo) and career counseling (MOS 79-Sierra). She was US Army TRADOC’s Career Counselor of the Year, San Antonio’s Mentor of the Year, and
Join us on Saturday, September 16 at 7:00pm ET (4pm PT) to mark National 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day with a screening of the documentary The Six Triple Eight, followed by a conversation with filmmakers James Theres and Elizabeth Anne Helm-Frazier. Until ten years ago, few Americans had ever heard of the 6888th
By Bob Podurgiel Common Milkweed seed pods are about 4 inches long, inflated looking and covered in little bumpy projections. They are green initially, turning brown as they mature. They split open revealing 50-100 seeds each with a white, fluffy coma (“parachute”) that allows wind dispersal (National Park Service) On warm summer
By Todd DePastino The story about the accidental Tootsie Roll airdrop at the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir ranks among the greatest in American military lore. But it probably isn’t true. Legend has it that during the desperate fight at Chosin, Marines ran out of 60-millimeter mortars, useful for delivering high, arcing fire over
PBS North Carolina's "Comic Culture" recently featured a program on famed World War II cartoonist Bill Mauldin. Host Terence Dollard discusses Mauldin's career, life and impact as an editorial cartoonist with biographer Todd DePastino. This conversation with Todd DePastino, author of Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front, focuses on Mauldin's World War II cartoons,
By Bob Harbula Ninety-two-year-old Bob Harbula has shared his story at several Veterans Breakfast Club events and in our podcasts over the years. Historian Patrick K. O’Donnell used Bob’s combat narrative in his excellent book, Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story —The Epic Stand of the Marines of George Company (Da Capo
