In 1945, American forces set out on a mission that would change the course of World War II. Their target, Iwo Jima, was the launching pad for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Japanese forces had years to prepare for the inevitable conflict. Pillboxes, square foxholes made of cement, were dug into the ground all over the mountain side. In each pillbox was at least one Continue reading
Trapped and surrounded, she was alone.
American forces had been chased off, leaving the young nurse at the mercy of two Viet Cong battalions who had just bum-rushed the city.
When Staff Sargent Drew Dix was recalled to defend the city, he organized an assault on the VC that led to the nurse’s Continue reading
“No. We’re not interviewing.”
“No. We’re actually downsizing.”
“No, no. I understand that you’re perfect for the job but we’ve hired from within.”
Recent college graduate Heather Vaughn had heard all the “no’s” she could stand. Frustrated, she turned to a faithful source of wisdom: her father. By the end of their talk her mind was made up.
Since she was a young girl she had dreamed of becoming a wedding planner. With support from friends and family she said “yes” to her dream, stepped out in faith, and Continue reading
Remember that skit when we were kids: four boxes on the TV screen and one person in each box? Three were doing the same thing. The fourth was doing something completely different.
The jingle went something like:
“Which one of these is not like the others? Which one of these is doing her own thing…?”
Meet Michelle Boxx: 18-year-old founder and director of ReaganRex.org (RR).
RR is a (soon-to-be) registered non-profit organization dedicated to equipping America’s youth with “active Continue reading
“Sweety,” Jenny reminded, “We promised we would take the boys to the park today.”
It was actually more of a whisper. She knew it was my day off. She knew things were pretty rough at my “day job.” She knew that I would rather Continue reading
For months Sarah McKinley struggled to reconcile the joy of being a first-time mother and the fear of being a single mother. On Christmas day, her husband made his final surrender…to lung cancer.
Just hours after she buried him, she answered a knock at the door. A stranger presented himself and claimed to be the next-door neighbor, “just wanting to say, ‘hello’.” She turned him away.
On New Year’s Eve, the stranger came back…with a friend. This time, there would be Continue reading
She is the daughter of immigrants, a woman of faith, and an enemy to traitors.
She walked away from a career in music to serve on the front lines of a struggle that will set the course for generations of Americans.
She exposed treachery in the “W” administration. She called out cronyism in Continue reading
Born into slavery; kidnapped as an infant; orphaned as a boy; he had little chance of ever becoming anything noteworthy.
Emancipation freed him, but it did not make him welcome in the public school system.
He heard a rumor about a school that accepted black students and walked ten miles only to find Continue reading
How many young people make a habit of standing up to bullies? Can you name one?
Such is the character of Lt. Michael Patrick Murphy; Navy SEAL; posthumous recipient of Continue reading
Bill dedicated his life to football. He played in high school and college.
Without the skill to play professionally, he returned to high school as a coach. In 1960, he took an assistant coaching job at Berkley. He also assisted at Stanford.
As an assistant with the Oakland Raiders, he learned the principles of a Continue reading
