Speech at the Rochefort Reception

by | 12 Sep 2010 | Commentary

The following speech was made at the Rochefort, Belgium Town Hall on the occasion of John being made a honorary citizen of that town on June 19, 2010. Mr. Gilbert Stevenot, who was an interpreter in General Bradley’s Headquarters during WWII was responsible for the...

The Ardennes Foot Soldier (Winter of 1944-’45)

by | 14 Jan 2006 | Poetry

The noise of battle summons all Who hear the blare of trumpets call. The soldier stands in ready ranks In rows beside the mighty tanks. The battleground in Ardennes green, Now lain in winter’s snow-white sheen. The stark bare foxhole is my bed, With splintered...

The Boys of the Golden Acorn

by | 01 Aug 2004 | Poetry

It was a ‘Time For Trumpets’ And as they heeded the Bugle’s call, The boys of the Eighty-Seventh Stood ‘Stalwart and Strong’ and tall. 87th Div. They were the GOLDEN ACORN men Now dressed in battle array, Pressed into the snowy ARDENNES...
“Oh Danny Boy”, Italian Style

“Oh Danny Boy”, Italian Style

by | 15 Dec 2003 | Personal Accounts

This is not the usual war story that one is most likely to read in this column of “As I Remember It”. More often than not those stories relate to the soldier’s participation in the harsh realities of battle, telling of his experiences entwined with...