by John McAuliffe | 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...
by John McAuliffe | 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...
by John McAuliffe | 16 Jul 2005 | Commentary
Little Luxembourg, a country no larger than the state of Rhode island produced a gracious hostess and a friend of the GI soldier with a heart as big as the state of Texas.
by John McAuliffe | 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...
by John McAuliffe | 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...