Found this on twitter.  Beautiful, brave dog…Brave, heroic deputy.  My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Deputy Kyle Pagerly’s family.  Thank you for his service and sacrifice. Published on Jul 26, 2012 by Joe sturm Please vote Berks County Sheriffs Dep K-9 Jynx ret. 2012 AHA Hero Dog. He is a finalist…

As I’ve mentioned previously, I came into adulthood during the Vietnam War.   I was never one of those glorious, glamorized free-spirit hippies who seem to epitomize the sixties and early seventies these days.  Contrary to popular media presentation of that period of history, it was not a pretty time in our country.  Most of us were…

As the helicopters unloaded the young soldiers near a rice paddy in Vietnam, the enemy began to rain fire on them from three sides.  More than 30 young soldiers fell wounded in the opening minutes.  Heedless of the danger, one lone medic moved among them.  Wounded in the shoulder, still he made repeated trips under…

July 12, 2011 “The soldier in uniform extended his prosthetic hand after losing his own in battle. And the commander in chief who sent him there reached out to clasp it. It was a sobering moment toward the end of a moving ceremony at the White House Tuesday, as President Barack Obama awarded the nation’s…

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