2 Chronicles

March 31, 2024

March 31, 1944 – A long letter home from Anzio

By the time you get this you will have seen, or will see some time, a write up about me in the Commercial. Also they will […]
March 31, 2024

Barb and I LOVE the Good News of Resurrection Sunday

Barb and I love Easter. Not because of chocolate bunnies, Easter eggs, Easter Sunrise services, spiral hams, family traditions, or marshmallow peeps. It’s because after celebrating […]
March 30, 2024

March 30, 1944 – Deserted city where Nero fiddled while Rome burned

Anzio and Nettuno run together along the coast of our beachhead, forming practically one city. There is really only one main street, which runs along the […]
March 29, 2024

March 29, 1944 – Living in a covered foxhole for 45 consecutive days on Anzio

Through March and April, 1944, things on Anzio remained unchanged. Living in a covered foxhole for 45 consecutive days was quite an experience.[1]
March 28, 2024

March 28, 1944 – Sometimes you hear shells coming, sometimes you don’t on Anzio

When you get to Anzio you waste no time getting off the boat, for you have been feeling pretty much like a clay pigeon in a […]
March 27, 2024

‘Dogface’ Hero: Headstrong Teen Becomes Highly Decorated Young Leader (Feb 2024 — ARMY magazine)

An article, ‘Dogface’ Hero: Headstrong Teen Becomes Highly Decorated Young Leader , based upon my and Mike Yorkey’s book, At First Light: A True World War […]
March 26, 2024

March 26, 1944 – A well deserved break at a rest camp

Beginning on 26 March, every two days another company the 30th Infantry was sent to the 3rd Division Rest Center in the heart of the Pine […]
March 25, 2024

March 25, 1944 – Fate of Anzio Beachhead rests heavily on the ‘Ducks’

Probably the two outstanding features of our handling of supplies on this 5th Army beachhead have been the “duck,” or amphibious truck, and our system of […]
March 23, 2020

Do Not Be Afraid – 3

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” … Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be […]
April 7, 2020

Gifts of the Spirit – 3

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God .
April 26, 2020

Seek

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
April 27, 2020

The Kindness of God – 1

Praise be to the Lord the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master.
April 28, 2020

Seek Wisdom – 2

Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
June 3, 2020

God’s Laws – 2

May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors.