Joshua

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 24, 2024

March 24, 1944 – Supply lines at Anzio

The real drama of this Anzio beachhead campaign is the supply system. I’d almost like to write that sentence twice—to make sure you get it. The […]
March 23, 2024

March 23, 1944 – Was Ernie Pyle, the most famous correspondent from WWII ever scared?

Was the most famous correspondent from WWII ever scared? Here’s Ernie Pyle’s report from the front lines at Anzio Beachhead.
March 22, 2024

March 22, 1944 – Rest camp, replacements, and those amazing LSTs

March 22 Late in March, some units of the 3rd Infantry Division began to come out of the line after more than 60 consecutive days of […]
March 23, 2021

Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged

Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. … Do not be afraid. … Do not turn away from the LORD, but serve […]
April 7, 2021

Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left

So be careful to do what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. … The Israelites […]
April 17, 2021

The righteous choose their friends carefully

Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways … Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company. … But if serving the Lord seems […]
May 12, 2021

Yours is the glory

Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. … Yours, O LORD, is […]
June 3, 2021

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips

Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him. … May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience […]
June 7, 2021

Be careful to do everything I have said to you

Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips. … The people all responded together, “We will do […]