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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 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.
April 15, 2020

The Government – 1

Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.
April 22, 2020

We Are Redeemed – 4

I called on your name, Lord, from the depths of the pit. You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.” […]
April 27, 2020

The Kindness of God – 2

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his […]
May 5, 2020

Trinity – 2

To God’s elect, strangers in the world … who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the […]
May 31, 2020

Pleasing God – 3

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe.
June 15, 2020

Spiritual Gifts – Teaching – 1

We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is … teaching, then teach.