Warrior's Daily Inspiration Calendar

T/Sgt BERNARD P. BELL Co. I, 142d Infantry 36th Infantry Division Mittelwihr, France 18 December 1944 On the morning of 18 December 1944, T/Sgt Bell led his squad against an enemy position in a local schoolhouse. Bell rushed toward the building surprising the  2 guards at the door and took them prisoner without firing a … Continue reading 18 December

PFC WILLIAM A. SODERMAN Company K, 9th Infantry, 2nd ID Rocherath, Belgium 17 December 1944 During the German Ardennes counteroffensive, armed with his bazooka, PFC Soderman was tasked to defend a key road junction. Soderman lost his assistant gunner to a heavy artillery barrage and he could hear enemy tanks approaching his. He calmly waited … Continue reading 17 December

T/Sgt VERNON McGARlTY Company L, 393d Infantry 99th Infantry Division Krinkelt, Belgium 16 December 1944 Although painfully wounded, McGarity refused evacuation and returned to lead his men in the defending his position. McGarity braved heavy enemy fire to rescue a wounded comrade and destroyed the enemy lead tank in the process. Fire from his squad … Continue reading 16 December

SGT ALLEN JAMES LYNCH Company D, 1st Battalion (Airmobile) 2th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Binh Dinh province, RVN 15 December 1967 Sgt. Lynch (then Sp4) was serving as Radio operator for D. CO.  While serving in the forward element on an operation near the village of My An, his unit engaged a numerically superior … Continue reading 15 December

Captain  ROBERT B. NETT Co. E, 305th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division. Cognon, Leyte, Philippine Islands 14 December 1944. In command of Co. E Nett led an attack against a reinforced enemy battalion that stalled the American advance.   Company E advanced against heavy machinegun and other automatic weapons fire with Lt. Nett spearheading the assault. During … Continue reading 14 December

1Lt. EVAN M WOODWARD,. 2d Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry Fredericksburg, Va. 13 December 1862. Fought December 11-15, 1862, the Battle of Fredericksburg turned out to be the largest in Civil War history with close to 200,000 combatants.  Gen Burnsides' plan to cross the river before R.E. Lee could get into position didn’t go as well as … Continue reading 13 December

Cpt. HENRY T. ELROD, Marine Fighting Squadron 211 Wake Island, 8 to 23 December 1941. While engaging a vastly superior force of enemy bombers and warships on 9 and 12 December, Capt. Elrod shot down 2 of a flight of 22 hostile planes and, succeeded in inflicting serious damage upon a large Japanese vessel, thereby … Continue reading 12 December

SGT Thomas Plunkett Company E, 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Citation: Seized the colors of his regiment, the color bearer having been shot down, and bore them to the front where both his arms were carried off by a shell. Plunkett enlisted as a corporal in Company E of the 21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on … Continue reading 11 December

LTC JOHN U. D. PAGE, X Corps Artillery, attached to the 52d TTB. Near Chosin Reservoir, Korea 29 November to 10 December 1950 LTC. Page, a member of X Corps Artillery, distinguished himself in a series of exploits. On 29 November, Lt. Col. Page left X Corps Headquarters at Hamhung with the mission of establishing … Continue reading 10 December

MG ALEXANDER ARCHER VANDEGRIFT Commanding Officer 1st Marine Division. Solomon Islands 7 August to 9 December 1942 With the adverse factors of weather, terrain, and disease making his task a difficult and hazardous undertaking, and with his command eventually including sea, land, and air forces of Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Maj. Gen. Vandegrift achieved … Continue reading 9 December