by Rona Simmons | Dec 7, 2022 | History, Military History, Remembrance
December 7, 1941 was more than just the attack on Pearl Harbor.
by Rona Simmons | Aug 15, 2022 | Books, History, Remembrance
One of the great rewards of being an author is hearing stories readers come back to tell.
by Rona Simmons | Jun 30, 2022 | History, Military, Veterans
Yesterday, June 29, 2022, Hershel “Woody” Williams died at age 98. He was the last surviving WWII recipient of the Medal of Honor, America’s highest honor for military valor in action. Learn more about the Medal here.
by Rona Simmons | Jun 6, 2022 | History, WWII
As we commemorate the sacrifice of American and allied soldiers on D-Day in 1944, I think of the losses we sustained a month earlier while training the troops for what they might experience during the invasion of France. Few people know of the April 28, 1944 incident...
by Rona Simmons | Dec 6, 2021 | History, Military, Remembrance
The Normandy American Cemetery may be the most familiar of all the American cemeteries and memorials commemorating American fallen in World War II, and it is an incredibly moving experience to walk through the innumerable rows of crosses and Stars of David and on the...
by Rona Simmons | Nov 2, 2021 | History, Military, Veterans
This summer, fifty-one years after he served as an A-1H pilot in Vietnam, former US Air Force Lt. Hampton Tillery visited the Tennessee Aviation Museum in Sevierville, Tennessee. He came to see the fully restored aircraft that he flew during the war. Not just nay A-1H...