“The blaze was a stubborn, dangerous and heavy smoke fire–but every man faced this with the highest courage that men can attain. There was work to be done, and these brave men did that work without a look behind..†from the Firemen’s Grapevine. Nov. 15th 1939 The Gray Building Fire, Los Angeles, Ca. 1939, courtesy […]
In the early days of America’s war with Japan, the U.S. Marines assaulted the atoll known as Tarawa. As a young Marine I was taught to revere the name, remember the sacrifice. It was an incredible sacrifice for a rotten hunk of coral. But the men that stormed Tarawa, young and old Marines, felt it […]
Did you know who the procession was for last Friday? Did you hear the drums beat, the pipes calling, take note or shroud your badge? No? Not the usual coverage, I agree. A slightly more subdued affair. Still I would have liked to have known. This past Friday, the New York Fire Department members gathered […]