Bob McCarty Writes

Individuals for whom government buildings, highways and bridges are named usually fall into one of four categories.  They are: 1. Politicians; 2. Wealthy benefactors; 3. War heroes who died on battlefields far from home; or 4. War heroes who lived to tell about their experiences. As a small token of appreciation, the folks at the [...]

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Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Robert L. Howard, the only American soldier ever nominated for the award three times for three separate actions, died today in Waco, Texas, at the age of 70. Below is the citation describing the events of Dec. 30, 1968, that earned then-Sergeant First Class Howard the nation’s highest military honor [...]

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The “Bob Hope Christmas Special” from 1967, captured in the video above, reminds me of the many December evenings I spent during my 1960s childhood, watching the late legend of an actor-comedian and a cast of popular figures — including his orchestra, Les Brown and his Band of Renown — entertain the troops during the [...]

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This morning, I attended a Veterans Day assembly at the middle school not far from St. Louis where two of my three sons are students.  One of about two-dozen veterans in attendance, I did not expect to feel the emotions I felt today. Like most school assemblies of this nature, it featured the school band [...]

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For more than two hours every Saturday afternoon since April, an average of 200 anti-socialism protesters have carried signs and waved at passing motorists at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo. Among them are several veterans who’ve served their country during peacetime and war.  From World War II and Korea to [...]

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Veteran national security reporter George C. Wilson warns in a Congress Daily article today that “voices from the grave make me fear that President Obama and Congress are unwittingly setting up the American military for another Vietnam-type failure in Afghanistan.”  Among the “voices” cited in the piece are current and former flag and general officers [...]

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While reading an Associated Press report this morning about events that took place at the Bluegrass Ball Monday night, I found one important detail omitted from the report were as telling as the ones included. The missing detail in the piece by Laurie Kellman was the one that would have explained how and where former [...]

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