Posted on 02/08/2019 7:38:32 AM PST by fugazi
Today's post is in honor of Cpl. Nathan B. Carse, who was killed by an improvised explosive device on this day in 2011 in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. The 32-year-old native of Harrod, Ohio was the son of a Green Beret and was assigned to 2d Engineer Battalion, 176th Engineer Brigade.
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1910: William D. Boyce incorporates the Boy Scouts of America. Countless boys will cut their teeth as young adventurers in Boyce's scouting program before joining the military. When sub commander Eugene Fluckey - one of nine Medal of Honor recipients to earn the Boy Scouts' top distinction of Eagle Scout -- assembled a landing party to go ashore and destroy a Japanese train, he wanted former Boy Scouts to do the job, since they would most likely have the skills to find their way there and back.
11 of the 12 humans to set foot on the moon were Boy Scout alumni; and Neil Armstrong -- the first -- was an Eagle Scout.
1944: Near Carano, Italy, Cpl. Paul B. Huff of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion volunteers to lead a six-man element on a reconnaissance mission to locate the positions of enemy machineguns that have been targeting the Americans' right flank. The patrol advances through exposed terrain through heavy machinegun and mortar fire, and Huff orders his men to remain behind while he crawls forward alone. Once he is within 75 yards of the enemy, he wipes out the crew with his submachine gun and destroys the gun. He then draws enemy fire from additional machineguns to determine the enemy's location and strength, and returns to friendly lines.
Cpl. Huff then returns with a
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Boy Scouts...once an honorable institution.
I earned my Eagle at 14, but will not let my son near them now.
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