Accuracy: A Brief Guide to Precision Shooting

Category: Books

The Author: Frank Troy honed his marksmanship skills at the Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) at Ft. Benning, GA, from 1963-65. Later, collaborating with AMU coach Bill Pullum, he co-authored three highly successful books on competitive shooting. This latest book updates his previous writings and provides new scientific insights into the deep, “invisible” principles of precision marksmanship.

Beads of Water: Finding Relief: Notes and Poems about living 70+ years with PTSD

Category: Books

This book gives anyone a better understanding of PTSD and describes a number of coping mechanisms to help PTSD victims as well as their providers and caretakers.

Kamerad

Category: Poetry

A great poem written by a 10th Special Forces Vietnam Veteran.

Animal Land, An Allegorical Fable of WWII

Category: Books

Free digital version (PDF) of book upon request. E-mail whipple1@bellsouth.net. Place "Request Book" in subject line.

Medal of Honor at Iwo Jima

Category: Personal Experiences

First Lieutenant Jack Lummus, USMC Reserve

Iwo Jima - February 23, 1945

Category: Personal Experiences

Raising the Flag

In Eternal Remembrance

Category: Personal Experiences

December 7, 1941

HONORING OUR VETERANS

Category: Personal Experiences

In Profound Gratitude for their Commitment and Sacrifice on our Behalf

NORMANDY

Category: Personal Experiences

Uncommon Valor – June 6, 1944

Not All Of Us Were Heroes - A Tribute To Those Who Served

Category: Books

Forrest Gump, of the Tom Hanks featured movie fame, is a name familiar to many. Movie characters are of course, just that: characters portrayed by actors and not completely genuine, though their portrayals may demonstrate some higher or nobler virtue to which we hopefully aspire. Ed Sikora is certainly not the naïve and seemingly slow-witted character played by Hanks, who nonetheless entertained and awed us through his humble genius. Sikora demonstrates those fruits of an honorable simplicity and singularity of purpose that made Gump a hero in everyone’s eyes, even though he never considered himself such. To Gump, everything he did was just “all in a day’s work”, so to speak, simply what a person needed to do. So too with Ed Sikora.

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