The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, the decisive battle in
America’s shocking triumph over the mighty British
Empire in its War of Independence, began on this day
in history, Sept. 28, 1781.
The siege ended three weeks later, on Oct. 19, with the
surrender of the British garrison led by Lord Charles
Cornwallis.
Painting depicts the surrender of the British at Yorktown.
Drew Carey served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves from 1980-86,
and his experience has had a lasting impact on his life. Before he
was known for hosting The Price Is Right or starring in the hit sitcom
The Drew Carey Show, Carey was an active-duty Marine. His time in
the military instilled with discipline and determination, which helped
him pursue his dreams of becoming a comedian and actor.
After leaving the service in 1986, Carey began performing stand-up comedy around Cleveland and eventually made it to Hollywood
where he found success as one of America’s most beloved
funnymen.
Stone as a G.I. in Vietnam / 1968.
For his service, he received military honors such as the Bronze
Star with "V" Device for valor, the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf
Cluster, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service
Medal with one Silver Service Star.
Film director, producer, and screenwriter William Oliver Stone is
77 years old today.
1991
Ron Desantis is a Republican politician who became the United
States Representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district in
2013. He has served under the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. In 2019, he became Florida’s 46th governor.
He was captain of the varsity baseball team in his senior year at
Yale University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a B.A.
in History in 2001.
In 2007 he was assigned to SEAL Team One and deployed to Iraq
with the troop surge as the Legal Advisor to the SEAL Commander, Special Operations Task Force-West in Fallujah, and was later
awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal for
his service.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
A German U-boat sunk a British troop ship, the Laconia, killing
more than 1,400 men on September 12, 1942. The commander
of the German sub, Capt. Werner Hartenstein, realizing that
Italians POWs were among the passengers, strove to aid in
their rescue.
The Laconia, a former Cunard White Star ship put to use to
transport troops, including prisoners of war, was in the South
Atlantic bound for England when it encountered U-156, a
German sub (below). It was under the command of Captain
Rudolph Sharp.
Werner Hartenstein
(27 February 1908 – 8 March 1943)
