On November 10, 1928, the first installment of All Quiet on the
Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque’s acclaimed novel of
World War I, appeared in the German magazine Vossische
Zeitung.
Remarque died in 1970 with his wife, the actress Paulette
Goddard, at his side.
Erich Maria Remarque
(22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970
In an event alternately described as one of the most heroic or
disastrous episodes in British military history, Lord James
Cardigan leads a charge of the Light Brigade cavalry against
well-defended Russian artillery during the Crimean War.
The British were winning the Battle of Balaklava when Cardigan
received his order to attack the Russians. His cavalry gallantly
charged down the valley and were decimated by the heavy
Russian guns, suffering 40 percent casualties. It was later
revealed that the order was the result of confusion and was
not given intentionally.
Lord Cardigan, who survived the battle, was hailed as a national
hero in Britain.
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan
(1797 – 1868)
Corporal Doss receiving the Medal of Honor from
President Harry S. Truman.
Private First Class Desmond T. Doss of Lynchburg, Virginia,
was presented the Medal of Honor for outstanding bravery
as a combat medic, the first conscientious objector in
American history to receive the nation’s highest military
award.
When called on by his country to fight in World War II, Doss,
a dedicated pacifist, registered as a conscientious objector.
Eventually sent to the Pacific theater of war as a medical
corpsman, Doss voluntarily put his life in the utmost peril
during the bloody Battle for Okinawa, saving dozens of lives
well beyond the call of duty.
Desmond Thomas Doss
(February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006)
The 2016 film directed by Mel Gibson focuses
on the combat experiences of Desmond Doss.
The Naval School was founded in Annapolis, Maryland in the wake
of a shocking scandal at sea on this day in history, Oct. 10, 1845.
The renowned military institute was renamed the U.S. Naval
Academy in 1850.
The school was established following the discovery of a planned
mutiny on the Atlantic Ocean aboard U.S. Navy brig Somers.
U.S. Naval Academy in 1853.
The 17th U.S. Secretary of the Navy
(1845 – 1846)
Civil War hero Admiral David Dixon Porter
became superintendent in 1865.
USS Constitution and Santee tied up in the background.
Other ships not identified.
ED DANAHUE
Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen
(December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000)
