Americans At War

One of the things the Naval Institute has gotten right of late is the living history project (don’t get us started on the direction and content of Proceedings…).  The latest manifestation ofthe living history project is Americans at War – a series of vignettes from WW2 to the present of Americans witnessing to extraordinary times and events.  Many of these vignettes are being posted to YouTube now and for those fortunate enough not to be stuck behind a DoD- (or PRC-) firewall, worth the time viewing.  A couple of examples are provided below (do a search on "Americans at War"):

Here, for example, is ADM James Holloway recounting his story as a young gunnery officer on board the USS Bennion in the Battle of Surigao Strait. 

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And what would you do if you are at one end of a bridge facing a massive enemy force that was part of the 1972 NVA Easter Offensive?  Then-Captain John Ripley, USMC had no question in his mind at what needed to be done: