“US General Mathew Ridgeway was speaking about “Operation Vulture”. He said, “When the day comes for me to meet my maker and account for my actions, the thing that I would be most proud of is the fact that I fought against and perhaps totally prevented the carrying out of one of the most hare-brained tactical schemes that would have cost the lives of thousands upon thousands of men!” (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)” FightingInspiringMilitaryDeterminationExperienceDifficultyReal LifeUncertaintyPtsdTrue Story Author:Michael G. Kramer
“I also fear an attack directly upon us which shall be considerably aided by the French colonists! I therefore support your plan to act first and stage a preemptive strike against the French by launching “Operation Bright Moon”, which is now the code name for the Japanese coup d ětat which will disarm the Vichy French Forces by or during the 9th of March 1945!” (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)” WarFightingMilitaryDestructionDifficultyReal LifeUncertaintyVietnamPtsdTrue Story Author:Michael G. Kramer
“On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy in Saigon. (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)” WarFightingMilitaryDestructionDifficultyReal LifeUncertaintyVietnamPtsdTrue Story Author:Michael G. Kramer
“On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy in Saigon.” WarFightingMilitaryDestructionDifficultyReal LifeUncertaintyVietnamPtsdTrue Story Book:A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One Source: A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
“People of various parts of France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, the USSR, and other places, were living among the ruins in the best way that they could. Because I was alone and homeless as well as confused, I opted to join the French Foreign Legion. When I was in the Wehrmacht, I thought that their discipline was extreme. However, it was nothing when compared to the discipline as practised by the Foreign Legion!” (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)” DeathFightingInspiringDeterminationGritSoldiersBattlesVeteransFighting For Your Life Author:Michael G. Kramer
“The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?” (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)” DeathFightingInspiringDeterminationGritBattlesVeteransFighting For Your Life Author:Michael G. Kramer
“After March in 1945, the Japanese felt threatened by possibility of the people of Indochina rising against them. Therefore, they stated: “We of the Imperial Japanese Army have only invaded other Asian countries in order to remove the European and American white man from Asia! Stick with us Japanese and together we shall make Asians great while we kick the whites out of the entire region!” (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)” DeathFightingFamilyDeterminationArmyPilotsSoldiersBattlesFighting For Your LifeFront Line Author:Michael G. Kramer