by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 6, 2025 | Courage Under Fire, Limitless Possibilities, Rising Above Circumstances
“You don’t have to be a hero to accomplish great things. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.” Edmund Hillary April 6, 1967 – Gulf of Tonkin – North Vietnam: Doug Hegdahl went up on the deck of the U.S.S. Canberra...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 14, 2025 | Courage Under Fire, Determination Despite the Odds, Hanging on to Hope
When we protect the life we have, we risk relinquishing what God really wants for us, to seize our divine destiny.” Erwin McManus 1973 – South Vietnam: After years of a bloody, unpopular war, the last of the 500,000 U.S. troops left South Vietnam....
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jun 9, 2025 | Compassion, Courage Under Fire, Rising Above Circumstances
The Last Man in the Water “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others remains and is immortal.” Albert Pine January 13, 1982 – Washington D.C.: There are not many Americans who remember the name...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jun 2, 2025 | Courage Under Fire, Determination Despite the Odds, Limitless Possibilities, Never Give Up
“A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.” Graham Greene May 21, 1927 – Paris, France: Forty miles from Le Bourget Airfield, he began to see the flares. Less than 33 hours earlier, 500 people had watched...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 5, 2025 | Courage Under Fire
“Keep your head. Calm is contagious, and so is courage.” Rorke Denver 5:00 p.m. October 27, 1962 – East Coast of Florida, U.S.A.: The explosions shook the submarine again. Aboard the sweltering Soviet sub, temperatures reached 115 degrees. Captain Valentin...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 28, 2025 | Against the Odds, Courage Under Fire, Overcoming Adversity
“We didn’t think about the outcome if we weren’t successful. It had to work; failure was not an option.” Gene Krantz 1970 – Cape Canaveral, Florida: Apollo 13, NASA’s third mission to the moon, launched on Saturday, April 11. Thumbing...
