by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 24, 2018 | Courage Under Fire, Determination Despite the Odds, Never Give Up
Christmas Eve 1776 – Outside Trenton, New Jersey: Annoyed by his barking dogs, Dr. John Riker ventured out into the snowstorm to investigate. He discovered a small regiment of soldiers on the road. Assuming they were British regulars, he shouted angrily at them to get...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 25, 2018 | Beating the Odds, Courage Under Fire, Hanging on to Hope
February 18, 1952 – Coast Guard Station – Chatham, Massachusetts: The old timers around Cape Cod had never seen a winter storm like this nor’easter. Hurricane force winds whipped up 50-foot seas just off the coast. Late that afternoon, the distress call came into the...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 13, 2018 | Adversity, Courage Under Fire, Never Give Up, Uncategorized
Friday, July 3, 1863 – Near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine Regiment were positioned on Little Round Top, a hill at the extreme left end of a line of 80,000 Union soldiers, which stretched out three miles all the way to Gettysburg,...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jun 11, 2018 | Adversity, Courage Under Fire, Rising Above Circumstances
November 1660 – Bedford Prison, England: On a chilly afternoon, he watched a rat sniffing around in the corner of his cell, all the while feeling sorry for himself. His situation was unfair; he had been arrested for preaching without approval from the Church of...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 14, 2018 | Courage Under Fire, Determination Despite the Odds, Uncategorized
February 20, 1962 – Cape Canaveral, Florida: Imagine being strapped into a small capsule atop a 75-foot Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile. Well aware that in the past, several previous launches had exploded on take-off, you trust that rocket engineers have the...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Mar 29, 2018 | Adversity, Courage Under Fire, Hanging on to Hope
Twenty-seven year old, Aron Ralston was looking forward to a long weekend. He would not have to be back at work at his job in Colorado until Tuesday. He was going hiking and biking by himself in Blue John Canyon, one of the most remote canyons in southeast Utah. A...
