August 2024 - MGlenn Ross

USS HUNT Action Report-Aiding USS Franklin

By Glenn | August 16, 2024 |

(DD-674) Coming alongside USS Tarawa (CVS-40) to refuel at sea, 25 April 1959. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Catalog #: USN 1046540

USS HUNT’s action report describes how she came to the aid of USS FRANKLIN, ultimately rescuing 429 of FRANKLIN’s crew.

Remembering My Father On National Purple Heart Day

By Glenn | August 9, 2024 |

Shadow box conaining the Purple Heart, dog tag, Infantryman's combat badge and other ribbons from Sergeant Maury Ross. He saw combat while serving in the 102nd "Ozark" Infantry division in WWII.

Wednesday, August 7th, was National Purple Heart Day. I published this (lightly edited) post on my Facebook M Glenn Ross, Author page. Pictured is my father’s Purple Heart, which he was awarded after being wounded in combat in the European Theater of Operations. He was escorting three German POWs back from the front, and as…