Friends of Padre Steve’s World, I have been watching with great concern the situation in Afghanistan since President Biden made what I believe was the correct decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. Yesterday, Kabul fell to the Taliban which overthrew the Afghan government in a lightening campaign that lasted just 10 days. It wasn’t so much […]The…
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I am tired after several arduously emotional days. So tonight a rerun of an older post. It is a fascinating story because it has to deal with the amazing courage of the sailors serving in the United States Navy and the determination of President Thomas Jefferson to ensure the freedom of United States and other citizens plying the seas of the Mediterranean Sea from the North African Pasha’s and their raiding fleets of marauding pirates who captures ships from many nations and extorted ransom for their crews. Interestingly it was the young United States that decided to ensure the freedom of the seas for everyone. This is the story of one of the most incredible exploits of that campaign.
I am continuing to post articles for
Black History Month this one about the
369th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard which fought as part of the all Black
93rd Infantry Division in the
First World War. This is a modified version on one I posted here in 2018, but it has particular significance because the
369th Sustainment Brigade of the
New York Army National Guard was officially allowed to take the nickname of the
369th Infantry Regiment, the “Harlem Hellfighters.” It was something that needed to be done for many years.
In 1918 Black Americans still loved their country in spite of the prejudice, intolerance and persecution they endured at home as a result of