D.S. Holland

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

Private Carlton Barrett was possibly the smallest man in his regiment.

5 feet 4 inches tall. 125 pounds.

On the morning of June 6, 1944, he landed at Omaha Beach in neck-deep water, machine gun fire cutting the surface all around him. He made it to shore.

Then he turned around and went back in.

A soldier was drowning. Barrett pulled him out. Then another. Then another. For hours, under constant fire, this 125-pound man waded back into the surf again and again, pulling drowning men to safety and physically carrying the wounded to evacuation boats offshore.

But he didn't stop there.

He ran dispatches the full length of the fire-swept beach. He found soldiers paralyzed by shock and calmed them back into action. He appeared wherever the crisis was worst, doing whatever needed doing, treating rank and personal safety as irrelevant details.

He did this for hours without stopping.

His Medal of Honor citation says his courage had "an inestimable effect on his comrades." That is military understatement for: this small, anonymous man held that section of beach together through sheer force of will.

He survived the war.

His comrades later said his life darkened after he came home. He lived quietly and died in 1986 in California, largely unknown outside of military history circles.

5 feet 4 inches. 125 pounds. He went back in.

Remember him.

[Barnaby Breaks History 🇺🇸 @CorpBarnaby]

🇺🇸 Most Badass Americans You Don’t Know D-Day Edition: John J. Pinder Jr.

Technician Fifth Grade John J. Pinder Jr. landed on Omaha beach on his birthday. He didn’t make it off.

Born June 6, 1912, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Joe Pinder was the oldest of three children. His father worked in the steel industry.

He graduated as valedictorian of Butler High School in 1931.

Pinder spent the next several years as a right-handed pitcher in the minor leagues.

He played six seasons in the farm systems of the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, and Brooklyn Dodgers.

In 1941 he won 17 games and was still chasing a shot at the major leagues when the war came.

He entered the Army in January 1942 after Pearl Harbor.

Assigned as a radio operator with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, he fought in North Africa and Sicily.

In Sicily he earned a Bronze Star for staying at an observation post under fire.

On June 6, 1944, Pinder landed with the first waves on Omaha Beach on his birthday.

Communications were shattered. His job was to get a working radio ashore.

He made it off the landing craft. They were 100 yards off the beach.

Then he was hit. A round tore into his face after only a few steps off the boat.

Pinder held the torn flesh of his face together with one hand, carried the radio with the other, and delivered the radio to his unit, while wading thru waste deep water.

That should have been enough. It wasn’t.

Weakened and bleeding, he turned around and went back into the surf and fire three more times to salvage communication equipment.

He even recovered another workable radio.

On the third trip machine gun fire hit him again, this time in the legs.

Still he kept going.

Weakening but exposed on the beach, he helped get the radios working so the men around him could call for support.

While doing so, he was hit for the third time and killed.

Medal of Honor. Posthumous.

It was presented to his father on January 26, 1945.

Pinder was initially buried in Normandy.

In 1947 his family brought him home to Grandview Cemetery in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.

He was the only professional baseball player awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II.

John Pinder is an American Badass

Thank you, John! 🫡🇺🇸

[With Love, JerLisa Nicole @JerLisa_Nicole]

Being an American right now is just waking up and being told how much more money our president is stealing and having to go about our day like normal.

[D.S. Holland @Dutch_1029]

@PittBorghetti 1000% correctamundo.

[D.S. Holland @Dutch_1029]

@CoreyOConnorPA @BucsCommunity @Pirates An amazing night and wonderful community event. Thanks for the support @CoreyOConnorPA and @BucsCommunity.

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

I went to the Pens game last Friday and had an extra ticket. After not being able to find anyone to go, I went to the game by myself. Walking to the game, I had a homeless man ask me for money. I told him I didn't have any, but if he wanted, he could go to the game and get out of the cold for a bit. I introduced myself, and he told me his name is Rob. Rob was ecstatic and thought I was kidding.

We went in, and the whole time he couldn't stop smiling. Once we got to our seats, it was time for the National Anthem. Rob took off his hat and sang the whole time. Once the puck dropped, he cheered the whole game. During intermission, we got chicken tenders. At the end of the game, he told me that I made his life. He asked me how he could repay me, and I told him just to pay it forward.

This needs to go viral! ❤️

Credit: Jimmy Mains

[Patrick Bet-David @patrickbetdavid]

An incredible message from a man who has now met his Maker.

May you rest in peace, Vander James.

[All American @AllAmerican202]

Tomorrow is Friday … Take it easy

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

TW ⚠️

Another ICE shooting…

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

This is 💯 what Trump supporters are.

And this is only about 10%.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸

[Punt Road @punt_rd]

The Beastie Boys jamming "Sabotage" on The Late Show with David Letterman back in 1994.
Are you down for this or just not your style!?

[FOX 9 @FOX9]

Jesse Ventura shared his thoughts about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis and a confrontation between ICE officers and staff at Roosevelt High School on Wednesday.

[Mike Damone @damone_mike]

Angel Eyes
The Jeff Healey Band
1988

[OldSchool @xacct01]

Santa Claus is Coming to Town (1978)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

[D.S. Holland @Dutch_1029]

@HorsemenPod @ACCFootball

[Ben Skowronek @BennySkow]

Retweets count as votes. Help me out Steelers Nation. @steelers

#ProBowlVote Ben Skowronek
#ProBowlVote @BennySkow

[D.S. Holland @Dutch_1029]

@ASaunders_PGH That- or he admitted it with the double negative.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: VP Vance called the court order absurd.

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

And you’ll excuse me for getting emotional about it, but when I see people in my state who are hungry because of Vance’s bullshit politics, that makes me angry.

That’s why I went to court, and that’s why we’re putting dollars on people’s SNAP cards—because that’s what the people of Pennsylvania deserve. And America deserves better than J.D. Vance.

[D.S. Holland @Dutch_1029]

@steelcitystar Also 70 years ago today..