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🇺🇸 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! 🫡🇺🇸
The largest amphibious invasion in human history began in the dark.
At dawn on June 6, 1944, nearly 7,000 vessels carrying 160,000 Allied troops closed in on the beaches of Normandy.
Through courage and sacrifice, they secured a foothold in Nazi-occupied France and began the liberation of Western Europe.
Today, we honor the heroes of D-Day.
This is the wildest World Cup story yet. If someone in Toronto sells a ticket above face value they get fined $25,000 yet the city of Toronto bought 3,500 World Cup tickets early and then sold them to taxpayers at a markup as a “revenue generation strategy.” What the hell man.
Always proud of our History, because Greece has never adopted an evasive neutral stance like that of other neighbouring states, such as Turkey. Greek forces and Greek Americans fought on #D_DAY against Nazism, alongside our Allies. Always🇬🇷 at the forefront of history
Remembering the “concrete donut” that used to sit at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers on this #NationalDonutDay 🍩
#LetsGoBucs#HereWeGo
Dozens of rescue dogs featured in the NHL's 'Stanley Pup' benefit event will appear on broadcasts and streams during the Stanley Cup playoffs and Final
The hype for Nolan’s "The Odyssey" is really dropping‼️
This happens when you don’t respect an Entire Nation and disrespect the Greatest Epic in Human history, Homer’s Odyssey‼️
The woke agenda is changing the White ancient Greeks (even as mythical figures):
• Helen of Troy ➡️ Black
• Goddess Athena ➡️ Zendaya
• Achilles (the greatest warrior of Greek mythology) ➡️ Trans
The whole movie is extremely altered and provocativ!
‼️BOYCOTT‼️ Nolan’s The Odyssey.
#BoycottTheOdyssey
🥛 Happy World Milk Day!
What’s behind a glass of Swiss milk?
🇨🇭 Small family farms averaging 29 cows
🌿 89% of dairy cows spend time outdoors regularly
🌱 90% of their feed comes from Switzerland
✅ No growth hormones used to boost milk production
From alpine meadows to your favourite cheese, here’s a look at what makes Swiss milk different.
572 years ago today, Constantinople fell, and the last Roman Emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, died defending the Queen of Cities beside his men.
In memory of the fallen city, and the king who chose duty over surrender.