JRadford61

UGA fanatic. Remember Duane Allman.

[Vinnie Sullivan @VinnieSull1van]

The faces of the souls who were sent to kill or be killed on the beeches of Normandy on 6 June 1944 (D-Day). Thanks to two world wars and a heavily changed world, their like are seen no more.

What a waste 🕊

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

@Hot_Pepper76 Allman brothers

[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! 🫡🇺🇸

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

@johnkillingswo3 @NotKennyRogers Dude. What our boys did that day is just extraordinary. Such valor and courage and honor. Awe inspiring

[NotKennyRogers @NotKennyRogers]

Just a bunch of toxically masculine Christian Nationalists walking directly into Nazi machine gun fire to help save the world.

This is yet another reason why I will always be proud to be an American.

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

@BrooksAustinBA If the pitcher is looking at the guy on First, does that mean its man or zone ??! Lol. Ive learned a lot from your insight buddy. Big fan

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

I gave up. You did too. HBTFD!!! Go Dawgs !!!!!⚾️⚾️⚾️

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

@jeffdantzlertv @djohnstonuga Go dawgs

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

Tonight’s radio free living room @drivinncryin. So good man

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

@Jefflanier12 Beautiful family. You are a blessed man my friend.

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

With the SEC baseball stuff and the Stanley Cup and the NBA playoffs, you just Know those filthy Mannings or the awful Kelce brothers will show up soon.

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

@KitsieAnn Lolol. Liquid sugar. It’s for children

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

@80s_channel Shue. Still amazing

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

@jeffdantzlertv is the game on espn + again ?

[Holden @Holden114]

If Platner had an R next to his name each of his accusers would be booked on an evening news show.

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

@ScottyK95397755 @TopTierUGA Bama. The worst in All of sports.

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

@bdub_00 @BobbyWilson1004 @aaronmurray11 Good point. Ive always believed the game has advanced so dramatically. The 72 Dolphins would get beat down by the worst NFL team today.

[JRadford61 @Payner17]

@Hot_Pepper76 Greatest band of all time