We're mourning the passing WWIl legend Joseph Williams, who passed away at the amazing age of 106. 🫡
Big Joe enlisted in the Navy the day after Pearl Harbor and served with distinction in the Pacific theater.
After returning home, Joe continued a life defined not by medals alone, but by humility, hard work, and service. He spent decades as a skilled house painter, volunteered as a firefighter, faithfully served his community through his Masonic lodge, and became a quiet source of strength and kindness to everyone who knew him.
Doveva essere soppresso perché nato cieco, oggi salva le vite delle persone. È la straordinaria storia di Marley. Nato cieco in un allevamento, per lui era già stata decisa la fine, doveva essere soppresso. Ma il suo destino è cambiato per sempre grazie all'amore grande di una coppia, Carlotta e Marco, che l'ha adottato.
Oggi Marley è il primo cane cieco d'Italia ad aver ottenuto il brevetto per la ricerca di persone scomparse.
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Joe Jackson was a Georgia man who had already fought two wars before Vietnam. He flew B-25 bombers in World War II and 107 combat missions in Korea. By 1968 he was a lieutenant colonel flying something far less glamorous than a fighter, a C-123 Provider, a big, slow, twin engine cargo hauler. And it was in that lumbering transport that, on May 12, 1968, he did one of the most astonishing things any pilot did in the entire war.
The Special Forces camp at Kham Duc was being overrun and evacuated. In the chaos, a three man Air Force combat control team was accidentally left behind on the airstrip, three men alone as the enemy poured onto the field. The North Vietnamese had already set up guns right on the runway and were raking it with mortars, machine guns, and recoilless rifles. The strip was flatly declared impossible to land on. Aircraft that tried to get in were being shot up. Those three men were, by any reasonable measure, lost.
Joe Jackson volunteered to go get them, in his cargo plane. He could not do a normal approach, so he did something insane and brilliant. He rolled his C-123 into a steep dive from altitude, plunging toward the runway at maximum speed to give the enemy the smallest possible window, then slammed the big transport down onto the cratered, burning strip and stood on the brakes. The three trapped men sprinted from cover and threw themselves aboard. As they did, a North Vietnamese recoilless rifle round skidded across the runway straight at his aircraft and stopped just in front of it without exploding. Jackson shoved the throttles forward, hauled the loaded plane back into the air through the gunfire, and flew all three men out alive.
An American aircraft circling overhead happened to photograph his C-123 sitting on that runway in the middle of it all. It is said to be possibly the only photograph in existence of a Medal of Honor action as it happened.
President Johnson gave Joe Jackson the Medal of Honor in 1969. A veteran of three wars who, in a slow cargo plane everyone said could not do it, dove into an overrun airfield to bring three strangers home. He lived a long life and died in 2019 at the age of 95.
Shelter security footage from kennel 4. They call him Ghost — he's been waiting for a home for 7 months. Honey arrived three days ago, too weak to stand, too scared to eat.
The volunteers put them together that night. The camera caught what happened next.
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Officer Chase Thompson was hundreds of miles from home and off duty when he suddenly found himself in the middle of a tragedy.
While on vacation in Nashville, Officer Thompson witnessed a vehicle strike four pedestrians crossing at Fourth Avenue and Broadway. One person lost their life, and several others were critically injured.
Without hesitation, Officer Thompson ran toward the chaos and immediately began providing lifesaving aid to one of the critically injured victims, performing CPR and relying on his training during the crucial moments when every second mattered.
Days later, the victim’s husband publicly thanked Officer Thompson for saving his wife’s life. He called him a hero and shared what Officer Thompson’s actions meant to their family: “Me and her kids can carry on our lives and she will be a part of it.”
Those words put into perspective the impact of what happened that day. In the middle of unimaginable tragedy, Officer Thompson gave a family something priceless — more time together.
His actions remind us that being a police officer is about far more than wearing a uniform. It is about having the courage to step forward when someone is hurting, the compassion to help when help is needed, and the commitment to serve wherever you are.
Officer Thompson, we are incredibly proud of you. Thank you for representing the very best of the Boynton Beach Police Department and for reminding us what it truly means to serve.