Terry A Johnson

Child of God. Devoted to my Family. I love America. This is my personal Twitter account. Follow me if you are a friend—if you are not, why would you care?

[Terry A Johnson @DrTerryAJohnson]

God bless you, friend—whoever you are, wherever you’re from, whatever you look like.

Terry

25 November 2020

[Victims of Communism @VoCommunism]

Pol Pot forced communism onto the Cambodian people, and the results were catastrophic.

The regime abolished private property and money, closed schools, banned religion, and sent entire cities into labor camps.

Scholars estimate that 20%-25% of the population died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge.

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

The Code Talkers

Today, we honor the legacy of the Navajo Code Talkers, whose courage, resilience, and native language forever changed the course of history.

During World War II, the Marine Corps turned to a method of communication that Japanese intelligence could never crack: the Navajo language.

In 1942, a group of Navajo Marines developed an unbreakable oral code that allowed for fast and secure communication during battles throughout the Pacific Theater of Operations.

Because of the code's strategic value, their heroic contributions remained secret until 1968.

Semper Fidelis.

✍️ (U.S. Marine Corps graphic by Lance Cpl. Matthew Morales)

#CodeTalker #SemperFi #USMC

[Military Support @MilitaryCooI]

Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Roulund, 27, a Reconnaissance Specialist assigned to the Regimental Special Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, died while participating in routine military free-fall training at the Parachute Testing and Training Facility operated by the U.S.  Special Operations Command near Marana, Ariz on August 13, 2008.

[News News News @NewsNew97351204]

Today we celebrate Navy SEAL Jason Workman's heavenly birthday. He would have been 48 years old today. Sadly, he perished along with 29 of his brothers and the beloved military working dog, Bart, in the 8.6.11 tragedy in Afghanistan. Please help me honor his life and his legacy and to make sure that he is never forgotten!

Jason Ray Workman was born on August 12, 1978, in Montrose, Colorado. When he was 6 years, old along with his parents and his three older brothers, he moved to Blanding, Utah, where his parents and one brother still remain.

He lettered in Football, Basketball, and Baseball at San Juan High School. He also earned All-State honors in Football and Baseball. He graduated from high school in May of 1997. In August of that year, he accepted a call to serve a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Belo Horizonte Brazil Mission and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Upon completion of his mission, he entered college at Southern Utah University and graduated with a BA in Criminal Justice in 2003.

After graduation in 2003, he joined the Navy and reported to Naval Recruit training command in Great Lakes, Illinois. On the 22nd of October 2003, he completed basic training and reported to A-school for 3 months. On the 24th of January 2004, he entered Basic Underwater Demolition Seal (BUDS) training in Coronado, California. After 6 months of the most grueling and demanding training in the Military, he graduated with Bud’s Class 250 and immediately proceeded to advanced Seal Qualification training in March 2005. He was assigned to his first permanent duty station Seal Team 2 in Virginia Beach, Virginia from April 25, 2005, to September 17, 2008. Chief Petty Officer Workman (SEAL) began a rigorous selection and training course with Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG). Nine months after beginning his training process Chief Workman was selected to be a Naval Special Warfare Development Group Operator and reported to TACDEVRON three (Seal Team 6) where he completed numerous deployments around the world in support of the Global War on Terror. In eight short years, Jason worked his way into the ranks of the most elite warriors on earth.

[Barnaby Breaks History 🇺🇸 @BarnabyHistory]

🇺🇸 Double Shot of Badass Americans: William J. Crawford

He was a janitor at the Air Force Academy for many years. The cadets who passed him every day had no idea they were walking among a living legend.

Born in Pueblo, Colorado in 1918, Crawford was drafted into the Army in July 1942.

By September 1943 he was serving as a Private and squad scout with Company I, 3rd Platoon, 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division in southern Italy.

On September 13, 1943, his platoon attacked German positions on Hill 424 near Altavilla.

After reaching the crest, they were immediately pinned down by machine gun and small arms fire from multiple enemy positions.

Without orders and completely on his own, Crawford moved forward alone under heavy fire.

He first located one machine gun dug in on a terrace directly in front of the platoon.

He crawled through open ground under fire, closed to within a few yards of the emplacement, destroyed the gun with a hand grenade, and killed three of the crew.

He kept going.

Crawford spotted a second machine gun position firing on his men.

Again moving alone and exposed, he advanced on the crew under fire. When he got close enough, he threw a grenade, destroyed the gun, and eliminated the crew.

He still wasn't finished.

He located a third German machine gun that was continuing to pin down his unit.

Once more he advanced alone through enemy fire, closed on the position, killed one of the Germans with rifle fire. Two other Germans who were there fled.

Crawford, the badass he was, grabbed the German machine gun, turned it around, and fired on them as they were running down the hill.

Crawford had single handedly taken out all three machine gun nests that were holding up his entire platoon.

A few days later he was captured by the Germans. His fellow soldiers thought he had been killed.

He would spend the next 19 months as a prisoner of war.

Because the Army believed he was KIA, the Medal of Honor for his actions was awarded posthumously and presented to his father in 1944.

When the war ended and Crawford was returned home, he had technically already received the nation’s highest award, but he was never formally presented with it.

He would stay in the military until the 1960's, retiring as a Master Sergeant.

He then took a quiet job as a janitor at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

For many years he mopped floors and cleaned the cadet squadrons without ever mentioning his service. Thousands of cadets passed by him over the years without the slightest clue.

Then, in the late 1970s, a cadet was reading a book about the Allied campaign in Italy and stumbled upon his name. He asked the janitor about it.

Crawford simply replied, “That was one day in my life and it happened a long time ago.”

They were shocked to find out their janitor was that same person.

The cadets spread the word and helped arrange for him to have the recognition he deserved.

On May 30, 1984, nearly 41 years after his actions, President Reagan personally awarded Master Sergeant William J. Crawford his Medal of Honor during the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony.

William J. Crawford is an American Badass 🇺🇸

[History With Jacob @HistoryWJacob]

Even decades after Vietnam, shrapnel from his 37 wounds kept randomly working its way out of his body.

Roy Benavidez’s daughter would be driving with him and suddenly notice blood trickling down the back of his head.

Roy would just reach back, yank the metal fragment out with his fingers, flick it away, and keep chatting like it was a stray piece of lint on his shirt.

Just another Monday for the most badass American to ever do it.

[Just Ger 🇺🇲 @BigGer_1970]

Actor Ernest Bognine served in the U.S. Navy before WWII & reenlisted during WWII. Serving upon the USS Lamberton and the anti-submarine USS Sylph, patrolling the Atlantic searching for German U-boats. His military service inspired his acting career. Another great American 🇺🇸

[A Soldier's Whisper @SoldiersWhisper]

"Soldier, would you mind standing up? I'd like to take your picture,” Robert Capa said to me. “It was the last good picture of my right leg.”
— James Conboy Jr.

At just 19 years old, James Conboy Jr. of Philadelphia, PA, served with the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division. On March 24, 1945, during Operation Varsity, he jumped near the Rhine River in Germany. A 20mm shell shattered his right leg during the mission, leading to its amputation. For his bravery and sacrifice, he received a Purple Heart.

The iconic photograph by legendary war photographer Robert Capa, taken just before Conboy boarded the plane to Germany, was later featured in Life Magazine and became a poignant reminder of the human cost of war.
#WWII
#AATW #AirborneAllTheWay #History #NeverForgotten

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

"I served in the Air Force, went into combat in October 1943 and flew 18 missions as a tail gunner on a B-l7.
We were shot down before the D-Day invasion, on the first daylight bomber raid on Berlin, March 6, 1944.
That day 68 bombers were shot down.
We got hit, so the crew bailed out and I broke my ankle.
I got captured and taken to Frankfurt.
I spent about 15 months in prison camps. We changed camps three times; the Germans kept moving us around so the Russians couldn’t liberate us.
They took us to Stettin, a port on the North Sea, and crammed us into the hold of a ship for two days.
There must have been 2,500 of us in there, hot as hell, no water, no toilet.
You had to go on deck to take a leak, but no way you could have a bowel movement. When they took us off the ship, they chained two guys together at the wrists, and ran us about three miles to, "Stalag Luft VI."
Another prisoner and I escaped, and were on the run 10 days before locals turned us in.
The penalty for escaping was to work for a week cutting timber for fortifications, digging trenches and burial pits, and stuff like that.
The burial pits were for the Russians, who didn’t get a military burial like the Allies under the Geneva Convention; they were just dumped into the pit.
After about three months, the Russians liberated us in April, 1945."
Augie Donatelli.
Professional Baseball Umpire.
Legend!!!
With Willie Mays and Ray Fosse.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Just two years after telling rich Republicans to jump on a bus and head to Florida, NY Gov Kathy Hochul begs rich taxpayers who are in Florida to come back to New York so they can pay more taxes.

Hochul says she needs "high net worth" people to cut her checks to fund New York's social programs.

"I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs that we wanna have in our state right now."

"...Cut me the checks... The first step should be to go down to Palm Beach and see who you can bring back home, because our tax base has been eroded."

[Gary Mathis @Damfool65]

Thanks for your service sir 🤠💯💪

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

The Covid era will be studied as one of the most ridiculous periods in recent history.
https://t.co/zisJWFYxQ2

[We Have It All @WeAreWoke1776_3]

Remember….
When the dogs are let loose.

It’s over before it even began.

[Governor Mike DeWine @GovMikeDeWine]

In honor of the life and service of three members of the Ohio Air National Guard killed during Operation Epic Fury, I have ordered flags lowered on all public buildings and grounds throughout the state.

https://t.co/MEisQKg5H6

[U.S. Army @USArmy]

From civilian to Soldier. 🇺🇸

After 9 demanding weeks of Basic Combat Training, these trainees have earned the right to wear their unit patch at the “Turning Green” ceremony, marking their transition into U.S. Army Soldiers and the next step in One Station Unit Training.

🎥 @MCoEFortBenning

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

This is our military’s morning routine.

Nothing but respect.

[Lee Zeldin @LeeMZeldin]

35 Years Ago Today. It doesn’t get better than Whitney Houston’s version of the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXV.

[Christopher Wipper @SGTWipper1Each]

On this day in 1996 – Retired US Admiral Arleigh Burke, remembered for his World War II heroics, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at age 94.

[U.S. Department of Labor @USDOL]

May God continue to bless our Great Nation and her People as we enter our 250th year.

America will Prevail.

‘George Washington praying at Valley Forge’ —John C. McRae