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15 ore fa · 27 May 2024, 2:00 AM MDT. The 213th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, made up of chiefly Latter-day Saint men from a U.S. National Guard unit in southern Utah, poses for a photograph. Military archives. By Trent Toone. In 1951, a Utah National Guard artillery unit of 240 soldiers stood alone against 4,000 enemy Chinese and North Korean soldiers.
4 giorni fa · When 4,000 enemy soldiers tried to escape the trap, they stumbled upon the 240 Utah artillerymen and launched a middle-of-the-night surprise attack. Outnumbered 16-1, the Americans fought for their lives. One soldier manned a 50-caliber machine gun that he fired until the barrel melted. Others were thrust into hand-to-hand combat.
3 giorni fa · Date 22 September. The Saint of the Day presents a daily calendar of Saints remembered by the Church. The pages feature the stories of the great witnesses of Christian life through the centuries, lighting our way on our journey of faith. Sts. Maurice and Companions, soldiers and Martyrs.
4 giorni fa · The Battle of the Saintes (known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique ), also known as the Battle of Dominica, was an important naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place 9–12 April 1782. The British victory was considered their greatest over the French during the American Revolutionary War. [7] [8]
3 giorni fa · Longinus is the name given to the soldier who drove a spear into the side of Jesus upon his death. The name might come from the Greek word longche, which means “lance.”
2 giorni fa · Sts. Aquila and Priscilla, disciples of st. Paul. 08 July. Sts. Aquila and Priscilla (© BAV Vat. gr. 1613, f. 396) Aquila was a Jew, born in Pontus in what is now Turkey. He emigrated to Rome where he met and fell in love with Priscilla. After they were married, they worked together as tent-makers; together they converted to Christianity.
4 giorni fa · The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a French military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity.
