NOVEMBER 11 "WE HONOR OUR FIGHTERS"

 Near Cisterna, Italy, in the battle at Anzio beachhead, Sylvester Antolak charged 200 yards over flat terrain with absolutely no cover to destroy a German machine gun bunker during the second day of the offensive.


He ran 30 yards in advance of his squad, to take on fire and free them to move forward unharmed. He ran into withering enemy machine gun fire. Three times he was struck by bullets and knocked to the ground, but each time, he struggled to his feet to continue his relentless advance. With one shoulder deeply gashed and his right arm shattered, he continued to rush directly into the enemy fire concentration with his submachine gun wedged under his uninjured arm until within 15 yards of the enemy strong point, where he opened fire at deadly close range, killing 2 Germans and forcing the remaining 10 to surrender.

In the book “to hell and back” Audie Murphy describes the scene as such:

On the flat, coverless terrain, his body is a perfect target. A blast of automatic fire knocks him down. He springs to his feet with a bleeding shoulder and continues his charge. The guns rattle. Again he goes down. Fascinated, we watch as he gets up for the third time and dashes straight into the enemy fire. The Germans throw everything they have at him. He falls to the earth; and when he again pulls himself to his feet, we see that his right arm is shattered. But wedging his gun under his left armpit, he continues firing and staggers forward. Ten horrified Germans throw down their guns and yell "kamerad".

The broke thru the German stronghold and marched on upward to free Rome, from German occupation. By one man’s determinedness, not to be denied, not to be stopped, Rome was free. Not to accept defeat.

Here we die or He we live, is a choice every one of us has to make. What have you resigned yourself to?

We honor our fighters on Veteran's Day.  We are a Nation that Honor's it's fighters.  Are there not men and women that did not fight, that are honorable?  Of course there is, however the one difference is, one willingly subjected his/her life, risked their life, to save another.  While there are many good people out there, how many can you say would volunteer their life, to save another? 

That's where the difference is and that's why we have a special day for one; and not the other. 

Happy Veteran's Day to every man, woman, that willingly laid down his life for another.

Ultimately, what Jesus Christ did for us.  "for rarely will a man lay down his life for a good man, but while we were yet sinners, Jesus Christ laid down his life for us".  Romans 5:7

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