19 September 2007

Featured Article

David e-mailed me to let me know that my favorite American president is the featured article on Wikipedia today. So here's a little snip from that article, just for fun and, well, as an example of why he's my favorite president.

Truman was chosen to be an officer, and then battery commander in an artillery regiment in France. His unit was Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, 60th Brigade, 35th Infantry Division, known for its discipline problems. During a sudden attack by the Germans in the Vosges Mountains, the battery started to disperse; Truman ordered them back into position using profanities that he had "learned while working on the Santa Fe railroad." Shocked by the outburst, his men reassembled and followed him to safety. Under Captain Truman's command in France, the battery did not lose a single man.

1 comment:

Maureen said...

This kind of story is why I say that "no knowledge is wasted."

No telling how often you may need it, or how long the opportune moment may take to arrive, but arrive it will.