Experience Pacific Valor: Tarawa Edition 🌊 Honor WWII Medal of Honor recipient ✨ Staff Sergeant William Jennings Bordelon✨ as we bring to life the fierce landings at Tarawa. Witness how Marines leapt over the sides of their landing craft into withering fire and unforgiving surf—an act of courage that defined a generation. Explore restored WWII vehicles, hear the thunder of blank-firing weapons, and see history come alive with the incredible volunteers of Company K. Are you ready to relive the l

Every war leaves behind stories that sound impossible until you dig into the details. One of the most unlikely comes from the trenches of the First World War, where a goat from Saskatchewan became a steady presence among men who faced fire every day. The soldiers called him Sergeant Bill. He earned that title the hard way. Bill entered military service when a woman named Daisy from Broadview handed him over to the 5th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. They took him across the Atlant

Private William Charles Kniveton was born in June 1894 in Astley, Lancashire, the son of Henry and Martha Kniveton. He grew up in Leigh, a working-class mining town, one of six children in a family that knew both hardship and resilience. Tragedy struck early. When William was only nine, his mother died in the Atherton Workhouse, leaving his father to raise the younger children alone. By seventeen, William was already working down the mines — following in his father’s footsteps, a collier like so

Medal of Honor recipients visit Fort Cavazos to promote the Medal of Honor Museum opening. Read more about it here https://kdhnews.com/military/six-medal-of-honor-recipients-visit-fort-cavazos-promote-new-museum-in-texas/article_1c776434-22a5-467e-b0e6-60ddc54ac007.html | Killeen Daily Herald