Category: In Memoriam

With last week’s presentation being an American hero of the Pacific War, it seemed appropriate this week to present a figure from the other side.

An adventurous lad, John dropped out of school at age fifteen and went to work as a caddy for a local country club until he was eighteen, when he began his military career.

It was in the conquest of Gaul and its aftermath that Antony’s various talents came to the fore.

There was no family connection to another famous example of toxic masculinity who shared the last name of Churchill.

The Army, like any other large institution, has many examples that young people can learn from, both good and bad.

As a young man he pursued various occupations including lumberjack (hardly a novelty in Maine) and bricklayer, meanwhile studying Greek and Latin, because lumberjacking and bricklaying are both occupations that give you plenty of spare time for studying Greek and Latin.