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Bishop Lawrence Persico of Erie was a student at St. Joseph Preparatory School in Unity Township when the late Monsignor Giuseppe De Andrea taught there and was headmaster. After serving various ministries in the Diocese of Greensburg (1958-1981), including being pastor at St. James Church in Salem Township, Monsignor De Andrea returned to his native Italy. He was installed as a bishop there, then Titular Archbishop of Anzio, and was appointed by Pope Paul II to serve as apostolic nuncio to Kuw...

Felix Sparks led elements of the 45th Division through heavy fighting and the liberation of Dachau. Heres What You Need to Know: The 45th, or “Thunderbird” Division, was a National Guard outfit formed primarily of units from Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. The morning of February 16, 1944, dawned foggy over the Via Anziate in Anzio, Italy. The 45th Infantry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment had advanced overnight to take positions on the west side of the road...

The First Deadly Round of Fighting at the Battle of Monte Cassino During the first of four bloody attempts to take Monte Cassino and the town that occupied its slope, the Allied Fifth Army was repulsed. Heres What You Need to Know: The First Battle of Cassino would be a failure for the Allies. By December 1943, the phrase “sunny Italy” had evolved from being a travel agent’s selling point to becoming an ugly joke for the British and American troops of the Allied Fifth Army, advancing nor...

by SOFREP Jan 26, 2021 Share This: U.S. Army Special Forces, affectionately referred to as the “Green Berets,” are one of America’s most elite and capable special operations units. They have been at the forefront of the fight against terrorism, but their operational relevancy goes back for decades. Special Forces have a plethora of mission sets. Some of these include Direct Action, Special Reconnaissance, Counter-terrorism, Counter-insurgency, Foreign Internal Defense, Unconventional War...

Combat Mission guide: a guide to Battlefront’s wargame series Its big, ugly and startlingly expensive, but its one of the deepest battlefield sims out there - heres how to get started The Combat Mission (CM) series stretches back some twenty years. On the surface it’s an unlikely success story. A deep tactical battlefield simulator with average graphics, a hefty price tag, convoluted patching system and availability through a niche storefront. And yet, like all great games, it is carried ...

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Today: Showers likely, mainly between 10am and 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Tonight: A chance of showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A chance of showers will be possible through the next week...

Oldest veteran Lesley Stelfox dies at Sheppey care home Published: 06:00, 23 January 2021 Lesley Stelfox, believed to be one of Britains oldest war veterans, has died at his Sheppey care home. He was 107. Mr Stelfox passed away on December 30 at Blackburn Lodge in Sheerness Broadway. Before moving there, he had been living on his own in Sittingbourne. Thumbs up from WW2 veteran Leslie Stelfox, 107, despite having to self isolate at Blackburn Lodge, Sheerness He was born in Dover Street, Sitting...

Bitter Fight at Gela: Beginning of the End of Mussolinis Italy This small Italian village on the Sicily coast hosted a stiff battle to repel Allied landings in July 1943. Heres What You Need to Know: Gela was a harbinger of how amphibious assaults would occur in the future at places such as Salerno, Anzio, and Normandy. The smoke had barely cleared from the battlefields of North Africa when the victorious Allies turned their attention northward to Europe. American planners were eager for the d...

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