Major Charles W. Davis (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on January 12, 1943 on Guadalcanal Island. His citation reads:
For distinguishing himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy on Guadalcanal Island. On 12 January 1943, Maj. Davis (then Capt.), executive officer of an infantry battalion, volunteered to carry instructions to the leading companies of his battalion which had been caught in crossfire from Japanese machineguns. With complete disregard for his own safety, he made his way to the trapped units, delivered the instructions, supervised their execution, and remained overnight in this exposed position. On the following day, Maj. Davis again volunteered to lead an assault on the Japanese position which was holding up the advance. When his rifle jammed at its first shot, he drew his pistol and, waving his men on, led the assault over the top of the hill. Electrified by this action, another body of soldiers followed and seized the hill. The capture of this position broke Japanese resistance and the battalion was then able to proceed and secure the corps objective. The courage and leadership displayed by Maj. Davis inspired the entire battalion and unquestionably led to the success of its attack.
Sergeant Freeman Davis (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on November 25, 1863 at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee. His citation reads:
This soldier, while his regiment was falling back, seeing the 2 color bearers shot down, under a severe fire and at imminent peril recovered both the flags and saved them from capture.
First Lieutenant George E. Davis (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on July 9, 1864 at Monocacy, Maryland. His citation reads:
While in command of a small force, held the approaches to the 2 bridges against repeated assaults of superior numbers, thereby materially delaying Early's advance on Washington.
For any of you out there who like the subjects of religion and politics, I’m reading a good book right now called The President, the Pope and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed The World by John O’Sullivan. It’s about Ronald Reagan, John Paul II and Margaret Thatcher… I won’t spoil it by telling you which one was the President and which one was the Pope and which one was the Prime Minister.
While you’re all nice and warm in your bed tonight with sweet dreams filling your head… I will be out in the cold waiting for a local day care to open up so I can register Susie and Daniel. Why would I wait all night? Because someone close to the situation told The Wife that there is only one spot open for Daniel’s age group. If you find you are having trouble falling asleep… text me and I’ll let you know where I am. You can come visit me and help me stay awake. Maybe I'll tweet during the night to let everyone know how I'm doing. I'm sure at some point I'll talk about my adventure more on here (if there's anything to tell).
Our picture day today is going to focus mainly on Susie... I didn't plan it that way, it just ended up being that way.
Picture Tuesday
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| Susie with her signature 2 fingers in her mouth and one in her nose... |
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| It isn't odd for me to wake up in the mornings and see Susie and "Agent P" sleeping in my bed... |
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| No-Name Teri and her girls came down for a visit on Saturday... Susie LOVES Ansley, as you can see in this picture. |
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