From: Dr. Bob Klein (drbob@troop111.org)
Date: Wed Feb 05 2003 - 23:21:49 CST
Although it may be a bit of a stretch, it has been remarked by several
historians that it was the BSA that won Omaha Beach - that is, that when
many of the officers and non-coms were dead or wounded, and the entire
beachhead was unorganized chaos, that the men with Scout training were
the ones that assumed leadership roles, organized the remaining
effectives, and broke through the German resistance. If actual (and not
just fanciful revisionism), this may have been our finest hour.
Michael Connelly wrote:
> This makes one wonder where our nation would be without the Scouting
> program. Many of our nation's heroes consistently come from the ranks of
> scouting. Another example is, that of the 57 boys who made Eagle when I
> was a scoutmaster, at least seven, including three of my Eagle Scout
> sons, are now deployed or have recently been deployed in operation
> enduring freedom. They include, a combat engineer Lt., a combat medic,
> an MP, two infantrymen, a black hawk helicopter pilot, a U.S. marine,
> and a navy petty officer. God bless our astronauts, our country, and the
> Boy Scouts.
> Michael Connelly
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