16085 George Rogers Clark Illinois Regiment Kneeling at the Ready American History and in Fajardo during the

and in Fajardo during the Puerto Rican Campaign

more for warmth than as a fire retardant protection

Among his many citations of merit was a Navy Cross

” Wounded during the Battle of Brandywine

From ‘Joker’s’ demeanor you would expect that him to be a college student type and would have got himself some kind of student deferment however here he is in Vietnam

16085 George Rogers Clark Illinois Regiment Kneeling at the Ready American History and in Fajardo during theA small force of Virginia militiamen, led by George Rogers Clark, seized control of several British posts in the Illinois Country of the then Province of Quebec. Clark and his men crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky and took control without firing a shot because most of the inhabitants were unwilling to take up arms on behalf of the British Empire. To counter Clarks advance, Henry Hamilton, the British lieutenant governor at Fort Detroit, reoccupied