M's from the Picture Gallery
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| Medal of Honor, MHS 66 |
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| Come for the supper, leave for the cacophony. |
Monday, August 10, 2026
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Adam Jones, WQUA Radio and very popular.
Adam Jones and Melo Cream
"Last month I heard from Greg Jackson. His father Homer was a friend of mine when Bob and I (and later, Dale) worked in Moline, Illinois. Homer was a swell guy, a real Cubs fan (win or lose), and the best donut maker in the history of the world, BC and AD. Forget about loose-meat sandwiches, the best thing about living in the Quad-Cities was Melo-Cream Donuts! Does anyone remember "Adam Jones Dilly Bread?" Homer did that for me. He even had bags printed with that on them. The bread was really good – yum! Not quite as good as the Jack Barlow Donut, but very few things are. They were covered in peanuts and if you ate them frozen they tasted like ice cream! Greg has a blog about Moline: http://molinememories.blogspot.com. It was nice to hear from him. (It must be spring; my taste buds are blooming.)"
Adam Jones, WQUA Radio and very popular.
Friday, August 7, 2026
Friday, October 20, 2017 The History of the Name - Maroons. Provided by Fran Coberley McNelly and Gary Allen
Friday, October 20, 2017
The History of the Name - Maroons.
Provided by Fran Coberley McNelly and Gary Allen
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| For easier reading, click on this MHS 62 link. |
The best way to read this is to check out this link to the history of the name Maroons - from the MHS 62 website. If you enlarge the type on that link, the article will be easy to read.
The graphic is by Gary Allen. The article was discovered by Fran Coberley McNelly during a lengthy debate on the MHS 68 Facebook page.
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| The Class of 1968 is having its 50th reunion in 2018. MHS 66 borrowed their logo - or did they borrow ours? This mystery will be solved in 20 or so years. |
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Jorja Hepher - MHS 66 - and James Beert: September 21, 1968
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Saturday, January 17, 2015 Moline Viet Nam Hero To Appear on Fox
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Moline Viet Nam Hero To Appear on Fox
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| Author Bill Albracht earned three Silver Stars. |
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/bill-albracht-co-writes-book-on-vietnam/article_048cddaa-2c29-5292-9d0b-3c8164665900.html
Moline's Bill Albracht and the book circuit are about to get close.
Mr. Albracht has co-authored "Abandoned in Hell: The Fight for Vietnam's Fire Base Kate,'' with Marvin Wolf. It details his days at Vietnam's Fire Base Kate and is scheduled for release by Penguin Press on Feb. 3.
Mr. Albracht will discuss the book and his experiences in Vietnam during a Feb. 4 appearance on "Fox & Friends," a talk show that appears locally on Fox News Live at 5 a.m. and is the top-rated cable morning show nationally.
It features Steve Doocy, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Brian Kilmeade, Tucker Carlson. Anna Kooiman and Clayton Morris. Mr. Albracht has yet to learn his interview time slot.
"I am excited on many fronts,'' he said. "First, that a show of this caliber feels I am worthy enough to come in and sit down is amazing. The other is the exposure for the book.''
Transcripts say that in October 1969, Mr. Albracht, the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Fire Base Kate, held by 27 American soldiers and 150 Montagnard militiamen.
At dawn the next morning, three North Vietnamese Army regiments -- some 6,000 men -- crossed the Cambodian border and attacked.
Outnumbered three dozen to one, Mr. Albracht's men held off repeated ground assaults by communist forces with hand-to-hand fighting, air support and a dangerously close B-52 strike.
For days, the North Vietnamese blanketed Kate in a rain of fire from rockets, mortars, artillery, machine guns and small arms, blocking efforts to supply, reinforce or evacuate the outpost.
Mr. Albracht exposed himself to enemy fire to direct air strikes and guide supply helicopters, hoping to distribute ammunition and water to his men. Wounded by rocket shrapnel, he refused medical attention or evacuation. Exhausted from days without sleep, he continued to rally his men to fend off each new enemy attack.
After five days, Kate's defenders were out of ammo and water. Aerial supply failed, and reinforcements were denied by military commanders who had written off Kate.
Mr. Albracht refused to surrender or die where he stood, leading his troops, including many wounded, off the hill and on a daring night march through enemy lines.
Mr. Albracht, later received a Purple Heart and two Silver Stars for his leadership at Kate.
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