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The Humble Janitor: An inspirational Memorial Day Story

Please listen to my podcast on this incredible story: Brian Sussman Show, Episode 190.

The cadets at the Air Force Academy knew the janitor named “Bill” was formerly military. They could tell by the way he conducted himself: all business and perfection. Judging by his age, they all figured this nice, quiet man likely served in World War Two.

William “Bill” Crawford shocked the cadets in the early 1980s when one of the students accidently discovered that Bill was a recipient of Medal of Honor.

When the cadet asked Bill if he was Private William Crawford who served in the 36th Infantry on the night of September 13, 1943 in Altavilla, Italy, Bill responded, “Yes. That was one day in my life and it happened a long time ago.”

Once his anonymity was discovered, Bill told his story.

“Our soldiers had marched for hours, stopping within 200 yards of German defense positions near Altavilla, Italy.”

They planned to attack at dawn.

“Some of our artillery shelled the German line of defense, and then they sounded the attack.”

Crawford went forward with his platoon sergeant. “He beat me to the wall,” Crawford said, “and I laid down and I fired at what I thought was a German defense there.” He looked over to see what his sergeant was doing, but the sergeant was completely still. He’d taken several rounds to his chest.”

Crawford took off after the enemy snipers.

“I just followed the little, narrow ditch. . . . I stayed pretty close to it,” he described. “And, sure enough, there was a brushy terrain, a well-camouflaged area, right ahead. And out of that came a burst of machine gun fire. As I was running for this little ditch, he was shooting right under my feet. Some of the rounds probably went between my legs and never touched me.”

Crawford would singlehandedly take out three German machine gun nests with only his rifle and a handful of grenades. His company was able to advance.

Just a few days later, Crawford was captured in battle, but the Army mistakenly thought that he’d beenkilled in action. The following year, Crawford’s father was presented with what was believed to be a posthumous Medal of Honor. Private Crawford was seemingly destined to be memorialized as one who gave it all.

What a surprise when Crawford was later discovered alive! He was released with other POWs after the war and continued to serve in the Army until 1967.

He retired with the rank of Master Sergeant. A few years later, he began a job as a janitor at the Air ForceAcademy.

For many years,” Colonel James Moschgat recalled in 2012, “few of us gave him much notice, rendering little more than a passing nod or throwing a curt, ‘G’morning’ in his direction as we hurried off.”

That all changed one day when then-cadet Moschgat stumbled across Crawford’s name in a history book. “Word spread like wildfire among the cadets that we had a hero in our midst,” Moschgat wrote. “Cadets who had once passed by Bill with hardly a glance, now greeted him with a smile and a respectful, ‘Good morning, Mr. Crawford.’”

The cadets soon discovered that Crawford had not attended his own Medal ceremony because he’d beenin a POW camp. The Air Force Academy decided to make things right.

Crawford finally received his Medal, in person, from President Ronald Reagan at the Academy’s 1984 graduation. But the Air Force wasn’t yet done honoring their adopted soldier. When Crawford passed away in 2000 at the age of 81, he was buried, with full honors, at the U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery. He is the only non-USAF enlisted individual to be granted that honor.

Don’t Buy Their Slogans: Latest Podcast

We are bombarded with propaganda. In fact, you could say we are in a propaganda war. A war that ultimately seeks the end of Christianity and the establishment of a one world order.

This episode of the Brian Sussman Show is brief, but packed with useful info and a word of inspiration.

There are two articles I used in preparation for this:

  • One from the World Economic Forum describing utilizing Covid for their Great Reset: https://www.weforum.org/great-reset/

Another from Got Questions about the first time humanity tried to establish a world order with the  Tower of Babel: https://www.gotquestions.org/Tower-of-Babel.html

Brian Sussman Show Episode 97 – SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify.

When Life Smacks You Upside the Head: Here’s the Podcast For You

In preparing to produce Episode 21 of the Another Chance Podcast series, God led me to a brief but powerful devotional I wrote a few years ago. I’m not sure what I intended to do with it at the time, but it certainly represents my heart’s desire right now.

That said, it’s now what Episode 21 is all about:

If life has, or is, smacking you upside the head, this is a brief podcast will really help you see what’s in front of you a bit more clearly and put a little bounce back in your steps.

Below is the devotional. Hope you’ll check out the podcast too.  Enjoy:

Trusting in Him

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
 and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him,
and he will make your paths straight.  Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV).

We’ve all been let down by someone we love, trust, or both.  It hurts.  Sometimes the pain is really bad.   I’ve come to the conclusion that there is only one person I can count on 100 percent of the time: Jesus.

Besides the Lord, my wife—with whom I’ve had a covenant relationship with for over three decades—is next person I can completely trust.  But even then, our mutual assurance is temporal.  The trust I have in God is everlasting.

When there’s bad news, hurt feelings, disappointments, and the emotional trauma associated with such things, only the Lord is able to provide me with the comfort and grace that genuinely soothes my soul.  I refer to this serene, spiritual space of grace as, “the sweet spot.”

Being Jewish, I never knew the beautiful Christian hymns sung on Sunday mornings in the church.  Now that I know Him, I have learned to love the hymns, even when they’re sung with their traditional melodies.

When I’m in the sweet spot, the song, My Hope is Built on Nothing Less, composed by Edward Mote in the 1834, comes to mind:

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

His oath, His covenant, and blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found,
Clothed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne!
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

When life smacks you upside the head—and it will—remember that your hope rests with Jesus.  Lean on Him.  Cling tight to Him.  Hold tight to His word and promises.  Even when it seems like He’s not hearing your cry, know that He is present and caring for you.

On Christ, the solid Rock you stand, all other ground is sinking sand.

Lord, thank you for your saving grace.  You are my hope, my strength, and my joy.  May I walk in your ways all the days of my life.  Amen. 

Hidden Headlines- Interview with Abortion Survivor

In light of the current calls by the Left for infanticide, in this edition of Hidden Headlines I interview Melissa Ohden, a woman who survived an abortion.

As you’ll hear, Melissa’s incredible story begins when a nurse, forced her 19-year-old daughter, an unmarried college student, to get a secret abortion.

The abortion failed and little Melissa, weighing less than three pounds was placed alone on a table to die.

Also in this episode:
–The surreal ascendency to political power witnessed by progressive leftist, NY Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
– A discussion regarding my recent article originally posted at World Net Daily, “Doped-Up, Docile, Dependent: the Left’s Plan for America.”

Melissa Ohden’s media connections:
www.TheAbortionSurivors.com
Facebook.com/TheAbortionSurvivorsNetwork
www.MelissaOhden.com
More on her book, “You Carried Me” – can be found by clicking here

Hidden Headlines is heard on iTunes, GooglePlay, Spotify, and Soundcloud, or just click here!

Thank you.  If you like what you hear, please share with others!

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San Francisco Hall of Fame Broadcaster, weekend drummer, Mizzou Alum, Host of Another Chance Podcast and Hidden Headlines Podcast, KSFO Radio Show.

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