Homily

Ted Heck Homily

Download the Homily *Ted Heck, a decorated combat veteran of World War II, was chosen to deliver this homily during the memorial service at a reunion of the 70th Infantry Division.. It was reproduced later in the division’s Trailblazer Magazine.  

Phone Tapping in Germany

Tea Party members or Obama fans are focused on the hubbub surrounding the National Security Agency’s world-wide phone tapping. When I first learned how disturbed German Chancellor Angela Merkel was by NSA’s nosiness, my mind flew back 61 years to a sports incident in which talk about eavesdropping almost cost me my job. It involved […]

70th Veteran Receives Legion of Honor Medal

Ted Heck, a decorated platoon leader and company commander in World War II, recently collected another medal 70 years after the action. In a ceremony in the Embassy of France in Washington, he was made a Chevalier in the Legion of Honor. He was one of eight men saluted by the Consul General before their families […]