“The Fighting Preacher” Is The Best Story From WWII
Chris Williamson talks with a military history YouTuber about Logan Weston, "the fighting preacher," who fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and earned over 300 medals but no Wikipedia page until the guest's video.
The gist
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The guest says Weston survived a failed suicide attempt when his gun misfired, took it as a second chance from God, and trained to become a preacher.
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In the Pacific, Weston's company was cut off on New Georgia for 29 days, running out of food just 3 days in.
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Weston joined Merrill's Marauders, who walked about 800 miles and lived on airdrops for 9 months; the guest says only about 300 of 3,000 original men finished.
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In Korea, Weston's roughly 30 men held a hill at the Pusan perimeter, but the guest says an officer got his Medal of Honor downgraded.
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The guest says Weston later destroyed three tanks alone, became a Green Beret at 46, and served 10 years as Texas A&M's chaplain.
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