US Marines Honor Patron Saint of Artillery
The Quartermasters have Saint Martin, but Marine artillery has Saint Barbara, whom they honored in a ceremony in Afghanistan:
Marines…smiled as all in attendance lifted their cups in a toast to honor the patron saint of artillery, Saint Barbara.
According to legend, the tyrant Dioscorus, a pagan, kept his daughter Barbara secluded in a tower to shelter her from the world. In her solitude she gave herself to prayer and became a Christian. Her father, Read more