Moline Viet Nam Hero Will Appear on Fox - He Earned Three Silver Stars

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

By John Marx, jmarx@qconline.com

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.

Warning - Graphic Content Ahead. Reasons To Teach Justification by Faith. Boycott the Emmaus Conference

Emmaus Conference I -
Jesus taught the disciples to believe in Him.
Where did He say they born "born forgiven"?

1. Jesus taught justification by faith in Him. That is clear throughout the Gospels, but especially in the Fourth Gospel, written by the disciple Jesus loved. "These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." John 20:31
2. The Gospel clearly distinguishes between believers and unbelievers. "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." John 3:36
3. Paul devoted Romans 4 to comparing Abraham being justified by faith to our status before God. "But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead." Romans 4:24
4. Chapter 4 of Romans climaxes with Romans 5:1-2. "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."
5. Justification only means "justification by faith" in the New Testament. Even the UOJ Stormtroopers concede that.
6. If the Bible teaches justification without faith anywhere, as the UOJ Enthusiasts hope and pray, then the Bible contradicts itself hundreds if not thousands of times.
7. If the Scriptures ever teach justification without faith, there are two justifications and not one, which is absurd.
8. If a single soul is justified without the Word, without the Means of Grace, the Holy Spirit is as volatile and capricious as the Calvinists imagine.
9. Luther never taught UOJ, but taught justification by faith as the Chief Article of Christianity.
10. Melanchthon wrote simple and yet elegant statements about justification by faith.
11. Martin Chemnitz studied under Luther and Melanchthon. He also taught justification by faith, serving as senior editor of the Book of Concord and the Formula of Concord.
12. Polycarp Leyser, an editor of the Book of Concord, led the attack against Samuel Huber, a Wittenberg theologian (former Calvinist - note) who began raving against justification by faith. And yet the UOJists disavow Huber, citing CFW Walther as their authority! That settles it for the Walther-worship gang.
    
13. J. Gerhard, who completed Chemnitz' Harmony of the Gospels, clearly taught justification by faith. Gerhard was a genius known for his timeless defense of the Christian faith, against the Roman Catholics and Calvinists.
14. Quenstedt unhinged UOJ in one clear statement, quoted by Robert Preus.
15. Calov, often claimed--without proof--by the UOJ Enthusiasts, defined justification by faith clearly, removing any wiggle room for the errorists of his day and ours.
16. Gausewitz was trusted to be the Synodical Conference president, and he produced a catechism that taught justification by faith. The SynCons have thrown him under the bus, forgotten him, and given his old parish to an idiot who went to Fuller Seminary and mocks the efficacy of the Word.
17. Dr. Robert Preus did teach UOJ in 1987 and quoted Edward Preuss with approval, but his last book--badly edited by two of his sons--argued against UOJ, citing such orthodox theologians as Quenstedt (one of his favorites) and Calov.

The UOJists are such bold liars that they
claim their dogma is the Chief Article!

Robert Preus loved Quenstedt's precise language.
He told one audience he wanted to name a son Quenstedt.
SHOW ME THE UOJ!

Unlike the typical seminary professor,
Robert Preus continued to study and grow,
finally getting past his Norwegian Pietism
and teaching the truth about justification by faith.
He supported the Church Growth Movement too, earlier;
does anyone want to claim that in the name of Robert Preus? Hmmm?