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Showing posts with label 2000. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2000. Show all posts
Friday, September 6, 2019

Chinook Landing on a Roof in Afghanistan Honored in Original Art

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On 10 November 2003 the crew of Chinook helicopter  Yankee 2-6 made this landing on a cliff in Afghanistan. Artist Larry Selman i...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Accidentally Stumbling into Happiness

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The Declaration of Independence The pursuit of happiness is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, along with Life and Liber...
Monday, September 10, 2018

Unforgettable Moment, B-52s Scramble, Hill Air Force Base, 1974

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B-52 Bombers taking off on full throttle on Strategic Air Command alert I was stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, from 1972-74. E...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Military Movies and "The Rule"

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Dick Winters, inspiration for the book and video series Band of Brothers The world is full of good, great and terrible things to watch...
Monday, August 13, 2018

The Painting in My Living Room by a Prisoner of War

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 A Picture of Bavaria on My Living Room Wall Painted by an Afrika Korps Prisoner of War When I look up from reading on the couch at n...
Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Reality Catches Up With Fiction 70 Years After World War II

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B-25 Bomber Pilot 1st. Lt. Bernard "Bernie" Steed Receiving  the  Distinguished Flying Cross for Bravery  on a Mission over...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Battle of the Tanks, Kursk, 1943: A Review

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--> In July of 1943, the German Army’s ability to attack the Soviet Army ended in smoking wrecks and twisted bodies.   T...
Saturday, June 30, 2018

Who Fights Our Wars: Sgt. 1st Class Thomas, Gospel Worship Leader, Tanker

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In the 70s chaplains came to the Army with graduate degrees and credentials as Priests, Pastors, or Rabbis from their religions....
Sunday, June 17, 2018

Who Fights Our Wars? CSM Donald C. Cubbison, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

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In the fall of 1977, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division got a new Command Sergeant's Major.  Donald C. Cubbison, veteran of the Vietna...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Tanks from Inside, Tanks from Outside: The Huge Difference

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The podcast Sectarian Review just did an episode on Philip Roth. It included a passage from American Pastoral using a military tank as a...
Monday, May 28, 2018

On Memorial Day: Visiting the Grave of Major Richard "Dick" Winters

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Major Richard Winters, 1918-2011 This morning I got a message on Facebook from Sarah Frye Gingrich. She was asking about a gravesite ...