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Showing posts with label America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label America. Show all posts
Saturday, June 29, 2019

Evolution: Israelis and American Jews Grow Apart

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Moshe Dayan and Ariel Sharon   in the Sinai during the Six-Day War in 1967 I love Evolution. Not only is it one of the most bril...
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

My New Breakfast Club--Jewish Draft-Era Veterans

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In November of last year, I started going to the Wednesday morning Minyan prayer group at a synagogue in Lancaster City-- Congregation Sh...
Thursday, May 24, 2018

The German Evangelical Church Backed the Nazis in 1932 Then Turned on Their Jewish Members

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In Charlottesville in 2017 Nazi flags and Rebel flags flew together. Jim Crow laws in the American South  inspired the German race l...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Russia and America: Destined to Conflict, Religion

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Russia and America cooperated in World War II because both were threatened by a common enemy. But like our alliances with other wretched d...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

Photos from Boalsburg 2015 Memorial Ceremony

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Here are some of my favorite photos from the annual 28th Division Memorial Ceremony on the site of the Pennsylvania Military History Museum...
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Big Day for Russia--Bad Date for Me

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The biggest holiday on the calendar in Russia and many other former Soviet States is May 9.  These countries celebrate the Soviet victory...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Who Fights Our Wars? Southern Men

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I don't know the soldiers in this photo, but I do know that if we could find the home address of every one of them, two out of three ...
Friday, May 1, 2015

One Year at a Time--Now I'm in till 2016

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My friend Barry Free joined me for what turned out to be a 100-mile re-enlistment ride.  Barry enlisted in the Army Reserve in 1968 and s...
Friday, April 24, 2015

One More Year! In the Army Till I'm 63!

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Today at 2pm I got a voice mail from SSG Steinmetz in the Admin section of 28th CAB to call her.  When I called she read me a line from a m...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Who Fights Our Wars? Pamela Allen Bleuel

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On the left in this photo is the subject of a blog post I wrote in 2009 in Iraq.  She is Pamela Allen Bleuel, a tough, funny woman who ran...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

No Answer--What Goes Up Must Come Down the Same Way

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No answer yet on whether I can re-enlist or not.  I thought that meant no answer at all.  The administrative NCO in my unit thinks the dec...
Friday, April 17, 2015

A Soldier When I'm 64? I am Supposed to Get the Answer Today

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Wednesday I talked to the Admin. Sergeant who submitted the paperwork for me to stay in the Army two more years.  She said we are supposed t...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Keeping Up With Conspiracies in Space

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I just read the book Omon Ra by Victor Pelevin .  This tragic and very funny book says Russia also faked a moon landing.  Before reading t...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Baby Killers, Climate Change and Conspiracy Theories

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In the past week, I spoke with people who remember the Viet Nam War and what many Americans thought of soldiers back then.  Many soldiers s...
Sunday, March 1, 2015

Photos of 28th Combat Aviation Brigade for Fort Rucker

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During the February drill weekend, our Command Sergeant Major asked for a disc of 200 or so phots to send to the Army Aviation Training Faci...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Gun Trucks in the Vietnam and Iraq Wars: Why Lessons Aren't Learned

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Yesterday I went to a presentation at Franklin and Marshall College about Gun Trucks in Vietnam and in Iraq.  I knew about the many var...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Who Fights Our Wars: Carrie Davis Jackson

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When we went to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 2009, I was reluctant to use soldiers names in my blog.  So the unnamed soldier in the post b...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Trading a Guitar for a Gun--Who Fights Our Wars

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With more American troops headed for the Middle East and with many of my friends in NATO countries that surround Ukraine and border Ru...