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Showing posts with label veteran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label veteran. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Veterans for Trump: The Death of Honor

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Canvassing in York County today I said hello to a veteran wearing a cap with Vietnam service and campaign ribbons.  Since my canvassing list...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan to Retire on September 11

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  Master Sgt.Pamela Bleuel (left) in Afghanistan In July 2009 I was pushing my bike toward a gap in the blast wall on Camp Adder, Iraq.  ...
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Friday, July 9, 2021

Talking to Amtrak Conductor About Late-Life Enlistment, Loving the Cold War Army

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  Many Amtrak conductors and other rail workers are veterans. Over the past quarter century of commuting to Philadelphia on Amtrak, I got t...
Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Who Fights Our War? Veteran of the Tet Offensive in 1968 Working Security at Kennedy Airport

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The Tet Offensive in 1968 was the beginning  of the end of the War in Vietnam This afternoon I checked in for a flight to Paris on IcelandAi...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

One Last Haircut: World War II Vet Shares a Story After Forty Years

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Elias King learned to cut hair while serving as a gunner’s mate on a destroyer in the Pacific during World War II.   When I met him in 198...
Friday, August 28, 2015

New Writing By Recent Veterans

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Just got this in my email.  Free book available by PDF download.  Writing by recent veterans of America's wars.  Check it out here . E...