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Sunday, July 9, 2017

Cliff Has More Than 200 years of Connections to American and German Military History

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Cliff and Dmitri during our visit to Point Alpha. I wrote about Dmitri here . During the last week in June, I stayed in the Guest Hou...
Saturday, July 8, 2017

The German Military Cemetery in Normandy

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The German Military Cemetery in Normandy sits beside the highway that connects Omaha Beach with the Airborne Museum in St. Mere Eglise t...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Israel: Everyday Life with Soldiers

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Today two events convinced me that soldiers in Israel really are part of everyday life.  This afternoon I stopped at a coffee shop around...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Israeli Defense Forces: What a Democratic Army Looks Like

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The Israeli Army is what a democratic army looks like. I would have said that before setting foot in Israel, but after two train rides, t...

A Greek Born in Kazakstan, Living in Germany

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Dmitri and Bruder Timotheus at the Memorial/Museum  Marking the former border between East and West Germany.   Br. Timotheus was Cliff A...
Tuesday, July 4, 2017

The American Cemetery in Normandy

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Above Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, more than 9,000 United States soldiers are buried in a field of nearly 200 acres. The Crosses and ...
Monday, July 3, 2017

The Whole World in a Paris Laundromat

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I returned from the visit to Normandy with one clean pair of shorts and a shirt, bike clothes. Everything else needed to be washed. I found...