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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Loving the Book is not the Same as Liking the Author

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Mark Helprin, I love his books, hate his politics   My two favorite living authors are very different men. I have read all of the nove...
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 20, 2018

Soldiers Hate the Media—They Always Have

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Ron Chernow’s thousand-page biography Grant explains the life and legacy of the General who won the Civil War, and the President who ...
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...
Friday, August 3, 2018

Draft Dodgers Let Another Man Serve in Their Place

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When President Bill Clinton visited the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in 1993, veterans of that war considered his presence an insult. The...
Thursday, August 2, 2018

My First VA Visit: Excellent!

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Last month I decided to sign up with the Veterans Administration. Forty-five years ago, I was blinded for a month in a missile explosion ...