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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...
Sunday, September 2, 2018

Fishing My Phone from a Storm Drain

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This grabber saved me lots of money  Yesterday I rode south from Lancaster for about fifteen miles. On the way back I was coasting down...
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...