Veteran AF

Veteran of four wars, four enlistments, four branches: Air Force, Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard. I am both an AF (Air Force) veteran and as Veteran AF (As Fuck)

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Friday, December 28, 2018

Books of 2018: Three Novels by Alison Joseph

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Since September, I read three mystery novels by Alison Joseph. She is the author of a dozen books set in early 20 t...

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Three Books by the Historian Timothy Snyder

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Timothy Snyder, historian of the Holocaust and Eastern Europe Three books by the historian Timothy Snyder about the...

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

2018--A Year of Books in Groups of Three

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--> Jill Lepore, author of These Truths, my favorite book of 2018 When I looked at the list of books I read in 2018, ...

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Life as a Tank Commander in Cold War Germany--On a Podcast

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Me in 1977 in Germany on top of my tank Today the second of two episodes of the Cold War History Podcast went live with Ian Sanders, th...

Friday, December 21, 2018

The Resignation of General James Mattis is Good, But Not Enough

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Generaloberst Ludwig Beck Mattis's resignation is good, but not enough. It was not enough in Germany in 1938: Ludwig August ...

Monday, December 17, 2018

Army Christmas: 1978 and 2008

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A half-second Google search showed me hundreds of Army Christmas Trees. Forty years ago, I was about to celebrate my third Christ...

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Back at Jew: Changing My Dog tags Back After Almost 50 Years

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My first and current dog tags. Bottom line is JEWISH . In February 1972, I got my first set of dog tags at Basic Training. Most peop...

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