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Friday, May 7, 2021

May 9: Victory Day for Russia, Crash Day for Me

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  In Russia, May 9 is Victory Day, the annual celebration of defeating the Nazis in World  War II.  I am happy to celebrate dead and defeate...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Talking About Veterans with Paws for Purple Hearts

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  This evening I had the chance to speak with several staff members of Paws for Purple Hearts : an organization that provides and trains ser...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

Free At Last! No Mask for the Vaccinated!

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 In Cold War West Germany in the 1970s we wore our masks at least two hours every week while working and training.   I can still remember th...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

War Movies Across Seven Decades

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Band of Brothers--My favorite war drama I am part of a Facebook group called War Movie Zone.  I read posts looking for other people's vi...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

My Last War (Almost) Ends

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U.S. Army Stryker vehicle in Afghanistan  In 2012, I was on a roster of soldiers who were supposed to deploy to Afghanistan with a Pennsylva...
Saturday, April 10, 2021

My Love-Hate Relationship with the Military

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  Next month I will be talking to a veterans support group about PTSD in the 70s Army and during the Iraq War.  It was fun to try to put my ...
Monday, April 5, 2021

Vaccines and the Anthrax Chapel

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  The Anthrax Chapel, Fort Sill, Oklahoma Twelve years ago, I got vaccinated for deployment to Iraq at the Anthrax Chapel at Fort Sill, Okla...