Writing

March 10, 2016

From Tet to Tet in Vietnam: March 10-11, 1968

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COURAGE, WITH NO HOPE:  THE MEN OF RADAR LIMA SITE 85 The last North Vietnamese attack of the January...

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February 28, 2016

Hope, and Courage. On this day…

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The Tet, February 29, 1968 The Tet attack on Huễ became the longest battle during the Tet offensive of...

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February 26, 2016

Hope and Courage

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On this day in 1968, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, American marines defended the assault on Khe Sanh...

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January 20, 2016

On the Nightstand: A Verdugo Winter

On the Nightstand

The word verdugo is, of course, from the Spanish office of torturer for the Inquisition. That group’s work was...

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November 11, 2015

Touching the Past: In Honor of Veterans

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The way led down a paved road, then another mile on a rough road past a farmhouse, then off...

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October 24, 2015

St. Crispin’s Day, 600 years on: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

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October 25 is St. Crispin’s Day, originally celebrated for a cobbler who was martyred by the Romans in AD...

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October 5, 2015

On the Nightstand: Autumn (book) leaves….

On the Nightstand

              Autumn.  It’s a wonderful autumn, with cooler days (from the hundreds down...

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July 30, 2015

Hammock Days

On the Nightstand

Hammock days.   The roses of spring have become the scorched blossoms of July.  The view from my writing desk...

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July 3, 2015

Over there: Dulce et Decorum Est

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Among the rows and rows of graves and amidst the linden trees of the Meuse-Argonne American Military Cemetery the...

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