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Hope, and Courage. On this day…
ArticlesThe Tet, February 29, 1968 The Tet attack on Huễ became the longest battle during the Tet offensive of...
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ArticlesOn this day in 1968, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, American marines defended the assault on Khe Sanh...
CONTINUE READING →On the Nightstand: A Verdugo Winter
On the NightstandThe word verdugo is, of course, from the Spanish office of torturer for the Inquisition. That group’s work was...
CONTINUE READING →Touching the Past: In Honor of Veterans
ArticlesThe way led down a paved road, then another mile on a rough road past a farmhouse, then off...
CONTINUE READING →St. Crispin’s Day, 600 years on: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
ArticlesOctober 25 is St. Crispin’s Day, originally celebrated for a cobbler who was martyred by the Romans in AD...
CONTINUE READING →On the Nightstand: Autumn (book) leaves….
On the NightstandAutumn. It’s a wonderful autumn, with cooler days (from the hundreds down...
CONTINUE READING →Hammock Days
On the NightstandHammock days. The roses of spring have become the scorched blossoms of July. The view from my writing desk...
CONTINUE READING →Over there: Dulce et Decorum Est
ArticlesAmong the rows and rows of graves and amidst the linden trees of the Meuse-Argonne American Military Cemetery the...
CONTINUE READING →Courage, And Hope
Short Stories© Jack Woodville London i. Courage “You men stand at ease.” Colonel Henderson looked at his notepad,...
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