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Omaha Beach
We have a phrase that we throw away lightly: “Hell on earth.” We have to wait in an airplane on the tarmac for two...
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History: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Five Marines and a Navy corpsman raised the American flag on the worthless island of Iwo Jima near the end of World War II, and the image...
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Book: Catch-22
“Catch-22” has come to be a popular phrase that today means “a frustrating situation in which one feels trapped by...
Read MoreAmericana: Duct Tape
What holds America together? Is it our shared history? Our common sense of purpose, of what it means to be Americans? Is it the founding...
Read MoreFilm: Patton
It's a great movie, and George C. Scott gives a tremendous performance. In his portrayal, the scope of the general's military skills were only matched by the size of his ego.
Read MoreHistory: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Several years following World War I, Congress approved the burial of an unknown soldier at Arlington Cemetery. The process for selecting...
Read MoreAmericana: Life Magazine
While there was an earlier (and a later) incarnation of Life magazine, this honor goes to the Henry Luce version (as in Time-Life)...
Read MoreAmericana: Navy SEALs
There’s an old saying, “Don’t send a boy to do a man’s job.” Since their creation in 1961, the Navy SEALs...
Read MoreHistory: The Berlin Airlift
At the conclusion of World War II, both the western Allies and the Soviet Union wanted Germany under their sphere of influence. The...
Read MoreSports: Ted Williams
Many baseball people consider Ted Williams the best pure hitter in baseball history. I’m certainly willing to go along with...
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