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March 10, 2010

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December 21, 2009

Imagine for a moment President Harry Truman addressing cadets at West Point on his strategy for finishing World War II: ...more

December 9, 2009

This is dedicated to "all" veterans who have first hand seen and know the tremendous cost of freedom we have paid in all of our wars for the cost of freedom. Sixty-eight years ago on the morning of Dec. 7, the sky over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was filled with Japanese planes. When the last wave of attacking aircraft rejoined the Japanese fleet, there were 2,395 military, including 54 civilians killed and 1,158 wounded, including the military and 35 civilians. ...more

December 7, 2009

The election is finally over, thank God. However, Dale Gillis is still throwing rocks at John McCain and his running mate (Nov 27 letter). His comments about McCain watching the fire on the USS Forrestal on July, 1967, on TV and doing nothing are absolute nonsense. ...more

November 30, 2008

We just noted the first anniversary of the collapse of a rather ordinary bridge in Minneapolis. ...more

August 5, 2008

SEBRING — WAVES, says Betsy Waddell, is a World War II acronym for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services. Waddell is a former chief petty officer, so she wasn't a volunteer. At her last assignment, she ran the military hospital billing department for the spouses of sailors. And that is what WAVES prefer to be called these days, says Waddell. Women serve in nearly every job the Navy offers, including ships. ...more

May 30, 2008