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Category Archives: Military
Bad Movie of the Week
Number 74 of a series Time for another bad movie review, and I was thinking it’s been a long time since I did a Chuck Norris movie. Of course it would be nice if the movie also had Lee Marvin, … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Military, Movies, Reviews
Tagged Entertainment, military, reviews
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Wednesday Bad Movie
Number 71 of a series You want to think this is a war movie, but it is more than that. The title is drawn from the last sentence of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: It is rather for us to be … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Military, Movies, Reviews
Tagged Entertainment, Movies, reviews, Vietnam, war
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Women Who Won the War
Liza Mundy “is an American journalist, non-fiction writer, and fellow at New America Foundation,” and she has deeply researched a matter that had to lie sealed for decades. She has abundantly put to light a crucial course of events from 75 years … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Military, Women
Tagged books, cryptology, decryption, Elizebeth Friedman, encryption, Enigma, Genevieve Grotjan, PURPLE, reviews, war, Washington D.C., William Friedman
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American Icon
This was 22 years ago. We were sitting around an upscale living room in Plano, Texas. The local school district was suffering under a board member who wanted to include the creationist book Of Pandas And People in the science … Continue reading
Bloody Sunday
To understand the Battle of Waterloo you need to know some background. Napoleon Bonaparte obtained his early military experience during the French Revolution with fighting on his home island of Corsica. He rose through his successful military exploits in the … Continue reading
Life Mileposts
And some are just grand. I know I’m getting old when my sister’s daughter is retiring from the Air Force. We were invited to attend the ceremony, which was held on 23 September in the Pentagon courtyard. Here is my … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Military, Travel
Tagged Family, Government, military, Pentagon, travel, Washington D.C.
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Navy Photos From 54 Years Ago
In 1961 I transferred from the USS Randolph to the commissioning crew for the USS Kitty Hawk. I didn’t have a good camera in those days. so these photos are best for the nostalgic value: Norfolk Navy Base always had … Continue reading
The Original Selfie
I still have the print. The date indicates I obtained my Argus from the ship’s store right after I came aboard the Randolph in November 1959. This is on the flight deck, and they had a landing control system that … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Military, Navy, Photos
Tagged historical, military, navy, photos, USS Randolph
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