The Message Under the Stamp
During the war a soldier faithfully wrote his mother every week so she would know he was all right. One week she didn’t get a letter and immediately began to worry. A couple of...
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The Meaning of Taps
If any of you have ever been to a military funeral in which taps was played; this brings out a new meaning of it. We in the United States have all heard the haunting...
In Memory of ‘Shifty’ Powers
We’ve heard a lot about the big splashy memorial services for the likes of a drugged-up, wacked-out entertainer, Michael Jackson, and a cowardly drunk who happened to be a U.S. Senator (Kennedy). I would...
Old Ironsides
The U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides) as a combat vessel carried 48,600 gallons of fresh (remember that figure) water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of...
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