Requiescat In Pacem: Fleming Begaye, Sr., US Marine, Navajo Code Talker

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Fleming Begaye Sr., World War II United States Marine Navajo Code Talker has died on the Navajo Nation Reservation at Chinle, Arizona. There are now seven remaining elite World War II United States Marines – Navajo… Continue reading Requiescat In Pacem: Fleming Begaye, Sr., US Marine, Navajo Code Talker

D-Day, Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944

“… these men came here – British and our Allies, and Americans – to storm these beaches for one purpose only, not to gain anything for ourselves, not to fulfill any ambitions that America had for conquest, but just to preserve … Continue reading D-Day, Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944

Gary Michael Rose, Captain, (Ret) United States Army, Congressional Medal of Honor

Retired Army Capt. Gary M. Rose and his wife, Margaret, prepare to attend his Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House, Oct. 23, 2017. Army photo by Spc. Tammy Nooner

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Britain Invented Rock-N-Roll, And Other Stories

An elderly relative of mine used to get irate at the BBC news. When our Prime Minister [Edward Heath] or another of her bêtes noirs of the day came on, she’d rail at the radio or the TV, expressing her views to them in no uncertain terms. It taught a young me a lot about the futility of shouting at the telly, as well as about making a spectacle of oneself.

The other evening though I found myself almost at the point of  shouting at a TV programme, and since it’s one with a clear message about technology I feel …read more

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