GONE FOR A SOLDIER
A periodic blog about our country often through the eyes of those who defend its values and with little known details discovered while perusing the stacks at my local library, turning pages in a new book, or soaring across the internet
Vietnam Plus 51 Years
This summer, fifty-one years after he served as an A-1H pilot in Vietnam, former US Air Force Lt. Hampton Tillery visited the Tennessee Aviation...
Ten on a Topic: China
In his most prophetic and frightening statement in his book, On China, Kissinger cites Immanuel Kant’s argument that perpetual peace will come to...
WWII Historical Fiction: The Enduring Interest
It may be D-Day and the Normandy invasion all over again. If you don’t believe me, take a glance at the number of books about World War II swarming...
a casualty of the spirit
PTSD in History in Literature and in All of Us In the wake of the United States military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, mainstream and social media...
“WE WERE SOLDIERS” AND WIELDED PENS
Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and journalist Joe Galloway, who once accompanied Moore into the field, wrote the acclaimed book We Were Soldiers Once ......
Progress on WWII Remembrances
Whether you have a family member or friend who served in World War II or even if you just enjoy reading the exploits of those who served, you’ve...