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
Three War Survivor’s League
Just over one thousand men. That’s how many veterans the Veterans Administration estimates still remain of the 72,000 who served in World War II,...
The King and the War
Despite a desire to serve their country in any capacity they could, at the start of the Second World War the military was reluctant to allow blacks...
WWII on Main Street
75 years after the war ended my hometown unveiled a memorial to World War II veterans, and veterans of all wars. On the anniversary of D-Day a crowd...