Bob McCarty Writes

Eighteen months ago, just prior to Memorial Day 2007, I introduced a 12-part series of stories written by my father, now 84, about his days as an Army private in Europe during World War II. Today, with Veterans Day being observed Tuesday, I feel obligated to highlight these stories again. Please read these war stories [...]

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In a post at Mike Anderson’s StLMedia.net yesterday, Mike offered some worthwhile suggestions for his colleagues in the on-air radio business. Under the headline, Two holiday weekends a year really catch my attention…, he wrote: One is Memorial Day, coming up this weekend, when we remember our family and friends who have given their lives [...]

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Dear Readers, I received the comment below in response to a post, Florida School to Honor Conscientious Objectors!, I published this afternoon. *** Bob, It appears that either Rush got “hoaxed” twice this morning (as he feared on his program, if you were listening) or the Sarasota County School District did such a quick and [...]

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CRITICAL UPDATE: Read UPDATE: Pensacola Veterans Day Activities after reading the post below! A few minutes ago, I sent the e-mail message below to Principal Betsey Ashiem, principal of Bay Haven Elementary School, a charter school in Sarasota, Fla. Why? Because, according to the parent of a fourth-grade child at that school who called The [...]

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Remembering Vietnam – The Wall at 25, an original documentary about the history of the famous monument in Washington, D.C., will air Sunday (Veterans Day), streaming on the Smithsonian Channel at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST and on DIRECTV’s Channel 267 at 8 pm EST/PST. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund founder and president Jan Scruggs calls [...]

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Six months ago, just prior to Memorial Day, I introduced a 12-part series of stories via this post, My Father’s War Stories from World War II. All of the stories were written by my father about his days as an Army private in Europe during World War II. Today, with Veterans Day being marked Sunday, [...]

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