Bob McCarty Writes

Please indulge me as I share an email message from a friend of mine, T.J. “Birk” Birkenmeier, a veteran in the St. Louis advertising industry and mastermind behind the once-viral “Birk Plan” which appeared on this blog three and a half years ago: Dear Pals I’m working very hard today on an important initiative.  I just [...]

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Sixteen days before the Oct. 19 release of Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight for Military Justice, I made note of how this publishing experience was already producing unexpected results. Today, I share more encouraging news: I’ve been asked to write two more books with ties to Special Forces soldiers. [...]

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By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Sixty-six years and six months ago, the largest amphibious force ever assembled sailed across the stormy waters of the English Channel, bound for the heavily fortified beaches of Normandy, France.  Nearly half of the 156,000 invasion troops were Americans.  They and the troops of allied nations suffered massive casualties [...]

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When I learned over the weekend that the Free Vietnamese Mutual Association of Quad Cities will support Illinois Republican Bobby Schilling in his bid to unseat liberal Democrat incumbent Phil Hare in the 17th Congressional District race, I was reminded of a story I published Aug. 19. That story focused on the hardships, past and [...]

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Fresh on the heels of publishing a piece about Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna’s upcoming review by the Army Court of Appeals, I decided to share — with permission — the text of a letter written by Beverly Perlson — the spark plug behind pro-troops group, The Band of Mothers — to Secretary of [...]

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After reading my post, One Battle Ends, Another Begins for Salon Owner, Dana Loesch showed a great deal of interest in the story of Teresa Pershall.  During the days that followed, she had me as a guest on “The Dana Show” one day and had Pershall’s husband, Craig, on a few days alter.  This evening, [...]

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After seeing the U.S. economy start to dive during the summer of 2008, Teresa Pershall decided it was time to downsize her business and prepare for the long, tough economic road ahead.  She had, after all, seen this type of thing before.  In Vietnam.  Decades earlier. In 1980, Teresa — then known by her Vietnamese [...]

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