My fellow veterans, I salute you on this Veterans Day.
See also: Veterans Day Special: ‘My Father’s War Stories’
My fellow veterans, I salute you on this Veterans Day.
See also: Veterans Day Special: ‘My Father’s War Stories’
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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 and [...]
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Though it isn’t attributed to Barack Obama, I’m convinced the Democrat presidential nominee firmly believes the following statement attributed to Dr. Joseph Goebbels to be true:
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
Goebbels, in case you fell asleep during history class, was the leader of Adolph [...]
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When I learned of the passing of Eric “Digger” Dowling, another hero from the “Greatest Generation,” I couldn’t help but think about how his efforts may have been received by anti-war and environmental-extremist liberals had they taken place today.
In case you’re not familiar with his story, Dowling was a British man whose efforts as a [...]
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Sixty-four years ago, 156,000 troops — including many black soldiers like the ones shown above — landed on the Normandy coast of France in the largest invasion force in history. They moved upon the “Order of the Day” statement issued by Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight Eisenhower to the soldiers, sailors and airmen of [...]
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