Category Archives: World War Two

A GLOBAL FORCE FOR GOOD

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

Always a good thing to remember, in spite of all the loud and loony detractors of the United States military services. There has never been the like of it.

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PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFICULTIES

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

It occurred to me this morning that a mule is really just an ass without balls. I am not sure where to go with this, philosophically, particularly as regards hinnies.  Not including them in the above characterization might be construed … Continue reading →

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A SMALL BUT MIGHTY PLACE

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

While bumming around Florida, I came across Valiant Air Command, a small but impressive aircraft museum near the Kennedy Space Center.  Among its many attractions is the Tico Belle, a World War 2 C-47 that is still available for rides.  … Continue reading →

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CEMETERY IN TEREZÍN

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

Terezín (Theresienstadt) is a fortress and fortress town north-northwest of Prague.  During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia (March 15, 1939 – May 08, 1945), the fortress was used by the Nazis as a police prison and the walled town as … Continue reading →

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WOJTEK THE SOLDIER BEAR

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

He wasn’t a panserbjørn, just an ordinary brown bear from the Middle East. But like his fictional counterparts in The Golden Compass, he fought bravely in battle, namely with the Polish Army during World War Two. He marched with Polish … Continue reading →

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THOSE RIGHTEOUS FOLKS ARE ALWAYS AT IT

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

Hiram Bingham IV, one-time member of the U.S. diplomatic corps, died in obscurity and nearly penniless in 1988. He would have remained obscure if not for the following: …in 1994, Bingham’s son discovered a cache of documents, bound together with … Continue reading →

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IN MEMORY OF D-DAY – AND OF DAD

Posted on June 4, 2011 by

My father didn’t land on the beaches of Normandy with the Western Allies.  In fact, on June 6, 1944, he was in Auschwitz-Birkenau where had been transported from the Munkács (Mukachevo) ghetto the previous month and was the only one … Continue reading →

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IN MEMORY OF KATYN

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

On this day in 1943, the Germans began to exhume the mass graves they had discovered at Katyń, in today’s Russia.  The graves turned out to contain the bodies of thousands of Polish officers.  The Wikipedia states: “About 8,000 were … Continue reading →

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COURAGE BEYOND BELIEF

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

MSN News reports a Reuters story about Denis Avey, now 92, who fought in the British Army in World War Two.  When captured by the Germans, he was sent to a labor camp near Auschwitz.  From this labor camp, he … Continue reading →

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THE CZECH NAVY

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

The Czech Navy (CzN), a little-known branch of the Czech military, has its headquarters in the city of Brno.  The CzN holds annual maneuvers on various bodies of water in the Czech Republic, and many of its operations closely resemble … Continue reading →

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