Tag: war
member name: Ruth MacGill
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September 28, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --
I am absolutely riveted to the TV screen as I watch Ken Burn’s production of World War II, and in particular how it affected average families all over the United States. I think Burns has done . . . more
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December 10, 2006 06:01 PM EST --
Anniversary of an Impulse
(I know this is too long, but I don’t see where to shorten it)
I was in the WAVES during WWII and I went to boot camp at Hunter College, NYC. We were the first . . . more
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August 26, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
Both of the Sunday political discussion programs I watched this morning featured very interesting guests with well-reasoned interpretations of what is happening in Iraq. One guest has a new . . . more
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October 04, 2007 10:04 AM EDT --
I woke up at 2 A.M. and started thinking of Elsie’s problems. I decided to get up and send her a message.
Then curiosity struck me about her town of Wappinger Falls, NY, and . . . more
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April 11, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
So, Are We Winning the War or Not?
Last year I watched the Patraeaus and Ryan report with all my attention. This week I didn't. I just can't bear hearing about all that 'success'. Not . . . more
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March 02, 2008 09:05 AM EST --
What's Next with Globalization?
I just read a good article by Karl Leuba about China, and I could just settle for making a comment. But it brings up subjects I have long been thinking about, Global . . . more
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May 26, 2008 12:54 PM EDT --
Taps
John Butterfield is remembered as the founder of the Butterfield Overland Mail, founded in 1858, that opened the west for passenger and mail service from Memphis and St., Louis to San Francisco . . . more
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October 11, 2007 10:46 PM EDT --
The Ha Ha – An Audio Book Review
When I have tried recorded books in the past, I was disappointed, and thought that something was lost when not reading the written words myself. The reader, for . . . more
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December 24, 2006 01:54 AM EST --
What Would Tickle a Terrorist?
By that, I mean how would you make an evil-intentioned person chuckle, at something other than torturing their enemies? Surely these stern, self-righteous people . . . more
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December 27, 2006 06:35 PM EST --
Meanwhile - On the Home Front
(Those of you who have read this, please forgive me for reposting. I want some of the newer people in my groups to read it. I had deleted it from Gather, altogether.) . . . more
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August 21, 2007 10:13 AM EDT --
I heard on the news the other day that police departments in the United States are experiencing a bullet shortage. In an interview from somewhere in the heartland, a police chief said that orders he has . . . more
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June 15, 2008 09:21 PM EDT --
This is not a topic that lends itself to being explained in the 850 words or less, which is what I strive for. But as a subject that concerns a fundamental right of all human beings, it should be considered . . . more
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March 24, 2007 01:58 AM EDT --
New York in 1941
In reference to my article “I Chickened Out In Nurses Training”, I failed to include some aspects of those ten months in New York City, and why I abandoned . . . more
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April 09, 2008 12:01 AM EDT --
One of the favorite stories about Camp Lockett, the U.S. Army Horse Cavalry base constructed on the Mexican border at Campo, California during WWII, is the one about a little dog named Sgt. . . . more
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February 19, 2008 09:44 AM EST --
This is written in honor of Black History Month.
During the American Civil War, settlers pushed westward in spite of the lack of military protection. Such tribes as the Lakota in the northern plains, . . . more
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December 02, 2006 01:24 PM EST --
The Next Big War May Be With China
I’ll admit right up front I don’t know much about my topic. I really am out to get your views,
It seems to me that free trade has led us into a . . . more
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December 09, 2006 10:06 AM EST --
This Really Makes Me MAD!!!
There goes Bush again with his ill-considered remarks.
He said, “ We are going to stay in Iraq as long as the Iraqi people want us to.”
The Iraqi People! . . . more
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November 09, 2007 04:04 PM EST --
Recently I watched a documentary that showed two World War II veterans returning to Attu Island and the site of a battle on Engineer Ridge that changed them forever. I didn’t catch their names. . . . more
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June 22, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
That Fighting Irishman - Lt. Tom Sweeney
Lt. Thomas W. Sweeney is a name you will run across frequently when researching anything involving the Colorado River crossing at Yuma . . . more
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February 16, 2007 02:53 PM EST --
The Cavalry Came to Campo - The Buffalo Soldiers
For such a small community, Campo has a remarkable history. Part of that history includes occupation by the U.S. Cavalry; first by the all-white . . . more
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