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Tour of Duty - Book Review

I had a hard time putting down John Dos Passos journalistic work Tour of Duty.

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The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War

Benn Steil wrote this timely piece about the magnanimous, yet strategically astute, European Recovery Program, known popularly as the...

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The China Mission; George Marshall's Unfinished War 1945-47

Well researched and well-written account of the attempt by Harry Truman to bring peace to China in the years after WWII. Unable to...

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Tom Lea

A painter that I greatly admire is Tom Lea, a native Texan who lived all his life in El Paso.

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GI Christmas 1944

Eighty years ago in December 1944, during one of the coldest winters in recorded European history, U.S. service men and women hunkered...

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Army-Navy Game

Tomorrow will mark the 121st game between Army and Navy on the gridiron. They have met every year since 1890, apart from two separate...

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Veterans Day

This November 11 marks Veterans Day, a celebration of the men and women who have served and are currently serving. The day marks the armisti

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Okinawa

Seventy-five years ago today on June 23, 1945, U.S. Marine and Army forces captured Okinawa.

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V-Day in Stalingrad

The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of the Second World War.