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Not many things scare the crap out of me, including the threat of nuclear war. I was in public school in the ‘50s, when some schools had “duck and cover” exercises to protect students in a nuclear attack. It involved dropping to the floor and hiding under your desk, or
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They call her a lucky ship. And a long-living ship. During her service in the waning days of World War II, the USS Slater, DE-766, a destroyer escort, never lost a soul. I finally got to visit this living piece of history a few days ago, and this story will
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I do not personally know anyone who died in America's wars. My uncles all returned from World War II. My father was 4F. My friends all returned from Vietnam. I was a young father and exempt. To this day I struggle with whether I missed something worthwhile by
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“Duty, Honor, Country.” That is the motto of the United States Military Academy and it is not changing. You may have gotten a different impression from some conservative voices. It is being removed from West Point’s mission statement, a statement that is changed periodically, according to the Associated Press.
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It is like a letter from beyond the grave, from a man whose conspicuous, innate heroism reflects a generation that we rightly call our Greatest. The letter is a slim volume called “Bail Out!: A POW’s Story” and it was started many years after Bill McFerren’s service as
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When Tom Sherwood left the Army after three years of service in Korea and Vietnam, he cried. He didn’t want to leave. A volunteer, as were his four brothers, serving his country was the most meaningful experience of his young life. So why did he leave? It was the
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A friend of mine — OK, one of my lawyers — said he’d like to attend Army-Navy one of these days. (It won’t be here again, where it belongs, until 2027.) The iconic game brings million$ to the city but, more importantly, it brings patriotic spirit to Philadelphia. I had
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From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli. And from Trenton to Cuba to the Ardennes forest to Tarawa to Leyte Gulf to the Bulge to Inchon to Khe Sanh to Afghanistan to Fallajah to the unknown places fought by our special forces. This is a short list