History

  • December 21, 1945

    In this, the last of my World War II 75th Anniversary posts, I celebrate the life of, arguably, the greatest general and military commander to ever to serve in the United States Army, George S. Patton, Jr. He died seventy five years ago today. I’ve been fascinated with Patton ever since as a young man… Continue reading

  • November 22, 1963

    I was a second grader at St. Mary’s Cathedral School, a Roman Catholic parochial school here in Miami. The day started as all days back then did. I have no memory of it save that it was my birthday and I was expecting lots of presents when my class celebrated it later that afternoon. We… Continue reading

  • Veteran’s Day, 2020

    To all our vets, any thanks we give are nothing compared to the sacrifices you made… Continue reading

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  • Happy Birthday, USMC

    To one of the last remaining great traditions in the USA, Happy 245th Birthday! Semper fi! Continue reading

  • September 11, 2001 – The last word…

    Finally, to end this solemn 19th remembrance of 9/11 I’m linking to another great essay by Gerard Van der Leun: “What I Saw: Notes Made on September 11, 2001 from Brooklyn Heights”: […] All day the images have repeated themselves on television while the smell of the smoke persisted in my rooms. Off and on,… Continue reading

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  • September 11, 2001 – Two outstanding memoirs

    Here are two outstanding remembrances from that awful day. “September 10, 2001: ‘Make no mistake, it’s not revenge he’s after. It’s a reckoning’” by Gerard Van der Leun on the day before September 11. […] Now over a decade and a half has passed, “a low dishonest decade,” since the day after September 10 and… Continue reading

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  • September 11, 2001 – In memoriam, the 2,996

    In memoriam. The 2,996. Continue reading

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  • September 11, 2001 – “109 Minutes”

    [Editor’s note: I first read this magnificent essay in a link that was provided, I think, by Glenn Reynolds on Instapundit.com. I’ve found it republished at several other sites but I have not found an original source for it. In any event, it’s one of the best things I’ve ever read about 9/11. I hope… Continue reading

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  • September 11, 2001

    I remember. I’ll never forget. Continue reading

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  • The Second World War’s tragic legacy

    Today marks the end of the 75 year anniversary cycle for the great events of World War II. As a long-time student of this conflict, I have an abiding interest in its significance on our modern world. Doug Bandow of the great publication The American Spectator (I’m a subscriber) wrote a superb coda to the… Continue reading

  • September 2, 1945

    Seventy five years ago today, and the greatest conflict ever fought on planet Earth came to an end when the instruments of surrender were signed aboard the U.S.S. Missouri between Imperial Japan and Allied nations. We still live in its shadow… Continue reading

  • Why today’s World War II anniversary matters

    Found this excellent article via Glenn Reynolds at InstaPundit. Food for thought and I agree with it wholeheartedly. “Is V-J Day anniversary a last hurrah?” My first knowledge of the War in the Pacific probably came from then-new episodes of “McHale’s Navy” and the 20-year-old “Made in Occupied Japan” dishware that my mother collected. Seemingly… Continue reading

  • August 15, 1945

    It can be reasonably argued that no other period during the six bloody years of conflict was fraught with more danger and angst and suspense than that last fortnight of the war, July 26 to August 9, 1945. Japan, the tenacious adversary of the United States since December 7, 1941, had no plans to surrender.… Continue reading

  • August 9, 1945

    Seventy five years ago today, the second of America’s two atomic weapons was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Nagasaki was a shipbuilding center, the very industry intended for destruction. The bomb was dropped at 11:02 a.m., 1,650 feet above the city. The explosion unleashed the equivalent force of 22,000 tons of TNT. The… Continue reading

  • August 6, 1945

    Seventy five years ago today, at 8:16 AM local Japan time, the world changed forever. Imperial Japan was attacked with the first of what were to be two atomic bombs dropped on its cities: Hiroshima, the first city ever attacked with a nuclear weapon, and three days later, Nagasaki. Many believe that what we did… Continue reading

  • Orwell cancelled?

    On our masthead, a quote by George Orwell changes every time you refresh the page. We have eleven of these gems and will add more as we find them. Orwell is the spiritual godfather of this blog. A committed leftist, he had a change of heart in the thirties and forties after witnessing the atrocities… Continue reading

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  • July 4, 1776

    In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which… Continue reading

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  • June 22, 1945

    Seventy five years ago today, the last (and one of the bloodiest) land battles of the Pacific war ended. It was the first on Japanese soil and the island was defended with the ferocity we have all read about so many times. American forces — God Bless the Marine Corps! — prevailed and we had… Continue reading

  • May 10, 1940

    Eighty years ago today, the man that saved Western Civilization from the Nazis became Prime Minister of England. God chose well… On May 10, 80 years ago, Winston Churchill became prime minister of Britain. Germany had already become the dominant power in continental Europe. Within a month and twelve days, France would surrender to Germany.… Continue reading

  • May 8, 1945

    Seventy five years ago today the war in Europe ended with the signing of the surrender documents between the Allied forces and the German military. Wags will say that the Nazi Party never signed surrender documents which is why they remained so active in the post-war years. But that is another post for another time…… Continue reading

  • April 30, 1945

    The final curtain came down on Adolf Hitler seventy five years ago today. The war in Europe went on for another week after his suicide but was finally over when the Germans signed the surrender documents in two ceremonies, one with the western allies and one with the USSR. This essay was written by the… Continue reading

  • February 23, 1945

    Seventy five years ago today on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles fought our beloved US Marines Corp, our flag was raised on Mount Suribachi.   Continue reading

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  • February 22, 1980

    Forty years ago today, at the 1980 Winter Olympics, the American hockey team, a Cinderella team full of inexperienced kids and coached by an outsider, won an improbable victory over the much favored and far superior team from the USSR. It became known as the “miracle on ice” and it’s still an amazing thing to… Continue reading

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  • January 27, 1945

    Seventy five years ago today, the worst of all of the Nazi’s Konzentrationslager (KL) was liberated by advancing forces of the USSR Red Army in Poland. Auschwitz was “the largest of the death camps where over 1,100,000 Jews were murdered. [It was] both a labor camp and a center for the rapid murder of Jews… Continue reading

  • December 25, 1989

    Crăciun Fericit! The end of a communist dictator, 30 years ago today. Continue reading

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