Tag Archives: World War II

Auschwitz and Hamas

By: Lee DeCovnick THE AMERICAN THINKER History tells the story of men and women who make difficult choices, for both good and evil, which directly affects the lives of those around them. Often history repeats the same story, and yet we fail to recognize the patterns except after the harsh consequences of our passivity and [...]

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Memorial Day 2010

By:  Oliver North ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. – This is the place that receives the most attention on Memorial Day, though it is but one of 141 national cemeteries in the United States and 24 others located on foreign soil. Many of our countrymen will observe this “last Monday in May” holiday with travel, shopping [...]

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2nd Lt. Patrick M. Cronin Commissioning Ceremony

Forest Park in St. Louis, Mo. was a cold and windswept venue this Saturday morning, chosen by my son, Pat, for his commissioning ceremony as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. Kathy and I drove to the World’s Fair Pavilion with my brother and sister-in-law.  Since I am a stickler for being [...]

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Attack at Pearl Harbor, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii…..Dec. 7, 1941 The surprise was complete. The attacking planes came in two waves; the first hit its target at 7:53 AM, the second at 8:55. By 9:55 it was all over. By 1:00 PM the carriers that launched the planes from 274 miles off the coast of Oahu were heading back to [...]

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