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  • Not Just a Guide-Dog

    I am reposting this because it was the very first blog entry I shared exactly ten years ago, written on the day I released my first book. While the book is a work of fiction, it includes elements drawn from my own life. Not just a guide dog is the story of the Johnsons who

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  • Sgt Rosenkrantz

    I started this website and my blogs to find answers. Answers to how exactly my paternal Grandfather died. all I know is that he died during WWII when he was serving with the Dutch military and that he died early om in the war. But the circumstances how he died are somewhat vague,so I have

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  • Thank you

    This is going to be a short blog. This time 2 years ago I visited the American War Cemetery in Margraten,in the Netherlands . I had planned to go again this year but alas the current global situation prevents me from doing so I visited 2 years ago to pay a personal tribute. As always

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  • ealuscop.

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  • (Painting by Artist Tomoharu Mikami-) “Hang on” I hear you all say “The US was never invaded by Japan, Or was it?” Well yes and no , not all of the US  was invaded but technically Japanese troops did set foot on American soil. In the early morning of 6 June 1942, 500 Japanese soldiers landed

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  • Elvis and the Colonel

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: I may surprised many people but Elvis never performed outside of the Americas. The only country outside the US he ever toured was Canada, and even with that it was a short tour of about 5 concerts.In 1957 Elvis performed two shows at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on…

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  • With the passing this week of George Kennedy known from the movie the Dirty dozen, I was wondering if the movie was based on real characters. The book written by E M Nathanson and the movie were loosely based on a unit called “the Filthy Thirteen” The Filthy Thirteen was the name given to the

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  • Where I grew up

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8jT8UQ_Cmk

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  • About

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