Melania Trump, arguably the prettiest (former model), most elegant, and smartest (she speaks 6 languages) First Lady the United States has ever had, has not been on the cover of a major fashion magazine during […]
I was a FEMA Shelter Survey Technician for the summers of 1981 and 1982, as a college engineering major at ages 18 and 19, “surveying commercial and public buildings for their applicability as a fallout […]
If you’ve grown up fascinated with the sleek fighter planes of World War II and modern day jet fighters (like me), you might tend to think of the airplanes of World War I as old […]
Richard Nixon ended the Vietnam War. Richard Nixon was brought down by the Washington Post, and Deep Throat. Sound familiar? The last 6 years have turned a lot of heads as to the authenticity of […]
The propaganda media (NY Times, et al) finally reported on the Trump boat parades yesterday after 4 sank in rough waters in Texas. They sank due to taking on water in very rough waters. The […]
The best youtube channels for war history storytelling are: Montemayor Montemayor does a wonderful job with the very basic graphical concept of using arrows and simple rectangles to show ship movements. His channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX7katl3DVmch4D7LSvqbVQ/videos […]
“Marines in the Garden of Eden: The Battle of An Nasiriyah” by Richard Lowry Review by Richard Sheppard A detailed account of units from Task Force Tarawa, comprised of the Marine forces who fought the first […]
“Bitter Ocean — The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945″, by David Fairbank White Review by Richard Sheppard How many theaters were there in World War Two? Scores? “Europe,” “the Mediterranean,” “North Africa,” “China/Burma/India – CBI”, […]
“The Execution of Major Andre” by John Evangelista Walsh Review by Richard Sheppard The name Benedict Arnold rightly and forever stands in American history as a synonym for “traitor,” but Arnold was not the only […]
“Grant: Biography (Great Generals)” by John Mosier and Wesley K. Clark Review by Richard Sheppard This book is part of the “Great Generals” series from Palgrave Publishing. Anyone who is not familiar with Ulysses S. […]
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