Showing posts with label veterans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label veterans. Show all posts
Thursday, June 6, 2024

A review of the “BBC History of World War II”

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Note: This is a collection of several BBC documentaries about World War II. That is to say, it is not a unified history like  “The World at ...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

The Gettysburg Address explained

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If you feel like you don’t understand the Gettysburg Address, this post is for you. What the heck does “Fourscore and seven years ago” mean?...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

A review of Ken Burns’ “The Vietnam War” (PBS)

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“ ♪ How many roads must a man walk down, Before they can call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail, Before she sleeps in the...
Sunday, June 25, 2017

A review of “Korea: The Forgotten War” (Timeless Media Group)

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So I recently finished watching "Korea: The Forgotten War," which is a five-hour series from Timeless Media Group . (Not to be c...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

A review of “The Great War” (1964 BBC series)

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"In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely...
Friday, June 6, 2014

A review of Ken Burns’ “The War” (World War Two series)

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"The German Government, consequently, discontinues diplomatic relations with the United States of America and declares that under th...

A review of “The World at War” (World War Two series)

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"This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin Nevile Henderson handed the German Government a final note stating that unless we hear...
Monday, November 12, 2012

The American Veteran

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The picture is of my Marine grandfather (1921-2011), who saw  intense combat in the Pacific  in  World War II . He never had loss of li...