Military

Letters From Home: World War I

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I had an opportunity to visit the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, last week. It houses the most extensive collection of artifacts from the Great War in the world. I have previously written about family who served in The Great War in both the Army and the Navy. I … Continue reading Letters From Home: World War I

The Few, The Proud, The Centenarian Marine

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I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show any human being let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it for I shall not pass this way again. Stephen Grellet I immediately said yes when Jeanne asked … Continue reading The Few, The Proud, The Centenarian Marine

“Essential” and in the Office

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  We, collectively, are in strange times.  I work for an organization in the Department of Defense.   What we do, in a nutshell, is match forces to capabilities required either overseas or here in the United States.  These days, the focus is on medical units and personnel that can be spared from military clinical practice … Continue reading “Essential” and in the Office

Returning a Bracelet to the Wall

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Jeanne and I found it about a year ago in an antique store on Maybank Highway in Charleston, South Carolina.  A Vietnam era POW/MIA bracelet with the name LCDR James Beene and a date, 10-5-1966. It was in a case with old military buttons, medals, and coins. I had worn one of these as a … Continue reading Returning a Bracelet to the Wall