Sunday, November 14, 2010

3 books about marines who served in WWII.

This is a synopsis of three books by three brave young men who volunteered for the marines and fought in WW11. These books were the basis for the HBO series 'The Pacific'.

E.B.Sledge wrote “With the Old Breed”
Robert Leckie wrote “Helmut for my Pillow”
John Basilone’s biography written by Jim Proser “Staying with my Boys”

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Mein Kampf, by Adolph Hitler

 Hitler's autobiography and world views before he took power.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Extreme Measures

EXTREME MEASURES BY VINCE FLYNN. Copywrited 2008.
This is a book of our times.  It deals with terrorism by al-Qaeda, CIA operatives who try to stop it and our justice and legislative members who sometimes take fair play for terrorists too far.

Monday, April 26, 2010

"Once an Eagle"

Once an Eagle, novel by Anton Myrer,

Monday, August 24, 2009

QBVII by Leon Uris

Synopsis of the book QBVII by Leon Uris. Copyright 1970

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Warbirds of the Collings Foundation






I recently viewed some great living history. The Collings Foundation, a group which believes in the preservation of old aircraft, brought three of their WWII aircraft into Eppley airfield. They parked a B-24, B-17 and P-51 at the Tac-Air facility for viewing and rides. It was a great photo opportunity. Among the viewers were two men who piloted the B-24 in combat. It was an honor to shake their hands.

Question

How does our legislative branch work? Lately I have been listening to the news coming out of Washington about these gigantic (a thousand or more pages) bills coming before our congressman; namely the stimulus bill, which passed, apparently unread, and now the health care bill which apparently is too big to read in the time allowed.
So if the congressmen and senators don’t know the specifics of these proposed laws who writes them?