Capt O, I was extremely stupid when I was a teenager in the '60s, but fortunately smartened up by the time I could vote. In my parent's house, you'd ...

Chris, Rocky, and Parker, I'll vote for"Mac", but not with a great deal of enthusiasm. God in heaven help us (and I mean that LITERALLY) if O...

How wonderful! So Sgt Cox was regular army from the "4th army/corps" area ,right? That's the significance of the 1st two numbers on his dogtag, i...

Wow Rocky! Wouldn't it be something if you & my Dad were in the same convoy going to North Africa. He was in Casablanca for awhile, then in Rabat ...

Sounds like a blast M1! Wish we could all be there - the M1 Peep Brigade! You'd likely have to disassociate yourself from us though - too rowdy! ...

Yeah Rocky, february 44 in Italy must've been horrendous. My Dad was always a faithful letter writer to his family, but from the dday landing at ...

Thanks Marion! My Dad would've felt so honored to be included in your project! How true it is about the words making it real. History does begin to ac...

The key here is the date that executive order was signed, just a scant 2 months after the attack on Pearl. I don't think we knew quite where the next...

Quite correct that only overwhelming force would cause Japan to capitulate. Barbarism was encouraged. They were already taking Chinese civilians ...

Oh Brooke - me too! Can you believe that my grandfather helped to build it along with a fellow Irish immigrant from the neighborhood. I remember every...

very funny Moose! Capt O - I'd definately vote for Alan Keyes ! He's a real Constitutionalist and a Declarationalist as well. It stinks that we ...

Welcome Janet! A fellow MA resident! My Dad was a VI Corps MP from Wellesley MA. He was in North Africa, Italy, and France. Before war was d...

I knew a woman ( a dear friend of my Aunt's) whose husband was a POW in a Japanese prison camp. Needless to say, she despised the Japanese & would...

Coffee rationing wouldn't have been much of a hardship for my grandparents since they were Irish and inveterate tea drinkers. Sugar rationing would've...

M1, am I too late to sign up for bartering horticultural labor for BEER ? I love gardening and ! I am insanely jealous of your Alger ...