WACs in New Guinea + current news Aug 23 Posted by GP WACs in New Guinea, 1944 In June 1944, about the same time that Smitty landed in New Guinea, Gen. Kenney of the 5th Air Force started building up a WAC detachment in Australia. He had nearly 200 women in the HQ doing the secretarial […]
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Letter XI “Java at 2100” Aug 9 Posted by GP 503rd Regiment at Noemfoer, 2 July 1944 Off New Guinea, the resistance on Biak and Noemfoor Islands was crushed as 2,000 paratroopers of the 503rd jumped and the land forces of the 158th RCT overtook the airfields. Operation Cyclone was a success. The 503rd A/B would […]
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Various People Affected by War The founder of my local veterans’ writing group, Lt. Col. Timothy Hansen, retired Army, invited Maj. Gen. Mari K. Eder, retired Army, to speak to the Rochester Veterans Writing Group during our ZOOM meeting on July 10. What an honor and privilege it was to share a conversation with her. Tim […]
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Letter VIII G.I. Labor by G.P. Cox ou may notice in Smitty’s letters that he does not mention his rigorous training or even combat in his later ones. As a child I asked if I would ever catch him in one of the old news reels and he said that he surely doubted it. Read […]
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https://andelino.wordpress.com/2021/07/05/automated-killer-robots/ … And which major power created such fearsome technology? The United States? Russia? China? The culprit was in fact Turkey. The drone in question was a Kargu-2 quadcopter, manufactured by STM. We live in a world where building “automated killer robots” is so easy, you don’t have to be a superpower, or even a […]
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Smorgasbord Book Reviews – #Military #Romance The SEAL’s Temptation: Wounded Hearts- Book 7 by Jacquie Biggar Originally posted on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine: Today I am reviewing The SEAL’s Temptation: Wounded Hearts- Book 7 by USA Today Bestselling author… Source: Smorgasbord Book Reviews – #Military #Romance The SEAL’s Temptation: Wounded Hearts- Book 7 by Jacquie Biggar […]
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Closing Thought–01Jul21 Did you know that suicide since 2001 are 6 times higher than those killed in action? Yes about 6 times higher to the tune of 30,000+ as opposed to about 7,000 killed in action. New research released Monday shows the post-9/11 wars launched by the U.S. military since 2001 have resulted in over […]
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Smorgasbord Book Reviews – #Military #Romance The SEAL’s Temptation: Wounded Hearts- Book 7 by Jacquie Biggar Today I am reviewing The SEAL’s Temptation: Wounded Hearts- Book 7 by USA Today Bestselling author Jacquie Biggar. About the book DEA agent Maggie Holt has been through hell and back. After eighteen months undercover in a Mexican cartel, […]
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AUMF In The Crosshairs AUMF? Authorization for the Use of Military Force. You know that piece of crap that allows the US to attack and destroy anybody that we see fit. In case you bare still confused then here is the Act in 60 words…. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/107/sjres23/text (Another link that will go unused) All I can […]
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Afghan translators who helped military flown to Australia on protection visas – ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-25/afghan-translators-who-helped-military-flown-to-australia-/100245356 … Around 60 people, including Afghan interpreters and locally engaged staff in Kabul, have landed in Australia on recent flights More than 1400 visas have been issued since the resettling process began The protection visas were issued as many feared […]
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