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Keyword: World War II
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The American flag exists at the periphery of most our lives. It takes on significance mainly at events kicked off by the playing of the national anthem, at parades and during the seventh-inning stretch at Yankees games.
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6/13/13
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I plugged a simple search term into Google last week: “Were Afghanistan and Iraq worth it?” Tens of thousands of entries popped up.
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5/31/13
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In past years, when I travelled to our nation's capital, I tried to visit the Vietnam Memorial. It was always an emotional experience. The "wall," as the memorial is informally known, is a v-shaped …
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By George Rand
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5/25/12
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When 19-year-old Herman Eli Soblick was drafted into the Army in June 1944, he was following in his family’s footsteps. Soblick’s father, a Russian immigrant, had served in World War I, and was disabled after being gassed as a prisoner of war. Herman’s two older brothers, Ira and Sam, were drafted into the Army to serve in World War II shortly before he was.
“My father told us, ‘Be a good soldier and you’ll come home,’” recalled Soblick, who is now 87. “And we all did.”
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By Jackie Nash
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5/24/11
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We Americans know some things about ourselves. It’s part of our narrative. We are winners. We are optimists. We have a “can do” attitude that allows us to smite our enemies and solve our problems. We invent things, fix things and help others.
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Randi Kreiss
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6/20/10
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