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If you do not recognize the significance of "Don't mean nothin," ask a veteran of the Vietnam War to explain. My apologies to Michel de Montaigne.

Showing posts with label combat. Show all posts

Showing posts with label combat. Show all posts

Thursday, January 10, 2013

A Fool Speaks of Combat

One Eliot Cohen has written an opinion piece in the Washington Post this January 9th. It is a criticism of the appointment of former Sena...

Monday, May 24, 2010

Combat Courts

Veterans' courts: I have doubts about the wisdom of such courts. In my opinion as a combat veteran and former prosecutor, the particip...

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

My Lai: a documentary.

On Sunday, April 25, 2010, PBS presented a documentary on the crimes at My Lai during the Viet Nam War. My Lai is not the story of American ...

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Another Retrospective

I received a notice yesterday announcing the premier of "Inside the Vietnam War" on the National Geographic Channel onMonday, Febr...

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Recollections of the Battle of Soui Tre, Vietnam on March 21, 1967

" One of the war's greatest victories ." VFW Magazine. I had been the Recon platoon leader in the 2nd Battalion, 22d Infantry ...

Thursday, November 11, 2004

Awards of Valor

“I wore a Tunic ” I wore a tunic, a lousy khaki tunic, And you wore your civvy clothes. We fought and bled at Loos While you were home o...

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Grappa: Vietnam Veteran, Former CIA Case Officer, Former Federal and State Prosecutor.

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