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Veterans’ Day: November 11, 2016

Veterans’ Day: November 11, 2016

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During World War II, both of my parents and all three of my uncles served overseas in the United States Armed Forces. Only four of them came home.

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Author Tom ParksPosted on October 11, 2016April 12, 2022Categories StoriesTags Arlington National Cemetery, Veterans' Day, WW II8 Comments on Veterans’ Day: November 11, 2016

STORIES

  • Introduction and Contents
  • Finding a Box of Old Letters
  • Watching Hogan’s Heroes with my Dad
  • Learning the Art of War: Episode 1: Pre-Flight
  • Learning the Art of War: Episode 2: Primary Flight
  • Learning the Art of War: Episode 3: Basic Flight
  • Learning the Art of War: Episode 4: Advanced Flight
  • Learning the Art of War: Episode 5: They Wanted Wings
  • Learning the Art of War: Episode 6: B-17 Transition Training
  • Learning the Art of War: Episode 7: Crew Training, Girls, and the Hoarder
  • Practicing the Art of War: Episode 8: Processing
  • Practicing the Art of War: Episode 9: Shipping Out
  • Sam’s Father, A Co-pilot’s Story
  • Enlisting in the Cause – Early 1942
  • A Girl from Maine Goes to War
  • Pearl Harbor & Going to War
  • Veterans’ Day – November 11, 2016
  • Endurance
  • Introduction and Contents

Tangents

  • Buying a Television in 1949
  • A Murder in Queens
  • Baseball, Dice, and Dames… A Murder in Chicago

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