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The US Army did not win the war in Europe in 1945. Leaving aside any argument about what the US and the British and others did versus what the Russian Army did, the two tasks given to the US Army were somewhat more limited in scope: Marshall tasked the Army to “Enter the Continent of […]
(At left in the above Air Force image, the workhorse of the Pacific War, the B-29, is posed with the B-36 Convair Peacemaker just after the establishment of the United States Air Force in 1948). I walked with some determination from the bunkhouse down to the Loading Dock at the farm to grab a Marlboro […]
I had one of those dreams in the pre-dawn that left me unsettled as I wandered with divided focus down to the Loading Dock. I had been changing planes in a foreign airport, the international standards apparent, but with something behind them that wasn’t at all like home. I was a little disoriented, and partly […]
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Editor’s Note: Here is a note from the Coastal Empire that commemorates something real and personal, and has nothing to do with the various crises we are supposed to stay alarmed about. This is about love. It seems like a good day for it. – Vic Angel Baby 6-month-old Angel in 2010 Author’s Note: Our […]
The Writer’s Section had some wistful smiles this morning, since it looks like the hurricane is going to hit New England rather than the Old Dominion. The smiles were a bit thin, perhaps, given all the other stuff we are supped to be worried about. But Marlow’s piece from his Coastal Empire this morning brought […]
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I don’t recall much about local coverage of the Carter Administration. I joined the Navy in March of 1977, and spent a year in an assortment of entry-level training. The most memorable figure in that interlude was Drill lnstructor hSSGT Ronald C. Mace, USMC, who remains one of the most memorable characters in any of […]
Editor’s Note: Marlow is in this morning with some thoughts about the nature of identity, and the use of it in past and current times. The Writer’s Section at Socotra House murmured about it at the editorial meeting this morning, some from behind masks of dubious health use but solid social value. Consider Marlow’s views […]