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\nJust when we thought we had got the last of of the 2016 election scraped off our shoes, some other craziness comes up. Latest is the excerpt from former interim chair of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile’s new book that looks a lot like someone is being thrown under the wheels of the Scoopy Van. <\/p>\n
We will see who else is going to speak outagainst the Clintons- there has been nothing like this since the people from Arkansas swept into the capital playing in 1992 playing “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow,” the anthem from Fleetwood Mac.<\/p>\n
Well, here is what I have working on- section one of three in the unconventional biography of a Great American. When I compiled some of these into the 25th Anniversary edition of Mac’s War Years in the Pacific, I had the quaint notion that I would order them in chronologic order- that is, in the order in which they were actually captured in an interview. <\/p>\n
At the time, Mac and I agreed that the whimsy and juxtaposition of events would capture what the whole project actually was like. Mac often wanted to talk about what he was interested at the moment, and amid the organized chaos of the Willow bar, it felt right. We are going to be a little more linear in this outing. <\/p>\n
The second and third parts- the Cold War and his time as a caregiver, respectively, were essentially in the order in which the history was compiled. That made for some cutting-and-pasting to put the war back in order. <\/p>\n
I m in a three piece suit and outr\u00e9 classic 1970’s bow tie. as I write. My Colleague’s daughter is getting married at a venue out in Leesburg this afternoon, open bar, no expense spared. Private coach from hotel to the venue, so no impaired driving to spoil the fun, and a hotel in which to sleep it off. <\/p>\n
I hope to be both sober and able to get to work on compiling part two and three tomorrow, convert the manuscript to portable Document File and then actually read the thing for continuity and completeness. I do get the feeling that things are lurching to some sort of conclusion. More on that tomorrow, I hope. <\/p>\n
Cheers,<\/p>\n
Vic<\/p>\n
Table of Contents
\nPart One: War in the Pacific
\nThe Day After
\nWritten Approval
\nDumb Luck
\nWelcome Aboard
\nPacific Winds
\nUp Periscope
\nFoxing the Sun
\nWith the Golden Pelicans at Midway
\nNone Dare Call It\u2026
\nThe War in the Navy
\nBranches and Sequels
\nGag Rule
\nFronts
\nJasper, Mush and Mac
\nSitting under a tree
\nFirst to the Blackboard
\nPear Pie
\nUnder construction
\nRendezvous
\nIron Pants and Cherry Pie
\nOperation Starvation
\nErnie (and Mac’s) War
\nHeresy
\nYou Have No Idea
\nPotsdam and Monkfish
\nCagey Five
\nPut Up Your Dukes
\nStaff Work
\nR-Day
\nFish and Chips
\nWillow History
\nThree Feathers and a Flag<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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