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Jimmy Doolittle

On Tuesday, September 28, 1993, my alarm was set for 6 a.m. as usual. When the radio clicked on, the newscaster said, “Yesterday, famed aviator and American hero Jimmy Doolittle died peacefully at his home in Pebble Beach, CA.” As … Continue reading

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9/11

When I was younger, I listened as older people uttered the phrase, “I will never forget where I was on December 7th.”  Whenever you heard someone say that, there was no question about which December 7th to which they referred.  … Continue reading

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