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Transitions – No Mail, Low Morale: The Unsung Soldiers of the Six Triple Eight
The cover story in The American Legion magazine (February 2021) told the story of the 6888 WWII battalion. A story retold in the new...
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Transitions – D-Day for Civil Rights?
Recently, I was at the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France. June 6, 1944, brought together 73,000 American men landing at Omaha and Utah beaches...
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Transitions – Mature Career Changers
Did you know that the average American has had 12 jobs? (Mine range from elevator operator, truck driver, and factory worker)
So, how many jobs...
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Transitions – Married in Style and With Fun
November was a whirlwind of happenings for us. There was the election, hosting our young granddaughters for a few days, and then Thanksgiving. But the...
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Transitions – A Marine’s History From a Foxhole
It's rather unusual to witness history from a foxhole, but that was what the late Plainfield Marine Eugene R. Carter saw on February 23,...
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Transitions – James Earl Jones, Darth Vader and More
Last month, the great James Earl Jones passed away. He was 93 and had worked in Hollywood and Broadway for more than 60 years....
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Transitions – The Olympics and Title IX
Of the 329 medal events at the Paris Olympics, 157 were men’s events, 152 were women’s events, and 20 were mixed-gender events. These numbers...
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Transitions – When America was at its altruistic best
Last month I mentioned how I was at the beaches of Normandy, where 80 years ago, thousands of Americans died in destroying the Nazi...
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Transitions – Normandy and D-Day 80 years later
We visited Normandy four days before the 80th anniversary of D-Day where the U.S. and its Allies landed at five beaches, the largest amphibious...
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Transitions – 100 is the new 70? Not yet!
Lately, I can't go a day without hearing about someone more than 100 years old. Like Ms. Francis, known as "America's Grandmother." The oldest...