Month: September 2013

Thoughts on Conflict and the Role of Evil

Posted on 2013-09-01 by Patrick

It was fitting that I would read my Great Grandfather’s words today for the first time.   This morning President Obama gave his speech addressing the world and specifically Congress with the need for military action in Syria.  Talking heads will debate the politics of it all: should the President have acted as the Commander in […]

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A letter from my Great Grandfather to my Grandfather Armistice Day 1942

Posted on 2013-09-01 by Patrick

My Great Grandfather served as a Platoon Leader during World War I.  Near the end of the war he was shelled by enemy indirect fire and nearly lost his leg.  In 1942 as US troops were beginning the trek through Africa to meet Rommel on the battlefield and push back the threat of Nazism he […]

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A letter from my Great Grandfather to my Grandfather Armistice Day 1942

Posted on 2013-09-01 by Patrick

My Great Grandfather served as a Platoon Leader during World War I.  Near the end of the war he was shelled by enemy indirect fire and nearly lost his leg.  In 1942 as US troops were beginning the trek through Africa to meet Rommel on the battlefield and push back the threat of Nazism he […]

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