Written 2022:

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, activated on January 28, 1942, shortly after my father’s 18th birthday–one month after he had enlisted in the US Army Air Corps Created in…

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Written March 2020:

The recent stock market plunge brought to mind a passage in my father’s memoir about events after the assassination of President Kennedy My father wrote, “…a panic in the New York Stock Exchange forced the…

Written Jan 2020

News of the catastrophic fires in Australia has deeply saddened me Ever since my father’s return from a visit there in 1966, I have admired this vast country with its unique ecosystem on the…

Born on November 14, 1896, today is Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower’s birthday I remember her fondly 

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“Take good care of Mamie, Mr Youngblood,” the General once told my father

Dad always heeded this directive from his former president…

Upon the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg – fought during these three days of July in 1863 – I recall the story of former President Nixon’s great-grandfather who was among the soldiers who fought and died…

Over the years, Gettysburg Memorial Day celebrations have featured many distinguished speakers including Rutherford Hayes, Teddy Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover (whose remarks were broadcast by both CBS and NBC radio networks) and Franklin Roosevelt For Memorial…