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American Exceptionalism

John Wayne Recites the Pledge of Allegiance

vassar / July 4, 2011

yeah, “that” Pledge…feel free to sing along      

American Exceptionalism, Film, Military and Veterans

The Nurses of Corregidor

vassar / May 30, 2011

We’ve all been to places that were “heavy’ not just with history, but the ghosts of men and women who have gone before us. I suppose the Alamo would have been such a heavy place at one time, and maybe…

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American Exceptionalism

The Death of Captain Waskow, by Ernie Pyle

Bernard Chumm / May 28, 2011

Probably Ernie Pyle’s best known piece, I’ve included here a copy of Captain Waskow’s last letter home. Two hankies, gentlemen.   At the Front Lines in Italy, January 10th, 1944 . . . In this war I have known a…

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