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WWII DOCUMENTARIES SHOW TOO MUCH DEATH

February 16, 2024 by

WWII documentaries and death usually go hand in hand. That’s what you get watching video about the deadliest war in human history. But the bigger story is for those who lived to tell. Or a blogging veteran, U.S. Army, ’74-’76.

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SCRIPT WRITER: WWII ON BOOMERPDX, PT 2

June 16, 2022 by

This script writer picks up the story of Jimmy, Johnny, and their dad after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Jimmy had been on the island working on his family’s business, electronics and early radar. They stood to make a haul in the coming war. Jimmy had other plans. We pick the story up there.

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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: WWII ON BOOMERPDX

June 15, 2022 by

An original screenplay is what it says it is: Original, never seen, or heard. Who isn’t up for a new story? Let’s go:

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WAR ORIGINS: WWII ON TWITTER

June 14, 2022 by

War origins bring out the experts on Twitter. With warnings on what to pay attention to, what to ignore. It wasn’t a bad take, just wrong.

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Millennial History Break: WWII-era

August 22, 2018 by

    It’s been a long time since history delivered WWII. A long time to learn what happened, too.   But not all are interested in the lessons of WWII, particularly the death camps where those deemed undesirable by the German authorities were warehoused until further notice.   Further notice was death for six million […]

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MOTORCYCLE HOODLUM GRANDPA, EARLY WWII ANGEL

February 10, 2018 by

  One enchanted evening the man on the hog met a woman at a USO dance. He saw her across a crowded room. They married just before he shipped out to the Pacific Theater of Operations, PTO.   Score for a motorcycle hoodlum, but he was the least motorcycle hoodlum on the road.   He […]

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MOTHER’S DAY LADY REVIEW

May 12, 2024 by 2 Comments

After one miss on Mother’s Day with sick kids, I never missed another. During the phone call to tell her about missing she decided to tell me the nuts and bolts of my adventurous conception. The date, the name of the motel, the works. What mom doesn’t share that story? I’ve since stayed in the […]

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HARD LOVE DADDY ON A HEALTH KICK

April 16, 2024 by

I saw hard love work on my Dad after he got his heart fixed. No smoking for the old chimney. The doc said it, the family said it, the friends said it. You’d say it too.

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COMEBACK STORY IS THE BEST STORY OF ALL

April 9, 2024 by

The comeback story usually falls into the sports file. Everyone loves a comeback, except the losing side. Muhammad Ali was a comeback fighter against Joe Frazier in 1971. The Portland Trail Blazers were a comeback NBA champion in 1977. My Dad had always said coming back was hard, that’s why so few sports greats make […]

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WIDOW MAKER: A LOGGER’S NIGHTMARE

April 7, 2024 by

My Grandpa on my mom’s side was her step-dad, though as kids we never knew it. Why? Because it didn’t matter. He was married to Grandma and she was a boss. Besides, he was the best choice between the three. One was a yeller, the other was far away, and Grandpa was just right. He […]

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