Author of The Thompson Sisters and America's Future series
It’s unfortunate that as al-Qaeda and the iraqi insurgency have gone full swing into using youtube and other online networks to get their message out, the U.S. military is going into full retrenchment. The best…
A few weeks ago I submitted Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War for review to the Podler, a book review blog. Last night the review came back, and it was far better than I…
What does it feel like to kill? For some reason, that question’s been on my mind a lot lately. With Chris going off into the Marine Corps later this year, it came up at my…
10:00 Mental Health and Military Service in Iraq A new study shows more than one in three members of the U.S. armed forces serving in Iraq seeks help for mental health problems. We talk about the…
I think I’ve found the correct camp. According to this website, Hakodate Camp 2-B changed its name first to Tokyo-6, then Sendai-4 (Ohashi). Which means two things, first, that I’ve been looking in the wrong places, and…
I just discovered that following up with George Stoddard won’t be possible — he passed away on July 10. More on George Stoddard and the U.S.S. Houston here: http://usshouston.blogspot.com/ (this is in followup to…
I went back to the archives this afternoon, to get the next box they’d pulled — the POW related cables. Here is the cable, which says it is from the Hokadate camp, listing my grandfather.…
So, the next step was the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. I called and talked at length with one of the military archivists, then went to visit. The bad news — no unit records…
So, I needed to know: was Fred Miles actually assigned to 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery? And if so, what camp did he end up with in Japan? It looks like most of the battalion…
Having never met my grandfather, I never really knew any details of his World War II experience. He died the year I was born (I think) or shortly afterward. My Dad emailed me a couple…