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Flyboys, by James Bradley

Saturday, July 31, 2004

FlyboysI just finished reading Flyboys: A True Story of Courage. My girlfriend’s little sister gave it to me for Christmas, which is some indication of how busy I’ve been this year. It’s a fascinating book, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about WWII. It focuses mainly on captured Navy pilots and their tribulations on the island of Chichi Jima off the coast of Japan. It’s the kind of book that kids should be reading in high school, but sadly, I know they’re not.

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Thanks for the Memories

Monday, July 28, 2003

Six out of seven days each week, for almost a year now, I find myself cutting through the famed “NBC Studios in Burbank” on my way to work. Every time I do this I am confronted with a large sign that reads “Bob Hope Drive” and every time my mind instinctively, reflexively shows me a snapshot of the man performing a monologue, just at the end of a punchline, with his eyebrows arching. In that split second every day I think of my grandfather serving in WWII and that he was one of the men that fought to make, “this land that I love.” Every. Time. So … thanks for the memories.

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