Posts about “World War II”
Eternal, The Honor It Bore
Reunited ‘Marauders’ Recall War’s Hell in Burma’s Jungles
Command and Control
Stories from the Cold War
Never Forget
Kristallnacht
Vincent Albanese (1918 – 1986)
Papa would have been 100 today.
#FridayFive: War Movies
My favorite movies about war
Ernest Hemingway: American Sniper?
The first casualty of war is the truth.
The 1973 National Personnel Records Center Fire
An unparalleled disaster
Vincent Albanese (1918 – 1986)
Today would have been the 95th birthday of my Papa, Vincent Albanese. He was born on October 14th, 1918. He was incredibly handsome and my grandmother often compared him to Clark Gable. He fought in World War II as a member of Merrill’s Marauders and married Anna Sofia DiFolco when he returned. He became a
Thanks for the Memories
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