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Author Archives: J.D. Simkins

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Documentary Chronicles Efforts to Repatriate American Service Members Missing Since WWII

by J.D. Simkins10/28/202110/28/2021

A small team have searched the Earth’s farthest-flung corners in an endeavor to repatriate the remains of Americans still missing in action

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Taliban Photo Appears to Mock Iwo Jima Flag Raising in Latest Propaganda Push

by J.D. Simkins8/23/20218/23/2021
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He Went from NYC to Vietnam to Deliver Beer During a War—Now His Story is Coming to the Big Screen

by J.D. Simkins5/5/20214/28/2024
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Avengers Director Discusses New Film ‘Cherry,’ and its Depiction of War, Military Life and PTSD

by J.D. Simkins3/18/20213/22/2021
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‘The Things They Carried’ Author Tim O’Brien on His Life’s Work, Trauma & Confronting Mortality

by J.D. Simkins3/1/20218/22/2022
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Coming to TV: ‘Daughters of Kobani’ & the All-Female Militia that Took on ISIS — and Won

by J.D. Simkins1/29/20211/29/2021
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‘Ashley’s War’ and the Story of the Women of Special Operations is Coming to the Big Screen

by J.D. Simkins1/14/20211/14/2021
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How Innovative Animation Turned Netflix’s WWII Series ‘The Liberator’ Into a Work of Art

by J.D. Simkins11/30/202011/30/2020
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Listen to the Eerie Moment the Guns Fell Silent on Armistice Day, Marking the End of WWI

by J.D. Simkins11/12/202011/12/2020
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Happy Birthday to Marine Corps Legend John Basilone

by J.D. Simkins11/4/20208/25/2022

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