For those at home, war occasionally made for short marriages and long memories. Sometimes […]
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A Combat Nurse’s Exhausting Sorrows, Unexpected Joys
Army nurse June Wandrey stood five feet two inches tall with, in her words, […]
Trailside: Haven of Hope in Emmitsburg, Md
A Catholic sanctuary town provided needed care and comfort during the summer of 1863
The Blog Roll: Prime Care
From the beginning the Civil War created a demand for hospitals that neither the North nor the South could meet.
Photograph relieves one GI of his lingering guilt
Over the years, the memories of my experience in Vietnam were becoming more and […]
World Airways’ Audacious Airlift
Just days before Saigon’s fall in April 1975, Ed Daly and Charles Patterson of […]
ACW Review: Civil War Women
civilwarwomen.blogspot.com When it comes to the women of the Civil War period, most people […]
Gettysburg Picnic Truce
Recipe for (temporary) Federal-Confederate Reconciliation: 500 chickens, 30 hams and countless pies, all served […]
P-61 Returns From the Jungle
The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s rare Black Widow will fly again. Thanks to the dedication […]
Marilyn Monroe’s Death: Early Victim of the Opioid Epidemic
Once a Hollywood scourge, opioid overdoses are now an everyday plague across America. She was one of its most famous victims.