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  • Hope and freedom

    Being a historian often means having the past insert itself into the present. This happens in particular when dealing with a crisis or a tragedy. Such is the case with the loss of Capt. Thomas J. Gramith and Capt. Mark R. McDowell of the 336th Fighter Squadron "Rocketeers." Their loss in Afghanistan

  • Sometimes it takes a stranger

    It was cold a day when I was about to leave the base after a long day's work. Actually that afternoon, it was windy enough to warrant one of those pop-up computer alerts, and there was a rain-ice mix in the forecast. It reminded me of a scene from the movie, "Forest Gump," where he described the

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