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Service in Days Gone By

June 25th will mark the 136th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. However, this post is not meant to discuss the tactics, recent archeological findings and conclusions or to analyze the conduct of the senior officers of the Seventh Cavalry. One of the aspects of the Little Bighorn that I find particularly fascinating, […]

“Meltdown on Aisle 7”

At the end of February, I flew to Alexandria, Virginia, to see where Elmer Ellsworth, the subject of my book, First Fallen, died. I also wanted to see the Ellsworth Exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery, in D. C. I should explain that I hate to leave home fly, hate to fly, and hate having […]