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Daily Archives: May 30, 2022
This Memorial Day, remember the young lives cut short
Opinion from the Washington Post A prominent journalist of the World War II era complained once about the frequent use of the word “boys” when speaking of U.S. troops in the field. After what they’d been through, he said, they … Continue reading
The pen and the sword
Thanks to Gordon G.
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