Market-Garden: Just Grass
In September of 1944, the German army in the Netherlands found itself in disarray. Only…
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The Move
I don’t know where our dog or our seven bags are but the line into…
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A New Chapter
Rotterdam, 1840: Leaving Everything Behind It was an overcast day as typical of Rotterdam in…
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Part IV – Cristobol
The metal of the long steel prep table was cold on Stanley’s outstretched hands….
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Part III – Going to War
Letters Home – Part III – Going to War As we stood over Granny’s…
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Part II – The CCCs
morning fog hung on the fields and the frost still remained on the stalks…
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A New Reckoning
When I set out to write about the story of my grandfather’s tour in World…
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French Polynesia
The Birth of Polynesia If there ever was a paradise on this earth, it is…
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Part I – A Fireside Chat
A Boy in Kentucky, 1934 In the summer of 1934, Stanley Grimes was just past…
