IED attacks against Afghan troops on the rise
The good news out of Afghanistan is that fewer U.S. troops are getting killed by roadside bombs. The bad news, according to a Tom Vanden Brook story in USA Today, is that more of the U.S.-trained...
View ArticleHere’s to the Gold Star Mothers
Sunday is Gold Star Mother Day - a day to recognize a nearly century-old tradition that reminds us all of those who've lost their lives in service to the nation. During World War I, flags were...
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Visit to a seminal battle site – in Scotland
Delaware Defense returns following a two-week break that took your correspondent to the Highlands of Scotland, which next year will hold a referendum on becoming independent from the United Kingdom....
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Remembering fallen troops on a Saturday afternoon
Sobering memorials on State St. in Media
View ArticleGettysburg, then and now – minus post-9/11 conflict
Many Civil War buffs are looking forward to marking the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, which took place July 1-3, 1863. Today, our fellow Gannett Co. newspaper USA Today posted a neat...
View ArticleExhuming Pearl Harbor victims: trying to appease Congress?
Our Wednesday blog post reported Hawaii-based Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's strong interest in exhuming all of the unidentified Dec. 7, 1941, casualties from the battleships Oklahoma, California...
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