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Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat
Friends of Padre Steve’s World, Back in 2012 I was asked to do a review of Max Holland’s book about Watergate Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat. It think that the book is very pertinent today and...
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The Death of the Pride of the Royal Navy: The Sinking of HMS Hood
Artist rendition of the Loss of the HMS Hood Friends of Padre Steve’s World, Seventy-seven years ago today the “Mighty Hood” was sunk by the German Battleship Bismarck. The news was broken to most of...
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Though Poppies Grow: Buddy Poppies & Memorial Day 2018
Friends of Padre Steve’s World This is Memorial Day Weekend, a weekend where we remember those who died in the service of our country. It is not a day to thank the living veterans, that day is...
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The Offering We Bring: the Observance of Memorial Day
Friends of Padre Steve’s World, This is Memorial Day weekend and for the vast majority of Americans, even those who loudly claim to “support the troops” the weekend is little more than an opportunity...
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Swordfish Versus Bismarck
Friends of Padre Steve’s World A couple of days ago I reposted an article about the sinking of the HMS Hood by the German Battleship Bismarck. The story of the Bismarck is an epic saga of naval...
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The Sinking of the Bismarck
Friends of Padre Steve’s World This is the final part of my rendition of the great naval tragedy in three acts involving the German Battleship Bismarck. The first part was the sinking of the legendary...
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Memorial Day: “To Take Increased Devotion…”
Major General John Logan Friends of Padre Steve’s World, I detest the overly recreational and commercialized hype of how we Americans “celebrate” Memorial Day. It is a time for contemplation and...
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They Silently Gather ‘Round Me: Memorial Day 2018
Friends of Padre Steve’s World, After the end of the American Civil War, the poet Walt Whitman reflected on the human cost of it. Whitman wrote, “Ashes of soldiers South or North, As I muse...
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The Witness of History: What is the Worth of Human Life?
Friends of Padre Steve’s World, The great Roman philosopher and political theorist Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote, “History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality,...
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Please Don’t Thank Me for Serving for It is All I Have Ever Thought of Doing
Friends of Padre Steve’s World, Over the Memorial Day Weekend I had a fascinating experience. It came about because I got fed up with what I hear a lot in so-called conservative circles that liberals,...
View ArticleHasta La Vista Racist Roseanne, Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out
Friends of Padre Steve’s World, I never liked Roseanne Barr. Even before she grabbed her crotch and made all sorts of other disrespectful movements as she sang the National Anthem at a a San Diego...
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Eichmann, and the Ever Present Reality of Endlösung
Friends of Padre Steve’s World, On June 1st 1962 Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel for his crimes of mass murder and genocide. His appearance in the court where he portrayed himself as a functionary...
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Anniversaries of Watershed Events: Midway, D-Day, and the Assassination of...
D-Day, June 6th 1944 Friends of Padre Steve’s World, I am posting a small thought to begin the weekend. For those that do not know, the next several days are full of the anniversaries many events On...
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“In High Spirits and Full of Confidence” The Eve of Disaster at Midway
The Flagship IJN Akagi Friends of Padre Steve’s World, On the night of June 3rd 1942 the Japanese First Carrier Strike Force under the command of Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo sailed east toward the...
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“A Magic Blend of Skill, Faith, and Valor” The Battle of Midway
Friends of Padre Steve’s World, Today we remember the Battle of Midway, the turning point of World War Two in the Pacific. By all empirical means the vastly superior Japanese fleet should have...
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Station Hypo: Joe Rocheford and the Codebreakers of Midway
Friends of Padre Steve’s World, This week many people, especially those in the Navy, will be remembering the Battle of Midway on its 76th anniversary. This is as minor rewrite of a prior post about...
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Marine Aviators at Guadalcanal: The Sacrifice of VMF-221 and VMSB-241
A Brewster Buffalo of VMF-221 Friends of Padre Steve’s World, Today on June 5th I am posting several articles on the Battle of Midway which was fought between June 4th and June 6th 1942. It was the...
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Devastators Into the Valley of Death: The Sacrifice of the Torpedo Bombers at...
Friends of Padre Steve’s World, Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote: Half a league half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred: ‘Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for...
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The Longest Day and Afterwards: D-Day and the Normandy Campaign, an Introduction
The author with Marines at Point du Hoc, Normandy in 2004 Friends of Padre Steve’s World, Every year about this time I try to write about D-Day. This year I spent more time on the Battle of Midway...
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The Son of the Rough Rider: Theodore Roosevelt III at Normandy
Friends of Padre Steve’s World, The Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz wrote: “Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.” By the standards of military service on the...
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