The following was sent to me by Tom Helvig. Thanks!

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Special thanks to Gene Slover, La Mesa, Texas,

and to Welford Sims, Raleigh, North Carolina...

The footage on this film was captured at Civil War reunions held between 1913 and 1938.

YouTube - Civil war veteran soldier footage, captured between 1913 and 1938

At the end of the film, total casualty lists are given for each of our wars...

(June 1-3, 2011 will mark the commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg - 148 years ago.)

How do the Amish hunt deer?

They sneak up and raise a barn around them

I have a Picasa site for all my pictures and over the last couple of years I have been collecting a lot of people who I think have cool photos and are linked on my main page. Several of them are from Russia and one has posted some pictures recently of WWII Engineers (mostly Commonwealth engineers). Just thought you would enjoy. Here is the link: http://picasaweb.google.com/GAPITOS/ForAle...242893011133970

Here are a few:

Great article by Leila Levinson

Author, 'Gated Grief: The Daughter of a G.I. Concentration Camp Liberator Discovers a Legacy of Trauma'

Posted: January 27, 2011 08:20 AM

Here's an excerpt. Click on the link below to read the entire in its entirety.

Back in November the "Modern Love" column of The New York Times ran a piece by the wife of an OIF veteran in which she says that the "real depth of devotion is proved not by the secrets we're told but by the decision to shield us from the ones we need not hear. Love articulated by a lexicon of silence. Letting him keep the hurt locker closed."

As the daughter of a World War II veteran who tried to shield me with silence, I disagree. Over my father's lifetime, his silence hardened within him, turning into a fortress from which he could not break free. The walls left me outside, dependent upon my imagination to fill in the blanks. A child's imagination is often cruel, creating explanations that blame the child for the pain, the melancholy, the palpable aftermath of war. My father's silence exiled me from comfort and affection, and it also obscured his perceptions, so he could not recognize my depression and our estrangement, even when friends tried to coax him into getting me help. "She's fine," he responded. His silence left no other option.

The Importance of Giving Veterans a Voice

This was sent to me by Capt John Fallon, 36th Combat Engineer. Cool!

Six soldiers pull up in a standard issue WWII type Willys Jeep. In the span of about 4 minutes they completely disassemble the vehicle and reassemble it and drive off fully operable! The idea was to show the genius and basic simplicity that went into the design of the Jeep. Click below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=lgwF8...player_embedded