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When World War II veteran John Barnick heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, he knew he had to enlist.
Staff WriterBy the end of that month he was shipping out to Europe. He did not know it would be four years until he saw his Boswell home again — he was convinced he would see it again one day. “He was overseas for four years straight,” his son,...Tags: France, World War II (1939-1945), Veterans Day, Jane Adams, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Obama's second act
Second terms have rarely been kind to American presidents. Our last two-term leader, George W. Bush, ended his tenure with a financial crash so disastrous that his own party has tried to erase him from memory. Bush's predecessor, Bill Clinton, was more...
Tags: Philosophy, Politics, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton
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Jeff Semler: We have to preserve vocational agriculture
jsemler@umd.eduAgricultural literacy is a large concern of mine, and sort of a cause, if you will. My concern was heightened when I read about a survey conducted by a British charity called LEAF, which revealed that only 40 percent of young adults associated cows with...Tags: Medical Specialization, Agriculture, Science, Genetics, Genes and Chromosomes
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D-Day veteran: "I'm not John Wayne ... I just did my job"
Sixty-eight years ago, more than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft landed on the beaches of Normandy in the invasion known as D-Day during World War II. More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded in this battle. Goshen veteran Jim Matousek saw...
Tags: France, John Wayne, World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Army, Nazi Party
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An insult to Ike
The present controversy over the proposed Eisenhower National Memorial centers on the relationship between the meaning and significance of Dwight David Eisenhower's service to the nation and architect Frank Gehry's scheme to commemorate that service. Does...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945), West Point, Frank Gehry
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The Interview: Bentley on a maritime promise lost
The Baltimore Sun's front page on July 22, 1959, carried the news accompanied by a six-column photo: The world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship had been launched at Camden, N.J.
The christening of the $47 million N/S Savannah was bigger than news about...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Inner Harbor, Museums, Cape Canaveral, Facebook
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Eisenhower son calls for new direction in Gehry-designed memorial
Members of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's family have been openly critical of the design for a planned memorial to the 34th president in Washington. This week, the family called for a completely new direction for the project in a letter written by the...
Tags: Daniel Inouye, Human Interest
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James L. Stone Sr. dies at 89; Korean War Medal of Honor recipient
Retired Army Col. James L. Stone Sr., who received the Medal of Honor for bravery under fire in Korea, died Friday at his home in Arlington, Texas. He was 89. The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced his death but did not reveal the cause....Tags: Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Korean War (1950-1953), Congressional Medal of Honor Society, General Electric Company, Human Interest
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AN ENCOURAGING WORD: A day to remember
Contributing WriterAs I pushed a cart through the grocery store looking for items on my shopping list, I saw movement in another aisle that caught my attention. Another man pushing a cart was looking for items on his shopping list. But there was a difference. He appeared to...Tags: Veterans Day
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Charles H. "Harry" Heinlein, D-Day survivor
Charles H. "Harry" Heinlein, a young Army machine-gunner who survived the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, and returned 60 years later, died Saturday of pneumonia at Stella Maris Hospice.
The longtime Violetville resident was 90.
Mr....Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Pratt Street, Pneumonia, Federal Hill
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Carnett: Spelling counts in presidential elections
It was the first presidential election I remember: 1952, Eisenhower vs. Stevenson. I was 7 and a student in Mrs. Collins' third-grade class at Corona del Mar Elementary School — a leafy, secreted campus that has long since been bulldozed....Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Voting, Republican Party, World War II (1939-1945)
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Voting: Frustrating, maybe, but not futile
I was struck recently by an op-ed in The Sun that proclaimed "Voting is an exercise in futility" (Oct. 17). I disagree. It can be an exercise in frustration, maybe, but not futility. I learned this in 1956, when I was seven years old. My grandmother lived...Tags: Harford County, Elections, Politics, Voting, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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