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After 70 years, a WWII prayer book is back with its owner | War Stories and Veterans Histories

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War Stories and Veterans Histories. 8216;We all have a job to do’. A long time coming: my Vietnam story →. After 70 years, a WWII prayer book is back with its owner. May 4, 2015. Bob Serafin holds his World War II prayer book. I took the photo on April 30. World War II holds countless mysteries. Here’s a small one that had a big impact on a former soldier I know:. Last November I got an email from a Susan Senger. But how did a prayer book he’d had in the 1940s turn up in a home in Minneapolis? I emailed ...

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About David Venditta | War Stories and Veterans Histories

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War Stories and Veterans Histories. A writer and editor, David Venditta worked for Pennsylvania newspapers for forty years, thirty-two of them at. In Allentown. He retired in July 2016. He has a long history of experience in writing about the military and veterans’ affairs. His book. Tragedy at Chu Lai. Chronicles his quest for information about a cousin’s death in Vietnam twenty-five years after the fact, http:/ tragedyatchulai.com/. Or Amazon at http:/ amzn.to/2aoYEOG. Published 34 of them in a book,.

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‘We all have a job to do’ | War Stories and Veterans Histories

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War Stories and Veterans Histories. Almost forgotten stories rescued from a drawer. After 70 years, a WWII prayer book is back with its owner →. 8216;We all have a job to do’. April 27, 2015. Armed Forces Plaza at Lehigh Carbon Community College on Sunday after 10th anniversary program. Bert Winzer as a World War II commando. When he was wounded in 1944, he told the crowd in his favorite line, “It was an international incident. German artillery fired from Italy into France hit me, an American; ...Series,...

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War Stories and Veterans Histories. Newer posts →. Almost forgotten stories rescued from a drawer. April 21, 2015. Charlie Gubish as a Marine. Late last year, after I’d written stories for. Marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge, my friend Dick Musselman asked me at a meeting of the Lehigh Valley Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge:. What’s next for a 70th anniversary? One scrap of paper jolted me. I had gotten a phone call from a Charles L. Gubish. Of Bethlehem, who told me th...

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How veterans add up | War Stories and Veterans Histories

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War Stories and Veterans Histories. The little church that stood up in a big way. Getting military stories right →. How veterans add up. October 6, 2014. With Veterans Day approaching, the U.S. Census Bureau on Friday came out with one of its Facts for Features news releases profiling American veterans. The statistics are all for 2013. Number of veterans in the United States:. Veterans 65 and older:. Those younger than 35:. World War II veterans:. States with the most veterans:. California, Texas, Florida.

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Almost forgotten stories rescued from a drawer | War Stories and Veterans Histories

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War Stories and Veterans Histories. The war stories that readers never see. 8216;We all have a job to do’ →. Almost forgotten stories rescued from a drawer. April 21, 2015. Charlie Gubish as a Marine. Late last year, after I’d written stories for. Marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge, my friend Dick Musselman asked me at a meeting of the Lehigh Valley Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge:. What’s next for a 70th anniversary? Of Bethlehem, who told me that he had a Purple Heart...

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The little church that stood up in a big way | War Stories and Veterans Histories

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War Stories and Veterans Histories. More on the mystery of Gene Salay’s medals. How veterans add up →. The little church that stood up in a big way. September 22, 2014. Zion’s Reformed United Church of Christ, the “Liberty Bell” church, in Allentown. The email from Pastor Bob Stevens. Landed in my box at work Friday afternoon and got my attention immediately. The service on Sunday would be marking the role Zion’s Liberty Bell Church played as a hospital during the Revolution. Members of this church stepp...

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Getting military stories right | War Stories and Veterans Histories

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War Stories and Veterans Histories. How veterans add up. The war stories that readers never see →. Getting military stories right. November 9, 2014. If you’re not a military person and you’re writing on a military topic, especially around Veterans Day and Memorial Day, you want to get the information right or you could end up in some knowledgeable person’s cross-hairs. I’ve gotten plenty of calls from folks correcting me on everything from what a Japanese knee mortar was to where MacArthur is buried.

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The war stories that readers never see | War Stories and Veterans Histories

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War Stories and Veterans Histories. Getting military stories right. Almost forgotten stories rescued from a drawer →. The war stories that readers never see. January 22, 2015. My pile of prospective war stories. I read and considered all of the messages and the handful of stories that came in, and responded to the writers by phone or email. The ax fell this week in an email from the Library of Congress. Unfortunately, given continued resource constraints including space and staffing we can no longer ...