Gazing at the Flag

Richard F. Regan, former teacher at Punahou School and dearly loved brother, uncle, and friend, died peacefully on Friday, May 29, at his home in Honolulu, HI. While family could not be with him...

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Ken Taylor has died at 81 The Canadian ambassador who helped six American diplomats escape after the US embassy in Tehran was stormed by Iranian revolutionaries in 1979 has died, his ...

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FLAG DAY ~ JUNE 14 O'er the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave FORT MCHENRY The sight that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem The Star-Spangled Banner Iwo Ji...

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MEMORIAL DAY Memorial Day.  A solemn day.  A reflective day.  A sad day.  But, only for those who have a personal tie to it.  The rest of the country calls it picnic day and beer day ...

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SARGE CHARLIE SAIGON - 1968 SARGE CHARLIE RETIREMENT!!! FAREWELL, SARGE CHARLIE   When I first started blogging all those years ago, one of my first blogger friends was Sarg...

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REMEMBERING MY FRIEND - FOUR YEARS GONE ************************************************ PRAISE BE TO THE LORD MY ROCK, WHO TRAINS MY HANDS FOR WAR, MY FINGERS FOR BATTLE. -PSALM 144:1 Thi...

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December Seventh, 1941 Seventy years ago, December 7, 1941, the United States was rocked by the radio announcements that told of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Many historical and rem...

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I remember where I was the day Kennedy was shot. I remember where I was the day an American set foot on the moon. I remember where I was when Apollo 13 was snatched from the ocean and, against ...

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ROGER SHERMAN 1721 - 1793 Representative of Connecticut to the Continental Congress Signer of the Declaration of Independence Signer of the Continental Association, the Articles of Confed...

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Robert Treat Paine 1731 - 1814 Representative of Massachusetts to the Continental Congress Signer of the Declaration of Independence Robert Treat Paine came to the cause of Independence...

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THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine , Elbridge Gerry New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whippl...

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FLAG DAY ~ JUNE 14 O'er the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave FORT MCHENRY The sight that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem The Star-Spangled Banner Iwo Jima -...

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LOTS OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WORK TODAY. WHICH IS WHY MY MOTTO IS "LIVE EVERY DAY LIKE IT IS MEMORIAL DAY" Saturday evening I was feeling a little melancholy, as I do each year at Memoria...

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As I have written before , my family would make a trip to the Cemetery of the Pacific on Memorial Day.  There was much talk of those who had fallen -- during World War II, Korea and later Vie...

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TIM HETHERINGTON 1970 - April 20, 2011 Photojournalist, Cinematographer When the news came on Tuesday, April 20, that Tim Hetherington had been killed in Misrata, Libya, my thoughts tur...

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CHRIS HONDROS March 14, 1970 - April 20, 2011 Photojournalist Killed in Libya I knew of Chris Hondros not by name, but by his images.  As I went through his work on his site today, ...

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The brilliant photojournalist, Chris Hondros, has been reported critically injured in Misrata, Libya. Earlier reports listed him as killed.  The fog of war leaves much speculation. A year ag...

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Photo credit courtesy Captain Eric Coulson WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 14, 2011) -- On Jan. 25, citizens of Egypt began protesting against the government of then-President Hosni Muba...

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REMEMBERING MY FRIEND - THREE YEARS GONE ************************************************ PRAISE BE TO THE LORD MY ROCK, WHO TRAINS MY HANDS FOR WAR, MY FINGERS FOR BATTLE. -PSALM 144:1 Th...

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December Seventh, 1941 Sixty-nine years ago, December 7, 1941, the United States was rocked by the radio announcements that told of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Many historical and ...

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