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U. S. Grant and N. B. Forrest
One of the more disturbing aspects of the woke Cancel Culture is judging people (and history) of the past by contemporary woke social justice standards. This is troubling because as Victor Davis Hansen puts it; Once a cultural revolution gets going, there can be no contextualization of the past, no allowance for human frailty, no […]
Edward “Butch” O’Hare
Originally posted on Pacific Paratrooper:
Lt. Edward “Butch” O’Hare, Feb. 1942 On Feb. 20, 1942, the flattop Lexington was steaming toward the Japanese base at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, when it was approached by two enemy flying boats. Their crews managed to signal its coordinates before American fighters flamed the planes, and the Japanese immediately…
History and Hobby 