Many people consider Blackie Sherrod the best sportswriter in history. Certainly in this area, he was a legend and a mentor to many. Sherrod passed away on Thursday at the age of 96. You can read an feature article about him by Kevin Sherrington by clicking HERE. Sherrod worked in the Dallas area for both… Read More We Will Miss Blackie Sherrod
I was fascinated when I received word of a book by Jan Jarboe Russell entitled The Train to Crystal City: FDR’s Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II (Scribner, 2015). Were you aware of what happened? Have you ever heard of Crystal City, Texas? See the map below.… Read More Do You Know about Crystal City? What You May Not Know about FDR and World War II
I am reading the massive work A Call to Arms: Mobilizing America for World War II by Maury Klein (New York: Bloomsbury, 2013). I say massive because it is 912 pages long. As Jim Landers noted in his review that appeared in the Dallas Morning News, the book “makes a big call on the reader’s… Read More Klein’s Important Distinction in WW II Book
(These quotes come from Ben Bradlee’s essay, The Turning Point: The Battle of Midway, included in Defining a Nation, edited by David Halberstam). This is what they called a decisive battle. On May 7, 1942 (five months after Pearl Harbor), American forces under General Wainwright surrendered in the Philippines. The Americans gave up a “tactical… Read More The Battle Of Midway, One of Many Great Battles To Remember On This Memorial Day
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