Some Survived, An Epic Account of Japanese Captivity During World War II by Manny Lawton A straight forward account of the defense of the Phillipines, the Baatan Death March, captivity in Japanese prison camp and travel on the Japanese hell ships. I started to read it, but is written like a report to the higher [...]
The Kills by Linda Fairstein; 2004; Scribner, New York; 383 pages; Fiction Fairstein/0-7432-2355-1; 5/22-5/24 Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper is prosecuting a case which seems to be unraveling. As she juggles her other cases, crimes continue to happen and amazingly all the cases and crimes end up combining into one case. It is a [...]
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour by James D. Hornfischer; 2004; Bantam Books, New York; 499 pages; 940.5425 H816L/0-533-80257-7; 5/16-5/22 Morale defies quantification–and yet it weighs significantly on the ultimate lethality of the tools of war. A ship’s effectiveness is the [...]
Yesterday evening was very emotional. We traveled to Eugene and back yesterday to visit Ruth Ann’s Dad to celebrate his birthday. When we got back to Portland in the evening we went to Lincoln Memorial Park. There was a 3/4 scale model of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which I have seen before, but I [...]
