Interesting observations about this book. It's currently sitting on my nightstand, but I haven't started reading it yet.
Remembering the anniversary of D-Day on Twitter is always a fantastic experience. Lots of photos, stories, etc. shared by lots of different people...
Agreed. I am not sure JJ Abrams was the right person for this project. But guess it's far too late to worry about that now! ;)
For New Year's Eve, my daughter and I watched all three Star Wars movies - Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and The Return of the Jedi. We also...
Wow! What an awesome gift! I'm jealous. :)
The English Spy by Daniel Silva. The latest in the Gabriel Allon series. It never takes me long to read these books - they are so fast-paced and...
I've been trying to space out the Christmas movies so I don't get burned out. Tonight I plan to watch The Bishop's Wife, my all-time favorite...
Terrific news - The Man in the High Castle has been renewed for a second season....
German POWs in America interacted with farm families and other Americans on a very regular basis during the war since they helped so much with the...
I absolutely love this story. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
Two classic Christmas movies from the 1940s: Christmas in Connecticut and It Happened on 5th Avenue.
LOL! It makes my head spin reading all of this! I never knew how complicated the armed services were. But I need to get at least a halfway...
Inglorious Basterds. First time to watch it. I'm not a big fan of Quentin Tarantino films, and this one was just ....meh.
For research purposes, I'm perusing U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle: Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945 by Gordon...
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. It was on TCM last night and even though I own the DVD, I had to watch it. It's one of my absolute favorites.
Welcome, Dave! :)
Excellent response. Thank you so much!
I have been unable to find definitive answers to these questions, so thought I'd pose it here. And forgive me if they sound ignorant, but I am in...
Thought it might be fun to start an ongoing thread of what we're reading. I'll go first. Fiction: Tightrope by Simon Mawer, set in post-war 1945...
I was browsing through issues of LIFE magazine today on Google (one of my favorite past times) and found this editorial written by Henry R. Luce,...
