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Stringbags Versus Leviathan: Royal Navy Fairy Swordfish Attack the Mighty...
This is the second article in a series that I am writing on Operation Rheinubung and the sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck. The first article in the series was written about two years ago and...
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The First Memorial Day
Since Memorial Day is almost here I am reposting a number of older articles about it. Peace, Padre Steve+ The Inglorius Padre Steve's World The acrid smell of smoke of the last battles of the American...
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The Memorial Day Order
Another older but pertinent article about Memorial Day. Never forget our Nation’s fallen… Peace, Padre Steve+ The Inglorius Padre Steve's World “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great...
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Remembering Why We Keep Memorial Day
“even if those who come after us are to forget all that we hold dear, and the future is to teach and kindle its children in ways as yet unrevealed, it is enough for us that this day is dear and...
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The Caine Mutiny: A Lesson in Leadership
I’ve been watching a number of older movies over this Memorial Day Weekend. Last night I watched A Bridge too Far and The Bridge at Remagen. Tonight I just watched The Caine Mutiny and I am trying to...
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My Melancholy Memorial Day Thoughts
“It’s funny isn’t it. He’s dead, I’m crippled, you’re lost. Suppose it’s always like that. I mean war.” Flying Officer David Campbell played by Richard Burton in “The Longest Day” I came back a...
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The “Buddy” Poppy: Symbol of Memorial Day
In Flanders Fields John McCrae, 1915. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid...
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The Last Battle of the Bismarck
Battleship Bismarck The torpedo from the Swordfish from the HMS Ark Royal that struck the mighty Bismarck in her stern and jammed her rudders doomed that ship and her crew. It was an astounding turn...
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In Memory of Father Andrew Greeley: A Man Who Helped Me Believe Again
“I wouldn’t say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They’re my parish. And it’s a responsibility that I enjoy.” — Andrew Greeley By the...
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DNA Tests and Family Mysteries
“We’re Americans, with a capital ‘A’, huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We’re the...
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