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Category: Military

Nuclear war: Making it thinkable

December 15, 2024 Stu Bykofsky 25 Comments

Not many things scare the crap out of me, including the threat of nuclear war. I was in public school…

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Posted in: Military, Uncategorized Filed under: “Fail Safe”, Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear war

From World War II, the last lady of the line

September 16, 2024 Stu Bykofsky 13 Comments

They call her a lucky ship. And a long-living ship. During her service in the waning days of World War…

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Posted in: Military, Uncategorized Filed under: Battle of the Atlantic, Carl Camurati, Destroyer Escorts, Frank O.Slater, Gordon Lattey, Tim Rizzuto, USS Slater

Memorial Day: Remembering my American hero

May 27, 2024 Stu Bykofsky 13 Comments

I do not personally know anyone who died in America’s wars. My uncles all returned from World War II. My…

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Posted in: Military, Uncategorized Filed under: Eake De Marco, Ed Mikus, Memorial Day, Normandy

The hoo-hah over “Duty, Honor, Country”

March 17, 2024 Stu Bykofsky 15 Comments

“Duty, Honor, Country.” That is the motto of the United States Military Academy and it is not changing. You may…

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Posted in: Military, Uncategorized Filed under: Dom Giordano, Douglas MacArthur, West Point, Woke

When uncommon heroism was a common trait

July 7, 2023 Stu Bykofsky 19 Comments

It is like a letter from beyond the grave, from a man whose conspicuous, innate heroism reflects a generation that…

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Posted in: Military, Uncategorized Filed under: B-24, Bill McFerren, Charles Lindbergh, Clark Gable, Pappy Boyington, POW

There is no retreat in Tom’s love for veterans

April 26, 2023 Stu Bykofsky 13 Comments

When Tom Sherwood left the Army after three years of service in Korea and Vietnam, he cried. He didn’t want…

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Posted in: Military, Uncategorized Filed under: Tom Sherwood, Tom’s Retreat, Veterans

My transition from Army to Navy

December 10, 2022 Stu Bykofsky 7 Comments

A friend of mine — OK, one of my lawyers — said he’d like to attend Army-Navy one of these…

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Posted in: Military, Uncategorized Filed under: Army, JFK Stadium, Navy

My thanks to veterans is personal

November 11, 2022 Stu Bykofsky 13 Comments

From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli. And from Trenton to Cuba to the Ardennes forest to…

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Posted in: Military, Uncategorized Filed under: Veterans Day

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