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96What Females Should Know Before Joining the Army
The Boot Camp experience is also known as: Basic Combat Training, BCT (the Army loves its acronyms), Basic Training, Boot, and Basic. One of my preparations for BCT: chopping off all of my hair! I was amazed by how many people were mad at me for...
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92World War 2 Letter ~ From Soldier to Wife ~ Birth of a Son
That son referred to in this happy exchange later became my husband. Some family history during WWII included plus photos.
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91WW1 World War 1 Trench Warfare
Living in the trenches of world war one meant that you were never alone, rats, lice and many other creatures were everywhere
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92Forbidden Gardens in Katy, Texas ~ Sightseeing near Houston ~ WOW!
See numerous photos of Emperor Qin's 6,000 piece terra cotta army, an exact replica of China's Forbidden City and other related items at what used to be a unique attraction just west of Houston. We learned much about lifestyles of the Emperor and his court and even regarding his tomb and legacy which will be shared here.
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88African American or Black Cowboys in History and Fiction
African Americans have been conspicuously absent from histories of the west. They are not much represented in fiction either. Many people think they ere not there, but they were.
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89Christmas in a War Zone - From a World War I Soldier's Diary
November 11, 1918, a date celebrated as Veterans Day, Armistice Day, Remembrance Day, etc., is considered today to be the date that World War I ended. People forget that what really happened that day was that the warring nations simply decided to stop fighting temporarily while diplomats tried to find a peaceful solution. For soldiers in Europe in 1918, Christmas that year was haunted by the thought of war returning shortly.
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89'A Wife in London' and 'Drummer Hodge' by Thomas Hardy - Analysis
Thomas Hardy was a great writer ~ of poetry and prose. His novels are probably better known than his poems ~ but his war poetry is well worth a look. This article examines two Thomas Hardy war poems: 'A Wife in London' and 'Drummer Hodge'.
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88God of War 3 - Challenge of Olympus Walkthrough
The following is a walkthrough to the Challenge of Olympus in God of War 3. I just recently finished the God of War story and dove right into the Challenges of Olympus. Most of them were a bit easier than expected so, I was able to finish all of the...
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87A Close Look and Summary of Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a common disease among war veterans. Sometimes it is hard for soldiers to separate reality from war after something as life threatening and difficult as a combat zone. Sometimes soldiers can cope with the stress by...
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