Last night we lost a great man. George Herbert Walker Bush was a man of honor and character.
Published: Monday, December 3rd, 2018 @ 11:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This day has been nothing short of glorious. The cold wind and rain have passed and were replaced with warm golden light that lit the trees up.
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2017 @ 11:34 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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It is evident that Congress is unable to pass meaningful and significant healthcare reform
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2017 @ 4:56 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Roland "Ward" Grosz peacefully passed away Friday, September 25, 2017 at the Carolina East Medical Center
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 @ 2:41 pm
By: Announcements
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Researchers in East Carolina University's Program in Maritime Studies are working with the Department of Defense on a project they hope will give some peace of mind to U.S. military families who lost loved ones during World War II
Published: Monday, September 4th, 2017 @ 4:31 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Task Force Dagger, a nonprofit organization that supports all U.S. Special Operations Command service members and their families, is joining forces with the East Carolina University Department of History's maritime studies program to explore and research WWII underwater archaeological sites
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2017 @ 4:29 am
By: ECU News Services
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A review of Music, Movie, Life or Politics, You be the judge. Back in 1963 when I was a hopeless romantic, I saw a movie that told me all I needed to know about life.
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2017 @ 10:56 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Last Thursday on the 100th anniversary of United States entry in to World War I, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) announced his introduction of H. Con. Res. 41, legislation that commemorates United States involvement in World War I and honors the brave veterans
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 @ 10:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the United States refuses to act with any conviction, this is what we get.
Published: Monday, January 2nd, 2017 @ 3:19 am
By: Ryan Case
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Today, I pay my greatest respects and deep appreciation, as I celebrate the life of a wonderful patriot, and a Democrat at that ... When was the last time I had this opportunity?
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2016 @ 8:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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For many civilians, the memories of a military event are an abstract memory. However, for the participants it is the faces, names, and specific events that mark the event. Here are some of their stories.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 @ 4:56 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Prague and our river cruise through Germany, Austria and Hungary.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2016 @ 4:45 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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History tells us that we are overdue for an economic recession.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 4:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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George, a Purple Heart recipient, was stationed at Hickam Field in Hawaii during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. He joined the U.S. Army Air Force in 1940 and served in the Pacific Theater during most of World War II, including the Pacific Ocean nuclear bomb tests. After 23 years of service...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 8:27 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Sunny skies greeted more than 200 people who attended the annual Veterans Day ceremony at East Carolina University on Nov. 11.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:56 am
By: ECU News Services
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This posting refers back to two separate Foolishness...Or Is It? postings on the same subject. The first reiterates the Ignorance of Mankind & the second asks you to think about a Very Sobering Question
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:57 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Since the World War II era, workers have benefited from a rather large implicit tax subsidy on health coverage provided by their employers. Every dollar an employee spends from earned income is taxed, but every dollar spent on health care is not. Those who purchase health plans on their own lose...
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 @ 9:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Take five minutes to watch this WWII Veteran tell his story
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 12:47 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Seventy years ago on August 14, 1945, America and its Allies observed V-J Day, the end of World War II.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 @ 3:05 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory signed a proclamation recognizing North Carolina's contributions to World War II as August 14-15, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2015 @ 2:00 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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You have to love that “Greatest Generation” No only did the win the war; they kept a love of living and still show us how it is done. Check out this video.
Published: Saturday, July 11th, 2015 @ 3:56 am
By: Bobby Tony
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We seem to be trying to make America into whatever political party you favor. It is about time to consider the real part of July 4, 1776 . . .
Published: Monday, July 6th, 2015 @ 7:43 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) delivered testimony to the National Commission on the Future of the Army in Fayetteville, NC, which outlined the severe risks of the Obama Administration’s proposed budget cuts to our Armed Forces, including severe cuts to Army end strength.
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2015 @ 1:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is too much trouble to leave the beach and go to a boring ceremony or small parade with old men giving speeches and wearing the VFW insignia. Those ceremonies signify the real meaning of this Holiday.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 9:25 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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In the summer of 1918, five large German submarines (U-boats) crossed the Atlantic and operated against the lightly protected shipping off the North American coast.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 @ 4:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Born in the small town of Godwin (Cumberland County) in 1900, David Marshall "Carbine" Williams was the creator of the M-1 Carbine, the U.S. Army's favorite semi-automatic rifle during World War II.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 5:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Historians and history majors among our campus community certainly remember the significance of Sunday's date - December 7. The date was designated by Congress in 1994 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. While we take time to remember our veterans and fallen soldiers on other days...
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 4:09 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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The stage of McGinnis Theatre has been transformed into a grim post-World War II New Orleans for the upcoming production of "A Streetcar Named Desire."
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 6:53 am
By: ECU News Services
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WOW!!! I hope you made a personal copy for review at least 10 times! It is so full of more recent history. It is totally full of "history repeating itself."
Published: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 @ 6:22 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Governor Pat McCrory ordered the POW/MIA flag flown above the state capitol in commemoration of National POW/MIA Day.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2014 @ 7:51 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory will launch the state's four-yearlong Centennial Commemoration of World War I at a wreath-laying ceremony at the North Carolina Veterans Monument on the grounds of the State Capitol Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014.
Published: Saturday, July 26th, 2014 @ 1:35 am
By: Christopher Maye
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H. Warren Rohlfs, 94, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 10:34 am
By: Announcements
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North Carolinians played key roles in the historic D-Day invasion that took the fight directly to the Axis powers and hastened the fall of Adolf Hitler.
Published: Saturday, June 7th, 2014 @ 8:27 am
By: Christopher Maye
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With World War II imminent, in December 1940, the U.S. Government awarded $16.8 million in contracts for building one of the first military installations in preparation for that war.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 9:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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