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“Watch Out!”: New Jersey Shark Attacks of 1916
July 1916 had been a dreadfully hot time for thousands of New Englanders. Combine this with the new craze for swimming and you have busy beaches. In an effort to escape the heat New Englanders took to...
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Inescapable: Prisoners in Colditz
Colditz Castle, Oflag IVC, was supposed to be an inescapable fortress. The Nazi regime had designated it a prison for the exceptional Allied prisoners who proved themselves “high-security risks”. When...
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“We’re Holding Our Own”: SS Edmund Fitzgerald
On 10 November 1975 a ferocious storm swirled over Lake Superior, the result of two weather systems clashing. It was one of the worst storms in the collective memory of many experiencing it. And caught...
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Head for the Hills: Johnstown Flood
The year was 1889. The South Fork Dam in Pennsylvania had existed since 1838 when construction began on it (but was not actually finished until 1852). For years there had been talk about the...
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Voyage to Nowhere: MS St. Louis
It would be a voyage to remember; whether it ended happily or whether it didn’t. One thing was for sure — it wasn’t going to be a picnic for Captain Gustav Schroeder. The Nazi regime had a way of...
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A Racing Biscuit: Seabiscuit
Because horses are history too and because your bloghostess has written too many tragic posts you are now subjected to the life of a race horse. If my “horse terms” are not correct feel free to comment...
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Sink It: Bismarck
This post is a lacking in many areas, but being pressed for time this will have to do. Any errors are my own. When visiting the Land of Spare Time I will be sure to come back to this post … Continue...
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A Tweak Here, A Tweak There
Here a tweak, there a tweak, everywhere a tweak, tweak. Ol’ McBurdette had a blog – er- yes. After much consideration, I have decided to drop my blogging schedule altogether. It seemed probable that I...
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“What the ice gets, the ice keeps”: Endurance Expedition
“As ice pushed from three different directions converging at one point, which happened to be where Endurance sat, the ship shuddered as she was twisted. And then she began to take on water. If they...
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On the River: Evansville, Indiana
I think it’s safe to say that most major wars America has ever taken part in are represented on the riverfront in Evansville, Indiana. In some shape or form veterans and wars are memorialized. The...
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Screaming Fury: Vajont Dam Disaster
October 2013 saw the 50th anniversary of the Vajont Dam Disaster, an event that seems to have been overlooked by the anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination (perhaps it is like history repeating...
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Printed Words
Here we are in March and I have not posted one new article in the fresh new year. Boo-hoo, now I feel really bad. Bad, J.G. To appease that guilt that has been gnawing away at my conscience please...
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Dinner is Served
In collaboration with Nicole of that entertaining fountain of information, Tiaras and Trianon we would like to present a two piece article consisting of six sets of people in which we pair them off...
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Eulogy to Catherine Crout-Habel
Blogging has its drawbacks, but mostly it has its perks. Among the latter friendships are formed and we meet people we are not soon to forget. This week has brought very sad news for many people. Last...
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“What the ice gets, the ice keeps”: Endurance Expedition
“As ice pushed from three different directions converging at one point, which happened to be where Endurance sat, the ship shuddered as she was twisted. And then she began to take on water. If they...
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On a Pocket of Air and a Prayer: Laverne Herbert
Soooooo, according to popular consensus I have fallen off the face of the planet. I’ve actually wondered about that one myself. If reality hadn’t come around and smacked me in the face I would probably...
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