I just finished The Ultimate Battle, Bill Sloan’s recently-published book detailing the Battle of Okinawa, and it’s an outstanding read. But since I’ve been composing pieces for Today’s History Lesson, I’ve been reading a little differently. While working through Sloan’s book, I started keeping pen and paper next to me, writing down dates and events that [...]
Archive for April 18th, 2008
Ernie Pyle: Writer, War Hero
Posted in Pacific, World War II (1939-1945), tagged 1945, Ernie Pyle, Ie Shima on April 18 | 1 Comment »
Isn’t it Ironic…
Posted in Pacific, World War II (1939-1945), tagged 1943, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, G4M Betty, Guadalcanal, Irony, P-38 Lightning on April 18 | Leave a Comment »
The dictionary defines “irony” as the “incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result.“ When I was in the 2nd grade, we read a story about a dog that lived on a farm and was accused of killing some sheep (or goats or chickens or some other [...]
