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June 6, 1944 D-Day

Radio1 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:05:49 +0000

65 years ago today our Boys were landing on the beaches ( Sword, Juneau, Gold, Omaha, Utah and Pointe du Hoc ) of Normandy. If you don’t want to (or can’t stand to ) listen to our Dear Reader’s apology speech today listen to President Ronald Reagan’s speech from 25 years ago.

June 4, 1942 Start of the Battle of Midway

Radio1 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:26:47 +0000

Today 67 years ago The Battle of Midway began.

Tank Man

Radio1 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:23:12 +0000

World War II History Lesson for Jon Stewart

Radio1 — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:07:12 +0000

I recommend watching Bill Whittle’s brilliant beat down of Jon Stewart Leibowitz over his idiotic “Truman was a war criminal” comment.

April 25, 1980

Radio1 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:13:18 +0000

Compare and contrast how two American Presidents respond to terrorism

Six years later.. “..act with others if possible and alone if necessary..”

Luckiest or UnLuckiest Man in the World Found

Radio1 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:11:05 +0000

A 93-year-old Japanese man has become the first person certified as a survivor of both U.S. atomic bombings at the end of World War II, officials said Tuesday.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi had already been a certified “hibakusha,” or radiation survivor, of the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing in Nagasaki, but has now been confirmed as surviving the attack on Hiroshima three days earlier as well, city officials said.—AP