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Urge the Heroes
My Friends, Four years ago today, a friend of mine was murdered in the line of duty. Chris Kilcullen was a police officer and negotiator for the Eugene, Oregon police department. I worked with him in...
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Scenes from Katrina
New Orleans, September 2005. Some of my moments in the city, Post-Hurricane Katrina, when I was embedded with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, Oregon National Guard. We were in North-Central, based out...
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The Cold War Chemical Weapons Depot Today
Out in the Eastern Oregon desert, the U.S. Army built a massive facility in 1941 as part of its pre-war expansion program. Called the Umatilla Army Depot, this bleak spot in the middle of the desert,...
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David Bellavia’s Medal of Honor Moment
In the spring of 2006, literary agent, author and historian Jim Hornfischer introduced me to David Bellavia. David had recently left the Army and was settling into civilian life–sort of. Two months...
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Shrek’s Mom
On June 25, 2019, David Bellavia received the Medal of Honor for actions in Fallujah in November 2004. David is the sole living recipient of the MOH from the Iraq War, the others were awarded...
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Small Town Heroes
June 21, 1918, Private Thomas Bennett, a Marine rifleman from tiny Dallas, Oregon, filed into the front lines with his brothers of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. For almost a month, the American 2nd...
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Love in the Pioneer Cemetery
The Civil War Memorial at Pioneer Cemetery. MacArthur Court, the University of Oregon’s old basketball arena is in the background. Yesterday was my daughter’s seventh re-birthday. As a high school...
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Target Twenty-Five
Note: This article is based on a section of Race of Aces that we edited out after the first draft. Still, it is one of my favorite pieces of writing, as I grew up in Bay Area and in 2017 visited many...
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