My experience as a minor league bat boy
Category: Personal Experiences
Former Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. served the Knoxville area as Congressman for 30 years, and his father served many years before him. Congressman Duncan shares his fascinating stories with baseball. Rep. Duncan shares his love of baseball by providing an interesting perspective on the game's history. He served for years as a batboy and had exciting opportunities with players that baseball fans would find fascinating.
Forever 29
Category: Music
Soon to be released EP
"Thanks For The Memory"
Category: Personal Experiences
Bob Hope will never be forgotten
Phantom in the Sky: A Marine's Back Seat View of the Vietnam War
Category: Books
Phantom in the Sky is the story of a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) in the back seat of the supersonic Phantom jet during the Vietnam War—a unique, tactical perspective of the “guy in back,” or GIB, absent from other published aviation accounts.
I Am America - A Memorial Day Tribute
Category: Poetry
The faces of those who fell at Bunker Hill are as fresh in my mind today as those who perished at Gettysburg, Chateau-Thierry, Normandy, Pusan, Baghdad, and, yes, on United Flight 93. I know of the dreams each had for their family, and those their family had for them. And where they now lie, be it in my bosom or in some distant land makes no difference as every name and face is forever etched in my mind and heart. No, I can never forget these my children for I AM AMERICA, and I shall always remember.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: A Century of Honor, 1921-2021
Category: Books
The definitive book on the history of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier written by former Arlington National Cemetery Historian, Philip Bigler as part of the upcoming Centennial commemorations of the Memorial Amphitheater (2020) and the Tomb (2021).
Maine Legion co-founder's cap on display
Category: Film / Documentary
American Legion Post 51, Oakland, Me. Our 100 year old archive.
THE LAND WE CALL OUR HOME
Category: Poetry
Like it or not we are us: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
We Have Met the Enemy and Is it us?
Category: Personal Experiences
When the Korean War began in June 1950, I signed up, I was single, had five years' experience in construction and joined the U.S. Navy Seabee Reserves as a Petty Officer. After a few months of weekly drills and not having been called to active duty, I went to headquarters, Third Naval District, and had orders to active duty initiated. I volunteered for duty in Korea. I felt the single men should volunteer for war areas so the men with families would not be obligated to serve in a war zone.
Zero to Hero: From Bullied Kid to Warrior
Category: Books
Fifty years ago in April 1969, Allen J. Lynch was discharged from the U.S. Army, and a year later he received the Medal of Honor. But the act of heroism that brought Lynch that distinction is only one part of a lifelong story that can serve as inspiration to anyone.