Researcher, Investigator, and Fiction Writer. Medically Retired U.S. Army MP SFC. God, Family, Country. Trying my best to be Jesus Strong. [email protected]
Guardians of Valor
The Armor of God Protocol
Historical Military Sci-Fi Fiction Series
Volume 1 currently in publishing under Amazon - Kindle Direct Publishing
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"I shall never forget that beach...one dead soldier in particular who caught my eye. I wonder about him. What were his plans never to be fulfilled, what fate brought him to that spot at that moment? Who was waiting for him at home?"
— Corporal William Preston
D-Day
.@SECWAR just met World War II veterans at the Normandy American Cemetery Ceremony.
Their courage and sacrifice helped save the world—America will forever owe them a debt of gratitude.
Captain Frank Lillyman jumps out of Plane 1. It's 12.15am. He drops around 500 feet in 22 seconds and lands in a field, becoming the first American to arrive in France on D Day. He's smoking a stogie. Read more here: https://t.co/vXpbuZMmDI
@jockowillink I started to reintroduce myself to some of my old friends in the garage as well. Motivation.
Moving on. Finally listened fully to another old friend. Deleting everything else and sticking with the final Motivational old friend. Fiction.
.@BradThor dropped by @clayandbuck to talk about his new book, CHOKE POINT, and all the irons he has percolating on the Hollywood fire.
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On this day in 1944, the first Operation Jedburgh team parachuted into occupied France on the night before the Allied landings in Normandy.
Learn more:
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Napoleon did an insane amount of reading when exiled on the island of St. Helena.
He brought 588 volumes from France, and his captors sent him another 1,200 paperbacks.
What did he read? His librarian wrote:
"The Emperor was infinitely fond of reading. The Greek and Roman historians were often in his hands, especially Plutarch. He could appreciate this excellent author more than anyone else. Therefore The Lives of Illustrious Men always appeared on the shelves of his campaign libraries. He often read Rollin. The history of the middle ages, modern history, and particular histories occupied him only casually. The only religious book which he had was the Bible. He liked to read over in it the chapters which he had heard read in the ruins of the ancient cities of Syria. They painted for him the customs of those countries and the patriarchal life of the desert. It was, he said, a faithful picture of what he had seen with his own eyes. Every time that he read Homer it was with a new admiration. No one, in his view, had known what was truly beautiful and great better than this author; consequently he often took him up again and read him from the first page to the last. The drama had great charms for the Emperor. Corneille, Racine, Voltaire, often had one or two acts of their pieces read aloud. He preferred Corneille to the others, in spite of his imperfections; he always chose what was as lofty as he himself, Napoleon. Sometimes he would ask for some comedy which he had seen played, and from time to time a piece of poetry, for instance, ‘Vert-Vert’ [by Gresset]. He also took pleasure in reading some parts of Voltaire’s Essai sur les moeurs et l’esprit des nations, as well as some articles from the Dictionnaire Philosophique of the same author. Novels helped him to relax and broke the seriousness of his habitual occupations. Gil Blas, Don Quixote and a small number of others would be read by him. Those of Mesdames de Staël, Genlis, Cottin, Souza, etc. he read over sometimes, but the novels which he could not bear were those of Pigault Lebrun. He could not endure this author, although he had almost all his works; he never thought of asking for a volume of them, and would have refused one if it had been offered to him. He had nearly always under his eyes all the works relative to the military art and the campaigns of the great captains. One author, Polybius, which he had desired for a long time, he received only during his last days, when he had almost given up work. It was only by chance that he took up a scientific work; books of this sort were only occasional."
My husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare sacral chordoma. The surgery to remove bone and surrounding tissue lasted almost seven hours and was successful. He had a rough night and is in a lot of pain but is finally home resting. Now recovery begins. We’re so grateful for the outpouring of prayers and kind messages from all of you. Our hearts are full. ❤️
We are getting ready to head to the hospital for my husband’s surgery and just wanted to say thank you so much to all of who have shared messages, prayers and well wishes for Abraham. We are humbled and so grateful to be surrounded by aloha during this really tough time. 🙏🏽