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An Army Experience–Medic

ardentiaverba wrote 3 months ago: By his own admission, Sir Winston Churchill loved the zing of bullets. Well I didn’t, and I do … more →

Infantry Feet First

ardentiaverba wrote 3 months ago: Napoleon said that an army marches on its stomach. Well I’m here to tell it marches on its fee … more →

Try Not To Get Sick In The Army

ardentiaverba wrote 3 months ago: With all the colds and flu going around at the moment, I am reminded of a time, many years ago, when … more →

A Way of Life

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The Pointblank Directive

ardentiaverba wrote 3 months ago:                 by  … more →

Is this progress?

ardentiaverba wrote 3 months ago: I recently decided to upgrade my cell. I’m not sure why I needed to do that. It could have bee … more →

Tags: Apple, iPhone5?, Mercedes Benz, Range Rover, BestBuy, starbucks, Coffee

Bring My Box Back

ardentiaverba wrote 1 year ago: What is a guy to do? I recently bought a notebook. A very fancy Asus Lamborghini VX7 notebook. I bou … more →

I Love Amazon

ardentiaverba wrote 1 year ago: I love Amazon. I am a Prime member and use it a lot. My goods come so fast, that I never cease to be … more →

Tags: Amazon, Chanel, Chanel Watches, GE Money, American Express, Prime Membership

A Tragedy of World War II

ardentiaverba wrote 2 years ago: Crossing the Rapido By Duane Schultz A Tragedy of World War II My cousin didn’t enjoy much of 1944. … more →

Antonia and Harold–A Life

ardentiaverba wrote 2 years ago: Must You Go? by Antonia Fraser Her life with Harold Pinter There is something disreputable about rea … more →

America and the birth of the modern world 1788-1800

ardentiaverba wrote 2 years ago: The Great Upheaval by Jay Winik Winik’s book is not for sissies. It is 600 plus pages, and spa … more →

A Magnificent Disaster by David Bennett

ardentiaverba wrote 2 years ago: http://tinyurl.com/4kfuuoy "No body of men could have fought more courageously and tenaciously … more →

Tags: ." Waffen-SS-Standartenfuher Walther Harzer, Arnhem, bennett, British 1st Airborne Division, carl von clausewitz, DSO, Gen Sosabowski, Maj.Gen John D. Frost CB., Market Garden

Always Faithful

ardentiaverba wrote 3 years ago: My family has always had dogs. I love dogs and I was not sure if I could read much of this book. I d … more →

Gustave Eiffell Rises to the Challenge

ardentiaverba wrote 3 years ago: Eiffell’s Tower by Jill Jonnes. A Review by Colin J. Edwards Published 2009 by Viking Publishing, Ha … more →

The Battle for Normandy

ardentiaverba wrote 3 years ago: D-Day by Antony Beevor Viking Adult (2009), Hardcover, 608 pages I expected a good read, and I was n … more →

Attempting to kill the un-killable.1 comment

ardentiaverba wrote 3 years ago: Valkyrie by Philip Freiherr Von Boeselager, with Florence Fehrenbach, Jerome Fehrenbach, Steven Rend … more →

It will all end in tears.

ardentiaverba wrote 3 years ago: Mrs Astor Regrets The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach By Meryl Gordon Hardcover; 336 pa … more →

ardentiaverba wrote 3 years ago: Mrs Astor Regrets The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach By Meryl Gordon Hardcover; 336 pa … more →

Tags: autobiography, scoundrels, Journalism, wwii, brook astor, Anthony Marshall, Wealth, Meryl Gordon, Court Case

Blackwater by Jeremy Scahill

ardentiaverba wrote 4 years ago: Nation Books © 2007/08 – 550 pps The rise of the world’s most powerful mercenary army. “Jeremy … more →

Tags: blackwater, Jeremy Scahill., iraq, Bush administration, private army, Rightwing, Leftwing


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