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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Tom Cruise and Valkyrie

Friday, October 24, 2008

So Tom Cruise is in a WWII flick, as you may have heard/read. Good for him. The previews are starting to filter onto American cable TV stations in preparation for a late DEC 08 release. Brian Singer is the director (X-Man, Superman Returns). A DVD-style feature is here. More to come on this.

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More on The War by Ken Burns

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

So it’s been about a year since The War hit PBS. At the time, I did my best to keep up with the series as it ran, but technology (as in a crappy VCR) foiled my attempt to watch it all straight through. At the time, I ended up missing the last episode (“A World […]

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More on the Grumman Avenger

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Reader David S posted this as a comment earlier. It provides additional detail on the aircraft: — This is a nice photo; I’m glad the Smithsonian is paying appropriate homage to this fine warbird. The photo in the photo shows TBF/TBM Avengers in flight between May 1942 and Feb 1943, according to the National Insignia […]

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Grumman Avenger

Friday, October 3, 2008

It’s funny how subjects for writing sometimes find you. I tell my students this from time to time, but they never really believe me. Here’s how it worked for this post. The other day I inadvertently deleted a folder on my desktop that contained a few pictures, about 100 or so, and in the bunch […]

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