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A veteran passes: Quentin Aanenson

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

So I was thumbing through the pages of the Frederick News-Post this afternoon and noticed a curious obituary. “That’s  Quentin Aanenson,” I thought. Those who viewed Ken Burns’ The War know that Aanenson played a key role in that narrative.  A more detailed article about his death is here from a Minnesota paper.  The link is worth […]

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P-51, Cadillac of the Sky

Friday, September 7, 2007

With the widespread interest in the recent P-51 crash in Oshkosh, WI, I wanted to lay down this little tribute. It’s from Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun via youtube. The short summary of the scene in this: a young aircraft obsessed boy named Jim, who happens to be interned in a Japanese prisoner of war […]

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Dogfights

Friday, July 13, 2007

Oh man…I can’t wait for the season premier of Dogfights. To me, this show is the perfect marriage of computer animation and oral history. I read, too, that there is even a video game based on the episodes, though nothing for MAC-type folks.

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