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Don Burgett at Noville, 9/05

Monday, December 3, 2007

Okay, so things are super/ultra/mondo busy on the job of late.  And I know I’ve needed to post something/anything here, as I’ve slacked off a bit here at the end of the term.  The solution?  Get a clip. So without further yacking, here’s Don Burgett, engaging in a little first person history.  Oh yeah, buy [...]

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Don Burgett and The War

Saturday, September 29, 2007

If you happened to catch Episode 4 of Ken Burns’ The War (this is the invasion episode), you may have noticed the paratrooper/smashed pumpkin simile, with no author attributed. It was referenced as “one man described it as…”. That one man is Don Burgett, member of the 101st Airborne (A-1st-506), and noted author [...]

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