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Tuskegee Airmen

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

I had the chance yesterday to watch an interview with three Tuskegee Airmen who were in town for the inauguration of Barack Obama.  The interview caught my eye as I was flipping through the channels before heading off for the day.  There they were, seated in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in front of […]

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Aircraft Art

Monday, July 7, 2008

Some time ago, I saw this notice at my school. The lede is copied here: “The Mary Condon Hodgson Art Gallery will host paintings by Richard Harris from June 7-July 8. Titled ‘Wings of Honor II,’ his paintings are influenced by the world of military aviation.” With school out for the summer and gas prices […]

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Smithsonian Air and Space, #2

Thursday, May 29, 2008

So the area with the WW2 artifacts occupies two rooms the A&S museum in DC, and truth be told, it feels a little  cramped. For a more wide-open experience, check The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (in lovely Dulles near the airport). In this photo, you can see how things are pretty much on top of […]

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Clark Gable and Combat America

Friday, August 10, 2007

I found this poster on the net some time ago, and wondered just what Mr. Gable did in the Army Air Force. Turns out, he was a bit of a player, flying combat missions and then producing the movie Combat America, the first ten minutes of which is linked here via youtube. The narration is […]

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Poet: Randall Jarrell

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

In the 102 class I teach (comp and lit), I have a section of “conflict” poems. For me, it’s not enough to include all the old standards about love or death, identity, or the many in that fat anthology about animals. That’s too easy. “Conflict” types of poems are important to read as well. Among […]

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