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  • Central America Bound

    My next embed will be in Centeral America. I've had a very generous person buy my ticket down using his frequent flyer miles, and I wanted to see if anyone here might be willing to use their American Airline miles to help me get back? If so, drop...
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  • WN60

    Mortar pit at WN60 I'm camping at Colleville-sur-Mer, which should be a familiar name to those of you who are familiar with D-Day. Not only do I have a quick walk to the beach, but that walk happens to take me straight into the area of some of the...
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  • Sneak Peak: Overlord Museum

    Thanks to my new friends at Relais de la Plage (more on them soon, they are recommended), I was introduced to the Director of the new Overlord Museum between Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery. Despite the fact that construction is being frantically...
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  • Leadership

    Monday morning, I was racing to Utah Beach to get there before the sun got too high. As I went down the narrow road towards the beach, a familiar statue came into view and I stopped to admire the final version. Major Richard "***" Winters had...
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  • Book Review - The Kill Room by Jeffrey Deaver

    The following book review is a special provided by Elise Cooper for BlackFive readers. You can read all of our book reviews by clicking on the Books category on the far right side bar. New York Times Best-selling author Jeffery Deaver’s latest book, The...
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  • The Flame

    Over on Facebook, I challenged readers to identify a photo: What was this sticking up above the sand? There is a story to this one, and one I think you will enjoy. I saw this walking up Sword beach, sticking up above the sand. Being curious, I walked...
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  • Free Bradley Manning at Meade

    Not actually giving away free samples, just whining that treason is not important enough to lock someone up for. Friend of UJ and the site "the One-Eyed Jack" took one for the team and drove through the gaggle of dirty, nasty, patchouli-smelling...

  • No Posts Today

    Sorry, but last week was brutally beautifully intense. I went to bed at about 1000 hours last night, and was very grumpily awakened by some sickeningly happy and cheerful early risers at the campground about 0600. Finally gave up, got up, and got in the...
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  • American Cemetary Offer

    If anyone has a relative in the American Cemetary at Normandy, and would like me to visit and/or try to put a flower on the grave on the 6th, drop me a line at blake spammers suck at symbol blakepowers and the obligatory dot net and I will be glad to...
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