Monday, September 20, 2021
Private First Class Lesley L. Matheson, U.S. Army
That's a portraiture of my Great [Maternal] Uncle, Pvt. 1st Class Lesley L. Matheson, U.S. Army, 50th Engineer Combat Battalion, which hangs prominently on my home office wall. He was killed by the Imperial Japanese Army in battle on October 25, 1944 while fighting in the Pacific theatre in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which was the first time the Japanese pilots used kamikazi tactics. Uncle Lesley's Service Number is 34500566. He was buried at sea.
His ghostly image.
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Appalachian American Ennui: Newt Gingrich, The Lillelid Murders, and Appalachi... : NPR did a piece called "This I Believe" a...
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Put your reading glasses on and squint; it'll be well worth it if you've an eye for prose.
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Great cover of Walking on the Moon, by one of my favorite bands, the Police. This is a great song about falling in love.