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Rick Atkinson

I was born in Munich, and my father was stationed in Salzburg. For the first three years of my life, I lived in Austria back when the American Army was still in Austria. I grew up subsequently in posts around the country around veterans.

Country, Father, Memorial Day, Thank You, Veterans
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There is something within our biological structure that screams out and says it is morally wrong for the old to outlive the young. This is one of the times when God doesn’t seem to make sense. This is the worst that life gets.

God, Make, Scream, Screams, Structure, Young

Hitler had a police state of the first order. And those who showed any sign of being weak-kneed faced prison or often summary execution. That prevented a lot of people who knew that the war was not going to turn out well for Germany from giving up.

Execution, Giving, Giving Up, Order, Sign, War

Global war is a clash of systems, not just battalions biffing one another in some godforsaken forest.

Battalions, Biffing, Clash, Forests, Systems, War

There are a number of World War II historians I admire: Cornelius Ryan, Mark Stoler, Antony Beevor, to name a few. As for generals, there are those I admire as combat leaders and others I admire because they're great fun to write about.

Admire, Fun, Number, Stoler, War, Writing

The U. S. Army records alone for World War II weigh 17,000 tons, and even the best historians have not done more than just scratch the surface. The story is such that 500 years from now people will be writing and reading about it.

Army, Reading, Story, War, Writing
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