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Mail Call - June 11
“This is to all the conservative callers who keep calling in trying to justify the invasion of Iraq. They use the inspectors going in, not being let in, as the reason. Conservatives don’t even like the (United Nations), so don’t use...Tags: Judges, Russia, Stock Market, Auction Service, Barack Obama
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From Korea to Camp David, veteran has lifetime of military service
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comJesse Englehart was one of thousands of Marines who were pulling back from the Chosin Reservoir when he and a friend saw a clean poncho that looked peculiar lying on the frozen ground. He said the two walked toward the poncho and lifted it. “There...Tags: Science and Technology, South Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953), International Military Interventions
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Korean War veteran has spent last 60 years trying to understand what war was all about
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comIn 1953, the Korean War had been raging for three years when thousands of North Korean prisoners of war were set free below the 38th Parallel at Pusan. Hagerstown resident Ed Peters, 81, said he was a military policeman serving in Korea at the time as he...Tags: International Military Interventions, Busan (South Korea), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Prisoners and Detainees, Prisons
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Allan Powell: Climate change is an enormous challenge
“The Third Industrial Revolution” has a much-needed educative value in equipping us to survive in a world of climate change. This book is a “must read” for those wanting to understand climate change, climate maintenance and their...Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Conservation, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy
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South Korean president thanks Korean War veterans
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comThe president of South Korea thanked a group of local Korean War veterans for helping set the cornerstone of a 60-year partnership between her country and the United States during a dinner Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Les Bishop, commander of Antietam...Tags: South Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953), Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama
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Mail Call - April 5
“Since Rachel Maddow and the radical left MSNBC are still blaming Bush for lying about the weapons of mass destruction so he could start the Iraq war 10 years ago, if they would do their research, they would find that the United Nations inspectors...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), U.S. Congress, Iraq War (2003-2011), MSNBC (tv network), Iraq
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U.N. approves tough new sanctions against N. Korea after Pyongyang vows to nuke U.S.
Associated PressThe U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, and a furious Pyongyang threatened a nuclear strike against the United States. The sanctions drafted by North Korea's...Tags: Susan Rice, Weaponry, Pyongyang (North Korea), Military Equipment, China
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Benefit planned
Benevola United Methodist Church members will travel to Haiti on a mission trip in April. Tuesday, there will be a fundraiser at the Bob Evans restaurant on Dual Highway in Hagerstown. The restaurant will donate 15 percent of meal bills to the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Libraries, Marketing, Restaurants, Trips and Vacations
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Letters to the Editor - Feb. 17
O’Malley hasn’t been good for Maryland To the editor: I believe the morale in this country is at the lowest most of us have seen in our lives. Gov. O’Malley wants to abolish the death penalty to protect convicted killers and give...Tags: Mexico, Judges, Death Penalty, Saudi Arabia, Murder
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Alberta M. Gruver, 103
Alberta Maxine Corwin Gruver, 103, passed away Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Born March 12, 1909, in Dayton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Gussie and Raymond Corwin. She attended Otterbein College. Mrs. Gruver, affectionately known as "Bert," was...Tags: Religion and Belief, White House, John F. Kennedy, Human Interest
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Local veterans plan events to mark 60th anniversary of end of Korean War
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comLocal Korean War veterans plan to mark the 60th anniversary of that conflict’s end with a number of events, including the dedication of a granite memorial in Hagerstown. John Koontz, 80, and Jim Mobley, 84, who are members of Antietam Chapter No....Tags: International Military Interventions, Roxbury, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), U.S. Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs
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Retired Gen. Schwarzkopf, U.S. commander in Desert Storm, dies
Associated PressTruth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn’t care much for his popular “Stormin’ Norman” nickname. The seemingly no-nonsense Desert Storm commander’s reputed temper with aides and subordinates supposedly earned him...Tags: George W. Bush, Iran, Elizabeth II, Baghdad (Iraq), Jihad
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