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Sunday, March 31, 2024

OSS Special Operations in China, Close Reading 3, Kunming to Chengtu to Hsian to HsinHsiang to a Drop Zone

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 Here is a links roundup for review of the background relevant to this book: OSS Special Operations in China, Close Reading 1: Front Matter ...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

OSS CBI Photobook 17

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      Page 17 is the first of several showing us off-duty moments in the HQ near Kaifeng. They seem to have quite a few such moments, and q...
Saturday, March 26, 2022

Cyprian Norwid: Ashes and Diamonds

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Cyprian Kamil Norwid, (1821-1883), Polish poet and exile, wrote what is known to us now as the "Ashes and Diamonds" poem. I'll...
Saturday, January 2, 2021

More Finds for the Map Collection

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G&C Maps Page has been spiffed up with new additions.  One comes from the very good overview article Second Sino-Japanese War , which ...
Sunday, December 27, 2020

Reprise Post: Kolęda - "Gdy się Chrystus Rodzi"

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"Kolędy" are the hymns of of the European Christmas Season, which runs from December 4th through Epiphany, January 6th. This is i...
Saturday, December 26, 2020

Reprise Post: Kolędy (Polish Christmas Carols) - "Dzisiaj w Betlejem"

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  " Dzisiaj w Betlejem" ("Today in Bethlehem") is a carol of eager, triumphant gladness. Dzisiaj w Betlejem, d...
Thursday, December 24, 2020

Reprise Post: Chopin, Christmas, and "For Our Freedom and Yours!"

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Lulajże, Jezuniu, “ Lullaby, Little Jesus” is a traditional Polish Christmas carol dating from the nineteenth century, or who knows, perha...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Polish Wooden Churches Restored

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As part of a revamping of the Links listing in the right sidebar here, I have added a link to The First News , a magazine-style site pitched...