THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two Chapter XXIX

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two Chapter XXIX

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My wife’s comment reverberated through me to the core. The last thing I wanted or needed was for her to be exposed in any way to what was developing regarding my work with the people at the compound or what had become the Seven, now Eight Dwarfs. Richard’s unexpected...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXIII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXIII

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I tried to sleep in the morning following my meeting with first Haldeman and Ehrlichman, and then Chief Cliff Murray. I was troubled, yet it was too early to get up because my getting up would awaken my wife, and then Julie, both of whom deserved to sleep in because...
From The Wilderness, Article Forty-Nine

From The Wilderness, Article Forty-Nine

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THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BALL Newsreel By James Strauss   Today, November 10th, is the Marine Corps birthday, going back to 1775. Why has this birthday celebration become so popular and relevant in modern times.  The Marine Corps, a relatively small military...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter IV

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter IV

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Chapter IV I pulled away from home in the Volks, only wanting to escape back onto the stretches of beach I realized I was finding some solace driving, if not doing anything else productive. Vietnam had come again out of nowhere. Nguyen, reaching forward from the past,...
The Cowardly Lion, Chapter XI

The Cowardly Lion, Chapter XI

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There was no delay, no time given, no quarter extended by my body, nor begged for by my mind.  I’d never detoxed before, although the pain had become an old bad friend.  The codeine tablets in my nearby metal drawer, twenty-three of them, got me through the night and...