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James Wright and “Those Who Have Borne the Battle”

August 15, 2013

It was August 14, 1945, and all over the nation, Americans celebrated the end of World War II. It was the kind of celebration most of us can only imagine today. The Iraq war ended on December 14 of last year, but many people didn’t know it was happening and the President’s speech at Fort […]

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