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Cover Story: For Emma Lampert, 'Miss USO 2001,' Singing for the Troops Has Been a Blast
Emma Lampert never knew that one of her "absolutely favorite aunts," Frances Conti, had been a performer. "She was very funny," Emma remembers. "She had a Lucille Ball-ish personality. She was always singing and tap dancing. When she died, she was even buried in her red tap shoes."
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Cover Story: For Emma Lampert, 'Miss USO 2001,' Singing for the Troops Has Been a Blast
Emma Lampert never knew that one of her "absolutely favorite aunts," Frances Conti, had been a performer. "She was very funny," Emma remembers. "She had a Lucille Ball-ish personality. She was always singing and tap dancing. When she died, she was even buried in her red tap shoes."
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Cover Story: A Rebuilt Vietnam Veterans Plaza Is Rededicated in New York City
The Friday before Veterans Day dawned brisk and bright, auguring a near perfect Indian summer day to dedicate the reconstructed Vietnam Veterans Plaza in downtown Manhattan, and to rededicate the glass block-and-granite memorial that is the centerpiece of the plaza.
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Cover Story: DoD Secretary Offers Encouragement In Veterans Day Speech
Because of the ongoing worldwide war against terrorists, this Veterans Day is different from previous years. The events since the attack on our nation -- and on world order itself -- gave rise to a fresh appreciation for those in uniform. Since September, Americans young and old alike have instinctively turned to our military as the symbolic, yet also very real, source of national strength.
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Cover Story: Gettysburg
On June 3, 1863, a month after his dramatic victory at Chancellorsville, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee began marching his Army of Northern Virginia westward from its camps around Fredericksburg, Va.
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Cover Story: James Lee Burke
"Most of my dreams about Vietnam were nightmares that at one time made me fear sleep. I used to drink three beers before bed so I would sleep through to the morning. But now somebody was carrying me in the warm rain and I knew that I was once again in the loving care of the soldiers in my platoon. I had heard the klatch under my foot in the dark on the jungle trail; then, as though I were a spectator rather than a participant, I saw myself covered with cobalt light, my body crawl with electricity, my soul light the trees like an enormous candle." -- from The Neon Rain
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Cover Story: The Military Artwork of Richard Rezac
John Rezac has had a long and productive career as a professional photographic retoucher and illustrator. Working with state-of-the-art imaging computers, he digitally manipulates images for such clients as Vogue International, Coca Cola, and Anheuser Busch.
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Cover Story: Honoring African-American Korean War Veterans
The Defense Department honored African-American Korean War veterans here July 23 in a three-part commemoration starting at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
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Cover Story: Why Civilian Control of the Military?
Civilian control of the military is so ingrained in America that we hardly give it a second thought. Most Americans don’t realize how special this relationship is and how it has contributed to the country.
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Cover Story: Hiroshi H. Miyamura
War is a destructive, bleak picture that can make the skies of any canvas gray. For the picture to brighten it takes the heroism of a few ordinary men who look into the face of death, take on the challenges that break most men, and persevere.
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Cover Story: Bessie Coleman Blazed A Path For Women Aviators
Bessie Coleman would not be deterred. She spent her life following her dream and eventually died because of it, but she blazed a path that women aviators have followed ever since.
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