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Driving Around Europe Without A Map, Part 20 … SERENDIPITY AT THE END OF A GOAT PATH

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Joe Illing

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Sometimes things just make you feel happy and warm all over. It’s a miracle really, for happiness is one of the last things that’d come to mind if you viewed our situation on this planet realistically … after all, you could say we’re just a bunch of insignificant … Continue reading →

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How I Won The Cold War … PROLOGUE

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Joe Illing

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Three seminal events led me to enlist in the US Army at the height of the Cold War in 1964. None of them had anything to do with patriotism. I really didn’t see what I could do to affect the stalemate that existed at … Continue reading →

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