by Minter Dial | Nov 10, 2007 | WWII
Today is November 11, Remembrance Day for the Commonwealth countries, in memory of the end of World War I. It is, in general, a highly celebrated day by any standards as it is recognized as a Holiday a number of different ways in many countries across the world...
by Minter Dial | Aug 29, 2007 | WWII
This is a photo of the Hellship Memorial that has just been inaugurated in Olongapo Bay, Philippines, in honor of the many thousands of victims of the infamous Hellships. My grandfather, Lt N Minter Dial, after whom I was named, died on one such ship, the unmarked...
by Minter Dial | Aug 23, 2007 | WWII
Came across this braniac posting that a book written in 1943, “Instructions for American Servicemen in Iraq during World War II,” has been re-issued. Among the great pieces of advice: don’t refuse a second cup of coffee, or the third. But it is...
by Minter Dial | Aug 5, 2007 | Politics, WWII
I had never been fully exposed to the downside of psychiatry until I visited this week the exposition “Pyschiatrie: la vérité sur ses abus” in Paris at the Hotel Castiglione, 40 rue deFaubourg St Honoré. Sponsored by Citizens’ Commission on Human...
by Minter Dial | Aug 2, 2007 | Politics, WWII
There is surely a lot that can be said about American history books, so right off the cuff, I want to suggest that ‘our’ kitchen may not be clean. However, when you combine Putin’s call for greater patriotism and national pride, the recent...
by Minter Dial | Jul 24, 2007 | Entertainment, WWII
Hats off (if not off with the cuffs). This is, if it is to be believed (and it’s amateur enough to be believable), a great demonstration of how to work a crowd of rowdy male inmates [at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) in the...
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