Why Don't we just see what Happens, Joe?

Mrs. Stroock is home from the hospital. Things are a bit busy here. Hence the timing of this post. 

Yesterday was the girl's last day of school. Yes, we get out much later here in the northeast. This year being what it is, our plans are really up in the air. Right now we're looking at books and a few indoor, chemistry set type activities. 

Oh look, Pershing in Command is #8 in Great War books:

Thanks, Helen's Page.

We all know Joe is a loudmouthed braggart, a tough guy poseur in aviators. Boy, Joe really took his idiotic braggadocio to the next level, didn't he? Nukes and F-15s indeed.

This wouldn't be the first blog to point out that Capitol Hill was overrun by a gaggle of QAnon rejects. Look at the Capitol cop's paralyses. You'd have that nationwide in a Civil War.

We think it's cute when the military brags it could handle a domestic insurrection. How'd all those $50 million weapons platforms work out in Afghanistan?  Colonel Schlichter, who is always right, has some thoughts. And please, we write novels extolling the virtues of and glorifying the military, so don't go there.

One's tempted to say, fuck around and find out, Joe. Ok, there's our own bit of braggadocio, right? So let's get something straight. We're not joining any resistance. We have a family to think about. Besides, what does the 2nd Continental Light Infantry want with a 47 year old gout ridden author. That being said, 'Why yes officer, I did see some Continental forces moving through the area, yes sir. Said they were headed for Princeton, yes, sir. Oh yes, that's they way they headed.' 

AEF Article

Military Heritage Magazine got one of my old AEF articles up on the website.

As the fateful day drew to a close, the exhausted soldiers of the German 25th and 82nd Reserve Divisions huddled in their trenches. It was May 30, 1918, and for the past two days the Germans had battled elements of the American 1st Division for control of the small village of Cantigny and its environs. Before them the virgin ground had been churned, the town shot up, and its cemetery turned into a ghoulish battlefield of broken headstones and protruding coffins. While the Americans had given ground, they had not broken, and they had repulsed every assault the experienced Germans mounted. Over the course of the battle, the Americans had whittled the 82nd Reserve Division down to 2,500 effective personnel. The Battle of Cantigny, the first major assault of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, proved that Americans “would both fight and stick,” said Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, commander of the 1st Division.

Enjoy.

Those interested can purchase a copy of Pershing in Command via the link at right.