by Mari K Eder | Jan 7, 2025 | Newsletters
Last June, America and her allies commemorated the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. Now, in January, with the anniversary of the Battle of The Bulge behind us, we are following the trail of the greatest generation, the stories of those soldiers, sailors, and Marines as they... 
by Mari K Eder | Dec 3, 2024 | Newsletters
Once I started reading about the exploits of men and women in World War II, I found it difficult, if not impossible, to stop. I read a number of autobiographies and memoirs of the women I’ve written about: Alice Marble’s early memoir, The Road to Wimbledon, Undercover... by Mari K Eder | Nov 7, 2024 | Newsletters
In Sisterhood of Spies, her 1998 memoir about the women who served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII, Betty McIntosh highlighted several events in her recent recollections of her time with the new intelligence agency. She commented,... 
by Mari K Eder | Oct 1, 2024 | Newsletters
It is long past time for me to visit Arlington National Cemetery again. I have many friends there and haven’t been back there in way too long. We have much to talk about. I want to see friends from my days at the Pentagon, a Navy friend from CHINFO, my former leader... 
by Mari K Eder | Sep 3, 2024 | Newsletters
Watching so much of the Olympics in August was a wonderful way to celebrate the ways in which people find and groom their specialized and particular skills to the very height of competitive excellence. Seeing how hard world-class athletes work to maintain their... 
by Mari K Eder | Aug 6, 2024 | Newsletters
I’ve been rereading some of the information on the incredible Mary Barraco and I continue to learn more about her remarkable penchant for giving back in her later years. While she fought with the resistance in Belgium during World War II, was imprisoned and tortured,... 
by Mari K Eder | Jul 2, 2024 | Newsletters
Schools tend to teach history in Blocks—the Great Depression, the Revolutionary War era, The Gilded Age, and more. These artificial boundaries distract us from one of the greatest lessons we can possibly learn from history—the trends, tides of change, and how evolving...
