by Mari K Eder | Feb 4, 2025 | Newsletters
On Veterans Day 2023, a new exhibit opened at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. “Our War Too: Women in Service” was a remarkable tribute to the over 350,000 women who served in uniform during World War II. This major exhibit recognizes the contributions... 
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 | Dec 1, 2021 | Newsletters
Last week I checked in with my former boss, just to see how he and his wife were doing. It’s unavoidable; we soon were talking politics and the state of the nation. “I don’t know where my America has gone,” he said sadly. “I just don’t understand how we got... 
by Mari K Eder | Jul 1, 2021 | Newsletters
“Coming in on a wing and a prayer…” A phrase inspired by World War II B-17 pilot Hugh Ashcraft. When returning to England from a bombing run over Germany, Ashcraft told his crew, “Those who want to, please pray.” Newspapers called them the crew that “prayed” their... 
by Mari K Eder | Jun 1, 2021 | Newsletters
Each year on June 6th, we commemorate the landings of American and allied troops at Normandy, the massive invasion that heralded the beginning of the end of WWII. It wasn’t just on that day that beached flooded with soldiers. They continued to pour in for weeks to...