The author was a high school football player when a junior coach from West Point tried to recruit him. Years later the player discovered who the now-famous coach was, and learned a valuable lesson.
Life at a not quite embassy
A Spirit Forged In Fire
Free Passes to a Movie Milestone
Little-known information about the dirigible's final moments
Our platoon was probably the only Allied soldiers to witness the final degradation of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
TWO CHEERLEADERS AND A CORPSE
I was a writer on the staff of the Hunter College newspaper when Eleanor Roosevelt, completely alone, would stop by looking for someone to talk to.
Gen. MacArthur designated the author as engineer of the Marine invasion at Wonsan, and told him to accompany the first wave. This would sharpen his mind, MacArthur said, "like an imminent hanging."
“This is the White House calling,” the voice on the phone told the language teacher