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My origin story
How I became an oral historian
Mar 9
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Aaron Elson
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The Bonnie and Clyde Connection
Legendary lawman was a friend of tanker's family
Mar 6
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Aaron Elson
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February 2025
The Turning Plow
Lieutenant Jim Flowers and the Battle of Hill 122
Feb 27
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Aaron Elson
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A Marine on Iwo
The battle raged from Feb. 19-March 26 eighty years ago
Feb 16
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Aaron Elson
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25 Curry Crescent: Another love story
An excerpt from my forthcoming book, "Tales of Love, Food, Booze, Jumping Out of Airplanes and Winning World War 2"
Feb 13
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Aaron Elson
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25 Curry Crescent: Another love story
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Wigwam Street: A Love Story
A whirlwind romance between D-Day and Operation Market Garden
Feb 9
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Aaron Elson
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RIP Morton Katz
509th Parachute Infantry Regiment veteran was 105
Feb 5
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Aaron Elson
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RIP Morton Katz
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'Mail call'
"The sergeant said, 'I don't know what to do with this.'"
Feb 4
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Aaron Elson
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January 2025
More on spark plugs
712th Tank Battalion had "the best so and so maintenance in the whole such and such army"
Jan 27
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Aaron Elson
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Drinking in the sights
A lieutenant's five days in the City of Light
Jan 22
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Aaron Elson
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A Coal Miner's Daughter
Master sergeant's widow saved up all year to attend reunions
Jan 20
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Aaron Elson
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The spark plug thief
How a sergeant kept a tank battalion rolling
Jan 18
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Aaron Elson
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