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 DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY general macarthur's speech to the west point academy class of ’62 submitted by jack hope, wwii veteran who still carries a copy in his pocket, and reports that the general delivered his speech without notes IN AUDIO AND PDF “Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.” --General Douglas MacArthur, 12 MAY 1962 2010 FACE OF AMERICA RIDE GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA “MANILLA JOHN” BASILONE by robert o’dowd for salem-news.com TOM FLEMING, WRITER & HISTORIAN interview by derek alger for pif magazine “The author of more than 40 books of fiction and nonfiction, Fleming has received wide acclaim for his revisionist book, 1776: Year of Illusions, and The New York Times declared his history of West Point the best book ever written about the U.S. Military Academy.” --Derek Alger MILITARY VETERANS FIND THE PEN IS MIGHTY by rachel handel for south source MOTHER’S DAY ARMED FORCES DAY 15 MAY 2010  armed forces day was established in 1949 to celebrate the services being brought together under the department of defense. this day has been established as the day our nation’s citizens thank our military members for their service. there are as many ways to give thanks as there are individuals. offer a hand, offer your friendship, offer a job if you can. five years ago this may, pirate decided to offer thanks to military members for their service by creating a writing workshop for them, one that would be free and fun. this month, on 14 may, mcws/west at the west la va campus will meet for the first time. in june, the eleventh mcws/east will begin in beaufort, sc, and will be led by milspeak writers david ellard, vivian bikulege, and rich brown. we now have a literary magazine - you’re reading it ; a press - milspeak books; and we’re well on the way to establishing milspeak foundation as a vibrant, alive, self-supporting nonprofit organization. it is this gunnery sergeant’s opinion that master gunnery sergeant siedentopf has had god’s ear in the best possible way. we are blessed. the craziest thing about it all? we still have no funding! five years strong and we’ve done it on a dime. don’t that beat all? if you’d like to say ‘thank you’ for the writing, the reading or the entertainment, stop by the milspeak books storefront and purchase a book. your purchase helps fund milspeak foundation operations. milspeak creative writing seminars east presents MCWS/E XI 2010 WAR, LITERATURE & THE ARTS CONFERENCE US AIR FORCE ACADEMY COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO SEPTEMBER 16-18, 2010 SCARS ON MY HEART HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR PRESENTATION! RUN FOR THE WALL XXII 19-30 May 2010 vietnam veterans gear up for motorcycle pilgrimage - riding for those who can’t, these veterans ride from all over the country to the wall features MILQUEST accepting the challenge vietnam veteran and author danny johnson MEMORIAL DAY 2005 the Pacific View Cemetery, New Port Beach, Ca speech by VVA 785 Director, Justice Eileen Moore US Army Combat Nurse, Vietnam Veteran CALL ME CORPSMAN, CALL ME ‘DOC’ reflection by keith pounds   I’LL NEVER FORGET YOU poetry by james “dinky dau doc” finch ALL THINGS SIED memorial day marks a full year since memo co-founder f.p. siedentopf began guarding st. peter’s gate. we’ve lost so many more this year to war, to age, to accident, but we keep marching on, in step with time, one step at a time, one day at a time FAT MONKEY SINGS?  NO WAY! it’s no where close to over! we’re just getting started. My apologies to the writers who didn’t make this edition. you’re in the queue for next month’s moveable feast. NEW RELEASES FROM MILSPEAK BOOKS!  Deployed units, deployed military members, wounded warriors and military family members can request free book coupons for any or all titles on the MilSpeak Books list. Simply send an email to postmaster@milspeak.org and request the coupon. Books are given away through MilSpeak Foundation’s Sied Books program. call for submissions MAIN STREET RAG IS READING FICTION Main Street Rag is currently looking to select as many as a dozen novellas to be published next year as well as stories for short fiction anthologies. The themes we are reading for are: Altered States, Villains and a collection of Sports stories. Because we are only reading for a limited time (summer), novellas may be submitted via email to our primary address: editor@mainstreetrag.com . Short stories for Altered States and Villains may also be submitted by email. 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