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Typical Charlys

Posted on May 11, 2026 by Caryn

Aunt Charlys Schulenberg was born Charlys Stull on May 11, 1942, in Glendive, Montana to Edward Stull and Vivian née Heath Stull. She was born the third of seven children. Her siblings were Jackie LeRoy, Carol, Layne, Kellys, Douglas, and … Continue reading →

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Angels In Fatigues

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Caryn

War heroes come in many forms, and Colonel Ruby Bradley was one of the great ones. Born on December 19, 1907 in the small town of Spencer, West Virginia the daughter of Fred O Bradley and Bertha Welch. Bradley was the fifth of six children, Continue reading →

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The Angels Of Bataan

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Caryn

When we think of Prisoners of War during the world wars, we usually think of the prisoners as being men, but there were women too…nurses. At that time, women couldn’t be in combat positions, and if they wanted to serve their country, Continue reading →

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Life As We Knew It

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Caryn

Finding ourselves in the middle of a global pandemic has placed many Americans, and in fact, most Americans, as well as the people of other countries, in a world suddenly changed. Will it be forever changed? Continue reading →

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Personally Involved

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Caryn

You hear it a lot, especially on television shows. Doctors, nurses, police, firefighters, and paramedics are all told not to get personally involved. Those who instruct them not to get personally involved with their ill patients are, Continue reading →

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The Humane Ladies

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Caryn

When we think of our nation’s early wars, and really, up until the Persian Gulf War, soldiers were officially men only. Prior to the Persian Gulf War, any women who were in combat were disguised as men, or they were … Continue reading →

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Measuring Up

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Caryn

The metric system…in many ways, a source of contention between the American government, or whoever it is who keeps trying to push it on the American public, and the American public in general. Sure, it’s mixed in with our way … Continue reading →

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Of Great Value

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Caryn

As my father-in-law’s life was winding down, we spent a lot of time together. It wasn’t always the perfect moments of his life that we shared, because he was in the hospital off and on during that time. He hated … Continue reading →

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