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Inside The Search For Missing Marines

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 05.25.2012

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Award-winning filmmaker Steven C. Barber ("Return To Tarawa") has a new documentary making its debut this Memorial Day. "Until They Are Home" focuses ...

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Japan's Grief Is the World's Grief. It Wasn't Always Like This.

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Alderman

The reason Unbroken sits atop various best seller lists is, like all well-told stories, it pits a compelling and tenacious hero against an unrelenting and sadistic villain.

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March 24: Harry Houdini's Birthday

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

The City Diner Escape: Harry locked himself in the bathroom at City Diner and then got out. This may not seem like a lot, but the lock there is really confusing.

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In 'Quiet Hero' Rita Cosby Uncovers Her Father's WWII Secrets

Rita Cosby | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rita Cosby

I knew little of my father's youth when I was growing up: just that he had left Poland after World War II, and that his many scars, visible and not, bore mute witness to some past tragedy.

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With All Due Respect

Paul Slansky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Slansky

Lost in the coverage of President Obama's too-gentle smackdown of John McCain at the health care reform summit was something sublime that passed from McCain's lips.

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PBS' 'This Emotional Life': Resilience In The Worst Of Circumstances

Posted 11.17.2011

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Bob Shumaker, a Vietnam veteran and former POW, talks about perseverance and resilience in almost three years of solitary confinement in a North Vietnamese prison.

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Monopoly's Hidden Maps Help World War II Prisoner's Of War Escape

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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During World War II, as the number of British airmen held hostage behind enemy lines escalated, the country's secret service enlisted an unlikely part...

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Lets Show US Troops in Iraq That Americans Have Changed

Rob Tacy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Tacy

Let's show our brave men and women, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters who fought in Iraq that the sacrifices they have made for our continued safety have been appreciated.

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When Soldiers Return From War

Norman Bussel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Norman Bussel

Survivor guilt is a problem for many combat veterans returning from Iraq. It is rare for someone deployed there to complete a combat tour without losing a friend.

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Get Your War On: The Cross (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's just say Senator POW's "cross" story just got funnier... ...

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Peggy's Confusion: Some "Political Bullsh*t" About John McCain

Eugene Jarecki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eugene Jarecki

When it serves him politically to condemn Halliburton's abuses, he takes that view. When he's running for president and seeking to establish his bonafides with the Republican base, a different John McCain emerges.

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McCain Nabbed POW Footage For Commercials, Creating A Possible Legal Row

Daily Telegraph | Tom Leonard | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republicans have used shots and excerpts from the 1967 interview in their advertising but the widow of the journalist who made the film says it wa...

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Conduct Unbecoming: John McCain's Dishonorable Endgame

Gary Cohan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gary Cohan

He has now earned the ignominious fate of a public "court martial" in polling places all across America on November 4th.

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Presidential Debates Preview: McCain "Scrappy," Expect Many POW References

NY Times | KATHARINE Q. SEELYE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, heads into the first debate on Friday with a track record as a scrappy combatant and the ins...

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McCain's Use of POW Card Makes Medical Records Fair Game

Brandon Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brandon Friedman

If the extent of his war injuries prevents McCain from learning "how to get online," that's fine -- though he should have the decency to divulge to America what his actual limitations are.

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Seth Colter Walls

Obama Camp Steps Up Attack On McCain's Honor

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

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***UPDATED BELOW*** For some Democratic observers, it's been one of the most intensely debated questions of the general election campaign. Can you ca...

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MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Weinstein

Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...

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The "P" in "POW" Does Not Stand for "President"

ZP Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

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ZP Heller

For all the talk of candidates needing "experience" in this election, the only real experience the GOP is concerned with is McCain's POW past.

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Former POW Says McCain Is "Not Cut Out to be President"

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Greenwald

Phillip Butler, a veteran who was a prisoner with McCain in Vietnam, is explaining loud and clear that being a POW does not qualify McCain to lead our country.

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P.O.W., It's the New Teflon

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

McCain has been tweaking his P.O.W. story, with some variation, for many years. For Democrats, critiquing its overuse is too little, too late.

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WATCH: McCain & My Mom

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lee Stranahan

Some people say this is unfair... cross posted at Stranahan.com...

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I've Written a Book I'd Like You to Read ...a note from Michael Moore

Michael Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Moore

Friends, This morning my new book officially goes on sale. It has a fancy title: "Mike's Election Guide." It's cheap ($11.19 on Amazon). It's got a c...

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Homes in the Range

August J. Pollak | Posted 05.25.2011

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August J. Pollak

Amazingly, John McCain's explanation for his wealth has some flaws in logic. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Website,"...

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Friday Talking Points [44] -- McCain House Party!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

John McCain said something ridiculous to a reporter yesterday. I hasten to point out that the previous sentence should have been a major media headlin...

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A Noun, A Verb and POW

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cenk Uygur

People are beginning to see through the false modesty and see how he uses the Hanoi Hilton as an excuse whenever he gets into trouble. If you don't have an answer for something, just pull it out.

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