Note to readership:  Computer(s) went down yesterday.  We are up and running 24 hours later but it is late in the afternoon  (2:25 pm pt).  I will be publishing later this evening.  I expect to be back on schedule,  later tonight.  Understand that I have a good 10 -12 hours of research on the books,  before I can begin posting.  

This blog is "small potatoes,"  BUT !! it  ranks 320,000 in the nation out of some 60 million blogs which puts me well into the top 1% .   

It's a full-time job,  my contribution to this once great nation.  My brother,  21 years older than I,  landed on the coast of France on D-Day, 1944 and lived to fight to the end.  He died in 1987 and was a mess throughout his adult days,  following the war.  PTST was an unknown factor.  He was in the First Army,  Corps of Engineers,  and worked as a carpenter until he died at age 63.  This blog is dedicated to all that he fought for   . . . . . . .   and and dedicated with a vengeance.