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Memorial Day weekend is a complex holiday for me. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate barbecues.  I also enjoy thinking about my friends and the times we had, even if some of those memories are tinged with sorrow.To be...

The Girl Who Fell From the Sky series: Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 The rain had been falling most of the afternoon by the time the aircraft lifted off from the small airport in Lima. Thick clouds...

Operation Unified Assistance series: Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 Perera and I – author photo The first of the Sri Lankan police and army officers reached us not long after we stepped off the beach. They came...

Tragedy at Newhall series: Part 1 · Part 2 Part 2 of the 2-part Tragedy at Newhall series — start from Part 1. The gunfight that unfolded in the dark along Interstate 5 on April 5, 1970 did not begin...

North Hollywood Shootout series: Part 1 · Part 2 Part 2 of the 2-part North Hollywood Shootout series — start from Part 1. Officer John Caprarelli had been sitting just south of Victory Boulevard, radar gun balanced on his knee,...