Son of Sandor
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Our Dad Alexander, Sandor in Hungarian. A first generation American. #WWII and 20 year veteran of the USAAC, USSAF, USAF Chief Master Sergeant. Our Mom Joyce his Australian war bride. Posts about #History, #Science, #Weather and Global Relations.
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Son of Sandor
@sonofsandor.bsky.social
· May 29
May 29, 1945 #WWII "Bride" Ship Will Take 400 To America. A number will take young children.
Mom gets news that a ship is arriving to reunited her with Dad who returned to the US in June 1944. They were married in Sydney Oct 27, 1942. She has since given birth to a daughter Dad has never met.
Mom gets news that a ship is arriving to reunited her with Dad who returned to the US in June 1944. They were married in Sydney Oct 27, 1942. She has since given birth to a daughter Dad has never met.
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There is a little story of the first attack I took part in last November after getting back to the outfit from the Hospital...We took Kirchberg and were the first U.S. troops to reach the Roer River - That was your birthday present. You didn't know you got a present did you?"
#WWII #29thDivision
#WWII #29thDivision
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There is a little story of the first attack I took part in last November after getting back to the outfit from the Hospital...We took Kirchberg and were the first U.S. troops to reach the Roer River - That was your birthday present. You didn't know you got a present did you?"
#WWII #29thDivision
#WWII #29thDivision
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My dad said that he had one basic premise for his script, "Requiem for a Heavyweight." And that was: "Everyone can and must search for their own personal dignity.
Photo: Mickey Rooney with Rod Serling
Photo: Mickey Rooney with Rod Serling
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My dad said that he had one basic premise for his script, "Requiem for a Heavyweight." And that was: "Everyone can and must search for their own personal dignity.
Photo: Mickey Rooney with Rod Serling
Photo: Mickey Rooney with Rod Serling
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
Over the summer, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced stricter enforcement of a 2013 rule of the Federal Highway Administration that said any art in crosswalks – apart from certain patterns in earth tones – degraded pedestrian safety.
Buddy Holly crosswalk in Texas hometown to be removed following order on roadway artwork
A crosswalk honoring Buddy Holly with a painted depiction of the rock and roll legend's iconic glasses will have to be removed from his hometown of Lubbock, Texas, city officials said.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
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CAL FIRE has relied on aircraft since the 1950s, and by the early ’70s we began building Helitack bases to put crews and helicopters where rapid initial attack mattered most.
One of the first steps: activating the Northern California Helitack Crew in 1969 near Middletown in Lake County.
#CALFIRE
One of the first steps: activating the Northern California Helitack Crew in 1969 near Middletown in Lake County.
#CALFIRE
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
CAL FIRE has relied on aircraft since the 1950s, and by the early ’70s we began building Helitack bases to put crews and helicopters where rapid initial attack mattered most.
One of the first steps: activating the Northern California Helitack Crew in 1969 near Middletown in Lake County.
#CALFIRE
One of the first steps: activating the Northern California Helitack Crew in 1969 near Middletown in Lake County.
#CALFIRE
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Astronomer here! Want to learn more about what caused the big northern lights display this week? Check out this free lecture on Earth’s magnetosphere from my class on the solar system! 🔭🧪🎢
youtu.be/zRfr1mPjml4
youtu.be/zRfr1mPjml4
Solar System Lecture- The Earth's Magnetosphere
YouTube video by Astronomer here!
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November 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Astronomer here! Want to learn more about what caused the big northern lights display this week? Check out this free lecture on Earth’s magnetosphere from my class on the solar system! 🔭🧪🎢
youtu.be/zRfr1mPjml4
youtu.be/zRfr1mPjml4
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Interesting editorial in one of today’s Russian papers. It states that in a political system like Russia's “politicians who find themselves in power get used to having more and more powers [and] have no external incentive to change.” #ReadingRussia
Do Russians want a leader with a 'strong hand'? Interesting editorial in a Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Interesting editorial in one of today’s Russian papers. It states that in a political system like Russia's “politicians who find themselves in power get used to having more and more powers [and] have no external incentive to change.” #ReadingRussia
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Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, the Air Force officer whose return from captivity during the Vietnam War was captured in an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph in 1973, has reportedly died at the age of 92.
Read more here: bit.ly/4peSiBk
Read more here: bit.ly/4peSiBk
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, the Air Force officer whose return from captivity during the Vietnam War was captured in an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph in 1973, has reportedly died at the age of 92.
Read more here: bit.ly/4peSiBk
Read more here: bit.ly/4peSiBk
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From today’s Russian papers: “Nearly 7,000 transport companies in Russia on the verge of bankruptcy”, “A record one in four companies have overdue loans”, “decline in civilian sectors of industry.” #ReadingRussia
"Nearly 7,000 transport companies in Russia on verge of bankruptcy” - Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
From today’s Russian papers: “Nearly 7,000 transport companies in Russia on the verge of bankruptcy”, “A record one in four companies have overdue loans”, “decline in civilian sectors of industry.” #ReadingRussia
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My final act of remembrance for 2025 at Invicta School Blackheath, to commemorate the 12 Auxiliary Firemen and 3 civilians who died on 14 November 1940 when the school, then in use as Auxiliary Sub-Station 54X received a direct hit from a parachute mine.
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
My final act of remembrance for 2025 at Invicta School Blackheath, to commemorate the 12 Auxiliary Firemen and 3 civilians who died on 14 November 1940 when the school, then in use as Auxiliary Sub-Station 54X received a direct hit from a parachute mine.
#WWII Having known that Molotov was visiting Berlin, the British RAF launched bombers to attack Berlin as a show of force to convince Molotov that Britain was still in the fight. Ribbentrop and Molotov continued the meeting in a underground bunker amidst the bombing where Ribbentrop failed to entice
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
#WWII Having known that Molotov was visiting Berlin, the British RAF launched bombers to attack Berlin as a show of force to convince Molotov that Britain was still in the fight. Ribbentrop and Molotov continued the meeting in a underground bunker amidst the bombing where Ribbentrop failed to entice
#WWII The war on jazz in Nazi Germany was never just about music. It was about control, of thought, of identity, of expression. It was a warning then, and it is a warning now.
stljewishlight.org/arts-enterta...
stljewishlight.org/arts-enterta...
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#WWII The war on jazz in Nazi Germany was never just about music. It was about control, of thought, of identity, of expression. It was a warning then, and it is a warning now.
stljewishlight.org/arts-enterta...
stljewishlight.org/arts-enterta...
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A photograph of Japanese American soldiers in France. Original WRA caption: "A Japanese-American unit moves out of its old command post. The unit--Company F, 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regiment (Combat Team)--is holding a section of the front lines. St. Die area, France. 11/13/44."
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A photograph of Japanese American soldiers in France. Original WRA caption: "A Japanese-American unit moves out of its old command post. The unit--Company F, 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regiment (Combat Team)--is holding a section of the front lines. St. Die area, France. 11/13/44."
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
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80 years ago #OTD:
(New Stationery!)
"I cut out a comic strip from the Stars and Stripes which sort of struck me as funny - but true to life. I'm including it. What do you think? Some smart guy here said 'Well - he might wake up and want a drink of water.'"
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #StarsAndStripes
(New Stationery!)
"I cut out a comic strip from the Stars and Stripes which sort of struck me as funny - but true to life. I'm including it. What do you think? Some smart guy here said 'Well - he might wake up and want a drink of water.'"
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #StarsAndStripes
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
80 years ago #OTD:
(New Stationery!)
"I cut out a comic strip from the Stars and Stripes which sort of struck me as funny - but true to life. I'm including it. What do you think? Some smart guy here said 'Well - he might wake up and want a drink of water.'"
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #StarsAndStripes
(New Stationery!)
"I cut out a comic strip from the Stars and Stripes which sort of struck me as funny - but true to life. I'm including it. What do you think? Some smart guy here said 'Well - he might wake up and want a drink of water.'"
#LettersFromGrandpa #WWII #StarsAndStripes
Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, swam the Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands to mark the 80th anniversary of the rescue of her father’s PT-109 crew. John F Kennedy, elected president in Nov 1960, served as a naval officer in the Pacific during WWII.
www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...
www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...
Caroline Kennedy relives father’s swim to safety after PT-109 collision, 80 years on
www.stripes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, swam the Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands to mark the 80th anniversary of the rescue of her father’s PT-109 crew. John F Kennedy, elected president in Nov 1960, served as a naval officer in the Pacific during WWII.
www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...
www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...
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All of the times I’ve wondered what Putin had on Trump, and now we find out Jeffrey Epstein was talking to Putin’s ambassador about Trump.
Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
All of the times I’ve wondered what Putin had on Trump, and now we find out Jeffrey Epstein was talking to Putin’s ambassador about Trump.
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A humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence, believed to be one of the first in Russia, face-planted during its highly anticipated debut in Moscow on Tuesday after briefly staggering onstage. nyti.ms/49Ly3GI
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence, believed to be one of the first in Russia, face-planted during its highly anticipated debut in Moscow on Tuesday after briefly staggering onstage. nyti.ms/49Ly3GI
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Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises
The estate was a working plantation, and the mansion, called Arlington House, was built by enslaved African Americans. The Custis's only child, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, married her distant cousin, Robert E Lee. The Lees inherited the Custis estate in 1857. www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Hist...
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The estate was a working plantation, and the mansion, called Arlington House, was built by enslaved African Americans. The Custis's only child, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, married her distant cousin, Robert E Lee. The Lees inherited the Custis estate in 1857. www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Hist...
A glitzy hotel development project led by Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, is moving toward reality in the Serbian capital. But protesters are calling for a war-scarred building at the site to remain as a de facto memorial.
www.rferl.org/a/belgrade-m...
www.rferl.org/a/belgrade-m...
Trump Tower Belgrade: The NATO-Bombed Landmark At Center Of Development Dispute
A glitzy hotel development project led by Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, is moving toward reality in the Serbian capital. But protesters are calling for a war-scarred building ...
www.rferl.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A glitzy hotel development project led by Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, is moving toward reality in the Serbian capital. But protesters are calling for a war-scarred building at the site to remain as a de facto memorial.
www.rferl.org/a/belgrade-m...
www.rferl.org/a/belgrade-m...
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ICYMI: Hundreds of veterans joined several activist groups in Washington on Veterans Day to protest against Trump administration policies.
Hundreds of veterans protest Trump policies at Veterans Day rally in Washington
Veterans joined several activist groups to rally against the Trump administration on Veterans Day.
www.stripes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM
ICYMI: Hundreds of veterans joined several activist groups in Washington on Veterans Day to protest against Trump administration policies.
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In today’s Russian papers:
▪️ Russia’s budget deficit gets bigger
▪️ plans for a new “tax on gadgets”
▪️ a “cooling off period” for SIM cards
▪️t he dangers of rehabilitating Joseph Stalin
#ReadingRussia
▪️ Russia’s budget deficit gets bigger
▪️ plans for a new “tax on gadgets”
▪️ a “cooling off period” for SIM cards
▪️t he dangers of rehabilitating Joseph Stalin
#ReadingRussia
Russia: budget deficit grows and new "tax on gadgets"
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
In today’s Russian papers:
▪️ Russia’s budget deficit gets bigger
▪️ plans for a new “tax on gadgets”
▪️ a “cooling off period” for SIM cards
▪️t he dangers of rehabilitating Joseph Stalin
#ReadingRussia
▪️ Russia’s budget deficit gets bigger
▪️ plans for a new “tax on gadgets”
▪️ a “cooling off period” for SIM cards
▪️t he dangers of rehabilitating Joseph Stalin
#ReadingRussia
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On Veterans Day, I think of my first interaction with wounded Vietnam War veterans, who I visited as Miss World USA.
I think of how impactful it was.
It forever changed my view of war, of sacrifice, of honor, and of suffering.
I think of how impactful it was.
It forever changed my view of war, of sacrifice, of honor, and of suffering.
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
On Veterans Day, I think of my first interaction with wounded Vietnam War veterans, who I visited as Miss World USA.
I think of how impactful it was.
It forever changed my view of war, of sacrifice, of honor, and of suffering.
I think of how impactful it was.
It forever changed my view of war, of sacrifice, of honor, and of suffering.