The Brown Shoes Project
Dedicated to the forgotten guys from the forgotten war — who changed history
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The Flying Midshipmen - a note
James Lemuel Holloway III: (Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-1978)
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New Stuff’
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Ode to a Catapult
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Welcome Essex
Don't Buy for Me: Car Too Teeny
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To All Who Seek a Refuge
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Waldo L. Born
letter to Lou Ives
June 11, 1996
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letter to Lou Ives