HMS Victory, Portsmouth, UK
Don visited Portsmouth Naval Base and went aboard HMS Victory, the oldest commissioned warship in the world. Victory was Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson's flagship, in fact, he was fatally wounded on her deck during the Battle of Trafalgar, roughly ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Michael Hodgins
Michael C. Hodgins enlisted in the United States Marines on July 7, 1964, shortly after his eighteenth birthday. He was commissioned through the Enlisted Commissioning Program in February 1969 and, upon completion of The Basic School, assigned to ... [... more]
Random House |
Bob Sheets
grew up on a small farm near Fairmount, Indiana, and attended Ball State Teachers College (now University). Upon graduation in 1961, he was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force and was sent to the University of Oklahoma to study meteorology. ... [... more]
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Robert Watson
Robert A. Watson has served as a commissioned officer in The Salvation Army for forty-four years, four of them as National Commander, the highest-ranking officer in the United States. In his role as national commander, Commissioner Watson oversaw ... [... more]
Random House |
Larry Gwin
Larry Gwin was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant out of Yale University in 1963. After two years with the 82d Airborne Division, he served as an advisor to a South Vietnamese Army battalion in the Mekong Delta before joining the 1st Cavalry ... [... more]
Random House |
Shelby L. Stanton
Shelby L. Stanton is a noted military historian. During the conflict in Vietnam, he was commissioned as an infantry officer of the U.S. Army and completed the Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces Officer courses. His six years on active military ... [... more]
Random House |
Stanley Tucci
Along the Way is a tour through New York's underground museum of contemporary art, works commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit for the subway system and commuter rail lines. Vivid murals by Roy Lichtenstein and Romare Bearden convey the energy of ... [... more]
Random House |
Joy Adamson
Joy Adamson was born in Austria in 1910 and educated in Vienna. At twenty-six, she went to Kenya to visit friends and remained there until her death in 1980. A well-known painter and photographer, she was commissioned by the government of Kenya ... [... more]
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General Tommy R. Franks
General Tommy Franks retired from the Army on August 1, 2003. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1967 as a distinguished graduate of the Artillery Officer Candidate School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, he was assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Making a Mint
We visited master craftsman Bob Crosbie at the Mint Museum in Sydney. The Mint Museum was constructed between 1811 and 1917 and was originally commissioned by Governor Macquarie for use as a hospital. In 1853 the building became the site of the ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
Happy House
After years of living in an ordinary suburban house, Gianna and Massimo Alessio wanted their dream home to stand out from the crowd. After years of living in an ordinary, suburban house Gianna and Massimo Alessio commissioned architect Ivan ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
Walking on Eggshells
Jane Isay has been an editor for over forty years. She discovered Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia, commissioned Patricia O'Connor's bestselling Woe Is I and Rachel Simmons's Odd Girl Out, and edited such nonfiction classics as Praying for ... [... more]
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