Category: D. Allan Kerr
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Why The Dakota Pipeline Matters
By D. Allan Kerr I see Native American protests raging against the Dakota Access Pipeline 2,000 miles away and I can’t help it – the first thought that flashes thru my mind is, why can’t these people be left in…
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Don’t Give Up On America Yet
By D. Allan Kerr For those not happy with the way Tuesday’s night’s election turned out, take heart – our Founding Fathers created a system of government so ingenious it cannot be destroyed by a single individual. America has withstood…
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Kittery’s Magnificent Seven
By D. Allan Kerr Malcolm Foss helped defeat the Japanese from within the side of a Hawaiian volcano. Allen Brackett carried an automatic rifle in France and Germany. Teenaged sailor Bill Seaward helped sink enemy ships in the Pacific aboard…
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The Speech Hillary Needs To Give
By D. Allan Kerr As surprising as this may sound to some, Hillary Clinton is quite simply too nice. If we lived in a world where things happen the way they should, I would get a phone call from Hillary…
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Is Donald Trump The Real Rapist?
By D. Allan Kerr Former President Bill Clinton has never been convicted of rape or sexual assault, but Donald J. Trump wants everyone to know Clinton has been ACCUSED of these acts. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has not been charged…
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Kudos For Kelly
By D. Allan Kerr I have to admit I was frustrated with U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte this campaign season. For months the New Hampshire Republican attempted this awkward little balancing act of wanting to remain loyal to her party while…
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Best And Brightest Lost In Submarine Disaster
By D. Allan Kerr “The future of our country will always be sure when there are men such as these to give their lives to preserve it.” Those were the words President John F. Kennedy offered a grieving nation after…
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Original Thresher Was World War II Hero
By D. Allan Kerr While the doomed USS Thresher (SSN 593) left a tragic legacy that will resonate for generations of submariners to come, she was not the first vessel to carry the name. The original Thresher (SS 200) was…
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Family Rediscovers USS Thresher Commander’s Letters
By D. Allan Kerr In February 1963, just two months before the fatal cruise that would claim his life and 128 shipmates, USS Thresher skipper John Wesley Harvey wrote a letter to third-grader Beth Barfoot. Harvey, a 35-year-old Navy lieutenant…
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Baseball Field Named After Hometown Hero Lost Aboard Sub
By D. Allan Kerr Of the generations who have played baseball at Exeter’s Currier Field, it’s unlikely more than a few youngsters ever gave thought to the man for whom the field was named. According to the family of Paul…
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