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A way to help Ukrainian civilians under Russian fire
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Dec 20, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — As Christmas approaches, readers have asked me how they can donate to charities that are helping Ukrainians. At a time when Russi...
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America’s Army: ‘Equitable’ but not combat-ready
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
THOMAS SPOEHR Tribune News Service 
May 19, 2022
Americans are used to picturing Army combat soldiers as incredibly tough individuals, able to run faster and do more pushups than most people. In toda...
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Tech allows Ukraine to identify war criminals
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
May 08, 2022
Much of the world reacted in horror at Russian atrocities in the town of Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, one month ago. After the Russian army retreated, Ukr...
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Letter: Let freedom ring
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Jan 15, 2022
I’m giving a commemorative salute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all who were, and are, soldiers on the battlefields fighting for African Americans...
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Yes, remember the Alamo
Local Columnists, Nation World
RICH LOWRY 
Jul 21, 2021
No one is trying to topple the Alamo quite yet, but a new revisionist book on the foundational event of Texas history partakes of the iconoclastic spi...
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Memorial Day — and the day after
Local Columnists, Nation World
JAMES JAY CARAFANO Tribune News Service 
May 29, 2021
The more we make Memorial Day about remembering our fallen warriors, the better off we are as Americans. And the day after Memorial Day, there are man...
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Remembering Desert Storm, the end of the ground war
Local News, News
ARTHUR G. AUSTN JR. Special to Olean Times Herald 
Mar 13, 2021
Editor’s note: Thirty years ago, Arthur G. Austin Jr., of Cuba, was a U.S. Army Military Police captain at the time of the Gulf War, assigned to the 2...
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Vote was for America above all
Leters to the Editor
Nov 10, 2020
Before the election, there was a letter to the editor from a military veteran who supported President Trump. That veteran is proud of his service — an...
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All lives matter: A veteran’s perspective
Commentary, Local Columnists
ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. Special to Olean Times Herald 
Jun 23, 2020
The U.S. Army has a program called Soldier for Life. I am an American Soldier for life — enlisted for four years, an officer for more than 33 years, n...
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