Mitchell's Ramblings

When I was teaching onboard the USS Inchon, I met a Petty Officer Limbaugh, who told me he was Rush Limbaugh's nephew. PSYCH! I probably...

Does anybody remember Marc Christian? He was at one time, Rock Hudson's boyfriend/POSSLQ/Significant Other (take your pick.) After Rock ...

In April, 1945, less than a month before the end of the war in Europe the German submarine U-234 set sail for Japan, carrying two Japanese n...

Occasionally, I come across a bit of history that makes my jaw drop. I've read enough WWII history that I'd heard the name Miles Bro...

Ralph Bunche was an American diplomat and a distinguished professor at Howard University. He also happened to be a very light-skinned black ...

Recently, I read an article on General George S. Patton that made my jaw drop. It speculated that Patton might have had Asperger's syndr...

For the benefit of Friends on both sides of the Atlantic, I'm offering one of David Letterman's Top Ten Lists: Ten stupid things Ame...