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NEW for 11/15: On WWII, commission salaries, baseball

NEW for 11/15: On WWII, commission salaries, baseball

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: WWII African campaign opens the way to Sicily and beyond
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett legislators: address the county commission’s salaries
ANOTHER VIEW: Pulling a fast one on your high school baseball coach
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College 
FEEDBACK: Outside ownership of homes can hurt a community
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville to name Mullin as new police chief
NOTABLE: Bucking a trend, Georgia Gwinnett College fall enrollment is up
RECOMMENDED: The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah River is dividing line between Georgia and South Carolina
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual story goes with this Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Chef and Author Jonathon Scott Barrett will speak Nov. 17 

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by · November 15, 2022 · Full issues
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FOCUS: WWII African campaign opens the way to Sicily and beyond

By Jim Cofer  |  After Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed American forces would join the Allies in defeating Germany and Italy in Europe. American generals were anxious to join the fray and invade the continent.  

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by · November 15, 2022 · Today's Focus
NEW for 2/1: Surviving COVID; Pyle’s dispatches; Resolutions

NEW for 2/1: Surviving COVID; Pyle’s dispatches; Resolutions

Click here to read the latest full edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Lilburn Distillery survived Covid by making hand sanitizer
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Ernie Pyle’s dispatches from the war had hidden messages
ANOTHER VIEW: Did you flunk keeping resolutions? You are not alone
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Glad to see Senate trying to delay Democratic actions
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville takes action following police investigation
RECOMMENDED: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Tallulah Falls once considered the “Niagara of the South”
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out this gorgeous fall scene near lake 
LAGNIAPPE: Braselton’s Mulberry Park pecan tree will have to come down
CALENDAR: Norcross Cemetery Tour set for Sunday, February 6

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by · February 1, 2022 · Full issues
Pyle in 1945, via Wikipedia.

BRACK: Ernie Pyle’s dispatches from the war had hidden messages

By Elliott Brack  |  During World War II, one of our nation’s most respected journalists was Ernie Pyle, a Washington editor who became a war correspondent. His reporting from London, Africa, Italy and France was syndicated in newspapers all across the country. 

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by · February 1, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
U.S. Air Force Museum display of a B-25B Mitchell in preparation for the Doolittle Raid.  Source: Wikipedia.

NEW for 5/15: Doolittle’s Raid; A VP pick for Biden; More

Click here to read the latest issue. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Doolittle’s World War II Raid on Japan Boosts the American Morale
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s How Joe Biden Can Ensure Being the Next President
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College 
FEEDBACK: Enjoying and Respecting GwinnettForum More and More
UPCOMING: County, Schools To Combine to Feed School Children during Summer
NOTABLE: These Students Learn about Worms and Bugs in Their Backyards
RECOMMENDED: The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Macon’s Little Richard Was “Architect of Rock and Roll”
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual Structure Might Trick You in This Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Drive-Through Farmers Market Saturday in Snellville.

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by · May 15, 2020 · Full issues
Wiley in a recent photo.

BRACK: Herman Wiley, 97, another quiet vet of naval action in WWII

By Elliott Brack | Talking to veterans of World War II is so enjoyable.  Most are laid-back. Few brag. Recently we spent time with Herman Wiley, age 97, who lives on James Burgess Road, just across the Chattahoochee River in Forsyth County.

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by · February 18, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
MYSTERY: These bowl-like objects may give you clues

MYSTERY: These bowl-like objects may give you clues

Perhaps GwinnettForum readers will be able to explain the bowl shaped objects at this development, as they recognize where it is. Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · October 25, 2016 · Mystery photos
BRACK: Shirer’s Berlin Diary is gripping account of World War II build-up

BRACK: Shirer’s Berlin Diary is gripping account of World War II build-up

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Back in the winter of 1962, just after the publication of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Iowa native William L. Shirer was scheduled to speak at the University of Iowa. His book chronicled the Nazi era by someone actually living in Europe, and watching and chronicling this bit of history.

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by · July 17, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
The American Cemeterey at Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, by Tom Merkel

FOCUS: Visit of World War II sites make you say, “Lest they forget”

By Randall Pugh | Last Saturday, June 6, marked the 71st anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe during World War II. On that day 160,000 allied troops landed along a 50 mile stretch of the Normandy coast in northern France. Less than a year later Adolph Hitler was dead and the war in Europe was finally over.

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by · June 12, 2015 · Today's Focus
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