The comments in the Thanksgiving edition vilifying John McCain was an insult to every military serviceman who served our great country, especially those brave pilots, sailors and Marines who served during the Vietnam War aboard our carrier fleet. ...more

December 2, 2008

The election is finally over, thank God. However, Dale Gillis is still throwing rocks at John McCain and his running mate (Nov 27 letter). His comments about McCain watching the fire on the USS Forrestal on July, 1967, on TV and doing nothing are absolute nonsense. ...more

November 30, 2008

A St. Petersburg publishing company has released a book in time for Veterans Day that creates a fresh reminder of the insulation of most of America from the realities of war -- then and now. ...more

November 11, 2008

"You Are Not Forgotten," by Evelyn Grubb and Carol Jose (Vandamere Press, $27.95) ...more

November 9, 2008

Vote Perplexing I am truly bewildered and disappointed today with my fellow Americans. I don't understand how the majority of them could have voted for Barack Obama. ...more

November 6, 2008

In a Republican Party news conference call Friday to introduce a new John McCain campaign video, retired Col. Bud Day, a friend and occasional political spokesman for McCain, said the Iraq war is a repeat of Vietnam, and that Muslims "have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us." ...more

July 19, 2008

A Bad Comparison Regarding "Bush Remarks Rile Obama" (Nation/World, May 16): Is there anyone left in this country who believes that G.W. Bush has any credibility? If Bush wants to make an analogy, it should not be between Barack Obama and appeasement before World War II, but rather between what he has done to the United States of America and what was done to Germany by its leaders before and during the war. ...more

May 20, 2008

Navy Lt. Melvin Spence Dry dropped out of a helicopter into choppy waters off the coast of North Vietnam in June 1972. On a classified mission to rescue two escaped U.S. prisoners of war, he died the moment he hit the water. ...more

February 26, 2008

Cubans Deserve Support Regarding "Cubans Hope Change Will Break Shackles From Past" (front page, Feb. 20): ...more

February 24, 2008

Sen. John McCain's famous 'Straight Talk Express' was gone, replaced by a bus emblazoned with a sign reading 'No Surrender.' ...more

September 13, 2007