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A New Book Shows the Human Side of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

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By Thomas Clavin
| HistoryNet Verified
Dead Reckoning follows two figures: Yamamoto and U.S. Army Air Forces pilot Major John W. “Mitch” Mitchell, the leader of Operation Vengeance, the military mission to kill Yamamoto. But although Lehr’s book is indeed something of a revenge tale (parallels are drawn between the Japanese admiral and Osama bin Laden, a comparative modern-day villain), Dead Reckoning benefits the most from Lehr’s successful efforts to humanize Yamamoto.
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Legendary Editor, Alice Mayhew, Dies at 87

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By Thomas Clavin
| Sag Harbor Express Verified
By Thomas Clavin The legion of legendary editors who earned fierce loyalty from some of the top authors in the United States was diminished last week by the death of Alice Mayhew. She died on February 4 at 87 at her apartment in Manhattan. This past Sunday, a funeral was held in Sag Harbor, where she had lived part-time for decades, first on Madison Street and then on John Street. She left no immediate survivors; her brother, Leonard, also a Sag Harbor resident, died in 2012.
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The Washington Red Clouds: A team name to honor a great warrior and leader

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By Bob Drury, Thomas Clavin
| The Washington Post Verified
In June 1870, the most powerful American Indian leader in the country, Red Cloud, arrived in Washington with a contingent of Oglala and Brule Sioux. He was treated as a head of state, given tours of the Capitol and the Washington Navy Yard — where he witnessed a gunnery demonstration — and was feted at a White House reception hosted by President Ulysses S. Grant. The former commander of the Union armies may have recognized the significance of Red Cloud accomplishing in two years what Robert E.
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Opinion | The Washington Red Clouds: A team name to honor a great warrior and leader

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By Bob Drury, Thomas Clavin
| Washington Post Opinions Verified
Comment on this story Comment In June 1870, the most powerful American Indian leader in the country, Red Cloud, arrived in Washington with a contingent of Oglala and Brule Sioux. He was treated as a head of state, given tours of the Capitol and the Washington Navy Yard — where he witnessed a gunnery demonstration — and was feted at a White House reception hosted by President Ulysses S. Grant.
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