Tag Archives: world war II

The North Platte Canteen – December 1941 – from the Archive

Posted on December 13, 2022 by toritto

Posted in history | Tagged canteen, history, hospitality, nebraska, north platte, troop trains, world war II | 4 Comments

The North Platte Canteen – December 1941

Posted on December 8, 2015 by toritto

On December 17, 1941, just ten days after Pearl Harbor, men of the 134th Infantry of the Nebraska Army National Guard were on their way from Camp Joseph T. Robinson near Little Rock, Arkansas to an unknown destination. Rumor had … Continue reading →

Posted in history | Tagged canteen, history, hospitality, nebraska, north platte, troop trains, world war II | 15 Comments

The Jewish Fascist

Posted on October 24, 2015 by toritto

Ettore Ovazza and Benito Mussolini Ettore Ovazza was one of three brothers born into a wealthy and influential family in Turin. The Ovazza were one of Italy’s leading banking families with all the privilege and power that comes with … Continue reading →

Posted in history | Tagged acceptance, assimilation, banking, black shirts, Caporetto, Ettore Ovazza, fascism, holocaust, Italian Jews, Italy, Jewish, murder, Mussolii, red years, socialism, Turin, world war I, world war II | 13 Comments

You Can Blame the Italians

Posted on October 6, 2015 by toritto

Ask any moderately intelligent person to name the bane of the 20th century and nine out of ten will probably answer “Adolph Hitler”. A few might answer Joe Stalin or Chairman Mao but Hitler is the lens through which we … Continue reading →

Posted in history | Tagged Abyssinia, Adolph Hitler, Croatia, Franco, history, Italian fascism, Mao, model for Nazziism, Mussolini, Spain, squadrism, Stalin, totalitarianism, Ustasha, world war II | 7 Comments

Victory Day – May 9, 1945

Posted on May 8, 2015 by toritto

Soviet soldier waving the red banner over central Stalingrad – February 1943 May 9 is celebrated in Russia as Victory Day; the 70th anniversary of the of the Soviet Union’s victory over the Wehrmacht.. Four years earlier the greatest land struggle in … Continue reading →

Posted in history | Tagged history, Konstantin Siminov, Marshall Zhukov, Moscow, russia, Soviet Union, Stalingrad, V.E. Day, Victory Day, Wait for Me, world war II | 4 Comments

I Heard Marlene Dietrich Sing

Posted on March 17, 2015 by toritto

Saw some 1920’s photos when we had ended all the wars thinking we would all be rich livin’ fat and driving fancy cars But it didn’t quite turn out that way as kids went over there again once more to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged anti-war, grave yerds, Marlene Dietrich, perpetual war, vietnam, Where have all the flowers gone?, world war I, world war II | 2 Comments

ISIL and Sykes-Picot

Posted on September 21, 2014 by toritto

Fat Chance Several months ago, ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, announced it’s intention to do away with the borders of the modern Middle-East. It already controls territory spanning the “border” between Iraq and Syria. “Levant”, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Gulf states, Iraq, ISIL, isis, Islamic State, Jordan, Kurdistan, Kurds, Lebanon, national borders, Ottoman state, Ottomans, Palestine, Saoudi Arabia, Sauds, Shia, Sunni, Sykes Picot Agreement, syria, Trans-Jordan, Treaty of Lausanne, upcoming war, Versailles, Wahabists, world war II | 9 Comments

Marzabotto

Posted on July 12, 2014 by toritto

They came to Marzabotto on a crisp September morn and killed them all men, women, children, babies, priests for, you see, there was resistance and this is war and we are entitled to defend ourselves against terrorists. They did it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged atrocity, Gaza, German army, Germany, Israel, Italy, marzabotto, Middle-east, Palestine, poetry, riht to resistance, S/S divisions, self defense, war, war on "terror" resistance, We are entitled to defend ourselves, world war II | Leave a comment

St. Vitus Day – June 28, 1914

Posted on June 25, 2014 by toritto

A re-post for the 100th anniversary Such a warm and pleasant Summer’s day for a leisurely ride on down the Quai the top was down on the Graft und Stift that glorious June St. Vitus Day Breezes ruffled feathers green … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1914, a wrong turn, ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary, Auustria, Bosnia, coincidence, crossroads of history, death of millions, Dual Monarchy, gavrilo princip, Grand Duchess Sofia, Hapsburgs, history, poetry, Sarajevo, Schiller's Deli, Serbia, St. Vitus Day, unforeseen developments, world war I, world war II, wrong place wrong time | Leave a comment

An Altar Boy of the Tridentine Mass

Posted on March 30, 2014 by toritto

Introibo ad altare Dei I will go in unto the Altar of God. As a boy in the early 1950s I was an altar boy – of the Tridentine Mass. Yes, now they are referred to as alcolytes but in … Continue reading →

Posted in family | Tagged 1950s, alcolyte, altar boy, Brooklyn, Catholicism, family, Italian, Italy, latin, personal, Regina Pacis Votive Shrine, St. Rosalia's R.C. church, story, the words, Tridentine Mass, world war II | 1 Comment

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