During the recent controversy about the Great Wolf Lodges water park venture into Peachtree City, public questions arose about the nature of the “plan” underlying the development and future growth of Peachtree City. The City Council ultimately voted 5-0 against the rezoning and variance request that would have allowed the park to locate on the […]
“We have tried since the birth of our nation to promote our love of peace by a display of weakness. This course has failed us utterly.” — Gen. George C. Marshall, 1945 War remains, as a Prussian general defined it nearly two centuries ago, the use of force to compel the enemy to do your […]
On Feb. 19, 1945, 20-year-old Bill Young of Mooresville, North Carolina, disembarked an LST on a miserable hunk of black rock called Iwo Jima. He was part of a 75-mile-long convoy of ships preparing to dislodge the Japanese from this volcanic remnant of an island. The territory was formally part of Japan, meaning it was […]
