Don DeNevi

Being there . . . . to commingle with brave officers exemplifying, then imbuing to others, thefinest mien and milieu of the American military, especially in aggressive preparedness . . . .TWO ACKNOWLEDGED SOLDIER-ARCHETYPES WRITE INTENSELY AFFECTING MEMOIRSReviewed and Highly Recommended by Don DeNevi“THE GOOD CAPTAIN – – A Personal Memoir of America at War”, …

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Being there . . . . to acknowledge, appreciate, and advance in every way possible an absorbinganthology of the most critical phases and security-intelligence assignments the Allies dared inWorld War II.A NEW CASEMATE BOOK ABOUT THE UNDERCOVER WAR OF ALLIED SPIES AND SECRETAGENTS EXECUTING DECEPTION, INTRIGUE, AND OLD-FASHIONED CLOAK AND DAGGERMETHODSAn edited collection of six …

“SECRET SERVICE AGAINST THE NAZI REGIME – – How Our Spies Dealt with Hitler” Read More »

Being there . . . for the first-person accounts from the sailors aboard the old light cruiser USSMarblehead of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet sailing the waters of East Asia on December 7, 1941, whenImperial Japan unleashed a series of devastating surprise attacks across the region. Then, onFebruary 4, 1942, observe large bombs slam into the …

GRIPPING ACCOUNTS OF HEROISM IN THE FACE OF NEAR CERTAIN DISASTER. Read More »

Being there . . . . when a German officer recommended a British soldier be awarded the VictoriaCross posthumously; with a British officer captured at St Nazaire who promptly escaped fromColditz and snuck his way back to the UK; the Frenchman who took part in the raid as a Britishcommando; and, six weeks after the …

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The solemnity of capture, barren barracks, razor-sharp barbed wire, the monotony, and claustrophobia of long, strained incarceration, imagining escaping amid searchlights, sentry towers and their deluge of rifle shots – – such were the endurance and hardship issues to overcome for survival recall two memorable memoirs. “Maxim 109. Prisoners of war do not belong to …

Two Reissued McFarland Memoirs Recall the Sad Plight of America’s POWs in WW II Read More »

Fancying Casemate’s “Summer Blend of Fascinating Reads”: a .30 caliber machine gunner with God atop is shoulder; learning the true identities of “Catch-22’s” satiric caricatures; and how to advocate for America’s veterans FLINGING HISTORY TO THE WINDS AND GIVING FREE PLAY TO BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL IMAGINATIONS                                                                                                                                                                                                             Readers must not be confused into believing the …

Commingling Casemate’s “Catch-22” nostalgic humor; reflections on advocating for America’s veterans; and a machine gunner’s fight from Normandy to Victory. Read More »

DESCRIPTION      Critiquing cinema’s Akira Kurosawa, Japan’s legendary director; and Hollywood’s historic stunt arrangers and stunt performers. FOR THE CINEMATIC–MINDED, TWO NEW TCM AND McFARLAND BOOKS TO AROUSE AND CELEBRATE      In the September 20, 1963, issue of TIME, The Weekly Newsmagazine, pages 78 – 82, Associate Editor and Time’s Cinema reviewer, wrote one of …

Widely – Heralded Movie Legends – – Akira Kurosawa; the Art of Stunt Work Read More »