Written In Blood History

Good Bye, For Now

I regret to announce that — though, as I said, two years is far too short a time to spend among you — this is the end. I am going. I am leaving now. Good bye.

Jack Churchill: Mad as Hell

"To Jack, however, it was glorious drama. He stood there, his Macmillan kilt bright against the grey smoke, chin up, fingers working, left elbow rhythmically squeezing the sack, right foot tapping the beat - playing a wild, heathen dance to Vulcan, the Roman fire god.”In his life, John had tragically lost his wife and two of his sons. So by the time he’d come face to face with a couple of young revolutionaries who got their way by executing helpless victims – he kept his cool. In the end there was nothing they could really threaten him with – and that very fact is was kept him calm enough to navigate his way through an international hijacking and hostage situation. But he had also learned something of a part of the world that he had previous not encountered. He learned that his hijackers, too, were victims of pain and loss. And the destruction being wrought upon their lives seemed to have no clear end in sight. https://www.patreon.com/writteninbloodhistoryFurther Reading/Principle Sources:King-Clark, R. 1997. Jack Churchill, unlimited boldness. Knutsford, Cheshire: Fleur-de-Lys.Photo Credit: CJDiJulius.myportfolio.com

Interview: Autumn Hendrickson & The Reading Boys

Follow Autumn and learn more about Reading's Boys at the following links:@__autumnleaf__https://thereadingpost.com/author/ahendrickson/https://www.facebook.com/readingsboysIt is my intention to cover as much of our town’s sons (and perhaps daughters too, should I find out about any young nurses or the like from Reading) as I can while also doing other writing for The Reading Post as well. If there is a story of a young person from Reading, Massachusetts who served during World War II that you would like to ensure gets told in some capacity, please contact me at aprilhen1031@gmail.com.

Captain John Testrake: Calm, Cool, Hijacked

"The stubbornness of this young man was beginning to get to me. He was just a kid – and I’m a mature command pilot. Besides all of that, this was my airplane, and it made me angry that this punk was trying to tell me what I could and could not do with it. I knew its capabilities and I knew its limitations. He waived his gun in my face again, Algera!"In his life, John had tragically lost his wife and two of his sons. So by the time he’d come face to face with a couple of young revolutionaries who got their way by executing helpless victims – he kept his cool. In the end there was nothing they could really threaten him with – and that very fact is was kept him calm enough to navigate his way through an international hijacking and hostage situation. But he had also learned something of a part of the world that he had previous not encountered. He learned that his hijackers, too, were victims of pain and loss. And the destruction being wrought upon their lives seemed to have no clear end in sight. https://www.patreon.com/writteninbloodhistoryFurther Reading/Principle Sources:Testrake, John, and David Wimbish. 1988. Triumph over terror on flight 847. Kingsway.Photo Credit: CJDiJulius.myportfolio.comMedia Credit:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNrEPH7DgIc&ab_channel=dvidshubhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi9Cjezf3UUOEYMtYTCQFDQAlienAqtor, Disorder of Rage (DxOxRx), Flanicx, and Rod Brandao - Tense (Parte 01https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6DT2cRA21Q

Muhammad Ali: The Greatest

"Forget everything else, every fight that has been won or lost before and all of those that will be contested in years to come. Forget every battle of man against man, of mind against mind, of soul against soul. This is the one. This is the greatest.”’Ali affixed a higher purpose to his fights. His fight wasn’t against the human being in the opposite corner. It was against injustice against his brothers, the forced segregation of his people, the racially charged violence and all the inequities a poor black child born in the hopelessness of the American ghetto has to contend with. His fight went beyond the borders of America too, it stretched into the heart of Vietnam. https://www.patreon.com/writteninbloodhistoryFurther Reading/Principle Sources:Ali, Muhammad, and Richard Durham. 2015. The greatest, my own story.Photo Credit: CJDiJulius.myportfolio.comMedia Credit:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8ZWZzt0bkQ&list=WL&index=3&t=2486s&ab_channel=reelblackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnY_FsxAChg&list=WL&index=4&ab_channel=JoeyGrabowskihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deNk2qHA3FA&list=WL&index=7&ab_channel=MuhammadAli_GOAThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxczlps5_bg&list=WL&index=8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KbMkzs9gQA&list=WL&index=10&ab_channel=MeMyselfI71https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55AasOJZzDE&list=WL&index=11&t=3232s&ab_channel=LeviJohansenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiD0wfduxKE&list=WL&index=12&t=8s&ab_channel=AlWilsonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxuqSzE2mB0&list=WL&index=14&ab_channel=TheDickCavettShowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6DefSfqZ4w&list=WL&index=17&ab_channel=Browithafrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XSliiaDcRU&list=WL&index=6&ab_channel=S%C3%A9bastienCorso