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“We were at war. I wanted to do my part.”
Stephen Kraft, who joined the army at age 28 after 9/11.
“I love ‘Joe.’”
U.S. Army captain, to me, explaining why he stayed in the army after several deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
“I can at least go out and defend my country and do something honorable as a father. Show my son something good.”
Joshua Hernandez, who joined after 9/11, and deployed to Iraq twice.
“I just wanted to do something to support those young people.”
Matthew Niblack, a Vietnam-era Navy veteran who joined the National Guard as a sergeant with an age wavier in his early 50s and deployed to Kuwait.
“This is all normal, routine stuff. Dude with the AK that I shot in the street? That’s routine. The dudes digging an IED? That’s an everyday occurrence.”
An Army lieutenant whose platoon I embedded with in Iraq in 2007.
“I’d do it all again if I had the chance.”
Zachariah Chitwood, a veteran of the U.S. Army who was wounded in Iraq.
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1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg, the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and electors of Germany.
The Augsburg Confession, also known as the “Augustana” from its Latin name, Confessio Augustana, is the most important confession of faith of the Lutheran Church. The Augsburg Confession is normative to all Lutheran Churches everywhere and in all times. It is also one of the most important documents of the Lutheran Reformation. The Augsburg Confession was presented by a number of German rulers and free-cities at the Diet of Augsburg on June 25, 1530.
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1243 – Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
The Battle of Köse Dağ took place in eastern Anatolia on 26 June 1243 when an army of the Sultanate of Rum, led by Sultan Kaykhusraw II, confronted an invading Mongol army under the general Baiju and was decisively defeated. The battle was the pivotal event of the Mongol conquest of Anatolia: Rum, previously a significant independent power in the eastern Mediterranean, was reduced to the status of a client kingdom, and its territories were later absorbed into the Mongol Ilkhanate.
1842 – Eloy Alfaro, 15th President of Ecuador (d. 1912)
José Eloy Alfaro Delgado (June 25, 1842 – January 28, 1912) served as President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911. He became one the strongest opponents of pro-Catholic conservative President Gabriel García Moreno. For his central role in the Liberal Revolution of 1895 and for having fought conservatism for almost 30 years, he is known as the Viejo Luchador.
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1581 – San Pedro Claver, Spanish Jesuit saint (died 1654)
Peter Claver SJ (Spanish: Pedro Claver y Corberó; 26 June 1580 – 8 September 1654) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú, Spain, who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, Colombia, and ministry to African Americans.
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Robert Cabot Sherman Jr. (July 22, 1943 – June 24, 2025) was an American singer and actor who was a teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He had a series of successful singles, notably the million-seller “Little Woman” (1969). Sherman left show business in the 1970s for a career as a paramedic and a deputy sheriff, but performed occasionally into the 1990s.[1]
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Michael Geoffrey Ralphs (31 March 1944 – 23 June 2025) was an English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He was a founding member of rock bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.[1]
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Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!
Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.
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“If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over time, cease to react at all.”
Yogi Bhajan
“When you are in uncertainty, when you feel at risk, when you feel exposed, don’t tap out. Stay brave, stay uncomfortable, stay in the cringy moment, lean into the hard conversation, and keep leading.”
“Joy comes to us in moments—ordinary moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.”
Brené Brown
“Success isn’t about what you do; it’s about who you are. Just existing—waking up, breathing, being present—is enough.”
“To love someone deeply is to learn the art of holding on and letting go—sometimes at the very same time.”
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Recent release “Cari-ed Away” from Page Publishing author Matthew Himsel is a riveting memoir that recounts how the author and his friend Doug embarked on a moose hunting expedition, only to find themselves fighting for their lives in the Alaskan wilderness. With only each other to depend upon, Himsel reveals how they managed to find a way to survive, together.
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You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.
Paulo Coelho
Children see magic because they look for it.
Christopher Moore
I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape.
Charles Dickens
There are opportunities even in the most difficult moments.
Wangari Maathai
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.
Theodore Roosevelt
The best work ethic requires a good rest ethic.
Kevin Kelly
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
Robert Hunter
It is well to fly towards the light, even where there may be some fluttering and bruising of wings.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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