Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, all in the Valley of Death, Rode the six hundred,…
An old saying declares that newspapers write the first draft of history – and history books years and decades later…
Unlike many other members of the so-called Greatest Generation, Jim Muri was not drafted into the military during World War…
What were the stakes in the Battle of Midway? How did the outcome of that three-day clash in June 1942…
I’m taking a short break from blogging for two reasons: a scheduled book signing for my first book (“Win ‘Em…
Amidst the hard times of the Great Depression, Jim Muri and his brothers and sisters suffered from no lack of…
Muri’s flight got airtime in the mid-1970s when noted country western radio announcer Lonnie Bell, of Billings, Montana, tapped the…
“They didn’t use treatment; PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) wasn’t known then. I don’t have the whole story because people…
Muri, the second-oldest son of a cattle rancher and farmer, grew up in Depression-era Eastern Montana and achieved lasting renown…
Jim Muri chomped on his unlit Chesterfield cigarette and steered his Martin Marauder B-26 bomber towards the Japanese carrier Akagi…