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[Linda Thompson] At What Price Freedom?

Dec 7, 2020Alyssa RoatAuthor Posts, Historical Sidenotes, Linda Thompson, Power of Story, Story Behind the StoryDoolittle Raid, Midway, Pearl Harbor, The Mulberry Leaf Whispers, The Plum Blooms in Winter, WWII

Today marks the 79th anniversary of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the event that propelled our nation into history’s bloodiest war. Looking back, I have to say stories from WWII have captivated me from an early age—probably from the day I first picked up The Diary of Anne Frank in school. I also remember…

[Linda Thompson] Why Would a Loving God Allow a Plague?

Apr 18, 2020LindaTAuthor Posts, Encouragement, Historical Sidenotes, Linda Thompson, Thoughts & Thingscoronavirus, COVID-19, Doolittle Raid, Exodus, Idols, Linda Thompson, Plagues, World War 2

Remembering WWII’s daring Doolittle Raiders on the anniversary of their raid. Four spent *thirty-six month* under lockdown–solitary confinement. What brought them through?

[Linda Thompson] The Three Sentences That Made Me a Writer

Apr 18, 2018Nikki Wright1 CommentHistorical Sidenotes, Linda ThompsonDoolittle Raid, History, Linda Thompson, Pearl Harbor, Plum Blooms in Winter, WWII

“Eventually, the woman confessed—her fiancé had been killed during the war, and she’d first gone to the rally for revenge. She was going to assassinate him. His words, remarkably, had touched her deeply, and… now she was a Christian.” The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid by Craig Nelson (New York: Penguin…