Recommendation from Tom Rozman

 Dear Friends,

The Huffington Post has posted

Karski's Story of a Secret State - A Primer on the Polish Ethos

Georgetown University Press has reprinted one of the most important books on World War II. This story jumps off the pages like a spy thriller documenting Karski's experiences in the Polish Underground and one of the first accounts of slaughter of the Jews by Nazi Germany. This is a must read for anyone trying to understand the current landscape in Europe.

You can buy you copy here:

Story of a Secret State By Jan Karski on Amazon

And don't forget

The Kosciuszko Foundation Annual Ball

April 26th at the Waldorf Astoria!

Report to USMA Class of 1970 National Conference on Ethics in America February 4-5, 2014

Report to USMA Class of 1970

National Conference on Ethics in America

February 4-5, 2014

Click here for full report.

Happy Daze Camp Buckner Summer 1967 #USMA1970 #WestPoint

Happy Daze Summer 1967 - Black and White

Happy Daze - Summer 1967 - Sephia

Happy Daze - Summer 1967 - Color

Getting Ukraine Wrong by John Mearsheimer (NY Times)

Folks, I just had a piece in the New York Times on the Ukrainian crisis. I thought some of you might find it interesting. Best.  

Getting Ukraine Wrong by John Mearsheimer.


John

1970 USMA 70 Vietnam Deaths -All in a few Months

From Classmate Jim McHone

http://www.virtualwall.org/

Links to our classmates below

Robert Nugent Brown I3  10/19/1971

http://www.virtualwall.org/db/BrownRN01a.htm

Richard Albert Green B1 12/03/1071

http://www.virtualwall.org/dg/GreenRA02a.htm

Howard Marshall Steinfeld C4  11/10/1971

http://www.virtualwall.org/ds/SteinfeldHM01a.htm

John Michael Minor C3 03/17 1972

http://www.virtualwall.org/dm/MinorJM01a.htm

I believe Ross Kelly was highest decorated classmate with a DSC.He also died recently.Randy Carson was killed in the mideast and is buried at West Point. We had about 100 classmates to serve in Vietnam, Sean Maxwell was there when Bob Brown was injured or killed. I uploaded their cadet picture from the Howitzer to each classmate's site on the virtual wall.

Please share with any classmates you know who served in Vietnam

West Point Marathon Team was sponsoring the 4th Annual Half Marathon, honoring Fallen Comrades on April 6th

Frank and Jim,

Thanks for sending the information I requested last week. The reason for my request was I received an e-mail last week announcing the West Point Marathon Team was sponsoring the 4th Annual Half Marathon, honoring Fallen Comrades on April 6th. In the past 3 years this run has only been open to Cadets. This year it is open to the public. April 6th, also happens to be my birthday. Unfortunately my days of running are over due to knee problems, however my wife is an active ultra runner. For my birthday present this year, I asked her to run this half marathon for me in remembrance of my 5 classmates who made the ultimate sacrifice. We are in the process of having technical running shirts (wicking) made up for her to wear during the run and for me as I cheer her on during the run, in memory of Brown, Steinfeld, Green, Minor, and Carlson.

I have attached the link to the website for this event.http://www.usma.edu/marathon/sitepages/halfmarathon.aspx

If you know of other classmates who might like to participate or get a shirt, please feel free to send this information to them and have them contact me. I plan to place the shirt order early next week.

Ted and Nancy Bennett

Nick Sebastian - The Bird Man of Emeryville -

I am basically camera-averse, so these are 

 rare photos of me,

 as 

I was kinda proud of 

the installation this morning

, sharing the

moment with these magnificent birds

 , our beautiful and compelling neighbors...

Nick, aka, The Bird Man of Emeryville...

Enjoy -

John Mearsheimer on the Newshour last evening talking about Ukraine

Folks, I was on the Newshour last evening talking about Ukraine. Here is the link for anyone who might be interested. 

http://video.pbs.org/video/2365193104/

I come on after a short interview with Margaret Warner on the subject.

I also published a piece in the National Interest on Taiwan's future that has received a lot of attention. 

It was based on a talk I gave in Taiwan this past December. I thought some of you might find it interesting. Best. John

Two Sites For Mentoring Opportunities

Site 1: iSABRD iSABRD is the official business-to-business networking resource for alumni of the Service Academy Alumni Organizations, including the: Association of Graduates, US Air Force Academy; US Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association; US Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Foundation; West Point Association of Graduates; US Naval Academy Alumni Association; Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada.




Site 2: BeALeader  It's not your typical online community.  We are first and foremost an organization that is built by bringing together a diverse group of leaders from business, professional development, education, small business and various backgrounds who come together to share their real world knowledge and expertise to make a difference in the lives we serve and those we influence.  Our focus is on providing content that brings value through our writing teams and providing mentoring services to those who are in need.