Preparedness Notes for Thursday — December 10, 2020


This evening marks the first day of Hanukkah. I wish all our readers a joyous Hanukkah season!
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On this day in 1945, my great uncle Lt. Robert I. Kinsella was killed when his B-24 bomber (part of the 90th Bombardment Group, Heavy, 320th Bomber Squadron), flying from the Iron Range Airfield in Northern Queensland, Australia went down in the South Pacific.
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And on December 10, 1520, Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict demanding that he recant or face excommunication.