Monthly archives: March, 2021

The Jefferson Street Wars: Dukesy, Mincemeat, and Me

Today we will speak of war. I will tell you of my days as a tunnel rat. It was, I think, 1954, not a decade removed from V-E Day. We lived in Arlington, Virginia, where my father was a mathematician designing warships for the Navy Department. It was a time of intense tranquility. After the …