Today is the birthday of the late Major General (MG) Victor Joseph Hugo Jr., who passed away last year. He was born 28 May, 1931, and died 11 May, 2020. In an obituary piece, Ray Oden wrote:
MG Victor Hugo died in May and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on 13 November 2020. The OSS Society produced a 13-minute video as a fitting tribute to him.
MG Hugo was at the tip of the spear for so many important missions in the Army and after his retirement, and many are recounted in this short video. It is very much worth watching. His life was full of more adventure than you could read in a novel. And he made lasting contributions to our national security, much because of his Special Forces and Intelligence training, experience, and expertise. We should all aspire to live up to his example. De Oppresso Liber!
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More than a dozen readers have written to ask about the second production run of 2005-2020 SurvivalBlog Archive USB sticks. The first run sold out in less than two months. We are planning on releasing a new version (with a couple of minor glitches fixed) on July 4th, 2021. There will be just 250 sticks in that run, so mark your calendar.
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Today, an essay by JWR.
Round 94 of writing contest ends on May 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.