Here’s my 1SE for the month of April. The video runs about 90 seconds.
1 Second Everyday for April 2023
Posted April 30, 2023 by joebowkerCategories: 1 Sec Every Day, 1SE
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1 Second Everyday for March 2023
Posted March 31, 2023 by joebowkerCategories: Uncategorized
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1SE for February 2023
Posted February 28, 2023 by joebowkerCategories: 1 Sec Every Day, 1SE, San Pedro
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Here is my 1 Second Everyday for February 2023. Runs about 1 minute. Enjoy.
1SE for January 2023
Posted February 1, 2023 by joebowkerCategories: 1 Sec Every Day
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Devotion (Book Review)
Posted January 1, 2023 by joebowkerCategories: Reviews
Tags: Korean-War, Review, reviews
Here we are starting a new year. Time for me to start posting again. I hadn’t been posting much last year. Time to get back on it.

I just finished reading the book “Devotion” by Adam Makos. This book was the basis for a new film by the same name. I haven’t seen the film, so I can’t comment on it. I tend to read a lot more books than watch movies (especially one in theaters. If I was thinking of seeing a movie, I try to read a book before I get out to see the film.
The book is about the Korean War and the relationship between two US Navy Flyers named Lt Tom Hudner from New England and Ens. Jesse Brown from Lux, Mississippi. These two pilots were members of Fighter Squadron 32. The squadron consisted of Corsair fighter aircraft assigned to USS Leyte aircraft carrier.
The book is about the relationship between Lt Hudson and Ens Brown. It is equally about the Korean War and the ground war in N Korea that was fought by the US Marines that was supported by the Navy fighter aircraft.
Tom Hudson was a 26 year old pilot from Fall River, MA. Jesse Brown was a 24 year old African-America pilot from Lux, Mississippi. He was the first African-American to serve as a carrier pilot in the US Navy.
Ens Brown died in action and Lt Hudner attempted to rescue him but was unable to extricate him from Brown’s aircraft. Lt Hudner received the Medal of Honor for his actions.
I learned much about the Korean War. Here is a quote from the afterword in the book:
In July 1953, the Korean War concluded after claiming five million lives— nearly thirty-seven thousand of them American. Of the communist prisoners captured by U.N. Forces, 30 percent of the North Vietnamese elected to remain in the south, and 70 percent of Chinese prisoners chose not to return to communist China.
Today, the Korean War is often called ”the Forgotten War.” But the men who fought there know it by a different name: “The Forgotten Victory”. Today, thanks to the United States and United Nations forces, some fifty million South Koreans live in freedom.
Afterword, p 403
1SE (One Second Every Day) Dec. 2022
Posted January 1, 2023 by joebowkerCategories: 1SE
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1 Second Everyday for October 2022
Posted November 1, 2022 by joebowkerCategories: Uncategorized
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1 Second Everyday for September 2022
Posted September 30, 2022 by joebowkerCategories: 1 Sec Every Day, 1SE
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Here is my 1 Second Everyday video for September 2022. Runtime is about a minute. Enjoy
1 SE for July 2022
Posted July 31, 2022 by joebowkerCategories: 1 Sec Every Day, 1SE
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1 Second Every Day for July 2022. Runs about a minute.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Posted July 28, 2022 by joebowkerCategories: Books, Reviews
Tags: books, Crawdads, reviews
So what is everyone reading? I just finished reading “Crawdads”. I had read it once a few years ago so it was still in my Kindle library. So when I saw the announcement for the movie, I thought I would go back and take a look.
So this is the story of a seven year old girl living in the marshes of North Carolina. She is abandoned first by her mother and then a few years later by her drunken father. She had been left to fend for herself and manages to not only survive but to thrive becoming an expert on the flora and fauna on the marshland of North Carolina.
She then was accused of murdering a former lover and tried in a court of law. I’ll not tell you how the trial turns out. You will have to read it to find out.
I’m not sure whether or not I’ll go see the movie. Definitely worth reading.