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  • Surviving Augsburg Once More – 1945

    George Rebane [This autobiographical sketch recounts the Rebane family’s entrance into the post-war world of displaced persons just after the war ended in Germany, and before the ‘final disposition’ of the east European refugees would stabilize.  We and thousands like us were still in mortal danger of being forcefully ‘repatriated’.  This was to be our…

  • Babenhausen Remembers

    George Rebane On Friday morning (15 October 2010) the Babenhausen Veterans and Friends were welcomed by Babenhausen’s mayor (Burgermeisterin Gabriele Coutandin) into its city council chambers specially configured for the long-planned ceremony.   Twelve of us former/retired Army officers along with our wives had returned to the duty station where we all served in the early…

  • Disconnected and Reconnected in Germany

    George Rebane We arrived in Germany last Friday, flying British Airways from SFO to London to Munich.  There we rented a car and took off into the countryside heading for southern Bavaria to attend the birthday gathering of a longtime friend we have known for 50 years.  About 35 people, most of whom we know,…

  • Lessons from Longitude

    George Rebane We recently watched the somewhat flawed A&E production of ‘Longitude’, the story of John Harrison’s invention of the marine chronometer in 18th century England.  In the early 1700s global trade and commerce were exploding along with European conquests of newly discovered lands.  The big problem at the time was that it was not…

  • Time to Soak the Cannons?

    George Rebane Today we break bread and hoist a glass with friends to celebrate the anniversaries of a number of auspicious events that happened on August 8th.  Among these was America’s signing the UN charter in 1945, and Richard Nixon resigning the Presidency in 1974.  Perhaps not so well known is the Estonian tribes’ victory…

  • Ruminations – 15jun2010

    George rebane – Bob Crabb’s new book– Republican Women’s luncheon – Sheriff Royal– WSJ Lieberaman article – war on terror– The old guys celebrate the young     Nevada County’s own socio-political cartoonist extraordinaire and author, RL ‘Bob’ Crabb is coming out with a brand new book of his cartoons.  An example of gentle persuasion in an horticultural format is…

  • Remembrances of John Wooden – RIP

    George Rebane John Wooden, a gentleman, mentor, and a teacher of character, died today aged 99.  John Wooden was also the legendary basketball coach at my alma mater UCLA, and a man revered by all who were fortunate enough to know him. My high school basketball coach Sy Korach was a friend of John Wooden,…

  • The War Ends in Liederberg

    George Rebane [This is another in a continuing series of autobiographical sketches that I have been asked to write by friends and family.  I share it with you, my readers, in the hope that these little vignettes (see 'My Story' category) of history and the American immigrant experience are of interest.  But most of all, I…

  • Song Without Words

  • 1945 – The year Easter was cancelled

    George Rebane [This is another in a continuing series of autobiographical sketches that I have been asked to write by friends and family.  I share it with you, my readers, in the hope that these little vignettes of history and the American immigrant experience are of interest.  But most of all, I hope it may…

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