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I like to honor unsung heroes. This year, it’s the WACs. Their badge is Athene Pallas, the goddess of war and wisdom. The WACs were all of that. They were volunteers in an era when most of their male counterparts were drafted. But they were women in this man’s Army. So, they never got the credit they’d earned and deserve. The other day, I ran across a yard sign that said, “Land of the Free, BECAUSE of the Brave.” That’s who I’m talking about here.

Every 4th of July, I post a tribute to those who’ve served. The main character evolves from childhood to adulthood. That happens when you take the oath. I try to highlight lesser-known contributors so they are also memorialized, and this year’s story certainly fits that bill. Before researching this, my only knowledge of the 442nd RCT came courtesy of Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid, which is unfortunate, since those were real-life heroes and this is their true story. Please enjoy...

This is not an AI story. It is a technological alternate history inspired by a paper I wrote years ago. In 1995, Novell faces a defining choice: sell UNIX or build an open foundation beneath NDS, GroupWise, clustering, management, and the desktop. The Line That Never Widened follows the future created when one corporate decision changes—without miracles, vanished competitors, or technology appearing before its time.

A non-fiction account of World War I, written from Powell’s perspective as a war correspondent who traveled extensively along the battlefronts.