Often overlooked in history classes, Hannibal may have been the greatest military strategist of all time. His strategies were studied by...

BY ROBERT BLUESTEIN In His Own Words I met World War II hero Master Sergeant Robert Smouse in September of 2014. Once again, it was by happenstance that I saw him walking into the HEB Grocery-store with his hat on and I went to pay him respect for his service. After befriending him, he opened up to me about his experience and even gave me two priceless items, his own War Diary and the Diary of Admiral Sabin. At 17, he joined the US Navy after Pearl Harbor. As a Navy sign