Privacy Policy
Terms of Use The Website of www.benhenglish.com is intended to be a resource site for information about author, Ben H. English. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, and disclose data. This Policy applies to your use of the Website. General Statement of Privacy The…
Writing
Ben writes with a realistic feel in what he describes by using his varied life experiences as a guide, along with the insight gained from long friendships with the many extraordinary people he has called ‘friend’. Always the explorer with a strong attachment to the…
Life Experiences
Ben started out cowboying on his family’s ranches and by the age of ten was expected to do a man’s work in the saddle. By the time he graduated high school Ben had worked in a salt processing plant, operated heavy equipment, worked as a…
USS TEXAS: 100 YEARS LATER
USS TEXAS: 100 YEARS LATER By: Ben H. English (Written in 2012) If Douglas MacArthur was correct in old soldiers gradually fading away, then old sailors surely do the same by rusting into oblivion. Like the robust young seamen who once manned her battle stations,…
A SHORT HISTORY OF CHECHNYA AND CHECHEN TERRORISM
A SHORT HISTORY OF CHECHNYA AND CHECHEN TERRORISM By Ben H. English “A time will come when the whole world will go mad. And to anyone who is not mad they will say: ‘You are mad, for you are not like us.’” -St. Anthony …
LABOR DAY MESSAGE
LAST OF THE DEVASTATORS
LAST OF THE DEVASTATORS By: Ben H. English “Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit – a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor – that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.” ― Walter Lord,…
THE ART OF WAR
TO THE FIFTY!
TO THE FIFTY! By: Ben H. English “Everyone here in this room is living on borrowed time. By rights we should all be dead! The only reason that God allowed us this extra ration of life is so we can make life hell for the…
About Us
Ben H. English is an eighth-generation Texan who was born in Uvalde in the late 1950s. As a child, he spent most of his years in the Big Bend Country of Texas. He attended schools in Presidio, Marfa, and later, a one room school house…