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Palmetto Publishing Releases James K Thome’s Vietnam War Era Memoir Coin Flip: Coming of Age During the Vietnam War Era

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Newly published by Palmetto Publishing, the memoir chronicles how the draft, cultural revolution, and random chance shaped the lives of working-class young Americans from the late 1960s through the early 1970s.

CHARLESTON, S.C., July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Palmetto Publishing has released Coin Flip, a new memoir by James K Thome that recounts what it meant to come of age during the Vietnam War era. The book traces how a generation of young Americans watched their futures shift from promise to uncertainty as forces beyond their control redefined their lives.

Thome’s memoir begins in the neighborhoods and high school hallways of a working-class Michigan city, where teenagers played football, drove their fathers’ Buicks, cruised with cold beers, and sang folk songs on summer nights. The narrative moves from those early days of relative innocence through the upheaval of the late 1960s and early 1970s, capturing the texture of daily life as the sexual revolution, psychedelic drugs, flower children, rock concerts, and the women’s movement reshaped American culture. Through it all, the war in Vietnam loomed, pulling young men from campuses and corner lots alike.

At the heart of the book is the randomness that determined who served and who stayed home. Birth dates were drawn in draft lotteries. Student deferments offered temporary shelter but no certainty. Friends who shared classrooms and summer jobs found themselves on diverging paths, some returning from Southeast Asia changed, and some not returning at all. Thome captures the weight of those arbitrary dividing lines with an unflinching honesty, examining how ordinary decisions and sheer chance carried consequences no young person should have had to bear.

James K Thome stated, “The events described in this book actually happened. The people in it were real. I wrote this because their story deserves to be told, not as a war story, but as a record of what that generation lived through and what it cost them.”

Coin Flip arrives at a moment of renewed interest in Vietnam-era narratives, as the generation that lived through those years seeks to preserve its memory and younger readers look for firsthand accounts of a period that reshaped the nation. The memoir sits alongside works such as Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried and Ron Kovic’s Born on the Fourth of July, offering a distinct working-class Midwestern perspective rarely found in the canon. It is written for older readers who remember the era, as well as anyone who has wondered what it truly felt like to grow up when the ground was shifting underfoot.

Coin Flip is available for purchase online at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. For more information about the author, follow him on Facebook.

About the Author: James K. Thome is a Vietnam veteran, licensed attorney, and graduate of both the University of Michigan, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics, and Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, where he earned his Juris Doctor degree. Inducted into the Army in November 1970 at Fort Wayne in Detroit, he served a tour of duty in Vietnam with the 18th Military Police Brigade. Following his military service, he practiced law across Michigan for over four decades, building a career defined by discipline, service, and a deep understanding of the human condition.

Thome’s memoir, Coin Flip: Coming of Age During the Vietnam War Era, grew from a desire to preserve the true stories of a generation shaped by forces beyond its control. The book is not a war story per se, but a reflective account of a turbulent era marked by the draft, campus turmoil, the sexual revolution, and the ever-present specter of the Vietnam War. Drawing on real events and real people, Thome captures how life and death could hinge on a birth date, a randomly drawn draft number, or even the flip of a coin. His voice blends optimism with hard-won honesty, offering readers both a historical account and a deeply personal coming-of-age narrative.

A native of Michigan, Thome brings to his writing the same commitment to truth and detail that defined his long legal career. His diverse background, from soldier to attorney to storyteller, gives Coin Flip a credibility and emotional depth that resonates with readers of all ages. Find James K Thome at Website: https://www.thomegrp.com/ | Email: jim@thomegrp.com.

About the Book:

Title: Coin Flip: Coming of Age During the Vietnam War Era
Author: James K Thome

Publisher: Palmetto Publishing
Publication date: May 26, 2026
ISBN-13: 9798318834059, 9798318834066
Available for interviews: Author, James K Thome

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MAC.BID Brings $1 Online Auctions & Deep Retail Discounts to the St. Louis Metro

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New St. Peters warehouse lets local shoppers bid on returned, overstock goods from top national retailers, with savings of up to 80% off retail

PITTSBURGH, July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Online retail liquidation company, MAC.BID, announced today the opening of its 30th retail location in St. Peters, Missouri, part of the St. Louis metro area. The new facility, located at 16060 Spencer Road St. Peters, MO 63376, will open later this fall and is expected to create more than 70 new local jobs.

St. Peters warehouse lets shoppers bid on returned, overstock goods from national retailers, with savings of up to 80%

MAC.BID buys returned and overstocked products by the truckload from top retailers like Amazon, Target, Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, and Wayfair and resells the items individually through their proprietary online auction platform. All products are put up for auction with an opening bid of $1, and are sold to the highest bidder with no reserve price. Winning bidders can expect to save up to 80% off retail while enjoying the online auction process.

“We’re excited to become part of the St. Peters and the larger St. Louis Metro community as we open our 30th warehouse,” said Kellen Campbell, co-founder and president of MAC.BID. “We see real opportunity here, for the local economy, for the more than 70 people we’ll hire, and for shoppers across the St. Louis metro area looking for a smarter way to save.”

MAC.BID operates at the heart of retailers’ biggest headache: reverse logistics. MAC.BID works directly with major retailers to process truckloads of returned and overstock merchandise that would otherwise be difficult and costly for retailers to handle internally. Retail returns require significant labor, time, and warehouse space to inspect, sort, and re-route back to inventory, often at a scale that makes it inefficient for retailers to manage in-house. Instead, many retailers choose to sell this inventory in bulk to MAC.BID, allowing products to move quickly through a streamlined resale process.

“As grocery bills, gas prices, and everyday costs keep climbing, families are having to choose between the things they need and the things they love,” Campbell added. “MAC.BID changes that. We deliver deep discounts on the products people already love and make saving money feel like winning, not settling.”

At its core, MAC.BID believes in providing second chances for the products they sell and communities they impact. The company’s devotion to sustainability ensures that many returned and overstocked items find a new home through its marketplace and aren’t left squandered.

The Pennsylvania-based company now employs over 1,600 teammates across its 30 locations in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. In 2025 alone, MAC.BID helped customers save more than $1.1 billion off retail pricing, driven by more than 17,000 truckloads of products processed and 300,000+ items put up for auction daily through the company’s auction platform.

About MAC.BID
MAC.BID is an online retail liquidation company that buys returned and overstocked goods by the truckload from top retailers like Amazon, Target, Walmart, Home Depot, and Wayfair and resells the items individually through their proprietary online auction platform. Founded by Shawn Allen and Kellen Campbell in 2018, the Butler, Pennsylvania-based company operates 30 locations across Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

For more information, please visit https://www.mac.bid/how-it-works 

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General Dynamics Electric Boat awarded construction contracts for 14 submarines as part of $76.6 billion Navy award

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GROTON, Conn., July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As part of today’s $76.6 billion Navy contract announcement, General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced it has been awarded $29.5 billion for five additional Columbia-class submarines, $42.1 billion for nine additional Virginia-Class submarines, and additional support for shipyard infrastructure.

Information about these contract modifications is detailed in the U.S. Department of War contract awards, which can be found here and here.

“These important contract modifications provide Electric Boat and our suppliers with the demand certainty we need to continue investing in capacity and hiring the workforce necessary to ensure we deliver these important national security assets on schedule,” said Mark Rayha, president of General Dynamics Electric Boat.

General Dynamics Electric Boat designs, builds, repairs and modernizes nuclear submarines for the U.S. Navy. Headquartered in Groton, Connecticut, it employs more than 27,000 people. More information about General Dynamics Electric Boat is available at www.gdeb.com.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 120,000 people worldwide and generated $52.6 billion in revenue in 2025. More information is available at www.gd.com.

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Reformation Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

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LOS ANGELES, July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Reformation Inc. (“Reformation”), the global womenswear brand, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 14,062,500 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $15.00 per share. Reformation is offering 9,478,821 shares of common stock and certain of its existing stockholders (the “Selling Stockholders”) are offering 4,583,679 shares of common stock. In connection with the offering, the Selling Stockholders have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,109,375 shares of common stock at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

The shares of common stock are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 30, 2026 under the ticker symbol “REF.” The closing of the offering is expected to occur on July 31, 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley are acting as joint lead bookrunning managers, and Citigroup and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint bookrunning managers on the offering. Guggenheim Securities, Baird, William Blair and BTIG are acting as additional bookrunning managers on the offering. Telsey Advisory Group is acting as co-manager on the offering.

A registration statement on Form S-1 relating to these securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 29, 2026. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus related to the offering, when available, may be obtained by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the final prospectus, when available, may be obtained from: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attention: c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by email at prospectus-eq_fi@jpmchase.com and postsalemanualrequests@broadridge.com; and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Reformation
Reformation is the largest sustainable womenswear brand on the planet (that we know of, anyways). We make beautiful, timeless apparel and accessories that inspire confidence across life stages and occasions. Over the past 17 years, we’ve built a culturally resonant brand designed to challenge retail conventions. Our business model pairs a smart approach to merchandising with a responsive supply chain, allowing us to consistently deliver covetable, on-trend products to more than one million active customers. Today, Reformation operates 70 retail stores across the US, UK, Canada and France, and serves more than 150 countries around the world through its e-commerce platform.

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