Tuskegee Airmen Defined by Excellence and Extraordinary Perseverance

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Editor's Note: In May 2020, I traveled to Port Clinton, Ohio, to interview Lt. Col. Harold Brown, USAF (Ret.), a Tuskegee airman who served...

Sgt. Harold R. Smith, WWII Home Front Aircraft Mechanic

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Editor's Note: On March 9, 2020, in Lebanon, Ohio, near Cincinnati, I had the pleasure of meeting Rachel, Carol and Judy, Harold Smith's daughters....

Cornelia Fort (1919-1943): WAFS Pilot

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Editor's Note: I first learned about Cornelia Fort in 2019 at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. Cornelia was in the air...

Rosie Flexes Her Muscle in Michigan in Riveting Rivalry with California

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Editor's Note: I have had the honor of interviewing a few original "Rosies," women who went to work in factories during World War II....

Sullivan Brothers: We Stick Together

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Editor's note: In 2013, I was in eastern Iowa and had an afternoon free so I searched for a museum to visit. It didn't...

Irene Hasenberg Butter, Ph.D., Holocaust Survivor

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Editor's Note: I first met Irene in April 2017 when I interviewed her for the first time at her home in Ann Arbor, Michigan....

Heroes in the Cockpit: Gen. James “Jimmy” Doolittle

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May 3, 2020 - At the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, an exhibit is dedicated to the Doolittle Raiders. In front of a B-25, Doolittle, right, is talking to a member of his crew.

D-Day Meteorologist Had Pressure Everywhere

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Editor’s note: One of my favorites stories that I have written about people who served during World War II is my 2020 story about...