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320th Barrage Balloon Battalion Landed on D-Day
Editor's note: I have read more than 30 books on the people of World War II. Their stories are a timeless inspiration for present...
May 8, 1945: V-E Day
Editor's Note: In 2020 during my interview with Col. Harold Brown (Ret.), a Tuskegee airman who became a POW in Germany in March 1945,...
USS Iowa Construction Marked Early Days of the Arsenal of Democracy
Four mighty, Iowa-class battleships were built during World War II. First authorized in 1938 through the Second Vinson Act passed by Congress,...
WWII Ended on the Deck of the USS Missouri, the Mighty...
Editor's Note: In 2019 while in Pearl Harbor, I toured Battleship USS Missouri, the WWII battleship where Japan surrendered to the Allies on Sept....
Cornelia Fort (1919-1943): WAFS Pilot
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...
Vietnam Women’s Memorial Tells Forgotten Story
Editor's Note: In 2018 I learned that the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Women's Memorial, located near The Wall on the...
Katherine Johnson (1918-2020), Human Computer at NASA
Editor's Note: Read Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly for a truly inspiring book. Almost lost to history is the story of African American...
How Two Sticks of Gum Changed Lt. Gail Halvorsen’s Life
Editor's Note: In 2019, I traveled to the Tri-State Warbird Museum near Cincinnati, Ohio to conduct a workshop featuring Col. Gail Halvorsen (Ret.) via...
London: Imperial War Museum Keeps History Alive
Editor's Note: In 2009 as I traveled to Normandy, France for the 65th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, our group stopped in London...
‘Human computers’ did the math
Editor's Note: After reading Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, a book published in 2016 about the group of African American women who were...