After their belly landing on the Swedish island of Gotland, the crew of my Dad's B-17 "Liberty Lady" was sent to the village of Rättvik for their internment. Their "domicile" was the Hotell Lerdalshöjden....
(2002) The story of how two world famous boxers, Joe Louis and Germany's Max Schmeling, became life long friends....
Rättvik is where, during World War II, my Dad and his crew were interned after their crippled B-17 “Liberty Lady” belly landed on the Swedish island of Gotland....
Favorite (2007) The War is a seven part documentary series about World War II written by Geoffrey C. Ward and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. ...
The center of all entertainment in early Manchester was the Picture Show. Legend has it that Franklin Roosevelt was attending a high school graduation here when he received a phone call from New York asking him to seek the Democratic nomination for President. He accepted....
In 2012, I toured the university town of Uppsala to retrace the steps my Dad had taken in 1944....
(1944)During World War II the Hollywood Canteen was a club open only to servicemen and women where they could get a free meal, entertainment and perhaps dance with a real Hollywood star. ...