Rosita Serrano, born in 1914, was a beautiful World War II era singer and actress who grew up in Chile. With her mother, an opera singer, and her father, a diplomat, she moved to Germany in 1936. There she became very popular and performed for...
Eldon E. Posey left college in the summer of 1941 to join the Army Air Corps. By April of 1942, he was a fighter pilot ...
The navigator of the Liberty Lady on the day of their March 6, 1944, emergency landing on the island of Gotland was 1st Lt. Stanley N. Buck. ...
Victor Marcotte was the Liberty Lady radio operator, and he also operated the gun that was at the top of the radio room on the B-17. When he wasn't on the radio, he was watching for enemy fighters. ...
Update: Most of this post has been updated, thanks to a new photograph I received in 2013. Please see “The Dealers” dine at Tattersall Restaurant, written on March 27, 2014....
Being a neutral country, Sweden was a haven for travelers from countries all over the world. Many countries had legations (or embassies) there, including the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Russia, as well as others....
Jumpin' Jimminy - a World War II Baseball Saga. American Flyboys and Japanese Submarines Battle it out in a Swedish World Series, written by Robert Skole...
[caption id="attachment_8087" align="alignright" width="302"] Charles Huntoon in his working office, July 15, 2010.[/caption] On July 15th I had the pleasure of interviewing USAAF veteran Charles Huntoon in Portland, Maine. 1st Lt. Huntoon was the pilot of the B-24H Hoo-Jive that on the 25th of August 1944 left...
Leo Sager, Swedish diplomat, was the assistant to Count Folke Bernadotte and was in charge of several of the internment camps....
Count Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg was born in 1895. His father, Oscar Bernadotte, was the 2nd son of Oscar II, King of Sweden from 1872 until 1907 and of Norway from 1872 until 1905. ...