Welcome home, Donna Rowe
Captain Donna Rowe gave a meaningful tribute to all veterans and especially to those who served with her in Vietnam....
10
Nov
08
Nov
Sculpting the Marine Corps War Memorial
Korean War veteran John Paul Howard was with the Navy Photographic Laboratory when he met sculptor Felix de Weldon, at the time in the process of making the Marine Corps War Memorial....
21
Oct
Tour of Fort Benning
In just one day at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, I was able to experience both the history and the future of our nation's infantry....
03
Oct
Letters from Hiroshima
In 1948, students who had survived Hiroshima wrote of their experiences and much, much more to sixteen-year old Lee Evans of Pittsburgh....
17
Jul
Air Force Historical Research Agency
Last week I made my second trip to the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. This is where historical documents of the Air Force are stored, over seventy million pages....
28
May
Roswell Remembers Memorial Day 2015
The featured speaker at this year's Memorial Day in Roswell, GA, was Christina Olds. She wrote a book about her father, Robin Olds. Her father! I perked up right away. Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds. ...
02
Jan
Washington Goes to War
(1988) Newscaster and journalist David Brinkley tells the story of the transformation of the capital city during World War II. My mother, Hedy Johnson, was there!...
09
Dec
The Real Inglorious Bastards
(2012) Two Jewish refugees are recruited by the Office of Strategic Services for a dangerous mission into Nazi occupied Austria....
26
Oct
Shot Down
(2014) Shot Down by Steve Snyder is the true story of the Susan Ruth, a B-17 shot down over Belgium on February 8, 1944. ...
24
Sep
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
(2014) This PBS six part series is a fascinating history of the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the best known members of the most influential family of the 20th century. ...