In September of 1940, Hitler began heavy bombing of London and other cities in Great Britain. In the beginning, there were bombings every day and every night. Countless homes and buildings were destroyed, and many civilians were killed. The "Blitz" lasted until May of 1941....
Hedy served as secretary for the American Legion post in Columbia, SC for many years. In addition, she was active in the American Legion Auxiliary. She and her lady friends would sell poppies in order to raise money for veteran causes....
My hometown of Roswell, Georgia hosts the largest Memorial Day Celebration in the state. A joint effort between the City of Roswell and the Roswell Rotary Club....
I am in Columbia, spending the weekend with the Colonel. We went to the Pancake House....
I have reached a point in my research where I need to study and delve more extensively. On Friday I spent an incredible day at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, GA. ...
Luftwaffe is the name for the German Air Force. The two German fighter planes that Herman mentions in his diary are the "FW" (Focke-Wulf Fw 190) and the ME 109. ( Messerschmitt Bf 109.)...
The 8th Army Air Force was activated as part of the U.S. Army Air Forces January 28, 1942, at Hunter Field in Savannah, Georgia. Pearl Harbor had just been bombed about a month and a half earlier. ...
Yesterday, February 9, 2009, I rode on theLiberty Belle, a restored World War II B-17. It was an amazing opportunity, an experience of a lifetime, to visualize what their plane must have looked like to the crew of our Dad's B-17, the Liberty Lady....