Liberty Lady book trailer
A new trailer for the book Liberty Lady: A True Story of Love and Espionage in WWII Sweden...
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Jan
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Oct
Liberty Lady: a True Story of Love and Espionage in WWII Sweden
I have read and reviewed so many World War II books, and now it's hard to believe that mine is finally written and published!...
27
Sep
Crash Site Gotland
When my sisters, brother, and I (Siblings in Sweden) arrived on the Swedish island of Gotland our mission was to visit the crash site of our Dad's B-17 Liberty Lady....
01
May
Ulf Gahm
In January of 2011, I was excited to receive an email from a gentleman who wrote to me “from the sunny island of Gotland, Sweden.” Ulf Gahm was the editor at Gotlandsguiden -- the biggest and most comprehensive tourist magazine on the island. ...
03
Jul
Getting to Gotland
We headed for the Swedish island of Gotland. At the end of the day on March 6, 1944, this is where the crew of the Liberty Lady made their final landing, wheels up on a boggy farmer's field. Miraculously all ten crew members climbed...
10
May
Mästermyr A or Mästermyr B
When we visited the site of the forced landing of the Liberty Lady B-17, we had two possible crash sites: Mästermyr A or Mästermyr B....
01
May
The Grand Tour
Today is Day 1 of "The Grand Tour" for my son and I as we trace the World War II footsteps of my parents....
16
Aug
Liberty Lady
This past weekend, I was inspired to go back through my photographs of the Liberty Lady B-17. Most of them have come from the scrapbooks of our Dad, Herman F. Allen, the bombardier. Several have come from other crew members or their families....
03
Apr
Could This Be Him?
For most of his life, Herman Allen has written poetry. The earliest poems I have are from the late 1930's and then the war years, the 1940's. ...
29
Mar
General Curtis visits Mullsjö
On October 8, 1944 General Edward P. Curtis and his entourage visited the American internee camp of Mullsjö. The internees played softball, and to everyone’s delight the General pitched a no-hit, no-run inning....