For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me
I’m sure you’ve heard by now of the passing of Michael Collins, command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. For many his name and face bring instant recognition, but for those of us who lived …
Category: History
Remembering 9-11 Our personal experience
My husband and I, met two of our best friends at the Detroit airport the morning of September 11, 2001. Slated to be a four day trip to Las Vegas, our flight left shortly after 8 AM on that …
Covid-19: Keeping Things in Perspective
My cousin shared this with me. Thanks Karen. Subject: Keeping Things in Perspective It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria. For a small amount of …
Photo of the Day – Gettysburg
This was one of the photos I took while visiting the Gettysburg battlefield. Happened to catch this person taking in the view.
VI Corps Combat Engineer forum is down
My WWII forum – VI Corps Combat Engineers, is temporarily unavailable. I finally decided to upgrade the software after a very long delay, simply because I didn’t want the hassle of updating MySQL and PHP on my webserver. I knew …
A never ending love affair
Pulling folders from my file cabinet this week, instantly transported me back in time. The contents made me smile, cry, and appreciate fleeting friendships with some of the world’s Greatest Generation. You see, I’m a WWII historian, who had the …