Biddy Chambers demonstrated even more resiliency after Oswald Chamber’s unexpected death in 1917. Left penniless with a four year-old in…
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Under Sea with the USS Independence
A retired Navy guy visits the E/V Nautilus examining the WWII-era sunken aircraft carrier.
A Town Like Alice: the finest WWII Romance
The best WWII romance: A Town Like Alice
British Book Publishing and Wartime
What happened to British book publishing during wartime in the 1940s? I’d never given it much thought until I realized…
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Saying Farewell to a Veteran
I bid a WWII submarine veteran farewell in 2014. Ninety year-old Chester Bienkowski led a long and successful life, starting…
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Pearl Harbor and Me
“It’s time,” Rose called from my Pearl Harbor driveway where her toddler sat in his stroller. I latched my daughter into her stroller…
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