The Soldier and the General
Following is an excerpt from the book titled, The Silly Buggers
by Bill Hawksford.
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William Crawford
William Bill Crawford certainly was an unimpressive figure, one you could easily overlook during a hectic day at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Mr. Crawford, as most of us referred to him back in the late 1970s, was our squadron janitor.
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Anchors Away
From Doc Ellis
REALLY FOLKS, I don’t know if its anchors away or anchors aweigh, but what I’m really curious about is: How many of us WWII guys who served overseas remember the name of the ship that carried us at sea to the great adventure or the dates of arrival and departure to wherever?
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S.S. Manhattan
Author: Howard A. Ellis
I can’t help wondering if any of your readers remember this ship which meant so much to those of us who sailed aboard her to various ports in war theaters. The former S.S. Manhattan in 1941 shortly after her conversion to U.S.S. Wakefield (AP21) and service as a World War II Troopship voyaging from USA to Great Britain and back.
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Ann Margaret and Her Gentlemen!
Ann Margaret and Her Gentlemen!
Submitted by Dr Jim Kirby
Richard, (my husband), never really talked a lot about his time in Viet Nam other than he had been shot by a sniper. However, he had a rather grainy, 8 x 10 black and white photo he had taken at a USO show of Ann Margaret with Bob Hope in the background. That was one of his treasures.
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A WWII Remembrance-FINAL Part
Robertson Bruce Graham
Submitted by: Randy Graham © July 2003 Roseville, CA
Coming Home
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A WWII Remembrance-Part VII
Robertson Bruce Graham
A WWII Remembrance-Part VII
Submitted by: Randy Graham © July 2003 Roseville, CA
Back In Action – Part 2
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A WWII Remembrance-Part VI
Robertson Bruce Graham
A WWII Remembrance-Part VI
Submitted by: Randy Graham © July 2003 Roseville, CA
Back In Action – Part 1
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A WWII Remembrance-Part V
Robertson Bruce Graham
A WWII Remembrance-Part V
Submitted by: Randy Graham © July 2003 Roseville, CA
Wounded In Action
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A WWII Remembrance - Part IV
Photograph: President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) awards the Distinguished Service Medal (3rd Oak Leaf Cluster) to General Carl Spaatz, United States Air Force (foreground, center). Left to right: Mrs. Spaatz and family, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, Admiral William D. Leahy, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and General Omar N. Bradley. All others are unidentified.
Robertson Bruce Graham
A WWII Remembrance - Part IV
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