Author and Historian
Return Envelope from Commander In Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet, and the Pacific Ocean Areas A little postal history this morning along with some amazement. In looking through my Grandfather’s Continue Reading →
On December 7, 1941, Chief Boatswain’s Mate Joseph Leon George was serving on the repair ship, USS Vestal, which was moored inboard to the USS Arizona at Ford Island. The Continue Reading →
In December of 1951, the Cromlish Family of Belmont, North Carolina returned to my Grandfather’s hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. According to this recording, they took a two-hour flight from Charlotte, Continue Reading →
A very close friend once said to me, “trapped in your 47-year-old body is a 95-year-old man who sees life as a Norman Rockwell painting. You certainly wish life was Continue Reading →
In December 2016, I made the trip to the island of Oahu in the state of Hawaii and participated in the Seventy-Fifth Commemoration of the Attack on Pearl Harbor by Continue Reading →
I sat down with Red Joye on April 11, 2015, and had a conversation about his life growing up in Belmont and serving with the 34th Infantry Division in the Continue Reading →
In this era of the Internet, finding the information you need is usually just a few keystrokes away on your search engine of choice. If you want to read the Continue Reading →
As I sit here contemplating what I want to do with my writing career, I’m humbled by what it takes to become a quality author. Not only does it take Continue Reading →