In 1943 a young boy at the age of 18 from Petersburg Indiana decided to enlist with the U.S. Army during a time of war. Knowing his family could use financial help, he chose to be a paratrooper and found himself with the 101st Airborne Division. He was later attached with the Five-O-Deuce, and soon […]
Survivor of WWII and Now a Survivor of Hurricane Sandy
CBS 2 New York ran this story on Mr. Foster who is a survivor of Hurricane Sandy after nearly getting killed by fallen trees that destroyed his house except for the room he was sleeping in. Mr. Foster also cheated death back in WWII flying a B-17 bomber and nearly being taken out by anti-aircraft. […]
Hurricane Sandy Destruction Here on Long Island
My family and I have been very fortunate throughout this storm, a storm that made me eat my words when I thought this wasn’t going to be as bad as the weather channel was reporting before it hit. Parts of Long Island, here in Suffolk County, have gotten hit much worse than other parts of […]
WWII Veterans We Can Never Forget
Its not to often that I come across a WWII veteran and get the chance to hear ones story, but this past weekend I was given such an opportunity. For the first time I had visited the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale N.Y. to see the aircraft that was to take part in the 2012 Jones […]