Today, December 7, 2012 is the 71st Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. As we remember those who we lost that day, we also remember the heroes who made a difference. One of them was Dorie Miller. I hope you will click this link to Angela Walton-Raji’s blog post and read [...]
Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 2010 – Christmas Cards
December 5, 2010 by
The Davis Christmas Card This is a Christmas card my dad received when he was in New Calendonia during World War II with . The sender was his best friend and brother-in-law’s mother Esther Levy Davis. Her son James E Davis was in the Marines and as she said, “in the South Sea Islands”. This [...]
Carnival of Genealogy – 57th Edition “I read it in the news!”
June 7, 2010 by
Technically, I didn’t read this article in the news since it happened about nine years before I was born, but it was in the Daily Olympian newspaper in 1941. As the caretaker of the family documents and pictures, this article was one of a few about our family that made the news. Dad never “won” [...]
