Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 9th, 2008
In his book Love, War & Polio, The Life and Times of Young Bill Porteous, by Timothy James Bassett, we learn what the title of his book really means. Several years after leaving the Panama Canal Zone, and following Bill’s marriage to Mable, he experienced an excruciating headache, which moved ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
I now have accounts from three separate people who served in the Panama Canal Zone. For those of you who have read my book, We Knew We Were at War: Women Remember World War II, you may recall my sister-in-law’s story of her military service in the Army Nurse Corps.
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
WASP stands for Women Airforce Service Pilots. Betty recalls receiving a letter shortly after graduating from college asking if she would be interested in joining an experimental group of women pilots. She had already taken eight private flying lessons and was indeed interested in this new group.
At Avenger Field in ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
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