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New at Your Local Library: Ivy Linden & the Treasure of Skull Island!

I'm very pleased to share that the ebook version of Ivy Linden and the Treasure of Skull Island is now available to borrow from libraries...

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Now Available: Ivy Linden and the Treasure of Skull Island

I’m excited to share that my new novel, Ivy Linden and the Treasure of Skull Island, is now available in paperback and ebook formats! Set...

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Remembering a Poignant Scene Captured 80 Years Ago Today

On this day eighty years ago, August 9, 1943, a poignant scene was playing out in front of a home in the little town of Sant’Agata,...

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Some Enchanted Evening: July 31, 1981

It is only in hindsight that we can see what will become the defining moments of our lives. For me, one pivotal moment happened forty...

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Memorial Day 2021

Last month I was looking through some archival documents from the US Marine Corps, and a letter with a Schenectady mailing address jumped...

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Remembering Pfc. Dale Warren Ross on the 100th anniversary of his birth

Dale Warren Ross was born on June 30, 1920 in North Dakota to William H. Ross and Mabel Viola Warren Ross. Dale was the third of four...

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Americans Suffer When Careless Talk Kills!

During World War II, many posters were created to alert the public to the dangers of careless talk: information about war production or...

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74th Anniversary of the Iwo Jima Flag Raising

Two Photos, Two Prizes, and Two Stamps Today marks the 74th anniversary of the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi on...

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Trench Art for a Sweetheart

Seventy-five years ago in 1944, someone in the Army Air Forces stationed in New Guinea made this souvenir to send home to a loved one,...

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