As a young man, my Uncle Howard served in the South Pacific during World War II. He was stationed in Australia for a time for training before being sent to New Guinea where he went ashore with the Second Engineer Special Brigade in an amphibious troop carrier under fire at Lae in 1943 to battleContinue reading “A Veteran’s Day”
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Clouds of War
Over 80 years ago the clouds of war gathered during the most destructive event in human history. Airplanes like this served as trainers for aviators who faced terror and triumph in cold skies throughout the world. Many were lost but others returned, and would sometimes reluctantly share the barest shadows of the of the horrorsContinue reading “Clouds of War”
Round Engine Rumble of Times Past
I was zeroing in on the sun for my daily observations when I heard the unmistakable rumble of a big, round, radial engine headed my way. Though trees obscured the view at first, I guessed that it might pass overhead. I got the camera ready and managed to get this photo during the one andContinue reading “Round Engine Rumble of Times Past”
He’s On the Wall!
He was my namesake, Uncle Howard, botany professor, who had served in WW II in the Pacific, and four times stormed island beaches under fire and survived to tell the tale. He returned to “Hays, America,” as a professor at Fort Hayes State College at Hayes, Kansas, and became curator of the Sternberg Museum ofContinue reading “He’s On the Wall!”
