Europe at War 1939-1945

“The conventional narrative of the Second World War is well known: after six years of brutal fighting on land, on sea and in the air, the Allied Powers prevailed and the Nazi regime was defeated. But, as in so many things, the truth is somewhat different.” Read more

Roman ” Buddy” Frankowski

Have you ever been to a cemetery near memorial day when American flags fill the landscape? Did you ever pass a grave marker and wonder what that person was like or how they died?

Roman “ Buddy” Frankowski was born January 27^th 1909. His parents were both born in Prussia (Germany/ Poland). Roman was born into a household of 11 other people and was to be the second youngest child of eleven. In This House. Read more

Bob Helvey USN

Josh and myself sat down with Mr. Bob Helvey. He is a wonderfully kind man, after all we stayed around and chatted for hours afterward.

He also lent us a scrap book of his fathers filled with articles from newspapers about his unit during WW2. Read more

Larry Wulf USN

I sat down with a Vietnam Veteran who served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS BUTTE AE-27.

He so happens to be my Father. Read more