by Cindy Entriken | Dec 9, 2014 | Kansas, Lincoln Kansas, Pearl Harbor, World War II Artifacts, WWII
This is the third of a four part series about Pearl Harbor and the impact the bombing had on the lives of some of my family members and other residents of Lincoln, Kansas, my home town. This blog was first published on December 9, 2013. Pearl Harbor – two days...
by Cindy Entriken | Dec 8, 2014 | Kansas, Lincoln Kansas, Pearl Harbor, World War II Artifacts, WWII
This is part two of a four-part series about Pearl Harbor and the impact the bombing had on the lives of some of my family members and other residents of Lincoln, Kansas, my home town. This blog was first published on December 8, 2013. I’ve added a couple of...
by Cindy Entriken | Dec 7, 2014 | Ira's Lunch, Pearl Harbor, WWII
This is the first of a four-part series about Pearl Harbor and the impact the bombing had on the lives of some of my family and other residents of Lincoln, Kansas, my home town. Learning about the bombing of Pearl Harbor Sunday, December 7, 1941 Sunday was the busiest...
by Cindy Entriken | Nov 11, 2014 | Civil War Letter, Ezekiel Schenck, France, Omaha Beach, Veterans Day - 2014
Ever since my return from Normandy, France, earlier this year, seeing the 8,000+ graves at the American Cemetery and walking on Omaha Beach, I’ve been haunted by the thought of loss associated with war. [for text and photos of that trip, please see my D-Day, 2014...
by Cindy Entriken | Jul 11, 2014 | 70th anniversary of D-Day, Bud Rice, D-Day, Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Utah Beach, WWII
The Decision One of my first tasks, before I started working on my book, Ila’s War, was to obtain a copy of Ila’s military records from the National Archives. But once I had her records I confronted a problem. I knew nothing about the 155th Station...
