by Cindy Entriken | Nov 11, 2020 | book release, book swag, Dan Baum, Ila's War, Veterans' Day 2020
photo by Jim Hammer This Veterans’ Day, 2020, is special for many reasons. Today we are recognizing and celebrating the contribution of America’s veterans, and we’re also celebrating the release of my book, Ila’s War. Yea!!! In the Beginning...
by Cindy Entriken | Nov 10, 2020 | Army nurse, draft dodger, Ila's War, Nurse, poetry, WWII
For my Day 1 countdown, I thought I’d share some of Ila’s poetry with you — poems that were sprinkled throughout my cache of letters. I hope you enjoy reading them. Nick Fewings, Bournemouth, UK The poem below is the only one that was not part of the...
by Cindy Entriken | Nov 9, 2020 | Australia, Espionage In Australia, Ila's War, WWII
Espionage in World War II Before and during WWII, every thinking adult worried about espionage. Was that reclusive man down the street a spy? What about the fisherman who spent his days down at the docks? Was he fishing or was he really taking soundings and relaying...
by Cindy Entriken | Nov 8, 2020 | Australia, discovering Australia, Ila's War, WWII
Although Ila Armsbury dreamed of traveling the world she didn’t have any particular destination in mind. But when she landed in Australia as a member of the U. S. Army, 155th Station Hospital, in June of 1942 she was thrilled. For all the similarities of life...
by Cindy Entriken | Nov 7, 2020 | Fort Leavenworth, Ila Armsbury's life at Fort Leavenworth, Ila's War, WWII
After two long years of grueling work teaching medical residents and helping deliver babies in the Kansas City slums, Ila Armsbury was exhausted. She was ready for a change and some rest. She’d received two letters from the Red Cross suggesting that she join the...
by Cindy Entriken | Nov 5, 2020 | 6 day countdown, Hinch Hall fire, Ila's War
In February or March of 1935, Ila wrote her parents to tell them about the big excitement . . . a fire on the 6th floor of Hinch Hall where she lived. If you look closely at the postcard image below you can see her notation for the location of her room between two...
