by Cindy Entriken | May 30, 2022 | China-Burma-India Theater, Flying the Hump, Memorial Day, WWII
David Moyer Hammer a tribute to a WWII Army Air Force Pilot In tribute to a World War Two Army Air Force pilot, I’ve written about David Moyer Hammer, who flew 72 combat missions and 650 combat hours over the Himalayan Mountains from India into China during...
by Cindy Entriken | Dec 7, 2021 | 81st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Ira's Lunch, Lincoln Kansas, Pearl Harbor, WWII
View of Pearl Harbor looking southwesterly from the hills to the northward. Taken during the Japanese raid, with anti-aircraft shell bursts overhead. Large column of smoke in lower center is from USS Arizona (BB-39). Smaller smoke columns further to the left are from...
by Cindy Entriken | Mar 28, 2021 | 1st Marine Division, Army nurse, Australia, Guadalcanal, Women's History Month, WWII
a tribute to a U. S. Army nurse caring for sick Marines who fought on Guadalcanal. In honor of Women’s History Month, I’ve written a tribute to my great aunt, Ila Armsbury, a U. S. Army nurse assigned to the 155th Station Hospital at Camp Cable in...
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...
