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It was the night of August 6, 1945, and I was the only radio operator on duty on the CVE 117, a brand new aircraft carrier on its "shakedown" cruise off the coast of California. We had left Brementon, Washington, a day earlier, testing the ship's structure, engines, crew, and all its systems prior to joining the Pacific fleet...

History is one of the best entertainers I know. This is said from a comfortable age of retirement when watching old movies might easily be an alternative. But the past has always been a chief interest of mine, whether in college or mining local events from the many places I have lived...

My husband, Fitz, and I went to Cuba in December of 2003 with ten other members of the United Methodist Volunteers In Mission. The team members were from several Conferences of the Southeast Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. Our team leader was the Reverend Nick Elliot, a member of the South Carolina Conference and Southeastern UMVIM Director...