Family Newsletter

March 18, 2024

March 18, 1944 – To seize a beachhead like Anzio was one thing—to hold it indefinitely was another

The miserly affection with which the limited ground on the Anzio, Italy beachhead was coveted is shown by the fact that during March the 3rd Infantry […]
March 17, 2024

March 17, 1944 – Dad’s first medal of valor caused Mount Vesuvius to blow her top

Well, not really. But the two events occurred in close proximity to each other. Phil’s first medal of valor was the Silver Star the Army’s third […]
March 16, 2024

March 16, 1944 – Baptism by fire (Part 2)

“No soldier in any of our theaters of operations is better acquainted with this war than is the Infantryman, and no Infantryman knows war more intimately […]
March 15, 2024

March 15, 1944 – Baptism by fire (Part 1)

“In every battle, the last one hundred yards of the fight belongs to the Infantry. Armed with rifle and bayonet, Infantrymen must face and defeat the […]
March 14, 2024

March 14, 1944 – Skirmishes increase on the Anzio front line

The countless stone houses of standard design lined the few roads across the Anzio beachhead. To the front of Dad’s units the stone farm houses were […]
March 13, 2024

March 13, 1944 – Stories of Army nurses in WWII that will swell your heart

While writing the early drafts of my book, At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse, […]
March 13, 2024

Largest COVID vaccine study yet finds up to 3 times greater risk? True or false?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/02/19/covid-vaccines-linked-to-small-increase-in-heart-and-brain-disorders-study-finds-but-risk-from-infection-is-far-higher/?sh=6a31bf5c60ffA dear friend was deeply alarmed by this recent news headline, “Largest Covid vaccine study yet finds up to 3 times greater risk.” He wrote, “I […]
March 12, 2024

March 12, 1944 – Dad’s admiration for the amazing Army nurses

While still an inpatient at the field hospital on the Anzio beachhead, Dad wrote home and expressed great admiration for the nurses there.
July 11, 2009

Larimore Family Newsletter – July 2009 Edition

Here is the Table of Contents for the July edition of our Family Newsletter. There’s a lot going on! Family Update Publication Update Dr. Walt’s First […]
August 5, 2009

Larimore Family Newsletter – August 2009 Edition

Here is the Table of Contents for the August edition of our Family Newsletter: Family Update Publication Update TSI: The Gabon Virus, Walt’s First Novel to […]
September 8, 2009

Larimore Family Newsletter – September 2009 Edition

October 2, 2009

Larimore Family Newsletter – October 2009 Edition

Here is the Table of Contents for the October edition of our Family Newsletter: Family Update Sarah Elisabeth needs your prayers Publication Update Bryson City Books […]
November 4, 2009

Larimore Family Newsletter – November 2009 Edition

Here is the Table of Contents for the November edition of our Family Newsletter: Family Update Several of Dr. Walt’s books on clearance sale – great […]
January 2, 2010

Larimore Family Newsletter – January 2010

Here are the contents for this month’s newsletter: Family Update Publication Update 10 Essentials of Happy, Healthy People available His Brain, Her Brain published in Spanish […]