World War 2

April 5, 2024

“Ask Dr. Walt” in Today’s Christian Living “How do you find out if you have an abnormal cholesterol?” (Part 3 of 7)

I enjoy being penning a bi-monthly column for the readers of Today’s Christian Living magazine. In the March 2024 issue I addressed some options on treating high […]
April 4, 2024

April 4, 1944 — Fresh bread at Anzio—Yanks ignore shells to keep bakery humming

 Every square yard of the Anzio beachhead in Italy can be reached by the enemy’s guns. But routine tasks go on, and Allied troops in the […]
April 4, 2024

“Ask Dr. Walt” in Today’s Christian Living “What is cholesterol and why should you care?” (Part 2 of 7)

I enjoy being penning a bi-monthly column for the readers of Today’s Christian Living magazine. In the March 2024 issue I addressed some options on treating high […]
April 3, 2024

April 3, 1944 — Movies on the Anzio beachhead

War correspondent, Ernie Pyle, wrote, “As tiny and shell-raked as our Anzio beachhead is, life in some respects is astonishingly normal. For example, the Fifth Army […]
April 3, 2024

“Ask Dr. Walt” in Today’s Christian Living “Red Rice Yeast for High Cholesterol?” (Part 1 of 7)

I enjoy being penning a bi-monthly column for the readers of Today’s Christian Living magazine. In the March 2024 issue I addressed some options on treating high […]
April 2, 2024

April 2, 1944 — Soldiers in the hell of a foxhole on the Anzio beachhead

War correspondent, Ernie Pyle, wrote, “American infantry fighters on the Fifth army beachhead were having a welcome breathing spell when I dropped around to leave my […]
April 2, 2024

List of my March Blogs on “Where was Dad 80 years ago today?”

I’m continuing a blog on most days for the next 18 months or so following my father’s exploits and adventures during WWII. Each blog will represent […]
April 1, 2024

April 1, 1944 — An intensive training schedule was underway, but for what?

By 1 April the Regimental bivouac area was set up, training areas selected and an intensive training schedule was under way.
July 2, 2022

Saturday Book Report — Amazing PR for my WWII book “At First Light”

Just this week there have been a number of wonderful developments concerning my WWII book about my father and his exploits and heroism. I hope you’ll […]
July 9, 2022

Saturday Magazine Report – Article in WWII Quarterly Magazine

I’m delighted that a very long (8,000 word) article that I wrote with Mike Yorkey is the lead and featured article in the Summer Edition of […]
July 16, 2022

Saturday Book Videos – Coauthor Mike Yorkey referees a “fight” between fans AND the book trailer

I love my coauthor, Mike Yorkey. We’ve collaborated on two books over the last two decades: God’s Design for the Highly Healthy Teen (2004) and At First […]
July 23, 2022

Saturday Book Report – Interview with Kristina Stanley, the CEO of “Fictionary” about “At First Light”

I was so honored to be interviewed by Kristina Stanley, the CEO of a wonderful writing software called Fictionary, about my WWII book, At First Light.
July 30, 2022

Saturday Book Report – If my WWII Book “At First Light” was a movie

If my WWII book, At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse, was a movie, the […]
August 1, 2022

Monthly Family Update – August 2022

Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter: WWII book named a Military Writers Society of America Medal Winner A Nice Interview with Kristina Stanley, the […]