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A Ride In My Uncle’s Warplane!
I hadn’t guessed that I would not only see, but fly in the aircraft that’s central to my novel about Uncle Herb’s exploits, heroism, and tragic crash-landing on a jungle island. Continue reading
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Tagged Grumman Avenger, guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, south pacific, Uncle Herb, world war 2
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Writing in 40s Vernacular
How does one go about relearning the lost vernacular of another time? Fortunately, there are ways to do it. Continue reading
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Tagged 1943, aviators, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, Uncle Herb, vernacular, world war 2
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Crocodile Attack!
A little known fact of the Solomon Islands campaign of World War II, is that some of the casualties were due to crocodiles. The swamps and rivers in those jungle isles abound with the largest and hungriest of all the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1943, crocodylus porosus, guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, New Georgia Island, solomon islands, Uncle Herb
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Uncle Herb’s Story–Complete at Last!
If I have done my job as a writer well then you will see what it really means for heroes to go and fight and bleed and die to protect the ones they love. Continue reading
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Tagged 1943, aviators, guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, novel, Uncle Herb, world war 2
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Writing–too busy to blog
I just plowed my way through the central description of Herb’s gun battle with Japanese Zeros bent on avenging his torpedo bomber striking a destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Fleet. Continue reading
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Tagged 1943, Avenger, guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, New Georgia Island, torpedo bomber, Uncle Herb
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Flight of the Avenger
My Uncle Herbert’s World War II story is a classic American tale of military bravery and sacrifice. I’m busy writing it now. Continue reading
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Tagged aviators, guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, unbroken, Uncle Herb, world war 2
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New year, new book
Three novels are on the way this year: a medical thriller, a war story, and a dinosaur science fiction. Don’t fall behind in your reading. Continue reading
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Tagged Dinosaur Country, Dinosaur Wars, ebook, herbert hopp, military, mystery, Native American, Peyton McKean, science fiction, Uncle Herb
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Sober Thoughts At Pearl Harbor
What if you had been there and seen those bomber squadrons roaring in to wreak their carnage? Continue reading
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Tagged 1943, guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, military, Uncle Herb, uss copahee
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War Stories
There are a few things you ought to know about me and my life experience before you judge my fitness to tell tales of war. Continue reading
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Tagged 1943, aviators, Dinosaur Wars, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, military, novel, Stonewall Jackson, Uncle Herb, uss copahee
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Hail to the Hero!
My Uncle Herb was one of those young men who volunteered the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed. He went to the Navy recruiters and requested training to become a fighter pilot, no doubt with dreams of shooting down those who had attacked our fleet. Continue reading
