Monthly Archives: oktober 2017

oktober 2017

STANDING TALL

2019-01-28T23:48:03+01:00

Although I gave my book on the only American World War II cemetery in The Netherlands ‘The Margraten Boys’ as title, I do mention that four of the more than eight thousand Americans buried in Margraten are women. Lieutenant Wilma Vinsant is one of them. All her life she was known as Dolly, apparently because [...]

STANDING TALL2019-01-28T23:48:03+01:00

SELFIE WITH HEROINE

2017-10-09T19:57:08+02:00

I have in recent weeks been taking quite a few small and large groups from all over the world on my author tours to Bastogne and America’s World War II cemeteries. Here I am taking some time out to pose for a selfie at Augusta Chiwy’s final resting place in the Bastogne cemetery, just opposite [...]

SELFIE WITH HEROINE2017-10-09T19:57:08+02:00