Month: July 2015
Tunneling In a Prison Camp
Most prison camps wouldn’t want their detainees digging tunnels to freedom. But at Ed’s camp, it was a way to keep the prisoners occupied…
Learning Things About Yourself You Never Knew
Ed believed he was a well informed pilot flying for the United States. Then the German captured him and told him things about himself that…
Crossing the Atlantic for World War II
Ed Davidson got to cross the Atlantic on the Queen Mary…but his trip wasn’t for pleasure, for he made that trip during World War II…
Napoleon’s Link to Concordia, Kansas
Most of us recognize the name Napoleon Bonaparte as that of a famous French general. But for the residents of Concordia, Kansas, that name may…
An Opera House In Rural America
Today you don’t see many opera stars performing in rural America. But a century ago, the name on many buildings would lead you to believe…
Escapees With Nowhere to Go
At first glance, housing enemy soldiers in low security camps in the Midwest may not have seemed wise. But for those who decided to escape,…
Prisoners of War in the Midwest
During World War II thousands of enemy soldiers taken as prisoners of war where housed in hastily built camps in the Midwest. Most were peaceful,…
A Place Surprising To Both Sides
When the Allies began the fight against Germany in World War II, they began to take prisoners of war. Some of those enemy soldiers would…
Misery Among Beauty
This island has some of the best views of San Francisco Bay and the city itself…yet most people didn’t want to live here. It’s a…
The Story of One Very Famous Rock
At one time it was one of the nation’s most important forts…but that’s not how people would know it today…