Babylon once had two million people in it, and all we know about ’em is the names of the kings and . . .

This blog is an endeavor to shine a light on some of those humble heroes of the WW II. When Tom Browkaw published The Greatest Generation, my first thought was, That is the book I was going to write someday. I wanted elderly friends and family to be recognized, if only for a few moments, for their sacrifices. As I researched my soon-to-be-published-novel,  it suddenly occurred to me that I paid to take two graduate level WW II college classes. The contributions of women were never mentioned. Seems the War was fought and won by the generals and admirals.  Hopefully this blog Nurses, Airmen, and the Homefires will begin to remedy that oversight as some less academic books have done, and perhaps the blog will whet your appetite to learn more about the generation that did so much to change the world. When my book is finally published late this year,  Our Duty will relate much more.