Jim Wheeler
BS, USNA, Annapolis, 1959; MSA, The Geo. Washington U., 1975; Submariner, Commander, USN, 1959 - 1981; Aerospace battery engineer & mgr., 1981 - 1999; Political affiliation: Mainly of the Democratic persuasion but not a fan of the extremes on either side.
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Category Archives: Memoir
Working – A Memoir
Fellow blogger Indiana Jen called my attention to a Smithsonian article about a famous photograph, “Men at Lunch”. It was taken in 1932 New York City 850 feet above the street, long before anyone ever thought of OSHA. Although the iconic … Continue reading
Childhood Memoirs of Pearl Harbor
On that infamous day, December 7, 1941, I was almost 5 years old and my wife Mollie was almost 4. One doesn’t usually remember much from such an age and yet we both do because it was a time of … Continue reading
Posted in Armed Forces, Memoir
Tagged Great Depression, memoir, Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor Attack, PTSD, Remember Pearl Harbor, Richard Rodgers, Victory at Sea
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A Boy’s Blue Highways
My blog friend Keith Spillett has posted a well-written little memoir about car trips in the twenty-first century, noting the boring sameness of the experience as he and his family traveled the interstate diagonal from the Southeast to the upper … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Memoir
Tagged back roads, Blue Highways, CAFE, car travel, childhood, Holiday Inn, Interstate Highway System, McDonald's, memoir, Rand McNally, William Least-Heat Moon
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Still Skeptical After All These Years 