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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Tag Archives: memoir
War through a patriotic lens – a memoir
My friend Bud Morgan sent me a link to a slew of World War II aviation pictures this morning. They caused a rush of memories, not of the war itself but of that time. I was just a kid then, … Continue reading
Posted in History, War
Tagged Captain America, history, memoir, Nazi Germany, Nazis, OPA, Pearl Harbor, Ration, rationing, Victory at Sea, War Price and Rationing Board, World War II
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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
The Chocolate Sinks
Some things you just don’t expect to fail, but there she was Sunday evening, just doing her usual magic in the kitchen when the unexpected happened. She was moving the high swiveling spout on the kitchen faucet from one side … Continue reading
Posted in Memoirs
Tagged faucets, Forrest Gump, humor, memoir, plumbing, sinks, standard sizes, uncertainty
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An Indelible Driving Lesson
Several years ago my wife and I decided to take a mini-vacation by car to Fort Worth to see a museum exhibit of Egyptian artifacts, and it was fun. We stayed overnight, saw the exhibit and set off for home … 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 