I hope everyone has had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. There have been 2 small updates to the website today. We added another 9 photos to the Faces of the 417th Gallery. The photos were supplied by Bob Brennan’s son Mike Brennan. They have been added to the 1st gallery.
We also received a lovely email from Kevin Reeder with a special photo of a painting he received for Father’s Day. The painting is of Henry Lee Gurley’s plane. To see the photo, click here.
This is a bit unrelated to the Night Fighters, but wanted to share it anyway. As many of you may or (may not) know, I am currently living in Wellington, New Zealand.
A week ago, April 25th was ANZAC Day here in New Zealand. It commemorates New Zealanders killed in war and also honours returned servicemen and women. The date itself marks the anniversary of the landing of New Zealand and Australian soldiers – the Anzacs – on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915 (WW1). This year’s commemorations were all the more poignant because it is the 100 year anniversary of the Gallipoli landing.
My husband and I attended many of the activities in Wellington, the most memorable being a dawn service at 5:30 AM at the National War Memorial. 40,000 people attended, young and old, most of which had to rise as early as 4 AM to make there way to the service. It was quite moving. I thought I would share a few photos.
Karen Seeman found this article in the March 9th, 1944 edition of the Stars and Stripes about Corsica and I thought I would share it with you. Very interesting stuff.
In December of 2014, I received 3 transcripts of letters related to Raymond Christensen from his great-niece, Karen. Letters like this help current and future generations to better understand the war by seeing it thru the eyes of those who experienced it first hand. I am so glad that Karen chose to share these letters with me and has provided permission to post them on this site for others to view.
The letters are posted, as links, on a new page called “Letters”. This page is located under the Night Fighter History menu. Or, you can just click on this link and head right to it.
I am interested in hearing from others who have letters that they would like to share on this website. Please get in touch via the contact page!
Hi everyone, I hope you had a good Christmas break and New Year. I have been away from the 417th site for about 3 months and it’s now time for me to get back to work! Stay tuned for updates later in the month!
I noticed that a number of people posted comments to photographs and other items. These comments were in my mailbox, pending approval. I just got around to approving them. Sorry for the delay.
