My family was friendly with the Faulkners of Oxford, Mississippi, and William Faulkner's daughter Jill babysat me as a toddler. Not much literary genius rubbed off then, but it prompted me in later life to read and appreciate Faulkner. One thing in particular jumped out at me; much of what I read I had heard before, as stories about our and other families. It makes me wonder to this day where, exactly, "A Rose For Emily" came from. It also made me realize that fiction can be based on fact in order to explore intangible truths, but, on the other hand, should never be confused with fact.

M.A. in History, University of Nebraska at Omaha

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My vanity page, badly in need of updating.

CNAC # 53
Presentation of a model to a museum in Pienma, China, that represents a C-53 that crashed on the Hump during WW II.

Indomitable: the Story of Art Chin
Article in the Chinese-language edition of the Air University's Air & Space Power Journal about Chinese-American flyer Arthur "Art" Chin, cowritten with Art's grandson John Gong and researcher Andy Chan. Art became an ace fighter pilot flying biplanes with the Chinese Air Force during the Sino-Japanese War, and flew transports over the Himalayas late in WW II.