I didn’t set out to be a writer, but once I began to write my life changed in some amazing ways.
World War II was a wild and crazy time. Flying B-24 bombers was a crazy business, But over the last ten years or so, I have been recalling and recording stories about it all. The first 5 months of 1945 are continuing to provide one story after another, some of which are to be found on this web site. The rest are published in GRANDFATHER STORIES , MORE GRANDFATHER STORIES, or waiting as I accumulate STILL MORE GRANDFATHER STORIES
I’m having so much fun I never imagined was possible. Sometimes I wake up before dawn with another story buzzing in my head. I am surprised, but I do remember when all this happened. If I lie there a bit I can add more and more to the story, as my mind, unbidden, follows the links.
The Story Teller...... Hal Wilder
Grandfather Stories is now available in two formats; the spiral-bound black and white original book, or glossy, colored, paperback Lulu version.
Inside the books are alike as to page size and layout. Serious readers interested in the History of the time have indicated a preference for the spiral-bound form.
The price of either remains at $25.00 + shipping & handling
Once upon a time, in a small town in the center of a wonderful Country, there was a small boy, and it was I. Now I’m an old man. In between that time and now there are many amazing stories.
Cowboy, college boy, soldier boy. I drove a team of horses pulling a wagon, as we laid a new fence line 5 miles long.I drove a 1937 Ford V8 convertible, I flew B-17s and B-24s. Now I sail, and teach basic sailing on the Pacific Ocean. I repeat, it has been quite a life, quite a story, filled with many unexpected turns, and a lot of luck.
During those years I made lots of mistakes. If I present them to you here, you may be able to avoid them for yourself. If you’re going to make mistakes, at least they should be brand new mistakes of your own creation.
And with any luck at all, you are going to make mistakes. If you don’t, you are just not trying. Mistakes occur when we try something new. Without them, there would be no progress.
But I hope you will browse through this site and see what’s here. When I write about the Flak at Munich or a Daylight Burglary in Illinois, it is a real experience I hope you never have. So read what I have written. Live your life and write about it for the benefit of others. It matters not how well you write. Your jewel is what you saw, what you lived.
Each life is unique,
each story is priceless.
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