: About Me

My non-fiction military history, Black Tuesday Over Namsi, A True History of the Epic Air Battle of the Korean War, is available from heritagebooks.com or by calling 800-876-6103. The book has received five 5-star ratings by readers on the Amazon web site. On his "B-29s Over Korea" web site, Wayland Mayo calls Black Tuesday Over Namsi a "masterpiece." The book can be previewed on Google.

Born a depression baby, I was raised in Pennsylvania and moved to Colorado after my stepfather, a B-17 gunner, was liberated from a German prison camp. I graduated from Fort Collins, Colorado HS and left home with six bucks in my wallet to join the Air Force. After basic, I became a weather observer, then forecaster. I won my wings and flew 28 missions as a B-29 copilot in the Korean War. After returning, I married a Tucson girl, Eleanor Beeghley. Assigned to fly the B-47 jet bomber, I advanced from copilot to instructor pilot in Topeka, Kansas where all three sons were born. In 1960 we moved to El Paso where I flew and instructed in the world's then-largest aircraft, the B-52. While in Texas, we survived Cuba, nuclear alert, and combat mission in the Vietnam War to retire from the AF in 1969.

After moving to Tucson, I earned an MFA in Creative Writing, taught English and Writing in high school, and retired a second time. During my teaching career I taught writing to college-bound seniors and also did a stint as a writing advisor at all grade levels, K-13.

Since then I've built a corner cupboard, had a mystery novel (Immaculate in Black) published by St. Martin's Press, won a Derringer in 2000 for my flash mystery,"Polls Don't Lie," become a bridge life master, and run a couple of web sites. I also scored SAT essays. Presently, I'm spending my busy time formatting and posting my numerous manuscripts on Amazon Kindle's digital reader.

My idea of heaven would be fly-fishing forever on Slough Creek, Yellowstone National Park, Montana.

My passion is ...

Fly fishing, flying, and photography.

I know too much about ...

Older Airplanes

My parents always told me ...

I could accomplish anything

My childhood ambition ...

Become either a pilot or a priest (pilot won).

My favorite memory ...

Upper meadow, Slough Creek

Why I write ...

I'm obsessed & honestly enjoy writing.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Amazon Kindle's Digital Book; Partick O'Brian novels; House, M. D; Netflix, YouTube Oldies

My first job ...

Picking apples

My best moment ...

At sunrise, 45,000 feet over the Pacific in the front seat of a B-47.

My inspiration ...

Teddy Roosevelt; Neil Armstrong, Barry Goldwater

Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Is John McCain, now in his 70s, too old to serve as president?

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John McCain has received my vote in every election he has been on the Arizona ballot-except this past primary. Yes, I even voted for him against Bush in the 2000 primary because he was a straight shooter whose ideas and goals seemed more in concert with those of the Constitution of the United States of America. Unfortunately, the John McCain of 2000 no longer exists. In the past eight years he has dropped from being one of the best senators to perhaps (as evidenced by his abysmal voting record) the worst. Although bills he sponsored had high-sounding titles, applications of those bills hav...

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