December 24, 2024
At first light on December 24, 1944, the sky was cloudless, the air crisp, and the temperature well below freezing. Not long after daybreak, Phil and […]
December 24, 2024
I suspect each of you, like me, have special memories of extraordinary events that occurred for you or your family during Christmas seasons past, yes? Maybe […]
December 23, 2024
As we all, here in 2024, celebrate the day before Christmas around the world, here’s a reminder of what 4 million men and women were doing […]
December 23, 2024
Two days ago, I began a Christmas story that came from my book Bryson City Seasons. This is the last of three parts. I hope the three are […]
December 22, 2024
Yesterday, I began a Christmas story that came from my book Bryson City Seasons. You can read Part 1 here. This is the second of three parts. I hope […]
December 21, 2024
My most popular books, at least based on sales and letters, are the Bryson City series. In the second book in this series, Bryson City Seasons, I […]
December 20, 2024
The 3rd Division, to which Phil was returning, was transferred to the First French Army, relieving the hard-pressed US 36th Division, inheriting a sector 20 miles […]
December 18, 2024
I enjoy penning a bi-monthly column for the readers of Today’s Christian Living magazine. My column, “Ask Dr. Walt“ in the November 2024 issue is on page 13. […]
December 16, 2024
As Phil was traveling to back to the front, having recovered from a serious leg gunshot wound, the weather turned from rain and mud to freezing […]
December 15, 2024
Northwest Europe in November and December of 1944 was a miserable place. A mixture of sleet, snow, rain, cold, fog, sure days and long nights cried […]
December 14, 2024
47 days after Phil’s major leg wound, which occurred on October 28, 1944, and after three surgical procedures and extensive physical rehabilitation and time in a […]
December 13, 2024
I’ve had some folks request a signed copy of my and Mike Yorkey’s award winning book, At First Light: A True World War II Story of […]
December 24, 2024
At first light on December 24, 1944, the sky was cloudless, the air crisp, and the temperature well below freezing. Not long after daybreak, Phil and […]
December 24, 2024
I suspect each of you, like me, have special memories of extraordinary events that occurred for you or your family during Christmas seasons past, yes? Maybe […]
December 23, 2024
As we all, here in 2024, celebrate the day before Christmas around the world, here’s a reminder of what 4 million men and women were doing […]
December 23, 2024
Two days ago, I began a Christmas story that came from my book Bryson City Seasons. This is the last of three parts. I hope the three are […]
December 22, 2024
Yesterday, I began a Christmas story that came from my book Bryson City Seasons. You can read Part 1 here. This is the second of three parts. I hope […]
December 21, 2024
My most popular books, at least based on sales and letters, are the Bryson City series. In the second book in this series, Bryson City Seasons, I […]
December 20, 2024
The 3rd Division, to which Phil was returning, was transferred to the First French Army, relieving the hard-pressed US 36th Division, inheriting a sector 20 miles […]
December 18, 2024
I enjoy penning a bi-monthly column for the readers of Today’s Christian Living magazine. My column, “Ask Dr. Walt“ in the November 2024 issue is on page 13. […]
December 16, 2024
As Phil was traveling to back to the front, having recovered from a serious leg gunshot wound, the weather turned from rain and mud to freezing […]
December 15, 2024
Northwest Europe in November and December of 1944 was a miserable place. A mixture of sleet, snow, rain, cold, fog, sure days and long nights cried […]
December 14, 2024
47 days after Phil’s major leg wound, which occurred on October 28, 1944, and after three surgical procedures and extensive physical rehabilitation and time in a […]
December 13, 2024
I’ve had some folks request a signed copy of my and Mike Yorkey’s award winning book, At First Light: A True World War II Story of […]