World War II

  • French Assets

    It was meant to be a short detour, really. Not a deep dive into military service and secret assets. My husband and I spent part of last summer camping in Nova Scotia’s delightful Annapolis Valley. On the trail of Rose Michaud, we set out one July morning, headed toward Port-Royal National Historic Site, a reconstructed…

  • Generation of Heroes

    My husband’s a World War II buff, and I too value the rich legacy bequeathed by that generation of heroes. Sometimes I wonder how the stories and screens of the past century would have looked different had the dramatic and traumatic events of two world wars never happened. Certainly, both Hollywood filmmakers and New York…