Tag: World Wars – Memories and Reflections of Boca Grande Families

Profile: James Clark Dieffenderfer

■ BY SUE ERWIN When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Second Lieutenant Jim Dieffenderfer was a student in the U.S. Army Air Corps Flying Training Program. Jim is the father of Boca...

Memories of World Wars book introduced

■ BY SUE ERWIN When island resident Barbara Edgerton was asked to manage a collection of World War stories from Boca Grande families, she happily agreed, even though that meant dedicating the next year...

Boca Grande to celebrate poetry of World War II

April 7, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
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BY MARY COOK – Trains would come in carrying loads of ammunition, and there’d be armed guards on top of the train. They even built some barracks on the island. Patrol boats ran missions keeping...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: It was a privilege to be part of ‘World Wars’

To the Editor: I was privileged to be involved as an editor of the Friends of Boca Grande book, “World Wars—Memories and Reflections of Boca Grande Families. The sixty stories in the book were submitted...