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1. Hell’s Angels B-17 Top Turret Gunner Donald Conley

   2016-01-26 15:50:00 UTC

   The last couple months of 2015 got to be so busy that I unfortunately did not have much time for personal work.  With the start of the new year, I’m trying to make it a point to shoot more of what I really enjoy.  That of course includes continuing to…

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2. Pearl Harbor Veteran Isaac George

   2015-05-13 15:30:00 UTC

   A while back, I received a phone call from a woman who lives in my hometown.  She had come across my portraits of WWII veterans that I photographed while visiting Pennsylvania, and wanted to pass on a name and telephone number of someone I may be interested in contacting.  She…

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3. Battle of Guadalcanal Veteran Glenn Hepler

   2014-09-03 15:59:49 UTC

   As I mentioned last week, I was fortunate enough to photograph two WWII veterans while visiting my hometown in western Pennsylvania. Thanks to a good friend from high school, he put in touch with his grandfather, Glenn Hepler, who served in the 260th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company. While working with…

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4. Battle of Okinawa Veteran Bob Miller

   2014-08-26 16:05:02 UTC

   A couple weeks ago, I traveled to Pennsylvania to visit my family and celebrate my grandfather’s 90th birthday. If time and schedules allowed it, I thought that it would also be a great opportunity to meet and photograph WWII veterans who live in my hometown. Asking around on Facebook, I…

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5. WWII P-51 Mustang Pilot Captain Robert G. Kurtz

   2014-08-19 18:38:00 UTC

   When I first began this project back in April, meeting a veteran pilot from WWII was something that I hoped would eventually happen. I’ve always been fascinated by the aircraft used during the war, especially the P-51 Mustang. By chance, I was telling a new friend at a bachelor party…

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6. D-Day Veteran Portraits for The Washington Post

   2014-06-09 21:41:44 UTC

   You may not know this, but I graduated college with a degree in History. Yes, you read that correctly, History. I knew that I never wanted to teach the subject, and everyone would ask what I planned to do with it if not teach. Frankly, I had no idea. Like…

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