pferguson | November 4, 2016
Mountains and Places – Any Day and Any Table Many of us enjoy watching movies time and time again. Each year I promise myself to find a few others and as I sit with pencil and paper in hand, neatly levered into my chair – my place, I jot down a few titles or more. […]
pferguson | December 15, 2012
Researching Family Military History How many times in a year do I hear this phrase which equally visits me as “my Dad’s Dad” or “My mom’s mom”, etc? Where to begin is usually the second question and so it starts once again as bits of paper and the reminders of an earlier time are set […]
pferguson | September 8, 2012
Across the Wind With a sudden change of plans for a September wandering of the fields of battle in France and Flanders I found myself quickly booking a late August return to Oahu. Here, as I snorkel out across the Waikiki breakwater, I chance upon many close encounters as I drift along the current observing […]
Ian S. Williams | January 6, 2012
Two years after the “Terrific Drive” by the Canadians in April 1915, Frank Dadd composed this sketch. The fact that this was done so long after attests to the significance of that event in the war. In fact it was a major event in history. It marked the first significant use of poison gas as […]
Ian S. Williams | February 14, 2011
Anderson advanced to the third line of trenches where he again took another round. He fell to the ground, stunned and bleeding. After a moment he was able to raise himself to a seated position where he continued to pipe his comrades on. While he played in this position a German shell exploded beside him. The shrapnel shattered his drones and pelted his body. Injured as servely as he was, Pipe Major Anderson rose to his feet and was almost immediately attacked by a German soldier…
