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James Helinger, Sr passed away this morning at 11AM, peacefully at home. Tekken: The Motion Picture hd Mission to Mars film The Goddess of 1967 Caligula et Messaline film Feb 22, 1924 – May 4, 2009 I met him by accident, but grew by my association with him over the last 4 years.  He was […]

Posting will be a little light, as I’m sure it will be around the blogosphere and many thoughts are percolating on this end, but I prefer to do justice to some of the topics, rather than hack out a few paragraphs unchecked. In the meantime, my work schedule allowed me the opportunity to have a […]

I have posted two parts of this story previously. It is the story of the a glider pilot that I had the opportunity to meet in person and hear this story myself. Read all of it to get a picture of the life style of those who hauled troops and freight to the front lines. […]

It’s the 5th of June here, just before midnight on the 6th. 61 years ago, Lt Jim Helinger, Sr, was making his preparations to fly a glider full of troops and be one of the 200,000 men to invade Europe. I can’t begin to imagine what his thoughts and feelings were. Here is Part II […]

He walked into the office one day to ask about some repair work, and for some reason, I thought to ask him is he was veteran. The answer was yes. The following text is the story of Jim Helinger, Sr, a US Army Air Corps Glider pilot in World War II, about his wartime exploits. […]

Col Dodenhoff – Total Flight Hours 1943 Page – 19431226-450w.png Subtitle: Flying the SNV-1, or “the Vultee Vibrator” (the assigned name “Valiant”) As noted on the Wikipedia page linked above, the initial designation of this aircraft was the BT-13, and the SNV-1 was a batch of 1350 planes transferred to the US Navy. This airplane […]

The day began with just bringing back a cleaned up laptop that had captured a virus to a friend. He then said he was taking me to lunch. But before it began, as we drove to “a place you (meaning me) never have been before,” we pulled up to restaurant where I had been, for […]

June 6th, 1944. Young men did what was asked of them. The odds were against them. The enemy prepared for this event, and even if the moment caught them off guard, they responded with the viciousness of combatants under siege. What lives were ended, what future family lines were extinguished that day, specifically that day? […]

***Welcome LGF and MilBlogs readers!**** Feel free to look around the blog… One more anniversary passes of the end of WWII. Wouldn’t you know it was a Sailor who made the timeless pose for the celebration of the end of WWII. For those of you who have been reading a while, you may have read […]

Note: Our wounded service members need some help…see details on Valour-IT funding laptops with voice recognition software here. Thanks for your considertaion of this great project! See D-Day Remembered on Black Five for more stories commemorating this day in history. Part I,Part II and Part III of the Adventures of Jim, Sr Jim Helinger, Sr, […]