Volume 16 , Issue 20

NW Okie's Journey

Join us as we pay tribute and remember 70 years ago, 6 June 1944, and the Allied Invasion of Normandy, Operation Overlord, that took place during World War II (WWII). While Gen. Eisenhower led the Allied forces at Omaha Beach, Gen. Patton was heading a top-secret ruse to fool Hitler in Operation Bodyguard, complete with rubber tanks, body doubles, fake radio chatter and double agents. It laid the groundwork for D-Day success on 6 June 1944.

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Walking With Sadie

NW Okie and this Sadie Pug went for a stroll for the perfect shot of Vallecito Lake here in the Southwest corner of the Colorado Rockies, North of Bayfield. The image on the left is a view of Lake and mountains, looking towards the Northwest.

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Operation Overlord

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in WWII, launches Operation Overlord, 6 June 1944, known as D-Day, while Gen. Patton was used as a ruse to keep the enemy forces off-guard. Back in America, President Franklin Roosevelt waited for word of the invasion's success.

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Great Depressions - 1897

It was 12 March 1897 that we found this piece in a Garnett, Kansas newspaper, Kansas Agitator, entitled: It Is Not a New Idea. Government had furnished employment. England at one time employed her idle population on the public roads. America could do the same.

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70th Anniversary of WWII's D-Day (6 June 1944)

Want to learn more about the Allied attacks on German-held beaches in France on D-Day?

It was 6 June 1944, Storming Omaha Beach at Normandy (D-Day) was on the horizon and a long awaited invasion by the Allies of Nazi Germany's Fortress Europe. It was a massive assault known by the codename Operation Overlord.

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Churchill's D-Day Speech (6 June 1944)

"We Shall Fight on the Beaches" ... is a common title given to a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 4 June 1940.

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Dies (12 April 1945)

President Roosevelt stated, "I've seen war on land and sea. I've seen cities destroyed." President Roosevelt died in 1945, while in Warm springs, Georgia. The people thronged to glance a last glimpse of their President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt as his body traveled back towards Washington, DC.

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King Cole Trio

In 1937, Nat King Cole arrived to Los Angeles where he formed the original lineup of the King Cole Trio. The trio consisted of Nat on piano, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Wesley Prince on double bass. The trio played in Los Angeles throughout the late 1930s and recorded many radio transcriptions.

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The Merry Macs

The Merry Macs were an American close-harmony pop music quartet active from 1920s until the 1960s. They were best known for their hits: Mairzy Doats, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition and Sentimental Journey. The group also sang on recordings with Bing Crosby. They formed to play proms in Minneapolis, MN, consisted of the three McMichael brothers (Judd, Joe and Ted).

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