Ray E. Boomhower
@rboomhower.bsky.social
Former reporter. Biographer of war correspondents Ernie Pyle, Richard Tregaskis, Malcolm Browne & Robert Sherrod. Writing biography about groundbreaking journalist Wallace H. Terry. https://rayeboomhowerbooks.com/
During WWII, "Yank: The Army Weekly," featured pin-ups of Hollywood starlets for GIs. In May 1943 the magazine's photographer John A. Bushemi captured this pin-up for WACs--Staff Sergeant Charles Gardocki, demonstrating how to get the most out of a coconut tree for clothes, food, and shelter.
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
During WWII, "Yank: The Army Weekly," featured pin-ups of Hollywood starlets for GIs. In May 1943 the magazine's photographer John A. Bushemi captured this pin-up for WACs--Staff Sergeant Charles Gardocki, demonstrating how to get the most out of a coconut tree for clothes, food, and shelter.
"He died a soldier’s death, leading his troops in battle, taking the chances he had to with his usual calm competence. He died facing the ultimate danger, respected and loved by his men.”
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November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"He died a soldier’s death, leading his troops in battle, taking the chances he had to with his usual calm competence. He died facing the ultimate danger, respected and loved by his men.”
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OTD in 1944 during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, an officer with the 1st Infantry Division, Captain Ozell Smoot, was killed. Only a month before he had provided much-needed aid and comfort to a shaky former wounded man--war correspondent Richard Tregaskis.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
OTD in 1944 during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, an officer with the 1st Infantry Division, Captain Ozell Smoot, was killed. Only a month before he had provided much-needed aid and comfort to a shaky former wounded man--war correspondent Richard Tregaskis.
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What perfect album(s) came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
What perfect album(s) came out the year you turned 16?
"What makes journalism so fascinating and biography so interesting [is] the struggle to answer that single question: 'What's he like?'"
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"What makes journalism so fascinating and biography so interesting [is] the struggle to answer that single question: 'What's he like?'"
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
"Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before.”
William Goldman, who died on this day in 2018
William Goldman, who died on this day in 2018
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before.”
William Goldman, who died on this day in 2018
William Goldman, who died on this day in 2018
“The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and too often by the pulpit, is bidding all men fall in and keep step and obey in silence the tyrannous word of command.”
Charles Eliot Norton, born on this day in 1827
Charles Eliot Norton, born on this day in 1827
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
“The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and too often by the pulpit, is bidding all men fall in and keep step and obey in silence the tyrannous word of command.”
Charles Eliot Norton, born on this day in 1827
Charles Eliot Norton, born on this day in 1827
"Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others."
Marianne Moore, born on this day in 1887
Marianne Moore, born on this day in 1887
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others."
Marianne Moore, born on this day in 1887
Marianne Moore, born on this day in 1887
To commemorate today's anniversary of the publication by the @unmpress.bsky.social of my biography about World War II correspondent Richard Tregaskis, a free paperback copy to the first person to name the first mission in the Pacific Tregaskis covered as a war correspondent.
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
To commemorate today's anniversary of the publication by the @unmpress.bsky.social of my biography about World War II correspondent Richard Tregaskis, a free paperback copy to the first person to name the first mission in the Pacific Tregaskis covered as a war correspondent.
"Fill a space in a beautiful way."
Georgia O'Keeffe, born on this day in 1887
Georgia O'Keeffe, born on this day in 1887
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"Fill a space in a beautiful way."
Georgia O'Keeffe, born on this day in 1887
Georgia O'Keeffe, born on this day in 1887
"Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power."
Felix Frankfurter, born on this day in 1882
Felix Frankfurter, born on this day in 1882
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power."
Felix Frankfurter, born on this day in 1882
Felix Frankfurter, born on this day in 1882
For #Worlddiabetesday2025, did you know that Richard Tregaskis, who, during World War II reported on such major events as the Doolittle Raid, the Battle of Midway, Guadalcanal, the invasion of Sicily and Italy, and survived a near-fatal wounding, did it all while dealing with diabetes?
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
For #Worlddiabetesday2025, did you know that Richard Tregaskis, who, during World War II reported on such major events as the Doolittle Raid, the Battle of Midway, Guadalcanal, the invasion of Sicily and Italy, and survived a near-fatal wounding, did it all while dealing with diabetes?
“What experience and history teach is this—that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.”
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, who died on this day in 1831
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, who died on this day in 1831
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“What experience and history teach is this—that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.”
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, who died on this day in 1831
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, who died on this day in 1831
“Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.”
Claude Monet, born on this day in 1840
Claude Monet, born on this day in 1840
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.”
Claude Monet, born on this day in 1840
Claude Monet, born on this day in 1840
“There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man.”
Herman Melville, "Moby-Dick," published on this day in 1851
Herman Melville, "Moby-Dick," published on this day in 1851
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man.”
Herman Melville, "Moby-Dick," published on this day in 1851
Herman Melville, "Moby-Dick," published on this day in 1851
"What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty, and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice."
Louis Brandeis
Louis Brandeis
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty, and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice."
Louis Brandeis
Louis Brandeis
On this day in 1942, Random House announced it had agreed to publish a war correspondent’s account of his time with the Marines on Guadalcanal. His name? Richard Tregaskis. The book? “Guadalcanal Diary.”
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November 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
On this day in 1942, Random House announced it had agreed to publish a war correspondent’s account of his time with the Marines on Guadalcanal. His name? Richard Tregaskis. The book? “Guadalcanal Diary.”
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2022/09/rich...
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2022/09/rich...
“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.”
Robert Louis Stevenson, born on this day in 1850
Robert Louis Stevenson, born on this day in 1850
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.”
Robert Louis Stevenson, born on this day in 1850
Robert Louis Stevenson, born on this day in 1850
“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.”
Robert Louis Stevenson, born on this day in 1850
Robert Louis Stevenson, born on this day in 1850
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.”
Robert Louis Stevenson, born on this day in 1850
Robert Louis Stevenson, born on this day in 1850
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
"When I reach the words 'The End' how beautiful they will look to me! What a long, long work it has been, a labor of love!"
Lew Wallace to Susan Wallace about writing "Ben-Hur"
Lew Wallace to Susan Wallace about writing "Ben-Hur"
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"When I reach the words 'The End' how beautiful they will look to me! What a long, long work it has been, a labor of love!"
Lew Wallace to Susan Wallace about writing "Ben-Hur"
Lew Wallace to Susan Wallace about writing "Ben-Hur"
“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born on this day in 1815
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born on this day in 1815
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born on this day in 1815
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born on this day in 1815
Views of the new Ernie Pyle statue at the @erniepylemuseum.bsky.social in Dana.
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Views of the new Ernie Pyle statue at the @erniepylemuseum.bsky.social in Dana.
Don’t forget the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot destroying Japanese naval air arm.
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Don’t forget the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot destroying Japanese naval air arm.
The unveiling! @erniepylemuseum.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The unveiling! @erniepylemuseum.bsky.social