Sally Jameson Bond
Captain William B. Overstreet, Jr., USAAF
My husband Joe and I were invited to a Halloween party last Saturday night. Except for my nephew’s Halloween-themed wedding reception in...
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SALLY JAMESON BOND
Sally's Soliloquies
Welcome to Sally’s Soliloquies!
Each week, as I share snippets of the research that helped me develop my story, you will learn about the often-turbulent times of World War II. When My Mother’s Friend is finally published, and you open your copy to page one, you’ll be up to speed on the time and place of my story and so much more.
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– Sally
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Oct 5, 2022
- 2 min
My Mother’s Friend by Sally Jameson Bond
When I launched my author web page last year, my wonderful web designer, Michelle Gill, happened to mention “you know you’ll be blogging,...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Aug 31, 2022
- 6 min
Musicals! Musicals! Musicals!
I love musical theater. When I was in ninth grade (in the spring of 1967), I got to play (trombone) in the pit orchestra for Ottumwa...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Aug 17, 2022
- 6 min
Casualties of War
Last week, I wrote about the end of World War II. Today I’ll give you some staggering statistics about the casualties of that war. It’s...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Aug 10, 2022
- 6 min
At last, Japan surrenders
August 1945 was an extraordinary month. The World saw the end of its War, but not until two powerful atomic bombs were dropped by two...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Jul 27, 2022
- 19 min
Two Years to the Day
The United States Army Band’s Deployment to North Africa, the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium During World War II . . . and more Two...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- May 18, 2022
- 5 min
A Rite of Passage
If nothing interferes with my plans—at my age, any number of things can interfere with plans—I will make an appearance at my 50+2 (twice...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- May 11, 2022
- 7 min
Victory in Europe—Part Two
V-E Day was certainly celebrated in the United States, but perhaps “commemorated” is more appropriate in some respects. New York City...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- May 4, 2022
- 9 min
Victory in Europe—Part One
Try to imagine, if you will, what it must have been like in your hometown on V-E Day—May 8, 1945—the day the Allies accepted Germany’s...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Apr 27, 2022
- 6 min
Dachau—A Gruesome Symbol of Inhumanity
Wars can sometimes bring out the best in people—neighbors helping neighbors comes to mind. During World War II, there were many brave...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Apr 20, 2022
- 6 min
Ernie Pyle—The GI’s Favorite Reporter
It has been almost seventy-seven years since World War II ended in Europe. Back then, information about the war came to Americans via...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Apr 13, 2022
- 5 min
The Deaths of Our Presidents
During my lifetime—so far—nine American presidents have died. Herbert Hoover, who was born in West Branch, Iowa, was the first of those...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Mar 2, 2022
- 12 min
D W J—My Dad—Part Two
After Dad returned to Ottumwa from China in 1946, he decided he would join his dad and uncle in the family business—Johnson Funeral...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Feb 23, 2022
- 7 min
D W J—My Dad—Part One
One hundred years ago today—I don’t know the hour—the cries of a newborn baby boy pierced the air. It was a momentous day as Carl and...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
Trench Foot, Pneumonia, Frostbite
We finally got some snow last week. The official total here in the Roanoke Valley was eight inches which isn’t all that impressive, I...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Jan 19, 2022
- 7 min
The “Swedish Angel of Rescue”
Have you taken a genetic ancestry (DNA) test yet? I haven’t, but my brother Peter did it a few years ago. Earlier this month, I asked him...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Jan 12, 2022
- 8 min
Above and Beyond: The Medal of Honor
“Conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity [resolute courageousness; dauntlessness; braveness; facing danger or pain without showing fear] at...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Jan 5, 2022
- 5 min
Nuremberg: Steeped in History
My husband Joe and I have traveled through Germany twice (three times if you count our 1986 overnight train journey from The Netherlands...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Dec 29, 2021
- 3 min
The Reluctant Blogger
I didn’t intend to post anything today. At the end of my last blog on December first, I informed my readers that I was planning to take...
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Sally Jameson Bond
- Dec 1, 2021
- 5 min
It’s been 80 years . . .
Next Tuesday marks eighty years since the surprise attack on Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. In perhaps...
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