That Forties Guy

Buy the book! Sunkissed - Swimwear and the Hollywood Beauty 1930-1950

Anita O'Day is a Jazz legend who still sings in L.A. today

Ann Miller and I at a WWII 50th Anniversery event

Dear friend Ann Rutherford is doing the forward for my book

Barbara Hale has been a sweetheart on my book project

Bill Dameworth flew with the483rd BG during the war

Chuck Yeager and I disscussing his famous 1947 flight

Dorothy Morris and I have adopted each other--unofficially

Dancer, Fayard Nicholus, is one of the nice guys

German ace, Walter Shuck has 206 victories-a nice guy

Gunther Rall is a famous German air ace with 275 victories

Gunther Rall was injured during a dogfight with an American

I gave US ace,Gabby Gabreski, a German parachute scarf

I hit it off with Ginger Rogers and Joy Hodges rather well

Joan Leslie is one of my favorite actresses of the forties

Mel Torme and I discussed his days with Artie Shaw

My best bud is Gerald Robinson, a WWII B-29 pilot

My buddy Bill Prentiss fought in Italy and France

Tex Beneke took over Glenn Miller's band in 1942

This page features some of the wonderful people I have enjoyed time with. You will notice a diversity. Joan Leslie is one of my favorite actresses and it was a joy to have her help on my Sunkissed book. I am working on a book about B-17 bomber operations in Europe. The Eighth Air Force bomber vets have been wonderful to interview, as well as some German fighter pilots I have befriended whose job it was to shoot our bombers down. Walter Shuck was Germany's number. 13 Ace and was one of the world's first jet aces. Gunther Rall is Germany's number 3 Ace. He had 275 victories during the war. I still can't believe that I spent an afternoon with Chuck Yeager talking about aircraft characteristics.

Fayard Nicholas, of the famous Nicolas Brothers dancing team, is one of the nicest guys one can ever meet- a credit to the human race. Meeting Tex Beneke and dancing to Les Brown and his Orchestra, at the Palladium, is a thrill I'll never forget

One of my fondest encounters was spending a day with Ginger Rogers at her Rancho Mirage home. Frances Dee came over and Joy Hodges, long time actress friends from the thirties, and we all watched "The Gay Divorcee". Watching her and Fred Astaire on her Big screen and seeing her lovely Oscar, for Kitty Foyle, displayed next to it was a dream come true. It was the day before Valentines Day and she kept throwing candies to me from across the room while we watched. AHHHHH the memories keep flowing I could go on forever. Here is a small sampling of some wonderful memories.

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