As my Dad has labored this past year on the history of his Mother, Maurine R. Westover, I have been sitting on this video just waiting to share it now — at Christmastime. Many of you have seen these before and may, in fact, have it in your possession. But many others have not seen […]
The final installment of this audio from Loris Westover. Hear part one at this link Hear part two at this link
In this section of the narrative audio Uncle Loris details Navy life in the years before the war leading up to and including the events of December 7th, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. Loris talks about the condition of his ship and crew that Sunday morning and how they were the first ship out of the […]
This is the first of three recordings of Loris Westover recounting his military experience in World War II, inclusive of his experiences at Pearl Harbor. This recording was made in 2001. Loris is recorded by his brother, Darrell J. Westover. (I am uncertain how this was first recorded. There is some background noise that I […]
I had an opportunity to prepare a presentation at a Stake Family History Discovery Day. My assigned topic was Working with Old Family Photos. Being a life long photo geek and a late life family history enthusiast this was for me an easy topic to present. I struggled with how to begin the class because […]