June 6 - Sarah Byrn Rickman

LONG AWAITED, A VISIT TO NORMANDY

Bysarahbyrn August 26, 2022August 26, 2022

NORMANDY: AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE! D-Day, June 6, 1944, was a long, long time ago, but those of us who were children then, and still are around today, remember it – if only vaguely. I was seven. I remember the headline in the Rocky Mountain News, Denver’s tabloid morning newspaper. That headline type was huge. Today I…

Sarah Byrn Rickman | WAFS/WASP Pilots of WWII

On D-Day, Let’s Also Remember WWII’s Women Pilots

Bysarahbyrn June 7, 2019April 22, 2022

D-Day, June 6, 2019 — 75 years! This morning, I received a call from John Leicester of AP (Associated Press). He was calling from France where he was battened down in a hedgerow somewhere in Normandy. As a reporter, he was there as part of the intensive coverage — today — of the 75thanniversary of the…