Am I a soldier of the cross
I remember one night while on duty as officer of the guard, tattoo had sounded, I discovered a light in their quarters. The first notes of taps was sounded, I approached silently to discover the reason. I expected to find that the inmates were engaged in a quiet game of "Old Sledge," but as I got near the tent I heard singing in a low subdued tone. I listened, they were singing in German. It…
23 and Me DNA results
I just got my DNA results from 23 and Me. I already took the test, which is usually what I use to connect to cousins since that's where my tree is. But the 23 and Me test looks at the MtDNA which is the direct Maternal line. The test just shows cousins, whereas the MtDNA (or Y-DNA if you're male) is much more accurate since the Y or Mtdna gets passed to son/daughter almost intact…
Staryn Wagner Home Movies
This is a 15-minute compilation of some of the home movies of Staryn Wagner taken by his dad Will Wagner. I've pieced together multiple clips and stills. It's so wonderful that he took and kept these videos. I couldn't include all the footage (then again, how many minutes of crawling do you need to see?), but this gives a nice sampling. I did no color correction. They are as they were transferred. Warning: Will appears…
KGU Pearl Harbor Broadcast
Three hours into the Pearl Harbor attack, a KGU reporter climbed to the roof of the Advertiser building with a microphone in one hand and telephone in the other to broadcast a transoceanic telephone call to NBC radio headquarters in New York City. Chuck Moudy may have been on that very roof at the time of the broadcast. "Reporter: Hello, NBC. Hello, NBC. This is KGU in Honolulu, Hawaii. I am speaking from the roof…
Panama Canal Zone 1943
Footage of soldiers serving in the Panama Canal Zone when Chuck Moudy was there.
Richardson Pan-American Highway Expedition 1940-1941
Check out this fun film of the Richardson Expedition from 1941 that gives a good sense of the magnitude of Chuck Moudy’s journey into Costa Rica. It is more likely he did not drive all the way in, and instead caught a boat up the coast. Watch the first part, and then skip to 29:40 for southern Costa Rica, which was impassible by car just two years earlier in 1941. Footage of the Panama Canal…
Costa Rica 1940s
This travel film shows how modern San Jose, Costa Rica was in the 1940s.