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For Posterity - An Event From 71 Years Past is Documented
(posted 6/11/2023) - Over Memorial Day weekend I took to the internet to try and find out more about the events that led to my father (divorced before I was born) receiving a Silver Star citation for bravery during the Korean Conflict. As a marine aviator he engaged multiple MIG-15 jets and shore battery to provide cover for a sea-rescue attempt of a fellow pilot from his squadron that had been shot down. What follows is what I learned about that time and place.
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Since I live in a high-tech environment I often post solutions to problems I've encountered; you may find an entry of interest buried in the Tech-Talk archive.
If you are building a home I suggest you take a look at our home-building journal (in the archives). If nothing else you'll get an appreciation for such projects.
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I also maintain a multi-family website, called appropriately, The Families. Since late 2002 it has been accessible to and used by dozens of extended family members around the country.
I would hope that as members of this extended family develop their own websites they consider linking to the URL's of The Families, and The Wallaces of Glen Ellyn websites.
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I'd like to plug my music here ... In 2014 I started recording instrumentals / vocals using a digital recorder. I think they are suitable for sharing and would welcome feedback from anyone who takes the time to listen. The music genre is pop, rock, and blues. Here's a link to the media page where my music can be found.
About This Site
For those of you who are curious about such things, this site's layout is controlled using a cascading style sheet. Site content is maintained as a database of files, operated on by Perl CGI-scripts running on our website server. The smallest unit of content is a named box. Each box has an associated database content file and a corresponding css layout div tag. Box's are SSI included into a webpage template to create the downloaded webpage(s) that you see.
The CGI scripts I've created do automatic archival as new material is added, so that nothing is ever lost; postings just gradually move to the back of the archive. Each of the archive topics has its own site-search tool so you should be able to find just about anything that is in there.