June’s Sack Lunch Presentation – “Admiral Eddie – The Story of America’sGreatest Naval Aviator” featuring author/grandson Edward O.M. BarryLet’s shine our historical microscope onto the first half of the 20th century,focusiing our view down from universally-known global events all the way to onesingle man, Edward Orrick McDonnell….and what he and Read more…
Plot/Idea: Barry delivers a resounding tale of aircraft’s Golden Age, speaking through the eyes of his grandfather, Vice Admiral Eddie McDonnell of the United States Navy, from generational stories passed down through his family. Prose: The prose is powerful and concise, bolstering the memoir’s theme and driving the intriguing story behind Barry’s Read more…
Admiral Eddie is a biography written by Edward Orrick McDonnell Barry detailing the life and experiences of the greatest naval aviator, Edward Orrick McDonnell. The author is the grandson of Edward “Eddie,” and the book is written based on the oral accounts his mother, Betty, had shared with him. She made Read more…
This past September I had the rare privilege of attending the annual luncheon and camp outing of the V.F.W. # 10721, Minturn-Mount Holy Cross Post. These extraordinary men and women are all heroes who have served this great country in the military and then continued to contribute to their communities Read more…
This past November 13, 2021, we celebrated the 130th anniversary of the birth of one of the most distinguished graduates in the United States Naval Academy’s long and illustrious history. Vice-Admiral Edward Orrick McDonnell was a member of the class of 1912. His classmates included men such as Richard Byrd Read more…
Seldom in life do circumstances of both fact and fiction collide better than in an oral or story tradition. Early Native Americans, as well as the ancient African tribes, had no written words, alphabets or even letters. Their privative drawings and sketches had to be interpreted by the tribal Read more…
