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Hey families and friends,
It's been a while and I have some catching up to do. I'll try to keep it brief. But first, an announcement - a director has been chosen to take Stephen Harding's book The Last Battle to the big screen! Director and screenwriter Peter Landesman will take on the job, and after making some adaptations to the script, production will begin in June of 2017. And, Steve feels that once the ball gets rolling for TLB, that the work will commence on The Castaway's War. No news yet on if they have a screenwriter, but I've picked up a couple of books to learn about the process. Congratulations Steve, and here's hoping his wonderfully talented and handsome son, actor Ian Harding will have a key role in the film. To see the announcement and learn about Landesman's body of work, check out the link: http://deadline.com/2017/01/peter-landesman-the-last-battle-wwii-drama-studiocanal-the-picture-company-1201894006/ One of my key resources over the years I've done my research was Dave McComb and his Destroyer History web site (destroyerhistory.org). Dave left the earthly plane a couple of years ago, a huge loss. The site he built is unparalleled in its information content. Over the holidays recently, the domain expired. I was contacted by another historian who noticed and asked me to help track down Dave's widow to see about getting things back on line. I had a little knowledge about his lovely Meredith, and used it to find her. Upon talking with her, she agreed to take the steps and get the site active again. What she was missing however, were persons knnowledgable about Navy history like Dave to answer questions and inquiries. Luckily, some former shipmates from the USS NICHOLAS DD 449 (a member of DESRON 21 with STRONG) stepped up and will be there for anyone who needs them. It's hoped that the website will soon include their contact information, but for now if you are doing any research on your own these guys are who you want to contact: John Bailey johngregorybailey@gmail.com Ritch Day ritchday@sbcglobal.net John O'Neill capnhead449@yahoo.com I have also agreed to help out if needed. So, that's it for now. If anyone has a contributiion they'd like to make to the blog, something you've written and would like to post just let me know. Tammi |
Tammi JohnsonWelcome to the blog! I'm a life long Kentuckian with a degree in Anthropology, thus a nice background in research, thanks to some great profs at the University of Kentucky. Family and historical research are what float my boat, and this project has been the heart of it for a very long time now. I welcome input and ideas for blog entries, so if you have something to contribute I'll happily post it. 
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