Valarie AndersonMay 272 minThis appeared in the Nugget News and was submitted to the San Francisco Chronicle, May 2021“…I’m an American” Eighty years ago, on 7 December 1941, Tadeo Fuchikami got on his motorbike and braved the flack that rained down...
Valarie Jean AndersonMar 161 minA Follow upRonald M. Smith published a response to my commentary in the Bend Bulleting today. He dove deeper into the science of race than I did. ...
Valarie Jean AndersonMar 123 min There is no such thing as "race."Below is a commentary that I wrote for the Bend Bulletin about the concept of race. I received some great feedback, encouragement, and...
Valarie Jean AndersonDec 7, 20206 min A Pearl Harbor Day piece by my brotherA TRUE STORY OF TWO GIRLS ON ONE DAY by James R. Olsen This is copyrighted material (James R. Olsen) and material jointly copyrighted by...
Valarie Jean AndersonDec 7, 20202 min"It's Pearl Harbor Day"Seventy-nine years ago today, my mother, a senior in high school, got on a jitney bus and headed to downtown Honolulu at eight in the...
Valarie Jean AndersonOct 6, 20203 minScurrying After a PussyOne of the things I love most about writing history is research. I can lose myself for hours scurrying down rat holes as I hunt for the...
Valarie Jean AndersonApr 27, 20201 minGreat Book!Race of Aces by John Bruning. I have a new hero. Author, John R. Bruning, has captured my admiration with his fast-paced, page-turning...
Valarie Jean AndersonMar 24, 20202 minRemember?Hording? Shelter-at-home? Government restrictions? Food shortages? Fact vs fake news? “You have a most grave responsibility to the nation...
Valarie Jean AndersonDec 8, 20196 min"He was no coward" Tadao Fuchikami, Messenger Boy #9The Footfalls of History 7 December 1941- Day of the Pearl Harbor Attack Tadao Fuchikami, Messenger Boy #9, roared up to...
Valarie J AndersonNov 13, 20196 minIn the Shadow of the BearAt our age, Andy and I vacation not to sit and veg, but to see and learn. We broke up the long flight from PDX to Finland with a...
Val AndersonNov 1, 20194 minDavid Sarnoff; A rags to riches storyThe Footfalls of History In 1919 when countries were picking up the pieces of the Great War, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D....
Valarie AndersonOct 10, 20198 minFrom Russia with LoveWe took advantage of our time in Finland which shares its eastern border with Russia, to make an overnight trip to Vyborg, Russia, by...
Valarie Jean AndersonOct 1, 20193 minShanghai's Little Russia, 1930-40'sThe Footfalls of History Nina in Tsingtau 1931 Stashed among the piles of paper of my grandfather’s (George Street) notebooks, was the...
Val AndersonSep 1, 20194 minFood for an island at WarThe Footfalls of History One of the more intriguing things I learned while researching Pearl Harbor’s Final Warning involved the issue of...
Val AndersonAug 1, 20193 minCantonments: What the heck were they?The Footfalls of History When I began writing Pearl Harbor’s Final Warning, I kept coming across the word “Cantonment.” I also had a W-2...
Valarie AndersonJul 22, 20191 minMoney Eater: Bernard Otto KuehnIf you don't already know, I wrote a book and self published it through Amazon. It's about a German who spied for the Japanese before the...
Val AndersonJul 1, 20197 minFree A Man to FightThe Footfalls of History She was 5 foot tall and 100 pounds on a wet day. And she was a Marine. Not a WAVE or a WAAC or a SPARS or a...
Val AndersonJun 1, 20193 minThe Boogie House GirlsThe Footfalls of History It was 1942, and the fleet was in. In Honolulu prostitution was legal, and it was [1]welcomed. A white river of...
Valarie J AndersonMay 1, 20196 minFBI Special Agent-in-Charge Robert Shivers; The man with a special heartThe Footfalls of History It was a typical 1939 Honolulu day, sunny at Waikiki and sultry in the highlands when Special Agent-in-Charge...
