by Linda Styles Berkery | Mar 22, 2025 | Past Articles, Reflections
Because it’s 50 years, I drive to the cemetery.Because you played cards at night with the grounds keeper, I smile when I pass the house.Because you were a funeral director, I don’t mindwalking along the graves, my scarf blowing incircles with the March wind. Because...
by Linda Styles Berkery | Jan 18, 2025 | 100th Bomb Group, Reflections
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by Linda Styles Berkery | Jan 27, 2024 | 100th Bomb Group, Reflections
Since the nine-part series, Masters of the Air, began on Apple TV, I have been asked this question. Yes, I have posted just a few (ha) links and stories, but no, my father is not listed by name. I see no actor connected with the name Co-pilot William J. Styles. And...
by Linda Styles Berkery | Jan 23, 2024 | 100th Bomb Group, Reflections
My new Brownie camera came with Dad’s advice. “Always label your photos so you’ll remember the people.” ...
by Linda Styles Berkery | Jan 15, 2024 | 100th Bomb Group, Reflections
When I was a child, my grandfather used to take me to watch the planes take off and land at the Albany (NY) Airport. We would park on the side of the road and peer through the wire fence. “Is that Alice?” I would ask. Papa would lower his...
by Linda Styles Berkery | Jan 8, 2024 | 100th Bomb Group, Reflections
Dad never spoke about the war, did any father? But I knew the combo B-17. I didn’t know what that meant, but I knew...
