Shirley L Hitchens

A photo of future U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush, a Navy pilot in World War 2, at age 18. Two years later, in 1944, his plane was hit and he had to parachute out of the flaming vehicle - he was in a small raft for 4 hours until he was rescued.

A photo of Catherine Cecile (Lafrance) Buras

A photo of Margot Steinhardt who was only 4 when she was sadly murdered at Auschwitz Birkenau on April 17,1942

A photo of Minnie Ann Alice (Amelang) Skinner

I’ve “rescued” an old photograph of Laura CLARK which was taken at the Rollins Studio in Osborne, KS. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1890’s or early 1900’s with Laura in her teens at the time it was taken. I’m hoping to locate someone from Laura’s family so that this wonderful old photograph can be returned to the care of her family. If you are a member of this CLARK Family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me.

Thanks,
Shelley

A photo of Burt Reynolds on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" in 1978. Comedian Steve Martin dared him to shave his famous mustache - Burt borrowed a razor from a prop man and shaved half of his mustache off. He also put a prop arrow on his head! While Burt was known as a sex symbol (remember his "Cosmopolitan" nude centerfold in 1972?) he was also famous for his sense of humor.

Born Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. on February 11, 1936 in Lansing Michigan, Burt died on September 6, 2018 in Jupiter Florida. He had one son who was born in 1988. His cause of death has been listed as cardiac arrest. RIP, Mr Reynolds.

A photo of John Sidney McCain III - son and grandson of 4 star admirals in the U.S. Navy.

He attended the United States Naval Academy (graduating, as he joked, 5th from the bottom in his class in 1958 - he was a bit of a rebel) and after graduation became a naval aviator. In 1967, he requested combat duty and was assigned to an aircraft carrier in the Gulf in Tonkin. On October 26, 1967 his plane was shot down and he became a prisoner of war.

After 5 and a half years as a prisoner of war and being severely tortured, John was released. The physical effects of his torture lasted the rest of his life.

In the early 1980s, he entered politics in the state of Arizona, eventually becoming a U.S. Senator. While he was nominated for President by the Republican Party in 2008, he lost the race to Democrat Barack Obama. He remained the senior Senator from Arizona until his death from brain cancer in 2018.

A photo of Barbara Pierce, the future Barbara Bush, wife of President George HW Bush, in a graduation photo from finishing school in Charleston, S.C. She and George Bush were married for 73 years - the longest of any presidential couple.

She died on April 17 2018, of natural causes, at her home in Houston, Texas at the age of 92.