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We are pleased that The Last Farewell - A Journey of the Heart is now available for sale through the on-line bookstore of the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA). Visit www.militarywriters.com to learn more about an association of more than 800 authors, poets, and artists, drawn together by the common bond of military service.  Many members of the MWSA, including myself, are active duty military, retirees, or military veterans.  A few are lifelong civilians who have chosen to honor our military through their writings or their art.  Our only core principle is a love of the men and women who defend this nation, and a deeply personal understanding of their sacrifice and dedication.

We were delighted that our own hometown newspaper, the Pacifica Tribune here in Pacifica, California published a full-page feature story covering our first author event at Florey's Bookstore on January 31, 2007. Click here to read the complete article. The Last Farewell - A Journey of the Heart - Pacifica Tribune - January 31, 2007. >NOTE: You may need Adobe Reader to view this link.

You can also view a clipping from our first author event. Page 3B - (Photo excerpt) Author event at Florey's Bookstore, Pacifica. NOTE: You may need Adobe Reader to view this link.

Army still photographer Donald Wiedenmayer, below,  who worked with Edmund Burke O'Connell during the remaining months of the Italian Campaign was profiled by his hometown paper on February 12, 2007 by the Montpelier-Times-Argus. The news story was carried throughout the New England states by the New England Press Association. Selected wartime and personal photos taken by Army still photographer T/3 Donald Wiedenmayer while a member of the 3131st Signal Service Company and the 196th Signal Photo Company (SPC) during the Italian Campaign of World War II are featured in a special photo gallery.  (Gallery)

History frozen in black and white

By Peter Hirschfeld

TIMES ARGUS STAFF
WORCESTER - Don Wiedenmayer, right, has captured history in a cardboard box. The silver-haired 89-year-old, an Army technician 3rd Class for the 196th Signal Photo Company, went to World War II with a camera. He keeps a stack of images he shot during four and half years of service in a nondescript box in his Worcester home. The black and white photographs offer a candid glimpse at some of history's giants. View the complete article.

Don, 91, is surrounded by a selection of his own 8 x 10 Army Signal Corps photos at his Vermont home, many of which appear in The Last Farewell - A Journey of the Heart. He iss a 60-year member of his own American Legion post in Vermont.

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