Tag Archives: President George Bush

Collecting Franco-American personal histories

Lewiston native Colonel Donald Dubay and George Bush

A Brief History of Colonel Donald Albert Dubay, United States Army, Retired, published with the author’s permission on the University of Southern Maine’s digital commons. This first person history is Franco-American and also about international service. Moreover, Colonel Dubay’s story is about friendships, and how people and history  often merge. Don Dubay’s wife Gail is […]

D-Day remembered – Franco-Americans among the greatest generation

Henry L'Heureux with his Purple Heart.

This is what General Dwight D. Eisenhower said to his troops before the June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy, France: “Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely…..I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We […]

Franco-Americans and baseball

President George Bush played baseball for Yale University

This article written by me and published in the Goose River Press anthology, 2005 edition. Subsequently, the George Bush library in Texas accepted the report, in their presidential trivia archives, because the source documentation was available and published in York County newspapers. I’ve shortened the original version for this blog. As baseball season is entering the […]