by Susan Mitchell | Jul 13, 2022 | My Books
It was such a thrill to meet a real and still living WWII B-17 Bomber Veteran on Independence Day this year. Paul “Bud” Haedike who was honored at the Provo Freedom Festival called me on the phone and then mailed a list of his 23 bombing missions over...
by Susan Mitchell | Jul 1, 2022 | My Books
PAUL “BUD” HAEDIKE—A 97-year-old veteran of WWII served in the U.S. Air Force on a B-17 bomber at age 19, just like my dad. Last night he received a Freedom Award at the 2022 Provo Freedom Festival. My lovely niece, Camilla Billings, escorted me to the deluxe dinner...
by Susan Mitchell | May 29, 2022 | My Books
My grandma died in 1970. A year later I published my first song and dedicated it to her memory. Truly, it was her song. She had it sung it in Relief Society and DUP (Daughters of Utah Pioneer) camp meetings and told me it was to be sung at her funeral. I didn’t...
by Susan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2022 | My Books
Keepsake Hardcover Books My purpose for creating a website and setting up a business was to make hardcover copies of my picture books available. KDP (Amazon’s publisher) just started doing hardcover, but requires 75-pages. No children’s picture book is 75 pages. I...
by Susan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2022 | My Books
My mother was a war bride. I was a baby boomer. Why? Because the young man who was to become my father signed up for the Army Air Corp the day he graduated from high school. Instantly he was off to training and quickly found himself flying B-17 Bombers over Germany....
