Delbert R. Gardner--Memory Lane

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Adele Gardner Is Agent & Literary Executor for Delbert R. Gardner

Please note that (c) copyright to all photographs on this page except for the WWII patches and publication covers & logos is owned by Adele Gardner and/or the Gardner family. Photos were created by Adele Gardner and/or are from her collection and that of the Gardner family. Menu portraits created by Adele Gardner (left & center) and Daniel Michael Hegarty Sr. (right). All rights reserved.

World War II

Dad shares his own WWII memories in several essays. Published thus far:

"Troopship to England: A Memoir aboard the Frederick Lykes," POOP from Group: Newsletter of the 467th Bomb Group Association, October 2019. Complete with photographs by Delbert R. Gardner and two courtesy of The Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Virginia).

"A Rose for Doc Munger," page 21, Second Air Division Association Journal, Eighth Air Force, Vol. 32, No. 3, Fall 1993.

"'She's Got Good Steel in Her': Tribute to a Teacher: Taylor E. Miller," Veterans' Voices, Vol. 64, No. 3, Fall 2016.

"The Consent of the Governed?," O-Dark-Thirty, the Journal for the Veterans Writing Project, June 13, 2018.

Share more WWII memories:

467th Bombardment Group (Heavy), Dad's outfit in World War II; he served with the 790th Bombardment Squadron, loading bombs at Rackheath

The Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, VA, hosts the wonderful annual WWII air show, Warbirds Over the Beach (May 19-21, 2017). Come out and meet some of our local WWII veterans, and help keep these mighty birds flying!

The National D-Day Memorial also offers commemorative events at which one can pay tribute to and even meet some of our WWII veterans.

Locations & Links

Keuka Lake Association
Keuka College
William Morris Society in the United States
Eldridge Park, Elmira, New York. Have a great time!
Mark Twain's Elmira study and more: Twain's Summer Home
Mark Twain in Elmira
Dad's father, Harry Calvin Gardner
Dad's mother, Effie Gertrude Jury Peterson
Dad's stepfather, Frank C. Peterson
Dad's brother, Norman Charles Gardner
Dad's brother, Donald Arthur Gardner
Dad's niece, Donna Faye Gardner
Delbert R. Gardner, WWII Veteran

Mood Music

Visit Dad's Audio Fun page to hear a few of the sounds he loved! We'll have more soon with some of Dad's favorite musicians.

Want to reminisce?