Publishing Articles that I wrote for Suite101

Since the demise of Suite101, I have been sitting on articles that I wrote the last few years.  I own the copywrite for the articles and at the moment all the links are dead to Suite. Some of the articles  are based on information I obtained from reading biographies.  However one hits closer to home and that is the article about Tom Capin.   In my youth I was told of Tom Capin's adventures in Borneo after his bomber was shot down by the Japanese.  I remember Tom visiting my grandmother's house, but I never heard him speak of his tim in Borneo.  Later, when I became interested in writing I tracked down his widow, Betty, and spent the night at her house in Idaho.  She was gracious in letting me read Tom's personal papers.  Betty had married Tom at the start of the war and stayed in Fort Wayne with his parents.  On occasion she would visit my Grandparents house and she told me stories of playing with my father when he was very young.

Tom was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his assistance with the Australian Commandos who rescued him.  A true hero if there ever was one.