Lots of Videos for You!

by | Jun 25, 2019 | Historical

Greetings! I wanted to let you know about my YouTube Channel in case you would like to subscribe to it. There are a lot of videos of air shows I have attended around the country, interviews with World War II veterans, PowerPoint presentations I have made to various...

‘Shot Down’ a harrowing WWII story

by | Jan 22, 2017 | Reviews

  Reviewed by Aaron W. Hughey  Jan 15, 2017 “Because Howard Snyder was the last man to bail out of the plane, he came down about 10 miles further west than the rest of the crew,” Steve Snyder explains in “Fate of the Crew,” the 28th chapter of “Shot Down: The...

Just A Common Soldier/A Soldier Died Today

by | Jul 17, 2015 | Video

Just A Common Soldier, also known as A Soldier Died Today, is a tribute to the soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen who have given so much for their country. The poem was written and published in 1987 by Canadian veteran and columnist A. Lawrence Vaincourt. On July...

NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winner

by | May 7, 2015 | Awards

Each year, for the past 32 years, NABE, now known as the National Association of Book Entrepreneurs, presents some of the finest books published by its members. Dear Steve,  Congratulations! Your book, SHOT DOWN, has been chosen one of the NABE Pinnacle Book...

2015 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

by | Apr 9, 2015 | Historical

On April 18 & 19, I’ll be selling and signing my book, SHOT DOWN, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held on the campus of the University of Southern California. It will mark the 20th anniversary of this free, two-day event during which people have a...

8th Air Force Black Week October 1943

by | Mar 10, 2015 | Historical

The following is a Lunch Box Lecture given by Seth Pardon at the National WW II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana that I attended in the fall of 2013 commemorating the 70th anniversary of Black Week. Casualties in the 8th Air Force were never higher than during the...

Watch the WW II Unfold over Europe in 7 minutes

by | Mar 10, 2015 | Historical

YouTube user EmperorTigerstar has painstakingly mapped the changing front lines of World War II in Europe. Incredibly, the map accounts for every single day of the war — from the invasion of Poland through to the surrender of Nazi Germany. This timelapse offers a...