Military Mom Talk Radio welcomes Lisa Detres, Author Mary Lee, and Writer’s Corner with Joyce Faulkner and Leila Levinson
February 6, 2012
Lisa Detres is a pastor’s wife, writer, and mother of four children who works as a customer service supervisor in Valencia, California. Her oldest son, Augustin, is currently serving in the Army and is stationed at Fort Drum, New York.
Lisa grew up in Denver, Colorado and followed her dreams of working in the garment industry to California. It is there where she met her husband, Al and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design. She worked in the garment industry for several years and then went into business for herself so she could spend more time with her family. She earned an MBA while caring for her family, running her own business and home schooling three of her children.
She is currently writing her first book which deals with helping women get closer to God.
Author Mary Lee is a retired Air Force Master Sergeant and a Licensed Master Social Worker. When Grandma’s False Teeth Fly is author Mary Lee’s second book. Her first book, ‘My Air Force Mom’ is a picture book that explores customs and courtesies of military culture through a child’s eyes. My Air Force Mom was a winner in the Children’s Fiction Category of the 73rd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition.
Mary and her husband Chuck reside in Columbia, South Carolina. You can find more about Mary at http://marylee.tateauthor.com
Today’s Writer’s Corner features Joyce Faulkner and Leila Levinson. Have you decided to write a book? How do you start? Listen to Joyce Faulkner, award-winning author of “In the Shadow of Suribachi,” “Username,” and “For Shrieking Out Loud!” and Leila Levinson, award-winning author of 
“Gated Grief: The Daughter of a GI Concentration Camp Liberator Discovers a Legacy of Trauma” who will discuss reasons for writing (History, Dealing with PTSD, etc.), creating the right environment, commitment, and journaling.
For more information visit either leilalevinson.com or veteranschildren.com
Military Mom Talk Radio hosted by Sandra Beck and Robin Boyd, and produced by Rick Swanson, welcomes Rita Cosby author of Quiet Hero: Secrets from My Fathers’ Past.
QUIET HERO: Secrets from My Father’s Past (Simon & Schuster, May 2010) by three-time Emmy winner and New York Times bestselling author Rita Cosby is now in bookstores. But the book is unlike anything the former Fox News Channel and MSNBC primetime show-host and current special correspondent for CBS’s Inside Edition has ever written or reported.
This book is about Cosby’s father, Ryszard Kossobudzki, a Polish Resistance fighter during World War II, who was badly wounded, captured by the Nazis, held in a POW camp, escaped and ultimately rescued by American military forces after retrieving handwritten directions-to-freedom wrapped in a chocolate bar and dropped to Kossobudzki and his comrades by a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot.
After the war, Kossobudzki (today 84), “met [and married] a nice Danish girl,” he says, left his native Poland for America, anglicized his name to Richard Cosby (as so many immigrants did in those days), and started a family, naming his now-celebrity daughter, Rita, after a cousin Rita who also served in the resistance.
What the elder Cosby did not do is tell his story to his children the past was simply too dark to dredge up until now. Excerpt from W. Thomas Smith, Jr of Military.com.
Read an excerpt from Rita Cosby’s Quiet Hero: Secrets from My Father’s Past
Check out an interview with Rita and Thomas W. Smith, Jr at Military.com
Military Mom Talk Radio on airs on Mondays at 2pm Pacific Standard Time on Toginet Radio and can be downloaded directly from Itunes and MilitaryMomTalkRadio.com.
Military Mom Talk Radio is co-hosted by Sandra Beck and Robin Boyd and produced by Rick Swanson, hosted by Toginet Radio and powered by Motherhood Incorporated. Military Mom Talk Radio supports and helps bring information to the families of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard and is dedicated to serving our friends and family at the following Army bases: Fort Sill, Fort Bragg, Fort Carson, Fort Jackson, Fort Sam Houston, Fort Dix, Fort Campbell, Fort Belvoir, Eglin AFB, Shaw AFB, Fort Hood, Fort Eustis, Fort Leonard Wood, Redstone Arsenal and Fort Bliss. We would also like to honor our friends and family at the following over seas installations: Bahrain Administrative Support Unit, NATO Support Activity Belgium, Bad Kreuznach, Rhein-Main Air Base, Stuttgart/Robinson Barracks, Naval Forces Guam, Kadena Air Base, Torii Station, Aviano Air Base. We would like to thank the Department of Defense for supplying guest and topics.
Military Mom Talk Radio hosted by Sandra Beck welcomes Jeffrey Worthington, iHistory WW2 Project, January 24th
January 22, 2011
Since graduating from Eastern New Mexico University, Producer/Director Jeffrey Worthington has dedicated the last four years to creating media that will help personalize World War II for high school students. He developed a keen understanding of teenage audiences by writing and directing short productions for a high school drama team. He and his team performed for youth audiences in New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado.
Being an avid photographer and aspiring filmmaker, he has also written, directed, filmed, and edited a number of short film projects. One of his short films about medical ethics was shown to the Congressional Ethics Committee in 2005.
His documentary, “For the Love of Freedom,” currently in production, features WWII veterans and civilians from across the United States and Europe. He is currently coordinating the “iHistory Project: WWII,” a national YouTube competition for high school students (www.iHistoryProjectWW2.org).
The iHistory Project will connect teenagers with WWII veterans, giving students the opportunity to hear first-hand accounts of history. The students will film an interview with a WWII veteran that will be submitted to the Library of Congress, then they will use editing recourse provided on our website to make a mini-documentary which they will submit to the competition on YouTube.
The idea that became the iHistory Project began in 2009 through Worthington’s vision of using media to mobilize youth to discover history from the people that made it. He and his team garnered support from organizations and individuals, developed the iHistory website, and pushed through obstacles in the pursuit of preserving our American history and connecting two distant generations.
Military Mom Talk Radio on airs on Mondays at 2pm pst on www.toginet.com and can be downloaded directly from www.itunes.com . Military Mom Talk Radio is co-hosted by Sandra Beck, Tina Gonzalez, Robin Boyd and powered by Motherhood Incorporated.
Military Mom Talk Radio Welcomes Concordia University on October 11, 2010 at 2pm PST
October 8, 2010
Concordia University Ann Arbor (CUAA) will honor the veterans and service members of the community by presenting them with a commemorative gift and a $5,000 scholarship certificate issued in their name. The designee may use the scholarship, confer it to another veteran, or present it to one of their dependents.
Part of the proceeds from the Veterans Day Celebration will help Homefront Hugs, a national organization, providing support to our troops and their families. www.vetsdaycelebration.com
Join us also with a look into our past with this WWII exhibit. Learn why Detroit was coined “The Arsenal of Democracy.” why I-94 was so important and the stories from Willow Run and surrounding areas.
Military Demonstrations and Displays
The Pentagon has approved the following displays and demonstrations, but be advised that Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation New Dawn have priority for assets and personnel:
Demonstrations
· 19th Special Forces Parachute Insertion and Gabriel Demonstration
· US Army Strategy Simulation for 20 students at a time
· National Guard Obstacle Course
· Air Station Detroit Water Rescue Demonstration
Static Displays
· Chinook Helicopter (the one like last year)
· Blackhawk Helicopter (the general purpose truck of the air)
· Dolphin Helicopter (the one they will use for the water rescue demonstration
· Military Vehicles (such as troop transports, combat vehicles, heavy transport trucks, etc)
Veterans History Project
Mr. William Vollano will be working with Concordia’s communications students and Professor Glenda Waterman to collect oral histories of combat veterans. Interviews will be conducted on or before November 11 according to the veteran’s schedule.
Military Mom Talk Radio on airs on Mondays at 2pm pst on www.toginet.com and can be downloaded directly from www.itunes.com . Military Mom Talk Radio is co-hosted by Sandra Beck and Tina Gonzalez and powered by Motherhood Incorporated.
Since graduating from Eastern New Mexico University, Producer/Director Jeffrey Worthington has dedicated the last four years to creating media that will help personalize World War II for high school students. He developed a keen understanding of teenage audiences by writing and directing short productions for a high school drama team. He and his team performed for youth audiences in New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado.
Being an avid photographer and aspiring filmmaker, he has also written, directed, filmed, and edited a number of short film projects. One of his short films about medical ethics was shown to the Congressional Ethics Committee in 2005.
His documentary, “For the Love of Freedom,” currently in production, features WWII veterans and civilians from across the United States and Europe. He is currently coordinating the “iHistory Project: WWII,” a national YouTube competition for high school students (www.iHistoryProjectWW2.org).
Military Mom Talk Radio on airs on Mondays at 2pm pst on www.toginet.com and can be downloaded directly from www.itunes.com . Military Mom Talk Radio is co-hosted by Sandra Beck and Tina Gonzalez and powered by Motherhood Incorporated.
