Still Aiming High

And what do they have to do with my nov­el. Well the wings are the item that inspired my sto­ry.   I won a pair of 8th AF sweet­heart wings on Ebay.   I’m a bit of a WWII buff and a col­lec­tor of 8th AF mem­o­ra­bil­ia.  Of course I was also assigned to the 8th AF at West­over AFB in Mass­a­chu­setts when I served in the Air Force in the ear­ly six­ties.  When this pair of wings came up on auc­tion I jumped at the chance to win them and did.  (see below)

After hold­ing them in my hand I tried to imag­ine the sto­ry behind them.  Since no his­to­ry of the wings was avail­able, the sto­ry start­ed to unfold in my mind.  I enhanced the wings in my mind.  Hence Bat­tered Wings was born.

There are lots of sweet­heart jew­el­ry items out there in auc­tion land.  Some of it we are lucky enough to know the his­to­ry, but all too many pieces are found in some­one’s jew­el­ry box with no note as to how the piece was acquired.

I have seen charm bracelets, neck­laces, etc.  from the Army, Navy, Marines as well as the Army Air Corp.  In fact, mil­i­tary units of oth­er coun­tries also used sweet­heart jew­el­ry to boost morale.  It’s great when you can get the his­to­ry of the peo­ple who owned the item but when you can’t, just remem­ber that some­one loved some­one enough to give or wear that pre­cious piece.

Cheers,

Kathy

Tags: 8th AF, sweetheart jewerlry, WWII
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