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Tuesday, November 11, 2003
 

A picture of Bob Stepno saluting

Salvo, 1943

For Veterans Day, here's a salute to veterans and a page from Salvo, which apparently was a magazine at the Salina, KS, Smoky Hill Army Air Field in 1943, when my father was in training there before shipping out to Europe. As far as I know, he didn't do much "modeling" as part of his Army Air Forces career, but I suspect being the photo lab sergeant put him in the right place when a photographer needed someone to demonstrate how not to salute.
So why is this picture in my "journalism" weblog? For one thing, I'm curious about the "community journalism" function of a publication like Salvo, where my Dad could help get the news out -- and give the gang a laugh. There certainly weren't a lot of laughs ahead. (Some AAF stats.) If you've stumbled on this page through some Army Air Forces search and have information about Salvo, please add a comment or send me a note.
Among other things, I'm curious whether my Dad ever shot any pictures for the magazine. After I explored the AAF link above, its webmaster pointed me to the Air Force Historical Research Agency, which looks like a great source for journalists and news librarians to bookmark.
How else to make this relevant as a weblog entry? Well, Dad's initials were RSS, the same as the syndication protocol most weblogs use, and every time I see those letters I miss him. (I'm RBS, after Robert the Bruce, for one of Dad's mother's Scottish heroes.)

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