84 years ago on June 21 1939 my mother Corrine Elizabeth Bennett and Arthur Fulbrook Gorham were wed in Wichita, KS. 54 years ago Susan Therese Higgins married me in Denver. CO. At the time we did not know my parents wedding day.

In the coming days i will be celebrating my father’s life and heroism. I will describe his life and the events leading up to his earning two Distinguished Service Crosses. There will conclude with ceremonies on 9 and 10 July in or near Gela Sicily and then a special commemoration in Bellevue, OH on 12 July (the date he was killed 80 years ago.

There will be 10-15 separate pieces when put together tell the whole story–stand by!