Kim Guise
Kim Guise is a line-straddler—one foot on the West Bank and one on the East Bank of the Mississippi. She was born in Gretna, Louisiana, and now resides a whopping ten miles away in the Mid-City neighborhood in New Orleans. She has a BA in German from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and MLIS from Louisiana State University. She is currently the President of the GNOA (Greater New Orleans Archivists—ask her about joining!). Since 2008, she has worked as curator at The National WWII Museum, where her specialty and passion lies with prisoners of war.
Ten Things I Can’t Do Without
- Glasses
- White sandy beaches
- Boiled seafood, especially crawfish
- Smiles and smiling
- Jazzercise
- Scheduling, planning, and things to look forward to
- Accents, all sorts
- Stories
- A scanner
- Helpers, including my plant waterer/phone charger/key carrier/editor/bio photo taker
I am the daughter of a decorated, now deceased, naturalized American citizen who was a Staff Sergeant of WWII and in charge of a unit that landed in Normandy two days after D Day. I am currently writing a book composed largely of the letters he wrote to my mother during the time he was in the military. He was a stateless Pole with a British passport who was drafted following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
I have been writing a book, comprised largely of letters my Dad wrote to my Mom while he was overseas and am finding many gaps in what I am able to find out as background. I would like very much to leave this book as a legacy to my grandchildren and would like to fill in as many gaps as possible in what I can tell them.
May I please contact you at your convenience in the hope that you will be able to fill in some gaps in what we know about the time he spent on what he called ‘Arctic Maneuvers’ in Michigan/Wisconsin. His name was Abraham Remer and his earliest letters were sent from Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. I also have a photograph of him on snowshoes that was taken during the winter of 1944, before he was shipped overseas.
Thank you very much
Roz Friedman
551 486-2715