ABOUT THIS SITE
![]() E. J. BROCKMAN |
RON RANDALL |
![]() BLAIR WOLF & KOJI |
HISTORY
HOW IT BEGAN
In
the Winter 95 issue of the "FLYER", Editor Ron Randall wrote a column
about receiving an email from Frank Novak (439th.) asking if any 319th. men were
on the internet? Ron stated that he and Sec/Treas Joe Madrano had discussed the feasibility
of going on line with our own page and ask for suggestions and promised to
include email addresses in the next flyer. Ed Brockman (439th) decided to try
and write one, and with Netscape 3.0 came up with a passable facsimile. In the
Spring 1996 "FLYER" Ron printed a column with the WWW address
and a list of ten members. A web Site was born and Ron Randall from that point
forward was an avid participant with his help and advice. The Site went on to
Win Web Site honors and to reunite many other WWII Buddies with each other. To
inform siblings of their "Daddies" exploits, to furnish information to
Historians and others. Thanks to Joe Madrano (439th.) and John
Mooney (a close friend of Rons) Who helped put the "FLYER" together
and sent the entire newsletter to the webmaster via email. THANK YOU: RON
RANDAL. One of the 319th.'s GREATEST.
319TH. "FLYER" EDITORS
Harold & Esther Oyster (439th.)- 1980 ? - Ohio |
E. M. Beard (439th.)- October, 1986- Oregon |
Neal Baker Jr. (438th.)-January, 1988- Texas |
Ron Randall (440th.)- April, 1999- Texas |
Joe Madrano (439th.)- 1999- Texas |
FIRST WEBMASTER
Ed
Brockman, creator and webmaster of the original web site. After several years at
the age of 80 "Brock" decided that he was not going
to live forever and the site should be taken over by a younger generation
"Baby Boomers" in order to survive. These "Boomers" were
beginning to wonder just what the hell the Old Man done in the war. In some
cases he never would tell them and they were curious. In a couple of cases, he
lied to them and said he was a pilot, I never told them the truth. For the site
to survive it must be run by our offspring. Many of them have become active
participants and have donated to the new web site address. Final Note: I have
never used Foul Language, Religion or Politics on the Site although I am
proficient in all, I hope this carries far into the future. I have
enjoyed each and everyone of you and will keep you in my address book, keep
writing and as the kids say "I LOVE YOU MAN"---Cheers, Brock..
YOUR NEW WEBMASTER
Blair
Wolf, Well in the interest of time I'll try and keep this short.
I am the Grandson of Charlie Wolf (439th.)
I am a Digital Artist with Degrees in design, graphics, illustration, print
production, character animation(3D) and other art disciplines. I currently run
my own art and design facility specializing in Graphics, Print and Web sites. I've retired from Game Companies creating 3D models
and other graphics for video games. I am currently
your webmaster for the 319th on a voluntary basis. If you would like to
view my previous work please do so at http://www.blairwolf.com
or my current company http://neolithgraphics.com or you can contact me at 319th Webmaster .
Contacts and Comments are always welcome.
THE NEW WEB ADDRESS
We took up a collection, purchased a domain name, www.319thbombgroup.com
, this address will be ours from now on no matter who is hosting the website.
Thanks to our generous donors and the folks below.
OUR WEB SITE HOST
Our new web site is being hosted by Neolith Graphics at NO monthly cost to us. This will allow us to go many years into the
future.