http://krause.smugmug.com/popular/ Hi, Welcome to our "Homepage". Our son, Colin, set this page up as a combined Mother's and Father's Day gift. He has a tremendous page of his travels around the World and his other activities which you can link to below. We got into WWII living history through swing dancing to Big Bands at WWII USO and Hanger dances. Dressing in vintage uniforms and clothes adds to the authenticity and atmosphere of the events. As we participated in various events we have gotten to appreciate what our parents went through and the sacrifices of their generation during WWII. While we were never in the military, we honor our parents who were: Sharon's father was a Army Air Force bombardier on a B-24 in the Pacific (see the pictures of his A-2 flight jacket) and her mother served as an Army nurse at a German POW camp in Mississippi; Bill's father was a Naval aviator (flight instructor at Pensacola, FL and flew Kingfishers (OS2U)) and his mother was a government censor (she is fluent in French and German) and a Red Cross volunteer. Bill's father's brother was also a Naval aviator who flew Corsairs as a night fighter with the VF-88 squadron. He was lost at sea during a training exercise off of Hilo, HI in April 1945 prior to the squadron's deployment on the USS Yorktown. Bill's Uncle Van was an Army fighter pilot (P-51's) in CBI (China-Burma-India) with the First Air Commando Group. All of Sharon's father's brothers were also all in the Army. Please enjoy our pictures as much as we enjoyed the events that we participated in. Bill & Sharon http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Sun, 14 May 2006 06:43:21 -0700 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:52:02 -0800 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://krause.smugmug.com/WWII-Reenactment-and-Dances/Reading-WW2-Air-Show-2006-1/DSCN2215/73792122_y8G4a-Ti.jpg http://krause.smugmug.com/popular/ http://krause.smugmug.com/WWII-Reenactment-and-Dances/Troops-and-Trains-2007/3793279_bLm45#218824507_HD536 <p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com">Bill & Sharon Krause</a><br />Bill (Naval aviator winter working uniform, Lt CRD), Sharon(Navy nurse with her mother's 1940's nursing cape), Sue (Navy nurse), Gus (Navy Chief Petty Officer)</p><p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com/WWII-Reenactment-and-Dances/Troops-and-Trains-2007/3793279_bLm45#218824507_HD536" title="Bill (Naval aviator winter working uniform, Lt CRD), Sharon(Navy nurse with her mother's 1940's nursing cape), Sue (Navy nurse), Gus (Navy Chief Petty Officer)"><img src="http://krause.smugmug.com/WWII-Reenactment-and-Dances/Troops-and-Trains-2007/IMG1639/218824507_HD536-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Bill (Naval aviator winter working uniform, Lt CRD), Sharon(Navy nurse with her mother's 1940's nursing cape), Sue (Navy nurse), Gus (Navy Chief Petty Officer)" title="Bill (Naval aviator winter working uniform, Lt CRD), Sharon(Navy nurse with her mother's 1940's nursing cape), Sue (Navy nurse), Gus (Navy Chief Petty Officer)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> WWII Reenactment and Dances Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:15:24 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Bill & Sharon Krause) http://krause.smugmug.com/WWII-Reenactment-and-Dances/Troops-and-Trains-2007/IMG1639/218824507_HD536-Th.jpg 2007-11-03 16:18:45 5b2476dcca8c48a992e000428ee8214a b6e8fb072b708a65cb0c8fcb2a21d539 c4239ec3873c872acba3472ba5925b8a 84642e12172e03fe4f62f7bd970b156c f1cd3d86e46e834d7beb27ef2e16772e f5cbd2baab3a3018493b64e1c9aad3e2 4599782d6c6e2b23e1a52e8a5773d3e4 f5e363d619a2bfe1938c701242d38ae0 a44d03c59fce0ea911d01e9372322f94 Bill (Naval aviator winter working uniform, Lt CRD), Sharon(Navy nurse with her mother's 1940's nursing cape), Sue (Navy nurse), Gus (Navy Chief Petty Officer) <p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com">Bill & Sharon Krause</a><br />Bill (Naval aviator winter working uniform, Lt CRD), Sharon(Navy nurse with her mother's 1940's nursing cape), Sue (Navy nurse), Gus (Navy Chief Petty Officer)</p><p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com/WWII-Reenactment-and-Dances/Troops-and-Trains-2007/3793279_bLm45#218824507_HD536" title="Bill (Naval aviator winter working uniform, Lt CRD), Sharon(Navy nurse with her mother's 1940's nursing cape), Sue (Navy nurse), Gus (Navy Chief Petty Officer)"><img src="http://krause.smugmug.com/WWII-Reenactment-and-Dances/Troops-and-Trains-2007/IMG1639/218824507_HD536-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Bill (Naval aviator winter working uniform, Lt CRD), Sharon(Navy nurse with her mother's 1940's nursing cape), Sue (Navy nurse), Gus (Navy Chief Petty Officer)" title="Bill (Naval aviator winter working uniform, Lt CRD), Sharon(Navy nurse with her mother's 1940's nursing cape), Sue (Navy nurse), Gus (Navy Chief Petty Officer)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> WWII Reenactment and Dances Bill & Sharon Krause Bill & Sharon Krause http://krause.smugmug.com/Civil-War/1st-Battle-of-Bull-Run/1695230_qjMLf#83308790_DuNmT <p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com">Bill & Sharon Krause</a> </p><p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com/Civil-War/1st-Battle-of-Bull-Run/1695230_qjMLf#83308790_DuNmT" title="Bill & Sharon Krause's photo"><img src="http://krause.smugmug.com/Civil-War/1st-Battle-of-Bull-Run/DSCN2372/83308790_DuNmT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Bill & Sharon Krause's photo" title="Bill & Sharon Krause's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Civil War Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:24:28 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Bill & Sharon Krause) http://krause.smugmug.com/Civil-War/1st-Battle-of-Bull-Run/DSCN2372/83308790_DuNmT-Th.jpg 2006-07-22 09:55:56 4fc312414bef6517cb3fecd819a2ad4c 15691d0c9924ef8c403b8a6b19096519 1647b92db468c3d23ab2217ad0f1bec0 7a5243537d6d0211d2f71368c6863826 51461449c3015d36485b426b69fa1876 3745b59f2c7f27a0bece40049cf8eef9 0fb14d76b38564dbf47ab314d97ced13 083d4f91f424186ccb715a1a6024f5c7 Bill & Sharon Krause's photo <p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com">Bill & Sharon Krause</a> </p><p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com/Civil-War/1st-Battle-of-Bull-Run/1695230_qjMLf#83308790_DuNmT" title="Bill & Sharon Krause's photo"><img src="http://krause.smugmug.com/Civil-War/1st-Battle-of-Bull-Run/DSCN2372/83308790_DuNmT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Bill & Sharon Krause's photo" title="Bill & Sharon Krause's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Civil War Bill & Sharon Krause Bill & Sharon Krause http://krause.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Sharon-Dads-A-2-Jacket-and/1534022_XaNYD#73835166_FbPbu <p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com">Bill & Sharon Krause</a><br />The back of his jacket. Only he and his pilot, Alan "AJ" Bell had their jackets painted. AJ said the artwork cost them 20 bottles of beer (they didn't drink them anyway)!</p><p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Sharon-Dads-A-2-Jacket-and/1534022_XaNYD#73835166_FbPbu" title="The back of his jacket. Only he and his pilot, Alan "AJ" Bell had their jackets painted. AJ said the artwork cost them 20 bottles of beer (they didn't drink them anyway)!"><img src="http://krause.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Sharon-Dads-A-2-Jacket-and/A-2-Secrut-Weapin-art/73835166_FbPbu-Th.jpg" width="129" height="150" alt="The back of his jacket. Only he and his pilot, Alan "AJ" Bell had their jackets painted. AJ said the artwork cost them 20 bottles of beer (they didn't drink them anyway)!" title="The back of his jacket. Only he and his pilot, Alan "AJ" Bell had their jackets painted. AJ said the artwork cost them 20 bottles of beer (they didn't drink them anyway)!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Airplanes Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:13:53 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Bill & Sharon Krause) http://krause.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Sharon-Dads-A-2-Jacket-and/A-2-Secrut-Weapin-art/73835166_FbPbu-Th.jpg 412ac3c77785fc3d7931f8e8f25c79c3 dec75fc202beec5a23d795b15c01b91b aa612c86f11f51510cff2bfa5b8af0a1 5941c9611a2baa1bb9a1489901a428c6 f5b2ed039ab25a780df95cf0f3f993d6 4af9402e8e013baaae878f1a8d9a0f3a The back of his jacket. Only he and his pilot, Alan "AJ" Bell had their jackets painted. AJ said the artwork cost them 20 bottles of beer (they didn't drink them anyway)! <p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com">Bill & Sharon Krause</a><br />The back of his jacket. Only he and his pilot, Alan "AJ" Bell had their jackets painted. AJ said the artwork cost them 20 bottles of beer (they didn't drink them anyway)!</p><p><a href="http://krause.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Sharon-Dads-A-2-Jacket-and/1534022_XaNYD#73835166_FbPbu" title="The back of his jacket. Only he and his pilot, Alan "AJ" Bell had their jackets painted. AJ said the artwork cost them 20 bottles of beer (they didn't drink them anyway)!"><img src="http://krause.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Sharon-Dads-A-2-Jacket-and/A-2-Secrut-Weapin-art/73835166_FbPbu-Th.jpg" width="129" height="150" alt="The back of his jacket. Only he and his pilot, Alan "AJ" Bell had their jackets painted. AJ said the artwork cost them 20 bottles of beer (they didn't drink them anyway)!" title="The back of his jacket. Only he and his pilot, Alan "AJ" Bell had their jackets painted. AJ said the artwork cost them 20 bottles of beer (they didn't drink them anyway)!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Airplanes secrut, weapin, art Bill & Sharon Krause Bill & Sharon Krause