Wishing I knew more about my parents I decided to write my autobiography to leave with my children so they would not be in this same situation. Three years ago I started and after three months of mind stretching, and looking thru scrap books and photo albums I completed 35 typewriten pages of my life history. I started with family birthdays, marriages and death dates which are always hard to remember. I then described all the places I have lived and as many of the special occasions as I could remember. I put it into loose leaf notebooks and gave them to my children. I continue writing as time goes by and each year on my birthday I complete the past year and add it to the notebooks. I am now up to 98 pages, many of which are pictures.
In addition I have written my "War Chronicle", a description of my activities as a crew member on a B-29 with 16 missions over Japan during WW2. I documented the details of every mission when I was flying and saved them all these years.
Don't leave your children wondering what Mom and Dad did all their life. Start writing. It's also good for the mind.
Claude Allen - Seabrook Village
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