December 1949 – As the year was coming to a close, I decided it was time to trade in my Levis and boots for Brooks Brothers suits … I left my wrangler job on the Flying M.E. dude ranch in Nevada, and with my new bride in tow (who I met on the…
The U.S. Navy Armed Guard was a special service branch of the U.S. Navy responsible for defending U.S. and Allied merchant ships, their valuable cargo, and crews from attack by enemy aircraft, submarines, and surface ships. In World War II, nearly 145,000 men served in the Naval Armed Guard, including Gunner’s Mate and Bronze Star…
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America. Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day. The name Memorial Day was first used circa 1882, but did not become commonly used until after World War II. Memorial Day was declared the official name by Federal […]
New Release! Western Writers of America Cookbook With Bill McGee’s Award-Winning Chili and Sandra McGee’s Southwest Slaw This cookbook celebrates the Western tradition with more than 150 recipes, anecdotes, and stories from some of America’s most popular Western writers and personalities. There are recipes for drinks, appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, desserts, and fun…
For the seventh consecutive year, PACIFIC EXPRESS — THE CRITICAL ROLE OF MILITARY LOGISTICS IN WORLD WAR II, edited by William L. McGee with Sandra McGee, is on the Marine Corps Commandant’s Professional Reading List for Logistics. The books on the Commandant’s Professional Reading List are selected as most pertinent to critical thinking and professional development at…
ABOUT THE BOOK Montana, The Magazine of Western History is published by the Montana Historical Society, created in Virginia City in 1865 by Montana’s First Territorial Legislature, making it the oldest institution of its kind west of the Mississippi.
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On 8 August 1942, the American public, starved for good war news for two months, read in their morning papers that on 7 August 1942, United States Marines landed on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, islands in the South Pacific of which few had ever heard. For the next year, hardly a day passed when Guadalcanal was…
“I would like to thank Bill McGee and his wife, Sandra, for their work over the years to preserve U.S. Navy Armed Guard and Merchant Marine history so people of future generations may read and see what both crews did in World War II. Without Bill and Sandra working together, and their interest, the Naval…
Bill and I attended the 74th Annual Seabee Ball on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Bill has written extensively about the Seabees in his WWII military histories and is a Life Member of the Navy Seabee Veterans of America. We were honored to be invited to the VIP…
Dateline: Las Vegas, Nevada, June 25-29, 2013 – Hundreds of the country’s top Western writers gathered at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for the Western Writers of America 60th Annual Convention. Western novelists, historians, screenwriters, songwriters, and the agents and editors who represent them, enjoyed five days of Western camaraderie and networking.…
In 2012, I was researching the key phrase divorce ranches on the Internet and found an interesting story in the New York Times: “Quick Getaways at the Divorce Hotel” (5/27/2012). A Netherlands entrepreneur, Jim Halfens, came up with the idea… a place where a couple checks in on a Friday, married, and checks out on a…