From the website, rareybird.com the introduction reads:
“In 1942 my father, George Rarey, a young cartoonist and commercial artist, was drafted into the Army Air Corps. He flew a P-47 before he drove a car. During his service he kept a cartoon journal of the daily life of the fighter pilots. A few weeks after D-Day he was killed in combat over France.
His journals are a part of his legacy to me — one that I want to share with others through this web page. Browse through his drawings and words. Their joyful spirit dwarfs the background landscape of war.
George Rarey didn’t care much for his first name and was known exclusively as “Rarey.” (My mother thought Rarey was his first name until they had had several dates.) The exception to this was his fellow pilots. Because he was a few years older than most of the pilots — a ripe old 25 — in the Air Corps he was known as “Dad.”
The drawings on [rareybird.com] have explanatory text contributed by surviving members of the 379th Fighter Squadron, excerpts from Rarey’s letters to his bride (my mother), Betty Lou, as well as from my mother’s memoirs.”
Visit rareybird.com for a unique and inspiring look into the life of a cartoonist and commercial artist during World War 2.