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World War 2

Click on Veteran's photo to see their service story. These Warriors served during the World War 2.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Where can I donate?

I have created a way to accept donations to grow the project, use the WWII Veterans Portrait Series Go Fund Me.

Where are you located?

I live in the San Diego area but have traveled to many locations to interview and photograph Veterans.


How Long is an Appointment?

Appointments usually last an hour. But please free up time for Mickey to set up lights and cameras, hold the interview, and take some still photographers for in the project.

Do you accept reservations?

Yes is the simple answer to the question. Each appointment is set up as an individual session. Group sessions have been set up when I visited a senior living facility or many of the California Veterans Homes.

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US Navy Ensign World War II Henry Hastings was born in Portland, Oregon, on December 26, 1923. After the 1929 stock market crash, the family moved to Los Angeles, where Henry and his two sisters attended John Burroughs High School before the family relocated to Connecticut. Henry and his sisters graduated from Hamden Hall High School in 1941. Henry enlisted in the United States Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was selected for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and attended training at Georgia Tech, where he was commissioned as an Ensign at graduation. He was then stationed on a Landing Ship Tank (LST) and was the Skipper/Coxswain of a small troop landing craft. While in the Navy, he was the leader of a Photo Crew. Henry had no formal photographic training but was responsible for their scheduling and administrative care. After the war, he worked for the US Forest Service in the summers and at the Sun Valley Ski Lodge in the winters, where he skied with some of the sport's great pioneers, such as Warren Miller, Duncan Scott, and the Goodman brothers. As an outdoorsman and adventurer, he opened the first whitewater rafting company with his friend Joe Anderson, who took people down the Salmon Middle Fork River. He was featured in the May 16th, 1949 issue of Life Magazine. Henry met his wife, Geraldine Fox, on the slopes at Sun Valley, ID, and they married in 1953. Henry and his wife moved to Newport Beach in late 1960, where he purchased his first surfboard and took up surfing. He was an architect for the City of Newport Beach in the 1960s. His last job started when he was 72 years of age at the City of Buena Park as an inspector until he retired at 89.
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Henry Hastings - Mickey Strand - Veterans Series
US Navy Ensign World War II Henry Hastings was born in Portland, Oregon, on December 26, 1923. After the 1929 stock market crash, the family moved to Los Angeles, where Henry and his two sisters attended John Burroughs High School before the family relocated to Connecticut. Henry and his sisters graduated from Hamden Hall High School in 1941. Henry enlisted in the United States Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was selected for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and attended training at Georgia Tech, where he was commissioned as an Ensign at graduation. He was then stationed on a Landing Ship Tank (LST) and was the Skipper/Coxswain of a small troop landing craft. While in the Navy, he was the leader of a Photo Crew. Henry had no formal photographic training but was responsible for their scheduling and administrative care. After the war, he worked for the US Forest Service in the summers and at the Sun Valley Ski Lodge in the winters, where he skied with some of the sport's great pioneers, such as Warren Miller, Duncan Scott, and the Goodman brothers. As an outdoorsman and adventurer, he opened the first whitewater rafting company with his friend Joe Anderson, who took people down the Salmon Middle Fork River. He was featured in the May 16th, 1949 issue of Life Magazine. Henry met his wife, Geraldine Fox, on the slopes at Sun Valley, ID, and they married in 1953. Henry and his wife moved to Newport Beach in late 1960, where he purchased his first surfboard and took up surfing. He was an architect for the City of Newport Beach in the 1960s. His last job started when he was 72 years of age at the City of Buena Park as an inspector until he retired at 89.