This week of Veterans Day is the perfect time to share this two-part episode featuring Michael Mikelson and the story of the movie “Missing Over Tokyo”. Part one will take us back to the beginning of this journey when he was 11 years old curious about a WWII picture he found in the family scrapbook. Part two will lead us through the happenstances of events that led to his ongoing findings, uncovering of events and stories that have led to the making of the movie.
From that time as the curious 11 year old his life revolved around history, in fact it was one of the main reasons he chose undergraduate and graduate studies in History. He then spent time as a project manager at corporations such as Boeing, Microsoft, and AT&T Solutions. But once he discovered in-combat film footage of his great-uncle's B-29 crew in 2008, he switched his focus on learning how to make documentary and dramatic narrative films and has been and is currently traveling the US finding veterans to interview on-camera, and going to research archives for the making of this film.
If you are a history buff, this is the story you won’t want to miss! If you have family members who were involved in WWII, YOU will love this story as well his tips on doing your own “research” into his questions: “What led us to this moment?" And “What is the story behind this picture?”
Michael is currently negotiating the film production, so take a listen and learn the back story, so you will be ready for the movie series!
You can reach Michael at [email protected] or search LinkedIn or Facebook with the same name to follow his work on the movie!
A salute to all our Veterans out there! Thank you for your service!
A special tribute here to my dad, Sgt. Benny Leighton, a WWII Army Air force Veteran, and my brother S. Mick Leighton a Veteran of the Vietnam war. My heros!!
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Meet the Host
Carol Chiarito worked as a financial representative since 2004.
As a former teacher and coach, education has become the center of her business. In 2009 Carol began looking for elder care for her mother and found the experience harrowing. Since then she has been working with seniors and their families to create a plan for aging, senior living and retirement.
Through the experiences with her Mom, Carol started the non-profit "The Love A Senior Company" to bring awareness to seniors of products, ideas, technology, and where to find the answers to the questions everyone has as well as to teach the celebration of aging. The popular "Love A Senior Day" (available for any city to bring to town to create a celebration for the community's seniors, as well as the newly released "Senior Moments" Podcast, the Love a Senior Pen Pal program and the coming soon; "Teach Your Grandma Technology" You Tube series are all a part of the workings of The Love A Senior Company.
Carol is active on many boards in her community, statewide, and nationally. She is a past President of Kiwanis Club of Pueblo as well as the clubs' foundation, and has served on the National Governance Committee board for the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), as well as many positions with Million Dollar Round Table Foundation, and served on the foundation of the local Parkview Hospital.
Carol and her husband Rick have five children and eleven grandchildren. In her free time she enjoys traveling, snowmobiling, four wheeling, and visiting the children, and grandchildren.
