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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 missingovertokyomovie@gmail.com 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!!