Turkey Time Experiencing the service we received in the United States Army during holiday time was a logistical wonderment to behold. It was Thursday, November 26th, 1953. We were part of the 180th Regiment of the Forty-Fifth infantry division and deployed at a place in the Yongyu Valley near the 38th Parallel in North Korea. […]
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It’s All The Rage: Don’t Act Your Age
“This is the lesson: Never give in… Never, never, never, never, …in nothing great or small, large or petty-never give in except to convictions of honor or good taste.” Winston S. Churchill Not then, as a child,Or as manhood took over,Physically following nature’spredictable course of eventsHappening to find myself experiencing,Never quitting, though provoking,Or as is […]
Veterans Day Parade
My truth be told, from age nineteen on, I’ve never missed the observance of Veterans Day, nor inwardly enjoyed my pride over being one. It’s a big and special club. I became a member way back in my nineteenth year. What can you say about the inner workings of a nineteen-year-old boy… who was about […]
