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Posted on 10 May, 202030 January, 2023

Mom, I Picked You Some Flowers

I miss you, Mom. Its been so long since you have calmed my troubled heart over one thing or another. I've picked you some flowers. I am but one of millions who's mothers have left this mortal existence . . . I claim no special heartache that is not felt by many others as Mother's …

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Posted on 24 January, 202025 January, 2020

I Sent Others To Fight In My Place

I just came from watching "The Last Full Measure" about a horrific battle called Operation Abilene that took place while I was in country. If you watch the trailer, you will hear a line from the movie that really took me down. I am glad the noon day matinee only had 6 patrons. The Senator …

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Posted on 17 January, 20169 March, 2020

STEVE McQUEEN – HOLLYWOOD’S ANTI-HERO & TRUE SON OF LIBERTY

I am not one for celebrity stalking, however Mr McQueen is as cool as the underside of a pillow. He left us too soon.  

Posted on 30 December, 201529 October, 2022

Old Submariners Never Die . . . .

. . . . at least never on the internet or in my thoughts every day! I have been wanting to post some writings here by a fellow submariner and friend of my father, a friend that he never met. Thanks to the internet, Dad's last couple of years on this earth were richer due …

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Posted on 10 November, 201511 November, 2015

The Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month

I never was called on to carry the wounded, nor was I ever in need of same. I witnessed my share in the most unpopular conflict of our time however, and called in Medivac Hueys almost daily to evacuate the wounded out of Vietnam jungles and rice paddies. These pilots were the most fearless I …

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