Traveling a lot has many bad points and a ‘few’ good points…Two high points of the last trip were getting to meet Navy One, and getting a decent lunch out of the deal 🙂 We talked about the Navy, our … Continue reading
Category Archives: Honoring our veterans
I met up with friends from Texarkana last night at the hotel in Tulsa, then Jim Garber called, so we decided to meet at Applebees for dinner since they were giving free meals to Veterans. We got there and there … Continue reading
This one truly got to me… I don’t know who wrote it, but I’d love to meet him, shake his hand, and welcome him home…It was a simple passing comment I suppose but, in retrospect, it had profound impact, much … Continue reading
A bit of history for your perusal…….. The Bill Mauldin stamp honors the WWII grunts’ hero. The United States Postal Service deserves a standing ovation for something that’s going to happen this month: Bill Mauldin is getting his own postage … Continue reading
I got this from an old family friend with this email- As you might remember I was a navy gun fire control man during the Korean war. I served aboard the Cruiser USS Manchester from 1951 to 1954. I am … Continue reading
I lifted this from Drjim at Every Blade of Grass– Sippican Cottage: My Father Asks For Nothing Wow….just wow. Pardon me while I tear up.My father was a Navy SeaBee in the South Pacific during WWII. He quite possibly helped … Continue reading
Never Forget- Two cousins lie there today… Nuff said… … Continue reading
Go here to here the song and see the photos…Here is the back story:The elderly parking lot attendant wasn’t in a good mood, neither was Sam Bierstock. It was around 1 a.m., and Bierstock, a Delray Beach,Fla., eye doctor, business … Continue reading