Never Volunteer: Note for Incoming Military Personnel . . .
NEVER VOLUNTEER . . . Anyone who joins the US military under any condition and no matter which branch of service, will be bombarded with suggestions and admonitions voiced by “knowledgeable” others....
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A year or so ago, I received an e-mail from the consort of my youngest daughter, the Princess of Wylie, Texas. Her consort is a worthy fellow, an accomplished barrister who serves the public from an...
View ArticleThe Korean War—please remember it . . .
As a retired military person I subscribe to the Air Force Retiree web site at www.retirees.af.mil. I received the following e-mail on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 11:27 AM. I am posting the e-mail in its...
View ArticleMistaken identification—no gold tooth . . .
Long, long ago in 1951 in Japan, a far off land across the sea, a young American corporal, 18 years old, arrived late in the evening to the Transient Quarters at Itazuki, an American air base near the...
View ArticleAnalysis of a 17-year-old warrior . . .
Analysis of a 17-year-old warrior As does virtually every family, mine has a shoebox filled with snapshots of family and friends spanning decades of living and loving and working, showing many of the...
View ArticleRevisited: Analysis of a 17-year-old warrior
While wandering around in the bowels of my archived postings on WordPress, I found this brilliantly worded essay. On re-reading it I was so enthralled by the superior quality of the writing that I...
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