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A sixties kind of guy remembering the past and the lessons learned. I'm passing on what I've mooched from from life in hopes of sparking memories and helping others. It's just my life as best I can make it.
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SAIL ON SILVER GIRL
Do you remember the song “Bridge over Troubled Waters”, by Simon and Garfunkel? Part of the hook in the song goes,“Sail on silver girl,your time has come to shine,all your dreams are on their way,see how they fly,”It is one that I will always...
SWEEPING OUT THE CORNERS OF MY MIND - 2
I am preparing to leave Vietnam - still attempting to sweep out the corners of my mind. However, I have few documenting photos left to illustrate my memories. Just thoughts, wispy memories of things I saw and that will always be there waiting to be...
SWEEPING OUT THE CORNERS OF MY MIND - 1
It is hard for me to come to terms with the fact that it has been over forty-one years since I left Vietnam (at this writing – Nov. ’07). If I may borrow a few lines from Bob Seger: Twenty(forty)years nowWhere'd they go?twenty (forty)yearsI ...
PLEASE GOD, JUST LET ME DIE
Staying sane in Vietnam was very hard because there was little to do. During the time I was stationed at Da Nang, the Air Force was restricted to base. I never got to go downtown and really experience Vietnam as a tourist. I spent a lot of my of...
IF ROCKETS WERE NOT ENOUGH
Fred Cone probably still tells the tale about a Da Nang takeoff attempt, in 1967, which almost killed him. How could the Marine A-6 pilot forget the night his aircraft, which was carrying 500 lb. bombs, hit a C-141 transport carrying acetylene tanks...
