As I grow older, I pay less attention to what they say. I hum my songs and march ahead. ∼ Bhuwan Thapaliya Allen with his friend, the late Joe Galloway Allen Wood is a 79-year-old retired marketing executive, born on a cotton farm in South Georgia. Allen grew up in middle Georgia […]
If the tiger ever stands still, the elephant will crush him with his mighty tusks. But the tiger will not stand still. He will leap upon the back of the elephant, tearing huge chunks from his side, and then he will leap back into the dark jungle. And slowly the elephant will bleed to […]
War is a ferocious form of insanity. ∼ Cora May Harris Hien Quy Minh Nguyen was born and raised in Hanoi during the Vietnam War. In 1972, B-52 planes carpet-bombed Hanoi when she was 8 years old. She witnessed houses in Hanoi being destroyed, the wall of the French Consulate building in Hanoi […]
I enjoy watching many of the old “classics” on tv. I enjoy comedy and action shows the most. Some of my favorite comedy shows are The Honeymooners, All in the Family, Fawlty Towers, and Sanford and Son. My favorite actions shows include the old Westerns, which were created before political correctness, historical accuracy and […]
Every war is different, and every war is the same. ∼ Anthony Swofford Vietnam veterans often refer to Vietnam as “The Nam” when discussing their experiences during the war. This tells us that the Vietnam they remember was almost a living thing; an entity if you will, as much as a […]
Introduction Jim McLefresh retired as an E-8 from the U. S. Air Force after twenty years with AA, AS, BS, MS & MA degrees. After retiring from the Air Force, he taught Intro to Physics at […]
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. ∼ Eleanor Roosevelt Two hundred and seventy three thousand Airmen served in Vietnam during the war. Introduction Steve Salkof, a United States Air Force Veteran – entered service on April […]
Jim McLefresh retired as an E-8 from the U. S. Air Force after twenty years with AA, AS, BS, MS & MA degrees. After retiring from the Air Force, he taught Intro to Physics at a High School. Later he taught AutoCAD and Graphic Design at a local University. He completed beta testing […]
Thurman and friends in Vietnam Thurman Woodfork was a US Air Force Ground Controlled Intercept (GCI) radar repairman. He served his tour on Trai Trang-Sup in Tay Ninh, Vietnam attached to Detachment 7, 619th Tactical Control Squadron from ’66 to ’67. Trang-Sup was an Army Special Forces CIDG (Civilian Irregular Defense Group) training […]
If you carry your childhood with you, you never become old. ∼ Tom Stoppard Sunnyside, later to become Grewenow School In 1956 a new elementary school opened on the south side of Kenosha, Wisconsin just one-half block from our home. The new school was dubbed “Sunnyside”, after the area in which we lived. […]