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Blog Table of Contents

  • Guest Writer – Dave Wagenblatt; Faith November 16, 2024
  • Guest Writer – Tom Keating; Welcomed Home October 30, 2024
  • Literature of the Vietnam War October 19, 2024
  • Guest Writer – Mathew Nelson; “John” October 12, 2024
  • Guest Writer – Charley Sunday; A Strong foundation October 1, 2024
  • The Election September 24, 2024
  • Guest Writer – Robert Kuhn; What I Brought Home September 17, 2024
  • Jim’s Bell September 8, 2024
  • France Absorbs Vietnam August 17, 2024
  • Das Boat August 1, 2024
  • Bill & Gus July 10, 2024
  • Guest Writer – Michael L. Kelley Sr; Life as a Motorhead June 23, 2024
  • The Bait Shop June 9, 2024
  • Henry Kissinger; Nixon’s Point Man May 21, 2024
  • Ho Chi Minh, in Five Acts April 27, 2024
  • LBJ Sells His War March 31, 2024
  • Guest Writer – John Sumwalt; A Soldier Waits for God March 1, 2024
  • Guest Writer – Rhonda Underhill; Learning Beyond the Battlefield February 19, 2024
  • Learning the Lingo February 13, 2024
  • Guest Writer – Jeff Brill; Vietnam War in Film and Literature February 1, 2024
  • “Smith” January 15, 2024
  • The Montagnards January 1, 2024
  • Guest Writer – Lucille Campolo; Bun Bun December 22, 2023
  • Guest Writer – Rick Wehler; A Borrowed Black ’58 T-Bird December 12, 2023
  • Guest Writer – Jerry Collins; You Can Get In Now: When Cambodia Was At War December 2, 2023
  • A Thanksgiving Surprise November 22, 2023
  • A Little More Humor in Uniform October 30, 2023
  • Guest Writer – Le Ly Hayslip; Invitation to the Global Village Foundation Gala October 16, 2023
  • Suitcase Sam October 1, 2023
  • Guest Writer – Tom Keating; My Honor Flight September 20, 2023
  • F Troop and The Blackbird September 6, 2023
  • Guest Writer – Don Ranard; The Smell of it August 28, 2023
  • Prisoners of War (POWs); The Bravest of the Brave August 9, 2023
  • Guest Writer – George Dooley; Adventures in Turkey July 25, 2023
  • My Little Chickadee July 15, 2023
  • Guest Writers – Lake-Link Pro’s; Father’s Day Stories July 3, 2023
  • Guest Writer – Raul Herrera; Capturing Skunk Alpha June 22, 2023
  • The Honor Flight June 5, 2023
  • Viva Las Vegas! May 3, 2023
  • Guest Writer – Dave Wagenblatt; Welcome to Vietnam April 4, 2023
  • Meals on Wheels and the Two Bills March 7, 2023
  • Memories with Ann February 6, 2023
  • Guest Writer – George Dooley; USS Midway January 5, 2023
  • Riding the Yellow Rooster to Chi-Town December 28, 2022
  • Guest Writer – Tom Keating; The Weekend Pass December 9, 2022
  • Bandy Legs – (Published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 1/12/2023) December 1, 2022
  • Guest Writer – How Many; by Jimmy Fox November 28, 2022
  • Contributing Factors to the War in Vietnam October 30, 2022
  • Ollie October 9, 2022
  • Guest Writer – Donald A Ranard; A Week of Living Strangely, Many Years Ago in Laos August 25, 2022
  • William E August 8, 2022
  • Guest Writer – Rhonda Underhill; Employment Assistance for Parents with Disabilities August 1, 2022
  • Fifi July 26, 2022
  • Trieu Hai Hoang; Images from the Vietnam war June 28, 2022
  • Swimming with the “ROKS” – (published in MWSA Dispatches, Winter 2023) June 13, 2022
  • Guest Writer – Rhonda Underhill; Tips for Disabled Veterans Running for Office June 5, 2022
  • Portuguese Dave April 27, 2022
  • Zoom! – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 5/19/2022) April 20, 2022
  • Guest Writer – Rhonda Underhill; How to Start a Veteran-Owned Business April 15, 2022
  • “Bunch” – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 4/7/2022) April 6, 2022
  • On a Bright Spring Day.. April 6, 2022
  • Guest Writer – Norm Kober; An R & R Surprise March 28, 2022
  • Guest Writer – Keith Nightingale; Vietnam, My Opinion March 13, 2022
  • I’m a Morning Person – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 3/10/2022) March 10, 2022
  • Our Friend Frank March 7, 2022
  • Guest Writer – Steve Tindall; Initiations March 1, 2022
  • Shakey’s Pizza Parlor February 17, 2022
  • Guest Writer – Rhonda Underhill; Helping the Veteran in Your Life February 7, 2022
  • The Year of the Dog January 26, 2022
  • Guest Writer – Tommy Nielsen; I love My Planet, Hope You Do To January 15, 2022
  • Living In The Past December 28, 2021
  • Guest Writer – Bob Ballard; My Life as an Airman December 26, 2021
  • The Lieutenants Sign – (published in the Kenosha News, 11/11/2022) December 12, 2021
  • Some Musical Performances I Have Enjoyed – A StoryWorth, Story from Grandpa Joe December 5, 2021
  • Guest Writer – Steve Tindall; Navy Christmas Memories December 1, 2021
  • The Old Coal Furnace – (Published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 11/18/2021) November 17, 2021
  • The Kenosha Area Vietnam Vets (KAVV) – (published in the Kenosha News, 11/11/2021) November 11, 2021
  • Those Great Old Bike Trips – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 10/21/2021) October 19, 2021
  • Our Secret Mountain Retreat – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 10/7/2021) October 6, 2021
  • Who’s Naming These Birds? – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 9/23/2021) September 22, 2021
  • The Pigeon Guru – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 9/9/2021) September 7, 2021
  • RHIP! – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 8/26/2021) August 11, 2021
  • Those Darn Hippies! – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader, 7/15/2021) July 14, 2021
  • The Teapot Woods – (Published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader, 6/17/2021) June 17, 2021
  • Gone Fishing – (Published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader, 6/3/2021) June 2, 2021
  • On Speaking with Veterans and Youngsters – (published in MWSA Dispatches, summer 2021) May 25, 2021
  • Break 1-9 for a Radio Check! – (Published in Happenings magazine Smart Reader 5/20/2021) May 19, 2021
  • New Book Release Coming Soon: On War, Fishing & Philosophy May 14, 2021
  • Fishing Lincoln Lagoon, Back in the Day – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader, 5/6/2021) May 6, 2021
  • Guest Writer – Le Ly Hayslip: Review of “On the Ho Chi Minh Trail” by Sherry Buchanan April 28, 2021
  • We miss those Classic Car Shows (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader, 4/22/2021) April 22, 2021
  • How Life Has Changed Since I Was A Child April 9, 2021
  • That Dang Spam – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 3/25/2021) March 25, 2021
  • Kenosha’s Teen Bars – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader, 3/11/21) March 11, 2021
  • The Stump Gang – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 2/25/2021) February 24, 2021
  • Southport Beach – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader, 2/11/2021) February 7, 2021
  • Guest Writer – Dave Wagenblatt; The Augmentee February 4, 2021
  • Quips & Quotes from Joe January 25, 2021
  • What’s in a Name? Joe’s take on Shakespeare’s Comment January 25, 2021
  • The Paper Route – (published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 1/14/2021) January 10, 2021
  • Guest Writer – Tom Keating; Christmas 1969 December 17, 2020
  • The Vaccine November 29, 2020
  • Johnny’s Saloon – (Published in MWSA Dispatches, Winter 2021 edition) November 18, 2020
  • The character Arnold Redmond, (Red) October 14, 2020
  • Guest writer – Stephen Ordway; More Ramblings from an Old Sheepdog August 18, 2020
  • Those Lovable “Lifers” – (published in MWSA Dispatches, Spring 2021) July 23, 2020
  • Movie review: Spike Lee’s “Da Five Bloods” June 16, 2020
  • Panel 14W Line 93 – (published in Kenosha News 5/30/2022) May 24, 2020
  • The Fall of Saigon – (published in the Kenosha News, 4/30/2020) April 26, 2020
  • Guest Writer – Rick Wehler; Norwegian Style Turkey Bingo April 24, 2020
  • Paul Molitor and the “Brew Crew” April 13, 2020
  • Guest writer – Steve Tindall; Being Tall March 26, 2020
  • We are indeed, all in this together. March 16, 2020
  • Noah; Hooch Dog and Star of the Silver Screen? – (published in MWSA Dispatches Spring 2020 edition) January 25, 2020
  • Quote to make us laugh January 14, 2020
  • Flying the Friendly Skies of Vietnam (published in The Kenosha News, 1/26/2020) December 30, 2019
  • Guest Writer – Le Ly Hayslip; Heaven & Earth Pilgrimage to Vietnam December 17, 2019
  • Book Orders November 24, 2019
  • Mao & Me November 20, 2019
  • The Veteran’s Road November 10, 2019
  • Guest Writer – George Dooley; B-17 Graveyard October 27, 2019
  • Guest writer – Tom Keating; A Convoy for an Elephant October 1, 2019
  • Guest Writer – Gary Labanow; My life as a Pilot September 10, 2019
  • Guest Writer – Penni Evans; Frozen in Bronze August 27, 2019
  • Amtrak Empire Builder, to the Pacific Northwest July 14, 2019
  • One Ticket to Paradise! June 16, 2019
  • Joe’s most popular blogs…. June 8, 2019
  • Guest Writer – Stephan Ordway; Reflections from an Old Sheepdog May 28, 2019
  • My First Week in Vietnam April 29, 2019
  • Runaway Train March 26, 2019
  • Guest writer – Cat Thao Nguyen: We Are Here February 20, 2019
  • Weapons of the Vietnam War February 13, 2019
  • Saint Vince January 4, 2019
  • FarmersOnly.com December 2, 2018
  • Happy Veterans Day November 9, 2018
  • Memoirs & Essays of the Vietnam War: 2ND EDITION November 2, 2018
  • Memoirs and Essays of the Vietnam War – (Published in MWSA Dispatches Winter 2019) October 8, 2018
  • Future Articles… September 30, 2018
  • Chaos and Creativity: The Sixties and Seventies August 20, 2018
  • More blog stories coming soon! August 8, 2018
  • The ROKs; Republic of Korea Soldiers in Vietnam July 7, 2018
  • “Three Wars”, the Final book in The Kansas NCO trilogy released June 4, 2018
  • What Could Go Wrong Here?? May 29, 2018
  • Mel’s Shoes – (Published in MWSA Dispatches Summer 2018) May 4, 2018
  • 12th Tactical Fighter Wing reunion, Tucson, Arizona April 22, 2018
  • Resistance to Change (Published in MWSA Dispatches, Spring 2018) March 29, 2018
  • New book; “Three Wars”, Impending release March 20, 2018
  • Guest Writer – Arne Vainio, M.D.; The Promise of a Warrior March 12, 2018
  • Buzzword Bingo! February 22, 2018
  • Visits to Joe’s Website; by Country February 21, 2018
  • Guest Writer – George C. Dooley; WWII Diary January 23, 2018
  • Women of War; Women of Courage….(Published in MWSA Dispatches, Fall 2018) December 30, 2017
  • Soldiers of God… December 8, 2017
  • Rumor Has It………….. (Published in MWSA Dispatches Spring 2023) November 18, 2017
  • Veterans Day October 30, 2017
  • Ma & Pa Kettle October 7, 2017
  • Guest Writer – Rene’ Johnson; Games amidst a Faraway War September 16, 2017
  • Maybe we’re First! August 31, 2017
  • Smelt Fishing in Old Kenosha August 15, 2017
  • The Critters of Vietnam (Published in MWSA Dispatches; Fall 2017) July 26, 2017
  • Guest Writer – Dick Evenson (Leadership) July 12, 2017
  • Yellowstone With an Oriental Twist (published by the MWSA 2017 summer edition) June 18, 2017
  • The Flying Rowboat June 7, 2017
  • The Big Screen comes to Phu Cat (published in the MWSA Dispatches Winter 2018) May 7, 2017
  • Apollo 13 – (Published in MWSA Dispatches, Fall 2019) April 17, 2017
  • “Da Bruiser” April 1, 2017
  • Website Giveaway To Celebrate One Million Hits June of 2017! (Surpassed 2 million hits March 13, 2018) March 16, 2017
  • The Fire – (published in the Military Writer’s Society of America 2017 spring edition) February 27, 2017
  • Lt. General Hal Moore, R.I.P. February 15, 2017
  • “Big” Mac February 7, 2017
  • Guest Writer – John Podlaski (The Fog of War) January 30, 2017
  • Man Overboard! January 25, 2017
  • The Palomino Club January 4, 2017
  • A Well for Phu Cat (published by the MWSA winter 2016 edition) December 25, 2016
  • The Runaway Pony December 7, 2016
  • Jim and the Hat November 25, 2016
  • Back To The World takes 3rd in fiction November 22, 2016
  • The Age of Aquarius – (Published in Happenings Magazine Smart Reader 1/28/2021) November 3, 2016
  • Leo and the Lab – (published by the Military Writer’s Society of America; MWSA) October 24, 2016
  • More Philosophy, Quotes from Others October 19, 2016
  • Guest Writer – Norm Kober (Vietnam, yesterday & today) October 16, 2016
  • Tommy and the Turtle October 10, 2016
  • The Nicklaus Gears September 27, 2016
  • Radio show guest; Empress of Biz August 31, 2016
  • The Return…. August 25, 2016
  • The Heart of a Warrior; the Soul of a Writer August 9, 2016
  • The Storm on Silver Lake August 8, 2016
  • Guest Writer – Emily Strange; RIP (Donut Dollie) July 13, 2016
  • Press Release May 27, 2016
  • What people are saying about “Back To The World” May 3, 2016
  • The Emperor of the North Pole April 5, 2016
  • Guest Writer – Jimmy Fox (No Peace) February 22, 2016
  • The Orphans February 8, 2016
  • The character Nguyen Than Hoa January 7, 2016
  • Letter from a reader October 9, 2015
  • The Kansas NCO now on display at the Pritzker Museum and Library October 4, 2015
  • Thank you to the Lest We Forget organization September 6, 2015
  • Review of The Kansas NCO from Rene’ Johnson September 1, 2015
  • The Kansas NCO gets 5 star review from highly acclaimed author! July 10, 2015
  • Vietnam Veteran Tribute, Benton Harbor, MI June 23, 2015
  • My Friend is Gone June 11, 2015
  • Words of Major Michael Davis O’Donnell; KIA, Dak To, 1970 June 9, 2015
  • The Kansas NCO Receives Five Star Review From Readers’ Favorite March 13, 2015
  • Sweet Bird of Youth by Joe Campolo Jr March 6, 2015

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