My guest writer today is my long time friend Tommy Nielsen. Besides being one of my fishing partners,Tommy is a great fellow to be around, always cheerful, helpful, and kind…with a great sense of humor. Tommy is a Veteran of the U.S. Merchant Marines, a proud member of Kenosha’s Navy Club Ship 40, The […]
~In a faraway land, we stood fearful and alone, No way out it seemed, ten thousand miles from home. ~The rockets they came and the mortars did to, We sent them back double, the hell with you! ~When our time finally came, to get the hell out, We […]
This year I reconnected with another old friend from my days in the U.S. Air Force. Bob Ballard and I went through basic training together, and then on to technical training for our Air Force duties. Bob was always a kind soul, cheerful and helpful to all. We stayed in touch through the remainder […]
For two weeks during my tour of duty in Vietnam I was at Nha Trang Air Base, located to the south and east of my primary duty base of Phu Cat. Air missions at Nha Trang had ceased, and I was sent there in an attempt to obtain materials and equipment that Phu Cat […]
I’ve had the opportunity to see many live musical performances. Of all the ones I’ve seen, there are several that I’ve probably enjoyed the most. There was an old rock and roll revival band called Sha Na Na, which I enjoyed seeing. They really livened up the stage! They had quite a few […]
The strongest storms, make the best sailors. ~Israelmore Ayivor Today’s guest writer is Steve Tindall. Steve spent ten years in the U.S. Navy, is a member of Navy Club Ship 40 and American Legion Post 21 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Steve has a published book, Underway, which is a nicely […]
Back in the day, our cape cod home on the south side of Kenosha, was heated by a coal furnace. My dad, being rather frugal, was one of the last holdouts in the area to convert to oil or natural gas heating. (When […]
We who have seen war, will never stop seeing it. In the silence of the night, we will always hear the screams. So this is our story, for we were soldiers once, and young ― Joseph L. Galloway I’ve been a member of the Kenosha Area Vietnam Vets (KAVV) almost since […]
There is beauty in silence and there is silence in beauty and you can find both on a bicycle! ― Mehmet Murat ildan When I was a kid in Kenosha, Wisconsin, our bicycles were our life lines to the world. From the age of eight, and on into high school we depended on […]
Going to the mountains is going home ~John Muir In 1968 after completing basic training in Amarillo, Texas the US Air Force sent me to Lowry Air Force Base just outside of Denver, Colorado for technical training. From Lowry, I would go on to spend one year at Grand Forks, Air Force […]