The French “tricolor” flew over Vietnam for many years When the French colonized Vietnam in the eighteen hundreds, they created discord that would trouble the small nation into the nineteen hundreds and beyond. This discord created divisiveness in several interrelated areas, or factors. Those being: *Economic *Religious *Social *Ethnic *Nationalism *Political And all […]
What we learn with pleasure, we never forget. ∼Alfred Mercier *** I somehow managed to snag two higher education degrees in my day, one in engineering and the other in business, and with them I made my living. Having those two disciplines served me well throughout my career; not bad for […]
Donald Ranard was an English teacher in Laos from 1973 to 1975 under the Fulbright program. One of Donald’s published works is a telling of his experience during the communist takeover of Laos, which occurred not long after the communist takeover of Vietnam. Donald’s story is compelling, and well written, please enjoy it. […]
Money is the best deodorant. ~Elizabeth Taylor One of the many interesting people I’ve become acquainted with during my many trips around the sun, was “William E”. (We shall leave out his full name for the sake of confidentiality) William E and I were stationed together at Grand Forks […]
Today’s guest article is provided by Rhonda Underhill. Rhonda is a health care advocate for senior citizens, veterans and persons with disabilites. After a health crisis involving her husband Pete, Rhonda and Pete dedicated themselves to healthy living through diet, exercise and awareness. Rhonda created http://www.getwellderly.com/ a website dedicated to the health and […]
This past week the Commemorative Air Force Air Power History tour exhibited at the airport in our fine town of Kenosha, Wisconsin. They brought a B-24 Liberator, a bi-plane, a T-6 trainer, and the star of the show; Fifi, a B-29 Superfortress. The B-29 has a prominent role in my book Three Wars, […]
Trieu Hai Hoang is a Vietnamese artist who has focused his artwork on the Vietnam War. I first came into contact with Trieu several years ago when his father, Hoang Hai Thuy, a noted author and book translator took an interest in my book The Kansas NCO. Mr. Thuy was persecuted by the oppressive […]
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ~Voltaire We all have some activities we excel at; swimming has always been one of mine. My eyes were too crummy for baseball, I caught the ball like my glove had a hole in it. Too vertically challenged […]
Today’s guest article is provided by Rhonda Underhill. Rhonda is a health care advocate for senior citizens and Veterans. After a health crisis involving her husband Pete, Rhonda and Pete dedicated themselves to healthy living through diet, exercise and awareness. Rhonda created http://www.getwellderly.com/ a website dedicated to the health and well being of […]
Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead Walk beside me… and be my friend ― Albert Camus My friend Dave and I arrived at March Air Force Base in Southern California at about the same time, both having just returned […]