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. […]
I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music. ― Billy Joel The Fifth Dimension Many articles have been written about the music of the Vietnam War. Like most other […]
With friends and family on a Canadian fly-in fishing trip, some years ago Every fisherman who’s gone on a Canadian fishing trip, has many stories to tell, and most everyone has a favorite trip. (Or two) I’ve gone nine times and very much enjoyed all but one. That trip was ruined by severe […]
Military justice is to justice, what military music is to music. ~ Groucho Marx Introduction Long Binh Jail Vietnam was hell on earth Military life was at times terrorizing, and other times numbingly boring. Some GI’s got into trouble during those times, as a way to escape the terror…or […]
Memory… is the diary that we all carry about with us. ∼ Oscar Wilde While living in Southern California during the 1970’s, I found employment at a plastics manufacturing facility in Pacoima, where I was hired to handle the inventory and stockroom. It was a small facility, owned by one man, Adolf, […]
We were the Blue Foxes While serving with the US Air Force at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota from December of 1968 to December of 1969, I was assigned to the 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron as a member of the supply team. Primarily a SAC (Strategic Air Command) base, with a […]