I’ve held back on any new blog stories in deference to the Corona virus crisis which we are all going through at this time. Rather than broadcast or diminish the affects of the illness or attempt to assign blame, I am here to wish the best for all of my readers and people […]
It seems I had been drawn into another lost cause. ~Joe Noah, future star of the Silver Screen? As many know, most of the characters in my books are based on real people. However, one character in my book, Noah, […]
My psychiatrist told me I was crazy so I told him I wanted a second opinion. He said okay, you’re ugly to. ~Rodney Dangerfield
If you expected everything to make sense, you were soon disappointed. ~Joe Scrounging for Parts in a Two Hundred Billion Dollar War For almost one month during my fun filled, all-expense paid visit to Vietnam in 1970, I was a member of an aircrew. President Richard Nixon’s program of […]
Introduction My friend Le Ly Hayslip, a Vietnamese citizen who escaped Vietnam in 1970, the same year as my military service in that war torn nation. I did not know Le Ly at that time and would not come to know of her until I read her amazing book When Heaven & […]
For those who have asked where my books can be purchased, in addition to this website, my books can be purchased through many on-line sources. *Amazon is the number one carrier now, and ships all over the world. Paperback or Kindle. *Barnes & Noble on-line also carries my books. *Walmart on-line carries my books. […]
Friction in Hong Kong November, 2019 With much interest, I have been following the riots and protests currently ravaging Hong Kong. Ever since the transition from British oversite to Communist Chinese control in 1997, one could sense the on- going tension between Hong Kong, long a bastion of capitalism and the […]
Kind of threw this one together for Veteran’s Day, 2019. I call it The Veteran’s Road. We sleep in bits and pieces, and dream of days gone by. Our dreams are of our days at war, which always seem close by. Our soul won’t let them go it seems, the dreams we […]
Introduction In June of this year, along with my friend George Dooley, I attended an air show in Port Angeles, Washington. My wife Ann and I had spent two weeks in the Pacific Northwest, taking in many fantastic sites while visiting George and his wife, Diane. (Reference earlier blog article Amtrak Empire Builder, […]
Introduction Tom Keating, a writer, served in the United States Army, Long Binh in the Republic of Vietnam, from 1969 to 1970. He served with the 47th Military History Detachment, attached to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Logistical Command, and Headquarters Company, US Army Vietnam, (USARV) also in Long Binh. Twice awarded […]