Mao & Me

                                  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 […]

The Veteran’s Road

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 […]

Guest Writer – George Dooley; B-17 Graveyard

                               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, […]

Guest writer – Tom Keating; A Convoy for an Elephant

                                       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 […]

One Ticket to Paradise!

  Okay, just a short blog for this Father’s Day, in honor of my late father, who was a good father and a good man. An article in today’s Kenosha News about another man’s father story, caught my attention.   His father was a good man also, who taught him right from wrong, bad from […]

Joe’s most popular blogs….

  Many visitors to my website have inquired as to which blog story has been the most popular. Since the website has been up for five years now, it would seem that the older blogs would have the most views, but that is not always the case. Some of these blog articles have also been […]