Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn’t all a dream? ∼ Ashleigh Brilliant Robert Kuhn served in the U.S. Army as an infantry soldier from 1970-1972. As a disabled veteran himself, he is a life member of Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Vietnam Veterans […]
We didn’t realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun. – Winnie the Pooh As kids growing up on the south side of our fair city of Kenosha, Wisconsin we enjoyed the company of many other kids in our neighborhood. The post WWII baby boom was in […]
Colonialism. The enforced spread of the rule of reason. But who is going to spread it among the colonizers? ∼ Anthony Burgess French Indochina in the 1940’s. The root cause of the American War in Vietnam can be traced back to the colonization of Vietnam by France. By 1890 the […]
A boat is a hole in the water you pour money into. ∼Author unknown I sold our travel trailer this summer. It had been on a seasonal site at a campground in Central Wisconsin for the past several years. Prior to that we had a mobile home on Lake Puckaway, not too […]
When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands. ∼ Maria Shriver In our little corner of the world, we’ve often shopped at our local Farm & Fleet. (Blaine’s Farm & Fleet, to be exact). Though traditionally catering to local farmers, over […]
Website visitor Mike Kelley thought he’d share his journey on becoming a certified “motorhead”. Mike was inspired by Rick Wehler’s earlier story about a ’58 Ford Thunderbird. Mike was a career Army man, retiring after 22 years of service. He served in Vietnam from 1965 to 1966 as a helicopter crewman and […]
It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes; it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses. —Elwood Blues, “The Blues Brothers” (1980) A recent discussion on an outdoor forum, centered around restaurants in downtown Chicago. Having visited Chicago many times for business, family visits […]
Do not confuse covert action with missionary work. ∼ Henry Kissinger If you look into Richard Nixon’s role in the Vietnam War, you will also uncover a lot of information on the dour-faced Henry Kissinger who was Nixon’s confidant and trusted assistant regarding management of the war in Southeast Asia. Because of Kissinger’s […]
A poet must learn to wage war. ∼Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – Sept 2, 1969) was a Vietnamese national, and the enigmatic, well-traveled leader of various political organizations in the early twentieth century, and the leader of communist Vietnam from 1945 until his death in 1969. As his […]
If you’re a politician and you can’t tell when you walk into a room who’s for you and who’s against you, then you’re in the wrong line of work. ∼Lyndon B Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) was known as a masterful, and at times brutal politician. As he took ownership of the Vietnam […]