The Draft
Every young American male coming of age in the 50’s and 60’s had a major life-affecting decision to make at about age 18. What to do about the Draft?? In essence…
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February 15, 2024
I’m gonna die in this elevator
I like this story because it’s not only true, but it also epitomizes the “sitcom nature” of my life. It also has a happy ending. September, 2000. The anniversary of our…
February 13, 2024
Krazy Kat
Can you teach your cat to fetch? Maybe. But I got a cat that teaches me how to throw. Then demands it. She brings some toy to me as I…
February 12, 2024
Drill Team at the Elks Club
Fall, 1960 only 64.years ago. I was honored to lead a very small, 6-man trick drill team from a very small Brooklyn College Air Force ROTC detachment. We were pretty…
February 9, 2024
Airdropping a Jeep
How do you drop a jeep from an airplane at 1500 feet and not destroy it?Oh, by the way. It’s 1965.Well, you find an outstanding, young navigator with a superb…
February 7, 2024
The Chicken Dance
Mostly, they had White Leghorn chickens from Leghorn, Italy ( Livorno).Golly I’m smart. Lol. These chickens lay white eggs and live a nice, long life. Broilers, on the other hand, (“ain’t…
February 6, 2024
The Chicken Farm
Why would a thirteen year old city boy from the Big Apple spend several summer weeks at his Aunt and Uncles’ chicken farm 75 miles upstate ( in the country)? …
February 5, 2024
Play Time in the Big Apple circa 1950
What did a young lad from 10 to 17 do for play time in New York City in the fifties? Come Saturday morning most young lads left their house at…
February 2, 2024
Sticking your head out the door at 2500ft
Vietnam 1969. I’m a newly assigned naviguesser on the EC-47 aircraft at Tan Son Nhut AB This is one of the oldest aircraft in USAF inventory - 1933 vintage. Also…
January 31, 2024
Dumb Ass Questions
As I reflect upon my life’s work, I often fall back on my 6-7 years as a navigator and the dialog that occurred on many airlift or recon missions. Of…
January 29, 2024