The Longest Day

Not D-Day, June 6, 1944 ; but rather March 5, 1967. Marjorie and I, married about 2 1/2 years earlier, were still in Charleston, where I was assigned to Charleston…

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Real Heroes

During my Air Force career, I had the great fortune to work with some real Air Force heroes. These are the Combat Control Teams (CCT). These are the folks who…

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The Story of Us

First, how we met was totally controlled by fate, fortune and dumb luck. I was a rookie, Air force lieutenant, finishing Navigator Training in Texas. The system in place in…

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The Shoji Screen

In a dark, recessed corner of our living room, with many doo dads sitting in front of it, so you can hardly see it, sets a lovely wooden shoji screen…

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Historical Ironies

First, you may notice, many of the addressees of this epistle are friends and relatives who might be called senior citizens. ( old. like me).  That’s cause  its focus is…

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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…

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