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VJ Day + 70
Today, seventy years ago, Japan surrendered. There followed a cosmic sigh in the universe and peace enveloped world for the first time in many years. Photographers around the world shot photographs, which would later become iconic; my favorite is of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life in General
Tagged airmen, children, grandchildren, Japan surrender, Marines, new beginnings, sailors, soldiers, survivors, Times Square, Veterans Affairs, VJ Day, VJ Day + 70, World War II, young Americans
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Thanksgiving 1983
As we wrap up this Thanksgiving, I cannot help but reflect back on Thanksgiving 1983. In 1983, I found myself stationed at NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and that Thanksgiving holiday was my first stationed overseas. There is nothing like an … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal
Tagged airmen, call to service, civil service, duty stations, fellow citizens, friends, good holidays, hostile duty stations, Marines, military service, NAS Guantanamo Bay Cuba, sailors, soldiers, standing watch, stationed overseas, Thanksgiving 1983, vet, young warriors
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Veteran's Day 2010
When you’re a kid you really have no idea about the meaning behind Veteran’s Day. It is just another of those days in November, except that on the 11th, the old guys who were soldiers, sailors, airmen or Marines get … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal
Tagged a friend, A Pittance of Time, airmen, basic training, camaraderie, Canada, combat, devotion to country, Marines, Memorial Day, military service, OCS, peacetime, sailors, soldiers, Terry Kelly, the pleasure of their company, Veteran’s Day, Veteran’s Day 2010, “The Great War”
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Veteran’s Day 2010
When you’re a kid you really have no idea about the meaning behind Veteran’s Day. It is just another of those days in November, except that on the 11th, the old guys who were soldiers, sailors, airmen or Marines get … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal
Tagged a friend, A Pittance of Time, airmen, basic training, camaraderie, Canada, combat, devotion to country, Marines, Memorial Day, military service, OCS, peacetime, sailors, soldiers, Terry Kelly, the pleasure of their company, Veteran’s Day, Veteran’s Day 2010, “The Great War”
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