Top of the Inning I’m loaded up and ready to take-off from Maguire AFB, headed for Rhein Main AB in Frankfort, Germany. Had a little hiccup in my travels, the airlines lost my luggage. They sent it all on a milk run into the plains states (Nebraska) instead of taking it off of the plane…
I can remember driving into Washington DC. It was early in the evening, just after dark, but the fragrance from the cherry blossoms that DC was known for were in full bloom. I’d been around cherry trees before but they never smelled like that! It was an invigorating aroma that was greatly needed after the…
Back to Work Ok, that was fun! Two weeks at home, visiting relatives and friends, and feeling like I’d never been there before. Most everyone I knew was either in college or the military. There was a war going on, remember? So, I wasn’t too sad to get back to the base and find out…
It’s May 12th of 1969 and Dad and Mom are dropping me off at Fort Wayne. Not the city in Indiana, but the old military installation outside of Detroit, where I and many other guys and girls will be taking their physicals and being sworn into the U.S. military. It started at 6:00 am and…